'Bryden going nowhere for now' - Caddell

Caddell took full responsibility for Crusaders' defeat at Windsor Park on Tuesday

Crusaders manager Declan Caddell insists striker Fraser Bryden is "going nowhere" despite rumours of a January move.

The 21-year-old Scot has made a major impact since arriving at Seaview in the summer, netting 13 goals.

Caddell accepts such a strike rate will draw attention from clubs within the Irish League and further afield, but has no fears the rumours will unsettle the player.

"Fraser is a level-headed kid," Caddell told BBC Sport NI following his team's 1-0 defeat by Linfield on Tuesday.

"The full focus is on ourselves and he doesn't let the outside noise annoy him.

"Of course, when you're hitting those heights you're going to get noticed and there will be talk about you, but he is a Crusaders player and he will always put the club first. At the minute he is going nowhere and his full focus is with us."

Crusaders went down to Chris McKee's 44th-minute strike on Tuesday but Linfield would strike the woodwork three times and also spurned further opportunities.

Caddell said he took "full responsibility" for his team's performance and conceded he got his tactics wrong.

"In the first half, I set the team up completely wrong, quite negative and didn't have a lot of time to work on it," he admitted.

"We looked disjointed, didn't look like ourselves and probably gave Linfield too much respect in the first half, held out for 44 minutes before we conceded

"We tried to recover in the second half, but just didn't reach the heights of this season. We were more on the front foot, but ultimately didn't do enough."