Clyde defeat 'mentally hard to take' admits McLean after Stranraer sickener

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Clyde boss Brian McLean says Stranraer scoring a last-gasp winner is mentally hard to take – but his side can’t feel sorry for themselves.Olly McDonald’s strike six minutes into stoppage time kept the points at Stair Park, as the striker returned to haunt a side he left earlier this month.But the Bully Wee gaffer says they have to lick their wounds ahead of a visit by Forfar Athletic on Saturday, with his side bottom of League Two.He told the club’s website: “Mentally that’s the sorest one that you can take, conceding a goal in the last minute, and I actually think it was the only ball that Logan (Dunachie, defender] lost.“But we can’t feel sorry for ourselves, we cannot afford to do that.

We’ve got another huge game next week against Forfar.“Football is not going to stop, you need to pick yourselves up, and at some point you’ll get your rewards.”McLean added: “I’m incredibly frustrated, I feel for them in there, they put so much effort into the game.“In the first half we were clearly on top, and I said to them at half-time that at some point during the game they will need to suffer.“They suffered initially in the second half because [Stranraer] came out and changed their shape.“We weathered that storm for a 15 to 20 minute spell of the second half, managed to inch our way back into the game.“We had opportunities to score, exploited some really good space and we just need to pull the trigger, trust our instincts, when we get in and around the box.”With only three substitutes on the bench, including goalkeeper Neil Parry, McLean admits he needs to find reinforcements – but it’s not that easy.He said: “You could see Stranraer dropping like flies with cramp, and [they had] a number of options and substitutions they could