[Mon_The_Fife]

Another great win for us but again like last week's win over Stenny we didn't start playing until the 2nd half.

Frist half both teams were poor and it was a scrappy 45 minutes. The referee awarded Albion a penalty for no reason. No Albion players claimed for a penalty and no one was fouled in the box from the corner. McCulloch saved from Hunter and somehow the rebound hit the post from the guy following up with an empty net.

Albion were reduced to 10 men when Donnely was sent off for handball on the line. Cameron scored to make it 1-0.

2nd half we played a lot better and began to create more chances. McCulloch's long kick was missed by Albion's keeper for McManus to squeeze the ball in 2-0.

Bobby Linn got a run out and scored a cracker, McManus did all the work and Linn smacked the 3rd in from around 25 yards. Game Over.

The best centre-half in the world Jonny Smart scored the 4th late on and O'Reilly had a few chances but his luck seems out at the moment.

Not a great performance but a good win and a sign of a good side when you can win convincngly without playing great.

[Faraday]

Didn't think we were that great. Albion were unlucky not to score in the first half. Second half we could have scored a lot of goals. Linn looked very good. We played a lot better when he came on, put his foot on the ball a bit. Would like O'Reilly to start, reckon a few games will see him scoring again.

Edit: Smart was absolutely immense. Could have scored 3.

This post has been edited by Faraday: 06 October 2007 - 16:38

[Weekender]

How was Bobby Linn's overall performance ? Great to see him score,just looks to have a lack of confidence when hes playing for us.

[Tam EF]

BluebirdTon, on Oct 6 2007, 18:05, said:

How was Bobby Linn's overall performance ? Great to see him score,just looks to have a lack of confidence when hes playing for us.

Looked really up for it when he came on and scored an absolute peach from about 25 yards. Would imagine he will start for the next game.

[Angusfifer]

Four nil definitely flattered us. Albion Rovers matched us for an hour before we finally began to carve them open.
The referee was absolutely shocking. Ridiculous decision for the first penalty and the sending-off looked harsh.
Plus points were we ground out a decent win in the end and the performances of McManus and Smart.

Perhaps we are getting a bit demanding, moaning after a 4-0 win though...

[roy of the rovers]

EF certainly look a league winning side IE not playing well but still winning by a clear margin!

Blood referee BTW

This post has been edited by roy of the rovers: 06 October 2007 - 17:35

[Beachcomber]

Well it was a bit of a scrap but i dont remember Rovers creating much, especially in the 2nd half. They put in some effort though so credit to them.

[Aloysius Snuffleupagus]

Angusfifer, on Oct 6 2007, 18:26, said:

Four nil definitely flattered us. Albion Rovers matched us for an hour before we finally began to carve them open.
The referee was absolutely shocking. Ridiculous decision for the first penalty and the sending-off looked harsh.

Totally agree with all of that.

We looked o.k up until the secong goal, even with 10 men, but once that went in it the game was done. Disappointingly, it looked to be yet another howler from our keeper, whose jaiket was already on a very shakey peg. We signed Tony Mitchell during the week and I assume he'll start against Forfar on Tuesday.

As for the East Fife penalty, I was one of the few in our end who reckoned Ciaran did handle the ball, and if that's the case he has to go. However, there was a handling offence in the lead up to it that, which should have seen us with a free kick. That was what our players were raging about.

The one positive was that we've finally found a physical striking presence in the ample frame of Big John Gemmell. I was very impressed with him in the 20 mins he got. He's a brave big guy who is certainly not afraid to take a knock or two, and also looks to have a reasonable touch. We'll need to dust down Big Yardley's old shorts for him though.

Oh and finally, a word for the jobsworths working at Bayview. We all got moved 5 mins into the game because an Associate Director (no less) wasn't happy that we weren't behind 'the chain' that designates the away end. Unsurprisingly, the seats we were originally in remained unoccupied. What is it with football giving insignificant arseholes the opportunity for a power trip?

