Gartcairn are looking to add a defender after making a trio of signings.
The MTC Park club have brought in goalkeeper Charlie Cowie on a permanent deal from Queen of the South, alongside fellow shot-stopper Kai McLean, who came through the ranks at Celtic.
Midfielder Johnny Lyon and striker Jordan Moore have joined from Johnstone Burgh, while Aaron Black moved to Clydebank.
Assistant boss Paddy Boyle reckons the Airdrie club still need a stopper, while they target at least a 50 per cent win rate from their remaining games in their bid to avoid relegation from the West of Scotland Premier Division.
’Cairn were sitting fourth in the top flight, but a 15 point deduction for fielding an ineligible player dropped them to third-bottom.
Boyle said: We were always looking, knowing we had Robert Thomson up front and no other central striker, as such, though we had guys who could play there.
“We had been looking for a while, Aaron left, that gave us a little bit of money and allowed us to bring Jordan in.
“Charlie the goalie is back. We’ve known him for a couple of years, getting him in now wasn’t something wee were planning, but it became available.
“And then Johnny Lang has come in and it gives us little bit of competition in the middle of the park, which is an area I feel we’re already strong in, but it’s a big 15 or 16 games.
“The hope is that these guys can come in and hit the ground running, basically.
“I think ideally we probably need another defender, if we’re being honest about it. We’re looking, but struggling to get exactly what we want, so we’ll go with what we’ve got at the minute.
“We had our two centre halves sent off the other week, which has given us a little bit of urgency in there, but I think we’ll just need to go with what we’ve got.
“We have good players in there, but we’re light, should anything happen.”
Boyle knows Gartcairn, who lost 1-0 to St Cadoc’s on Saturday, are up against it in their fight for survival and said: “There’s no denying it, they are all massive games. I think we’re looking at needing to win at least 50 per cent of our games, that’s what the points reduction has done.
“We have good players here but it’s easy to say that – they need to do the business.
“What has been rubbish, and certainly hurt us – and most teams, by the way – is that we’re playing a game every three or four weeks at the moment, with the weather and cups. It’s just so far from ideal, it doesn’t allow you got get that rhythm that you need.”
Gartcairn host Cumnock on Saturday.