east fife for life Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 If I can get finished work in time I think I'll head up to this. A point should be an enough to qualify for knockout stages and I would have gladly taken this before tourney had started. Not getting carried away but ive been impressed by our start to season and long may it continue. Mon the Fife Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 It's difficult to predict what'll be needed for a best 2nd place spot. We know what we've got to do though. Win the game, win the group. Doubt Forfar are going to be mugs and I'm expecting another tough one. Robinson should be back, hopefully Wilkie's fit as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksteinson Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 12th man for East Fife, It's an Aberdeen ref Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east fife for life Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 12th man for East Fife, It's an Aberdeen ref If Forfar are anything like the hatchet men that are Peterhead FC we will need him! Fingers crossed we get a half decent away support to help cheer us on to victory and unexpected group winners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 16 hours ago, east fife for life said: If I can get finished work in time I think I'll head up to this. A point should be an enough to qualify for knockout stages and I would have gladly taken this before tourney had started. Not getting carried away but ive been impressed by our start to season and long may it continue. Mon the Fife I doubt a point will do you. 2 points for a draw and penalty shoot out win would though. It will hopefully clear up a bit tomorrow but it's already clear 10 points would get anyone through. 9 points is going to come down to goal difference almost certainly. Some will go through and some will go out. 9 points and a +3 GD for you would be tight (presuming Dundee beat Peterhead and Forfar to win the group anyway). There's every likelihood two teams will get at least 10 in Groups C and D. You then probably have a runner up on 9 pts in E, F, G & H. If you make 10 pts you'll get in. If you make 9 then it will likely be 2 from 5 on GD to get through and I suspect you'd need more than +3 to make that cut. If we get 9 we're bound to be more than that as we're +3 now with a game to go. Motherwell are at 0GD with games against E Stirling & Stranraer to come too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 3 hours ago, Skyline Drifter said: I doubt a point will do you. 2 points for a draw and penalty shoot out win would though. It will hopefully clear up a bit tomorrow but it's already clear 10 points would get anyone through. 9 points is going to come down to goal difference almost certainly. Some will go through and some will go out. 9 points and a +3 GD for you would be tight (presuming Dundee beat Peterhead and Forfar to win the group anyway). There's every likelihood two teams will get at least 10 in Groups C and D. You then probably have a runner up on 9 pts in E, F, G & H. If you make 10 pts you'll get in. If you make 9 then it will likely be 2 from 5 on GD to get through and I suspect you'd need more than +3 to make that cut. If we get 9 we're bound to be more than that as we're +3 now with a game to go. Motherwell are at 0GD with games against E Stirling & Stranraer to come too. I was having a look last night and thinking 9 points might not be enough. You could end up with 6 groups having 2nd placed teams on 9+ points but it does kind of rely of quite a lot of teams not dropping silly points. It's easy to look at these groups and think Dundee should be hoovering up 6 points, for example, but what are the odds on 5/6 teams picking up all the points you expect them to? I don't think anyone would be hitting the roof if Dundee dropped at point or two at Balmoor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Just now, Gordon EF said: I was having a look last night and thinking 9 points might not be enough. You could end up with 6 groups having 2nd placed teams on 9+ points but it does kind of rely of quite a lot of teams not dropping silly points. It's easy to look at these groups and think Dundee should be hoovering up 6 points, for example, but what are the odds on 5/6 teams picking up all the points you expect them to? I don't think anyone would be hitting the roof if Dundee dropped at point or two at Balmoor. I've done a more full analysis on the Group E thread, and of course it will be a little clearer after tomorrow night. However, it is near certain at least one or two teams will get 9 points and not go through. It's pretty unlikely 9 points and a +3 GD would be enough. It's going to take more than that I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bystander Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 2-0 Forfar Shut up..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east fife for life Posted July 25, 2016 Author Share Posted July 25, 2016 We will just have to win the game then to avoid any confusion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuggfifer Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 No ifs, buts or maybes. Go out to win the game, and the 2nd place issue will be someone else's problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theSilverFox Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 5 hours ago, east fife for life said: If Forfar are anything like the hatchet men that are Peterhead FC we will need him! Fingers crossed we get a half decent away support to help cheer us on to victory and unexpected group winners! We're no angels but certainly not hatchet men like I remember Peterhead to be over the last two or three seasons (I didn't make it to our away game there last week). Great start for East Fife, indifferent for the Loons. If we play like we did against Dumbarton then we have a good chance. Hopefully the game is about the two teams and not the ref we've been allocated..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-zero Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 More importantly about tonight, do you get bridies without onions at the stadium?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 More importantly about tonight, do you get bridies without onions at the stadium?? I hope you're ejected from the stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 1-0 Forfar Lister 20 minsOne of the most blatant handballs I've ever seen!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Goal Forfar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Thank you Forfar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kebab Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 2-0 ForfarMunro 50 mins Tbh they deserve it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east fife for life Posted July 26, 2016 Author Share Posted July 26, 2016 Cruising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogs_Dollox Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Convincing win. Good performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mon_The_Fife Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Had a funny feeling we might slip up here. 4 games in a small space of time was always going to be tough.Still, 8 points from 4 games is good going. We still might qualify too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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