ALLOA'S under-fire boss has apologised to the fans and says the buck stops with him after a performance that was "just not good enough" at Peterhead.
Andy Graham shouldered responsibility for the 2-1 defeat at Balmoor Stadium that leaves the Wasps just three points above the bottom spot in League One.
Second best for much of the contest, Alloa now have just one win from their last seven league matches and need a reaction when they face Airdrie at home on Saturday.
Graham was bitterly disappointed with the defeat at Peterhead and said: "I apologise to anyone that came up here today.
"I appreciate their support as always but there's definitely an apology from me because it wasn't good enough - and I'm well aware of that.
"I'm not naive enough to think anything else.
"Today we needed more, to stand up and be counted."
He added: "I could stand here and go through individual performances and players but at the end of the day it's me that picks them, it's me that brought the players to the club so it's my responsibility.
"If we're not good enough on a Saturday that's a reflection on me."
Alloa played six matches in October and had just one win - the 3-0 victory at East Fife - as well as a goalless draw in the KDM tie at Annan and league defeats to Ross County, Hamilton, Queen of the South and now Peterhead.
After last season's promotion push, they've now got work to do to avoid a relegation battle.
The boss said: "It's decision-making at times, game management, it's probably the ugly side of the game that I didn't see enough of us doing today.
"People might say that's a dinosaur mentality but it's absolutely not.
"A massive part of football is physicality, ability to go and win a second ball and take the ball under pressure, which is the biggest thing for me.
"There were too many times in the game where responsibility was shirked in my opinion. But again that's on me."
Graham isn't one for throwing in the towel and said: "We have to keep believing.
"I know how good those players can be. I've not lost belief in them as players or the quality they've got.
"We need to get the group together, we need to try and improve on what went wrong today and that's something we will do.
"One thing I've always had in life is a bit of determination and grit and I think we need to instil that in everybody."
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