fifer67

iWish Gary all the best, he is one of only two managers to bring silverware to Bayview in the last God knows how many years.Vfery true to say we are only now in the same position as when he took over. The football on show this season has been all too predictable and honestly becoming a bit of a chore to watch.going by the crowd on Tuesday it doesn't look like I'm the only fan who thinks that. If I was given the board any advice I would ask that they pick a new manager who sees the game being played with a bit of attacking adventure . No name really springs to mind so the board should ask for cvs from interested parties and take their time to get the right man.As has been said whoever it may be has a a few big hurdles to get over early in the job as we urgently need players. Also the matter of no wins since September ,let's hope we get the new manager bounce.

A few players who did so well last season, have just not hit the same heights. The two obvious ones who spring to mind are Kyle Wilkie and Jason Kerr. I think losing Stevie Campbell was also a big loss as he had good experience and was a good leader. I look at the current team and don't see many leaders no one seems to drive the team on. Look at the 2nd goal Alloa scored and the first goal Queens Park scored almost carbon copies of brutal defending, how are the players not learning from those errors,is it bad coaching or just a lack of ability. You can blame a lack of squad numbers but I believe the cause of our failings this season has been our tactics isolating one man up front with no support. We have set up more often than not to contain the opposition, and what ultimately happens is we concede the first goal and you can't for the life of you see how we can get back in the game. Then the last 15 minutes we fling on two or three forwards and huff and puff but just can't break down well drilled defences. We looked so much better against Alloa last week trying to close them down further up the. Park and getting on the front foot. I won't knock the players and managements efforts but some of the players need to take a bit more responsibility and show some leadership qualities. Confidence comes in winning games of football lets hope we can turn the corner in our next 2 games in the cup and Stennie away,these should be 2 games if we play to our potential and cut out the basic errors we can win and get some much needed confidence.

Alan Walker was suspended on Saturday after getting a red card against Berwick in the Scottish cup last season. However he was absent against Berwick 2 weeks ago. It also said in the East Fife mail that he wouldn't be available for this Saturday. Not sure if he is injured or whats the story.

Looking really solid at the back, and with Stevie Campbell and the young lad from st johnstone to come back we are well covered at the back. Midfield a hard working unit with5 or 6 options here. Still think we are one striker away from a complete squad. When injuries and suspension kicks in with only 3 strikers leaves us short. That was very evident today with Kev Smith suspended. Hope the board can push the boat out so Gary can get one more striker in. Maybe Gary has a loan signing lined up.

Ill give you he tried harder than the rest of your team but I cant re call him creating very much. I thought East Fife very comfortable all game at the back

Very pleasing afternoon hope you guys enjoyed your day out in sunny Methil. Going to be some pressure on Craig Wighton to perform as your front players were very poor.

Squad shaping up half decent now I think Gary has learned from last years mistakes with poor signings like Cook and mcaleer who never justified their wage. With a smaller budget he has to be certain the guys he signs can do a job. Signed so far are Goalkeeper Ryan Goodfellow, Defenders Stevie Campbell, johnathon Page, Gary Naysmith, Graeme Mcregor. Midfield Alan Walker, Ross Brown, Pat Slattery, Kyle Wilkie, Fraser Mullen. Strikers kevin Smith, Nathan Austin, and John Mcshane. That gives us 13 so far need cover in central defence and full backs I am sure we will see a few players coming in on loan.

The big question among all this is where is the 100 grand that was put in a bond after we played Rangers in a sell out in the league cup at ibrox.