fifer67

3 league cups as well if ur that interested in Fife’s most successful club.

Let the fishing begin always one

Best get along all u Lino’s it’s the closest the cup has ever been to Kirkcaldy.

Think Darren’s post match comments are understandable, I’m feeling his pain watching individual error after individual error week after week. When a manager says post match that the opposition wanted it more that is really like a boot in the bollocks. The league is still incredibly tight with most teams having had a bad run,unfortunately it seems to be our turn right now. On our day we can compete in this league ,but we could be doing with a leader on the park someone who demands high standards and effort. The lads will just need to keep working hard in training and hope we can turn the corner. Now half way through the season and our report card would say far too inconsistent. Think Darren has to find a different style of play where we are harder to beat, I just get the feeling we are a soft touch.Every time a team has rolled up their sleeves and got in our faces we have lost the battle.. I would say one thing if we can’t find a formation or system that improves our goals against column it will be difficult to win games of football.Dont know if there is much wiggle room in the transfer window but a few guys loans will be coming to an end , hopefully Darren has a few guys in mind who can come in and and improve our fortunes.

December is going to be a big month for us apart from Ayr Utd we have a lot of winnable games in the next 4 weeks. Let’s hope we can keep all our best players fit . We have had a terrible time of injuries for months now, but Saturday was close to being our best starting 11, and we played some great stuff . Guys that have been the back bone of the team for 2 or 3 years now Kevin Smith , Kyle Wilkie ,Jonny Page and Kano are coming back to match sharpness. Mark Lamont has also been excellent the last month so I’m very optimistic but we’ll see how Saturday goes against our bogey team Queen’s Park .

Extremely disappointing the way we are shipping goals . It seems to be a different player every game that is making mistakes. Going back the last 3 games poor marking from cross balls has cost a few goals. Not picking up players at short corners. Mark Hurst has been at fault for at least 4 of the 10 goals shipped. We are keeping our shape reasonably well and not really being cut open very often but goalkeeping mistakes and our inability to defend set plays is a major concern. Until we sort out the individual errors we will continue to have inconsistent results from week to week.Alloa looked like a team there for the taken yesterday until we gave them a morale boosting 2 goals. To concede goals like that would knock the stuffing out any team and our 2nd half showing had a real look of apathy about it. We were 2nd to every ball . Can't really blame the manager for players making basic errors like we are making just now. Hopefully Pagey and Linton back next week.

I personally think if Darren Young was honest with himself last night he should know that certain players he has picked over the last 2 games have let him down big time. Only time will tell if he is brave enough to make the decisions for the good of the team. Say what you like about Gary Naysmith but he had no problem dropping experienced pros when he had to. It's plain for anyone to see that we do not have the personnel to play his chosen 4411 formation. We were spoiled last year with Scott Robinson who played the role just of the striker so well. The way we are shipping goals and our undoubted lack of quality in the final third would lead me to believe that we will be struggling for league survival . I really liked Darren Young track record at Albion Rovers and believed he would be a good appointment, but what I have witnessed the last two weeks has more than left a big doubt in my mind.

Embarrassing doesn't come close to describing that today. Tactics had to be seen to be believed. How could you set up with two wide men totally isolated from the game and 2 men in the middle of the park trampled all over the top off. There was enough room in the middle of the park for Raith to drive 2 double decker buses through. It wouldn't have taken a footballing genius to see after 10 minutes that we had to get more men in the middle area to stop their supply going forward.Two full backs were horrendous and Kieran Miller had a shocker ad well. I said after the Alloa game we didn't do enough when we didn't have the ball but that was even worse today.No pressure on ball and no tackles. That pitch is terrible as well very sticky. No fight no heart no desire everything you want from your team in a derby. Add in the lack of ability to defend a cross ball and how easy it was to get the crosses in then you can see how it was 5 going on 10. Going to be a long hard season watching some of these players going through the motions .

Courier reporting today that Darren Young interested in signing Ben Gordon central defender x Dumbarton and Alloa possibly old team mate of Darren's when playing at Alloa invited to training with view to signing a deal,mentions also competition from Ayr Utd for his signature.

A tough set of opening fixtures Stranraer away which incidentally was our last league game of last season,then Alloa at home followed by a trip to Gayfield, then a derby at home to Raith Rovers.Also good to have the New year derby at Bayview against Raith Rovers.

