Largs Thistle caretaker manager Stephen Connick has ruled himself out from the hotseat - but could play a significant role in selecting the new Barrfields boss.

Connick, who agreed to take temporary charge at short notice, has been asked by the club committee to help in the interview process for the new manager after the deadline for applications closed on Tuesday.

Connick is likely to continue his caretaker role for Saturday’s match against Cumbernauld United, 1.45pm kick off at Guys Meadow Park.

Asked about whether he would like the job full-time, Stephen said: “I spoke to the committee last weekend and then during the week, I am a Largs supporter and player for a long time, and I loved my time here, but it is not the right time.

“It would be too easy for the committee to look to someone who just played like myself.

“The committee maybe need to broaden their horizons, look for somebody that is a wee bit of a different face, and refresh the place a bit. It is certainly not for me. I have certainly enjoyed coming in and helping the boys out.

“We have had a good bit of training this week. A friend in Craig Hamilton came in and provided us with some training and the warm-up before Saturday which took the heat of Willie McClure and me a bit. Everyone is pulling in the right direction, it is just the old cliche, we need a wee bit of luck, and hopefully when that comes, the results will come.

“Teams are desperate to come to Barrfields now, who would want to run about in the hail, rain and mud, when you can do so on a beautiful surface, but we need Largs Thistle desperate to play on it, and get back to playing results. Yes, we want to win games, but we are just desperate to get a result. Getting a point is not the worst thing in this league to get momentum going.

“Rob Roy got their goal and they were quite happy to camp in during the second half. To be fair, they did push on at us. We didn’t test their keeper at all and that is something we need to look at.

“We were unlucky but it is throughly disappointing. What we were looking for was a result to try and steady thing after a few bad results in recent weeks.

“As anybody who was at the game in the first half would have witnessed, the wind, the rain, and the general conditions gave Rob Roy something to hang on to for the second half. I thought we did pretty well in the first half; it was a case of digging in and not conceding and unfortunately I had a rash moment and came out and gave away a penalty.

“I have been trying to lift the spirits, it is not all doom and gloom, there is still a long way to go with 14 games left. We never really capitialised on the wind in the second half. I said - keep playing, you don’t want to lump it long as the wind was sometimes too strong and taking the ball out of play, as Rob Roy found with their corners in the first half. We moved to three up front near the end to try and get some chances.

“We don’t seem to be able to manufacture enough chances for the boys to get scoring.” * Rob Roy manager Stewart Maxwell praised Connick for coming to the rescue of the Barrfields club. Stewart said: “Fair play to Stephen for defying his years. He made a couple of great saves, and fair play to Stephen, he has answered the cry of the club and that is always the sort of guy he was, and he has a reputation for wearing his heart on his sleeve as a player here.

“Largs had the ball in the second half but didn’t really do much, I don’t think Jordan had a save to make; it is a transitional phase for Largs.

“It was a big decision for us to switch the game. I knew earlier in the week that the park at Cumbernauld was not going to be playable. Being the manager of the club, I had a decision to make about football, and we are here to play football, and obviously Largs has a decent facility down here and I made a bold call to change the game. It probably raised a few eyebrows, and probably would have got criticism if we didn’t get the three points, but it worked out in our favour, but we picked up the three points in the difficult conditions.”