See this as a must win game for us as we will then be 8 points clear of them albeit they have 3 games in hand.

If we play like we did Saturday past then we will get beaten lets hope they get back to playing like they did in the first half against Dumbaton ball on the deck and let the wingers run at them.

Noticed also that the clubs have a gentlemans agreement that Dobbins can't play in this game.

Second best/third best Second best/third best.........ho hum who gives a shit?
Mon the Fife!

Mmmmm 3 minutes for a topic to be hijacked by another East Fife fan crawling out of the woodwork surprise surprise

Thats cos there's so many of us! and we're all unempl yed!

Um, give enough of a shit to have the first reply on the thread. Perhaps you'll find some mates on the 2nd division forum.


Back on topic, i would like to remind any Stranraer fans coming up for the game that the Legends Bar in the stand will be open pre game for reasonably priced refreshments and some free grub!

A draw would be a good result.


For us

Beast Fife? Sounds like one of our friend's from Cowdenbeath on the wind up!

It would be nice to think that we would play like we did on our midweek visit. A draw would not be the end of the world for either team
Dobbins as you say will not feature on Saturday or in a play off game between the clubs if they happen to meet.

Big big game for us, could be trouble with Dobbins out, we only had to fit centre back last week and he has been solid so far. Will wait and see what Saturday brings looking forward to this one.

I want the Mo' to win.

Me too.

All going well, there's very chance we could meet Stranraer in the playoffs so this should be an interesting game to see how both sides match up.
given that Montrose have swapped their recent good away form for good home form instead, I'm backing the Mo to win by the odd goal.

I don't see how this is a "must win" game for Montrose as they will make the play-offs comfortably if they are fairly consistant for the rest of the season. However if you play like you did against us, Stranraer will be in for a tough game.

Montrose and Stranraer will almost certainly both make the play-offs and I don't think it matters too much whether a team finishes 2nd, 3rd or 4th.

do you have nothing better to do?

I agree that it matters not a jot if a team finishes 2nd or 3rd but 4th is a different ball game with the uncertainty of what you are going to get from div 2

Train my otter.

Maybe but if they're shit, they're shit and if they're good you'll have to beat them if you want to go up anyway, whether it's in the semis or the final.

Last season we could have finished 3rd or 4th and I can't say I was too bothered about either. Queens Park would have gone up no matter what.

It obviously all comes down to form at the time rather than whether you're 2nd or 4th.

This one will be tough to call i think we are capable of beating MO if we play well on our day but when they play to their best they are a good side but very unconsistant like ourselves

Hope we bring a good wee crowd up and make some noise with our newly bought drum is There any segregation at Links park or can we stand on the terracing?

There is segregation at the ground but it has only been used against Arbroath this season. There wont be on Saturday but i think another couple of incidents with the young fans may see it introduced permanently in the future.

Edited for typo

Will be a tough game for us but think we will be able to get the three points

I reckon 1-0 Montrose (surprise surprise) Mo fan in Montrose is going to win shocker. Don't think we can play as badly as we did against Forfar. Surely!

Could be difficult for us on Saturday. Defensively we are stuggling.
Our normal back four would be:
McKinstry..Dobbins..McLauchlan..White

We might line up:
McKinstry..Kane..White..Creaney

Ian Dobbins OUT
Pat Keogh OUT
Gerry McLauchlan OUT
Kevin Nicoll OUT
Mark Thomas ???/OUT
Stephen Noble ???

hopefully thomson is back at left back and either let Buchan go to rite back or in midfield. Preferbly right back as cummy is fucking shocking! The boys should be raring to go after last weeks pish!

Is not looking to good at the moment, would be nice to see us go with three up front and go for the game then wouldn't have to worry about a cover for Dobbins.

What postion is Dobbins getting played. At uses.





Come On The Mo !!

Who's going to racially abuse Gregory Tade this week?

We could get an East Fife player on an emergency loan in order to fulfil this task

You are encouraging Racial abuse. Your just as bad as Fotheringham.

centre back

this game is a must win for the mighty MO if we win that will secure us second place

What play off details. 2nd at home to 3rd place in first leg or is 2nd away? anyone know?

