Airdrie won't be understrength for Queen's Park clash, insists Fordyce

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Callum Fordyce has dismissed suggestions Airdrie will field an understrength side for tonight's trip to Queen’s Park that will close out their Championship campaign.The Diamonds are gearing up for the Premiership play-offs, starting on Tuesday, and face the Spiders at Hampden to complete their regular season.Queen’s Park are fighting to avoid the relegation play-offs on the final day and currently sit a point above Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the battle to avoid an end-of-season shootout for survival, so the Caley Jags will be hoping the Diamonds can do them a favour and don't rest a host of key players.Despite having an eye on the play-offs, Fordyce says the Diamonds will be determined to win and head into their play-off quarter-final with Partick Thistle on a high.He said: “I wouldn’t say it is going to be a weakened side.

If you look at the Dundee United game, we finished the game with 18 and 19-year-olds playing but they did not look out of place so I wouldn’t say it would be a weaker side.“We will have a chat this week about selection but the team that we put out will be a strong side and we’ll be looking to win the game.“We know what is at stake for Queen’s Park and we will give them the respect they are due.

Yes, we have an eye on the play-offs but we still want to win the game and take momentum into the play-offs.”Player/boss Rhys McCabe looks likely to remain sidelined with a calf strain.

The midfielder has been out for a few weeks now and Fordyce said: “He did a wee bit with the physio last week so it will be up to him and how he is feeling.”Follow Lanarkshire Live Sport onX via@LanLiveSport, like us onFacebookor find us onInstagramfor the latest sports news, pictures and video.