[Gordon EF]

We won 4-0 without really looking at our best, which is a very good thing I suppose. Rovers could easily have led at HT and looked OK, certainly not one of the worst teams to come to Bayview this season. With a man down and a goal down though, the game was always ours. It was good to see Dave Baikie throwing the strikers on to try and get more goals and Linn had a good debut. McManus and Smart were both outstanding for the 2nd week running.

[GreenOak_Ton]

Nice one Bobby Linn.Keep it going EF.Ton supporters are behind you this season after you humped the St Mirren.

[the_russian]

We are simply too good for this league.

[SaltyTON]

the_russian, on Oct 6 2007, 22:21, said:

We are simply too good for this league.

No you're not, you have Paul Walker, and you've loaned the fourth choice striker of a team who's top scorer before today was a wee boy slower than Brian Rice on 3 goals.

[the_russian]

SaltyTON, on Oct 6 2007, 22:28, said:

No you're not, you have Paul Walker, and you've loaned the fourth choice striker of a team who's top scorer before today was a wee boy slower than Brian Rice on 3 goals.

And you layed Hamilton to win div1 so shut your puss you feckin eejit.

[Boghead Ben]

Aloysius Snuffleupagus, on Oct 6 2007, 18:50, said:

Totally agree with all of that.

We looked o.k up until the secong goal, even with 10 men, but once that went in it the game was done. Disappointingly, it looked to be yet another howler from our keeper, whose jaiket was already on a very shakey peg. We signed Tony Mitchell during the week and I assume he'll start against Forfar on Tuesday.

As for the East Fife penalty, I was one of the few in our end who reckoned Ciaran did handle the ball, and if that's the case he has to go. However, there was a handling offence in the lead up to it that, which should have seen us with a free kick. That was what our players were raging about.

The one positive was that we've finally found a physical striking presence in the ample frame of Big John Gemmell. I was very impressed with him in the 20 mins he got. He's a brave big guy who is certainly not afraid to take a knock or two, and also looks to have a reasonable touch. We'll need to dust down Big Yardley's old shorts for him though.

Oh and finally, a word for the jobsworths working at Bayview. We all got moved 5 mins into the game because an Associate Director (no less) wasn't happy that we weren't behind 'the chain' that designates the away end. Unsurprisingly, the seats we were originally in remained unoccupied. What is it with football giving insignificant arseholes the opportunity for a power trip?

Oh dear Flying Spaghetti Monster! You've not signed 'The Beast' have you?

So, what went on with the EFFC jobsworths then Just read on your official site a scathing comment on how the Rovers fans were treated. What happened?

[Aloysius Snuffleupagus]

Boghead Ben, on Oct 7 2007, 14:53, said:

Oh dear Flying Spaghetti Monster! You've not signed 'The Beast' have you?

So, what went on with the EFFC jobsworths then Just read on your official site a scathing comment on how the Rovers fans were treated. What happened?

Yup, we've got The Beast and first impressions are good. We need a physical presence up front and he's certainly that.

As for getting moved, we sat just the other side of the tunnel and according to a steward with an English accent that was fine as the tunnel gates acted as segregation. However, an Associate Director then sent over another steward who asked us politely to move and we politely refused.

Five minutes later, they sent a supervisor (ginger bespectacled p***k) who told us that the Associate Director wanted us moved or the police would be involved. There was no explanation given as to what risk they thought we posed, nor did the Associate Director come over for a chat himself. The supervisor was an aggressive little cnut, of the type that are all too common in football grounds nowadays.

Anyway, it wasn't the biggest deal and we moved 10 yards down the stand as requested. If we had refused, there was little doubt that PC Plod would have been along, and no one needs that kind of shit on an afternoon out.

[Mon_The_Fife]

Aloysius Snuffleupagus, on Oct 7 2007, 15:50, said:

Yup, we've got The Beast and first impressions are good. We need a physical presence up front and he's certainly that.