Played shite today, the ref was atrocious (you'd think we would be used to that ) but still managed to hit the crossbar 3 times and the normally reliable Hunter missed 2 sitters. oh well, at least no ground lost to Arbroath.

Good three points for us today We played better against Montrose at Stair Park and lost 2-0. We were the better side in the first half with somehow Bonar scoring which is unheard of. We scored a surprising second with a good hooked finish by McConalogue. Then Montrose woke up a bit and created a decent number of chances which Roddy Hunter kept missing which was getting quite funny.
To come away with 3 points with such a patchwork side is a great effort. We even had Stuart McColm from the reserves a south of scotland league striker playing for us up front.

Good result in a bit of a strange game we never really looked like losing but Montrose did seem to have plenty of chances especially late on.
Thanks again to Montrose for their superb hospitality before the game.

No problem, just wish more traveling fans would come up and use the facilities.

Cant believe result today. First half was dire shit. Tade hitting his own cross bar! Mo defence fell apart and stranraer score. Second half they get a early goal before the mo batter them till FT. hit bar 3 times. 2 roddy hunter sitters. Ref was shocking , every throw in or goal kick stranraer would take around 5 mins to take. Just has a word everytime. No 2 was a joke rolling about like a fanny the whole game.
Good to chat to Dobby though!

The service insdie the ground were excellent and very friendly Also love Links park as a ground with old fashoined terracing behind both goals

Both teams had good chances and either could of won it on thier day but we took our chances well so maybie just deserved it

As for travelling support i thought our numbers were not bad considering the two times MO have been down at Stair park there was no one to be seen Also was very noisy away support

Keep up good work Fergie & Knoxie

Absolute dire performance today from the boys.
Tade almost scoreing a peach of an own goal was the only joy i got out the first half
2nd half was better and maybe if Roddy wasnt so unlucky could of been a different result
But whoever your number 2 is should be ashamed to call himself a man absolute pansy. Shocking attitued towards the game.
Also a pre match chat from Dobbs was quality top guy who I admire and did explain his reason for moving which i do understand.

That would be banjo (i.e James McKinstry), From were we standing we could not really tell what happened to him

thought montrose played okay today the 2 goals they lost were shocking though,fair play to stranraer for taking their chances though.still think we miss woody a hell of a lot no physical presence up front 2 very small players great on the deck but no soo good for headers etc.smokies got beat though so it aint all so bad after all lets hope stenny keep winning.also..............anyone else see scott paterson at the game think he plays for cove now used to be at partick in dundee utd could of just been their watching the game like but who knows

He's about 35

Created enough chances to get something.........................but god the ref was a cheat, the incident at the end when booking mclaren after being taken down by the goalie was awesome.....and also when are we going to do summit about the service at the pie stall IT NEVER MOVES 25 mins to get served then no pies , all this only 7 mins into 2nd half.

Not saying it was worthy of a booking or not as i was too far away but Black had raking stud marks down his thigh after the collision. It just looked more like a coming together. The press guys afterwards thought the mo player seemed to trying to play for the pen and collision rather than trying to get the ball and nip round black.

a cheat is a cheat and the ref was a cheat , even Jim was on his case , but as i say a cheat is a cheat

What a ridiculous statement. Do you think individual referees single out teams like Montrose to cheat against?
He probably had a bad game...

Black wasn't in the box. The ref was a bottle job, Black had just been booked so why was he not sent off if the ref saw this as a dive?

you were not there so f**k off

Paterson is indeed (or at least was) on Cove's books. He's only played a couple of times this year through injuries (and one of those game he came on as sub and only lasted about 20 mins before being subbed off himself). A number of Cove fans reckon his career may be over, and he's not even been on the bench for a while. As fas as I remember he does part time coaching at Aberdeen, but not sure what his 'day' job is.

Of interest to Mo fans might be that his place in the Cove back four is generally taken now by Eric Watson, Calum's brother, who moved from the Roselea in the summer. He has just won the HFL player of the month. And he is oftern joined at the back by Kevin Tindall, still capable of putting his foot in where required!