Bobby Barr must have made some improvement as a player if you think he will tear defences apart . When he was with us a few seasons back he couldn't get a game in a team that avoided relegation in the play offs.One hard tackle and he disappears.

Sometimes you get a bounce with a new manager but I promise you what I watched from March to April was dire stuff injuries had a lot to do with it but I'm not convinced in his managerial qualities

For me the jury is still out on Barry Smith when he came to Bayview Gary Naysmith had done all the spade work and assembled a decent squad. Naysmith had also created a tight dressing room and all the players worked for each other. When he first took over I never seen any significant difference with tactics . We had just went on the start of a decent run and he guided us to a run of 12 or 13 games without defeat. then you could point to injuries but between the months of March and May he was responsible for some of the worst football seen at Bayview in a long time. To be honest I'm not too bothered to see him go. He seems like a decent guy but that doesn't make a good manager. Faith seem to have history on making poor managerial appointments and I have a feeling this could be another mistake from a board who seem clueless on the football front.

The table doesn't lie you are top of the league for a reason Livingston have been the most consistent team in league one so far. Every other team has had a bad run at some time but Livingston have usually bounced back after a loss. I can't see them chucking the league away as they have got by far the biggest squad and options all over the park. Wish you all the best for the rest of the. Season.

Think your clutching at straws going on about away form and blaming your pitch. Your 2 performances at New Bayview were brutal and I can assure you if you can find a better playing surface in Scottish football I'd be surprised. What you'll find at this level of football is if you think you are billy big time and just have to turn up to win you'll be in for a few shocks. You have to win your battles on the pitch first before you can go on and win games.

Certainly leaves us well short of numbers in defence if anyone gets injured or suspended it will be round pegs in square holes.Dissapointed to lose Mercer hope it's not going to be like when davie Clarke left to join Falkirk and took all our best players with him and we were relegated the next season.

Kyle Wilkie picked up what looked like a bad leg injury,with the discomfort and pain he left the field looks like could be out for a while. Kyle signed a 2 year deal at start of season turning down rumoured full time deals. You guys enjoying Gary's style of football . Your goals for column seems to have dried up is this due to negative defensive tactics. We have never looked back since you kindly took Gary away to the promised land,with 5 victories and only conceding one goal in the process. It's very evident when our new manager came in he couldn't believe how deep our back line was sitting. He certainly left us with a decent squad but it seems to have taken someone else to get the best out of these same players.

Barry been the main man 206 times in the dugout with Dundee, Alloa and Aldershot. His record is won 69, drawn 46 and lost 91. He holds the record of 23 games unbeaten with Dundee. He has also had poor runs with both Dundee and Alloa which led him to resign at Alloa and the Dundee board to terminate his contract after backing him. Has also had good experiences coaching youth football. A good solid professional career playing with Celtic, Dundee and Valur in Iceland. So all in all has a wealth of footballing experience,probably what is required at Bayview just now to try and lead us to league one safety.

Probably safest pair of hands from all the others in the running happy with that . Done reasonably well in his previous posts and probably has the most managerial experience.

I would have thought Kevin Mcbride who got harshly dealt with from Airdrie might have been in the betting. He seemed to just be turning them around when he was shown the door. I honestly don't think it is the time to bring in a rookie junior manager.

Gary admitting even up to last Tuesday that he was still making mistakes, he said he got it wrong with his tactics against Edinburgh city. Obviously if a good experienced manager shows interest it's a no brainier to offer him the job. I agree who ever it is will have a lot to do over the next month. John Rankin a good model pro who keeps himself in great physical condition and is a good leader. I know that any untried manager is a gamble and the safer option is to go with expierence, but a lot of clubs at our level bring in first time managers.

Glad to see the board going about this the right way by asking for cvs from interested parties.All to often in the past we have promoted within and not looked at other options. Should be a decent bit of interest from either people with management expierience,or x players looking to take up their first management post. East Fife over the years have had our share of player managers , and I was thinking outside the box and wondering if John Rankin now at Falkirk has any ambition to get into management. He has a wealth of footballing expierience and comes across well on radio Scotland when I have heard him. would also be a good playing appointment.

Funny thing was seen dick at Bayview on Tuesday could put 2 and 2 together and get 5 but I think Arbroath playing Edinburgh tomorrow, so hopefully just a scouting mission.

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.