The incoming manager picked up his first point in charge at the club on Saturday after a 3-3 draw at home to Kilsyth Athletic.

In a rollercoaster encounter, the hosts led at the break with Cameron Gray marking his arrival at the club with a goal.

Though it was Kilsyth who seized the initiative after the restart, taking a 2-1 lead before James Crossan restored parity.

The visitors managed to get back into the lead shortly afterwards before Thistle earned a point after Maddox Webster notched the equaliser.

Despite coming from behind, the Merksworth boss saw the weekend as an opportunity missed as his second-to-last side took on the WoSFL Second Division's bottom club.

“I’m really disappointed if I’m being honest,” Dalziel commented. “There were loads of positives in the first half, but we missed far too many chances in the game.

“The second half we dropped off, and we found ourselves 2-1 down against the run of play.

“Even when we got it to 3-3, at the full-time whistle we felt as if we had thrown points away.

“We created plenty of chances but there was a lack of quality and composure in the final third and I’m really frustrated with the goals we’re losing.

“They are really cheap, soft goals, not making teams work for them, we’re just gifting goals to teams at the moment which is something that needs to change.”

Though Dalziel admits he knew there would be challenges after taking on the role at the end of last month.

He added: “We knew the challenge when we came in, you don’t normally come into a team who are flying.

“Recent results haven’t been great, performances by all account haven’t been great.

“Playing against Dalry over the years, I think they are a club that have a lot of potential, it’s a great opportunity.

“For us, first and foremost, it’s trying to get things done on the pitch.”

And he remains confident that his team will be able to turn the tide.

Dalziel continued: “We need to assess what we’ve got squad-wise, we knew we had to add more depth to the squad and quality to the team.

“We need to get the balance right in certain areas of the pitch, the first couple of weeks is trying to understand what we’ve got and giving everyone an opportunity to show us what they’re all about.

“The boys have reacted well in training and ultimately the target is to try and push on, get points on the board and stay in the division.

“We brought in a couple of boys already, you can see they difference they have made, we need a couple more.

“We need to get them in quite quickly, get them hitting the ground and we’re pretty confident we will be able to turn things round.”

Next up for Dalry is a home league clash against Port Glasgow Juniors on Saturday, November 14.