Chubbychops

Just much bigger than wee Raith Rovers. I don't think we are a massive club by any means. For some reason our Town back their local team far better than the people of Kirkcaldy.

Nae fishin bud, just how it is.

Oh dear

Dark times for Pars in the early 80's. Thankfully Leishman went on to make us the best and biggest club by a mile in the Kingdom of Fife since then

Bit of gossip from today. Been told Fraser Murray loan deal is a goer and he will sign next week. Not a huge surprise, but will be a really good option covering wings and competing with Turner for the attacking central midfield role.

Always the victim. In reality Hearts are just another also ran in the grand scheme of things and nobody could give two fucks about them.

Say 24th in that statement. Pars wern't coming back until the 25th anyway.

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/scottish-championship/1505698/dunfermline-hibs-fraser-murray/

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/scottish-championship/1505698/dunfermline-hibs-fraser-murray/ Just saw it in Courier. What style of midfielder is he?

Where did you hear that mate?

Millen's performance in the 4-1 defeat at home to Morton was one of the worst performances I've seen in a Pars shirt. Fair play to the guy getting a gig at Kilmarnock and filling on a couple times a year, personally thought he would playing junior by the time he was 25. There was a myth that he could defend simply because it was the opposite to Williamson. In reality both of them were crap at defending. Millen taking set-pieces at least gave him a purpose and masked over some frailties.

Says an established league one club fan, who play in a 3 sided stadium. Doesn't get more ''dug meat'' than that. Livi beat both sides of the arse cheeks last season and comfortably stayed up.

Comes as no surprise to Dunfermline fans that the guy is blitzing it already. He's got it all. Early days but looks like a good deal for both clubs and Scotland could benefit too.

That 30% sell on is looking tasty. Stevie Clarke take note tae.

Never been one for getting fanboy about anybody but Bert Paton is the one exception. The man walks on water......what more can you say.

He spoke to Pars last summer and ended up staying with Peterhead after talking to us. Said he wasn't impressed by the offer.

I know the squads vary massively in terms of how far to completion they are but going by various measurements (Finanial backing, stability of club, retained players and past performance) I would predict something along the lines of this- 1) Hearts- Bit of a mess right now, but from some of the existing squad and ability to buy compared to the rest, they should win the title 2) Dundee- I was swithering on this with a couple teams but McPake had Dundee hitting form just before lockdown. Still a fair bit of that squad remain and I think they have replaced Nelson and Hemmings with a couple decent signings. 3) Dunfermline- Recruitment has been pretty good. Nisbet gone but replaced with two capable strikers now. Not as reliant on one man up top this season. Improved on Ashcroft and managed to retain the wide threat. This coupled with Ayr and ICT losing key players will give us the edge 4) ICT- Again lost a few first 11 players but Robbo is notorious at finding diamonds in the rough. Not sure he can keep taking the hits every year though and I think it may cost them a couple league positions this season. 5) Ayr United- Ayr need to find players of similar quality( Sounds like Kerr is having a hard time finding that) to what they have lost and I don't know if Mark Kerr has the ability that McCall had for finding gems every summer. They've done well in the loan market recently but I think they have lost too many key players and a few guys who played their part in recent times are getting on a bit. 6) Raith Rovers- A team with a bit of momentum and a manager that knows his way about this division. McGlynn and Rovers just work. Expect some good derby games this season. 7) Arbroath- They have a well drilled team that they have mostly retained as far as I'm aware. Continuity will see them safe this season. 8- Alloa- Lost O'Hara and Flannigan but always seem to find suitable replacements. Good manager in Peter Grant, who has them playing decent football. Like Arbroath they just seemed more settled than the bottom two. 9)- Morton- The transition in ownership means no appetite to invest and I think it shows with some of the business they announced yesterday. My predictions from 7-10 could vary as Morton and QOS have a fair bit of business still to do but not looking good at the moment. 10)- QOS- Dobbie is in decline and a big rebuild required. Not sure what their finanaces are but I don't think AJ is the man to carry out the rebuild. Flirted with relegation for a couple years now and I think they will drop either automatically or via a playoff with Partick or Falkirk.

Was hoping Gary Oliver wouldn't be in our league next season. Seems to score 5 goals a season and 4 of them against the Pars.

Can't imagine what the guy has been through last few months. Good to see him back like you say.

I'm not a fan on the little I saw. He never made huge mistakes but he just doesn't look commanding for being a 6,4 keeper. After Rogers and MacDonald were taken I was struggling to see what other options were out there in our wage bracket and better than him. Seems to be a few teams in our league looking for keeper this season too. He has only played 6-7 games for us so hard to say how good/bad this signing will be. I know Hamilton and ICT didn't rate him, so the jury is out.

Not near as bad as that.

Canny beat an exciting marquee signing. Hope he rips the pish out of Falkirk.

Linked with Dunfermline also and they've got cash to burn after selling Nesbit so I can see him rocking up there We've signed Dom Thomas and already had Ryan Dow signed up. I think going by Crawford's previous comments, we'll be looking at the loan market to give competion to those two. Walsh would cost a bit much in wages for somebody to offer competition to two good established players.

Fon Williams looks pretty much certain to be a Pars player in the next few days. Scott Burns reporting it and he is normally correct and various sightings of OFW at East End Park today.

Through gritted teeth I have to say he will be an excellent signing. Would like to have seen him back at East End. Powerful and direct. Still young as well, so lots of improvement in there.