As for getting moved, we sat just the other side of the tunnel and according to a steward with an English accent that was fine as the tunnel gates acted as segregation. However, an Associate Director then sent over another steward who asked us politely to move and we politely refused.

Five minutes later, they sent a supervisor (ginger bespectacled p***k) who told us that the Associate Director wanted us moved or the police would be involved. There was no explanation given as to what risk they thought we posed, nor did the Associate Director come over for a chat himself. The supervisor was an aggressive little cnut, of the type that are all too common in football grounds nowadays.

Anyway, it wasn't the biggest deal and we moved 10 yards down the stand as requested. If we had refused, there was little doubt that PC Plod would have been along, and no one needs that kind of shit on an afternoon out.

Strange, but I think the seats are reserved on either side of the tunnel for board members of each club. Saying that you did have half a stand to sit anyway.

I liked the look of Gemmell too when he came on. He even won a few headers with Smarty, which is very rare.

[Aloysius Snuffleupagus]

Mon_The_Fife, on Oct 7 2007, 16:16, said:

Strange, but I think the seats are reserved on either side of the tunnel for board members of each club. Saying that you did have half a stand to sit anyway.

We were quite a bit down from the tunnel and nowhere near the boards of either side. Basically we were moved 10 yards to be the other side of a segregation chain with no explanation as to what risk we were causing.

Screamin' Skull, on Oct 7 2007, 16:17, said:

What was the problem with moving then if asked politely ?- it wasn't as if there were a shortage of seats for the away end.

We were quite happy where we were and were causing no problem or stopping anyone getting a seat. Just because someone asks politely doesn't mean you can't also refuse politely and that's what we did. There was no cheek to the first steward just a few of us saying "we're quite happy here thanks" and the boy accepted that and went away. His supervisor colleague then came along and acted aggressively, but still didn't explain what the problem was.

[Boghead Ben]

Aloysius Snuffleupagus, on Oct 7 2007, 16:34, said:

We were quite a bit down from the tunnel and nowhere near the boards of either side. Basically we were moved 10 yards to be the other side of a segregation chain with no explanation as to what risk we were causing.


We were quite happy where we were and were causing no problem or stopping anyone getting a seat. Just because someone asks politely doesn't mean you can't also refuse politely and that's what we did. There was no cheek to the first steward just a few of us saying "we're quite happy here thanks" and the boy accepted that and went away. His supervisor colleague then came along and acted aggressively, but still didn't explain what the problem was.

That seems to be the lot of the steward at football grounds these days. At lower league level they can be aggressive yet at SPL grounds when teams are playing Euro matches, they don't notice fans escaping onto the pitch!

Who was the associate director then? And why should he be so bothered?

[Gordon EF]

I'm never usually on the side of stewards but there is segregation at Bayview and you weren't sitting in the right area, what's the problem?

[Faraday]

Gordon EF, on Oct 7 2007, 16:49, said:

I'm never usually on the side of stewards but there is segregation at Bayview and you weren't sitting in the right area, what's the problem?

I'm not sure I totally understand this. They were sitting on the left hand side of the tunnel, is that not the away end? What is the chain they are talking about? Is this the bit of plastic that indicates where opposition directors may sit? Or are there more condemned seats that haven't been replaced?

I assume the problem is that no one tried to explain and be reasonable with them. It was just "oot or ah'll call the polis".

[The Warrior]

Faraday, on Oct 7 2007, 19:18, said:

What is the chain they are talking about?

About 3/4 of the way down the stand, at the last exit for the pie hut/toilets etc there is a chain runs from top to bottom of the stand. Apparantly this is the new segregation in force, but noone actually tells you this until someone sits in the 'chained off' area.

We had the same problem last week when the 'head steward' decided it would be fun to pick on a 7 or 8 year old boy.

[Aloysius Snuffleupagus]

Faraday, on Oct 7 2007, 19:18, said:

I assume the problem is that no one tried to explain and be reasonable with them. It was just "oot or ah'll call the polis".

Exactly!