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3 important points for us and Queens Park dropped points.
Was good to see Kev Gordon gettin on the score sheet and will give him a lift which he needs. John Martin again played really well when he came on don't know what else he needs to do before he gets a start.
Dair was disappointing but the injuries are clearing up and Baikie now has more players to choose from.
Bring on Queens Park!!
Faraday
Nov 25, 2006 - 6:14PM
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Martin's problem is surely that he is an impact player? He can run around like a headless chicken for the last 20 minutes, which he did today to good effect. If started he can't go at it like that for the full game?
or can he?
Joe
Nov 25, 2006 - 6:18PM
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Bit harsh calling him a headless chicken, don't you think? His pace is a real threat but his crossing needs improving.
He hassles defenders and never gives them any threat. Not sure about doing it for the full 90 minutes but we will never see what he can do unless he gets a chance, he deserves one though dont you think?
Rabhaw
Nov 25, 2006 - 6:18PM
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Superb goal by Kevin Gordon. He was receiving some stick from so-called 'supporters' every time he touched the ball, even when he held on to the ball after collecting it before scoring! He shut them up good and proper with the goal.
Don't know why these whingers bother going to the games??? They just spoil it for others with their constant moaning and bad languauge.
Rabhaw
Nov 25, 2006 - 6:23PM
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Regarding Martin, when he came on he gave us a lot of width and options and we suddenly had lots of space up front for everyone. Deserves to be on from the start I'd say.
Stewart
Nov 25, 2006 - 6:41PM
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First half today was pretty boring but easy goal for Jabba and could have had a pen. Second half bit better but certainly changed when Martin came on with his fresh legs causing problems on the right for Montrose. It would be good to see Martin getting a start I reckon, and headless chicken is not the best description, maybe Faraday just means he runs tirelessly. Gordons goal was excellent. Hope the confidence has returned now and a win against QP next week would be superb.
I watched today's game as a neutral and thought East Fife did a solid job. I suspect there's a bit more in the tank.
Montrose had their fair share of possession, but East Fife's attacking flair made the difference. Jablonski looked sharp, O'Reilly worked well off him. There's plenty of attacking opportunities as well for the likes of Blackadder and Gordon. Martin made a real pest of himself to the defence when he came on. To a certain extent Montrose's possession helped as Fifers' counter attacking play looked very dangerous.
Defence was solid.
Montrose's manager showed a bit of sharp common sense substituting 14 before he succeeded in his mission to get sent off.
Officials controlled the game well. No I didn't agree with every decsion, but the referee kept good control without waving cards willy-nilly. His booking of Kev Gordon is more a testament to the restrictions applied by SFA rather than any lack of common sense on his own part.
Best Of Luck for the remainder of the season. I think you have every chance of a very successful league season.
couldn't manage to make todays game, just interested if we went with the 4-5-1 again seeing as we were the home team !, it is alluded to in the previous post saying it suited us to counter attack.
Bayviewboy
Nov 25, 2006 - 8:32PM
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We played 4-4-2 with Jabba up front alongside O'Reilly until Dair was replaced by John Martin midway through the Second Half when Jabba went back to midfield and Martin played alongside O'Reilly.
sapper756
Nov 25, 2006 - 8:37PM
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Like many fans I to wonder what more young John Martin has to do, to be in the starting 11. The same as last week , came on with 30mins left and added a bit of pace and fight to the two games. C,mon Baikie give the lad a chance to show what he can do, I know the opposition defenders hate playing against him. Thought Gordon had a poor game up until he scored, them he played a lot better, good goal!
GoF
Nov 25, 2006 - 9:21PM
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Not the most exciting of games but one we certainly had to win and with Queens Park and Stenny drawing, a fantastic three points.
Next week and Dumbarton away could set us up very nicely.
Martin was fantastic when he came on, and although I do think he is ideal for coming on with say half an hour to go, he has done enough to merit a start, but instead of who I'm not sure.
Captured both goals on video so just uploading them just now for all to enjoy, either again or for the first time!
Rab, I bet these same "supporters" were the one's that gave us dog's abuse last season for "not supporting the team"
Stewart
Nov 26, 2006 - 8:25AM
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Rob N, I'm still fairly certain the ref got it wrong in booking Gordon. At the start of the season FIFA and UEFA stated that players would be cautioned if they removed their tops and not if they merely put them over their heads. So why the booking?
As a fan of Kevin Gordon I'm delighted he scored today though I do think this was one of his quieter games. As for John Martin I think his pace is best suited to the last half-hour and until that off-the-ball incident he had their defence in trouble.
An interesting point in the said off-the-ball incident the offender was a guy named Cumming, something John wouldn't have been doing last night!
Joe
Nov 26, 2006 - 10:27AM
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"An interesting point in the said off-the-ball incident the offender was a guy named Cumming, something John wouldn't have been doing last night!"
I also heard Kev Gordon getting a bit of stick from certain "supporters" strange how you never see these guys at Berwick, Elgin etc...
Surprised we haven't lost at home in the league this season with all the whingers we have.
Rob N
Nov 26, 2006 - 10:38AM
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'I also heard Kev Gordon getting a bit of stick from certain "supporters" strange how you never see these guys at Berwick, Elgin etc...'
He worked hard and even when things went wrong was not frightened to put himself back into the action. Looks a talented and valuable player to me.
Kev Gordon is a good and valuable player for us. His pace is a threat and is dangerous going forward.
His confidence must have been a bit down but would have got a big lift from scoring and shuts the boo boys up so well done Kev . The boo boys then try to find their next player to criticise.
I also heard a shout of "Baikie must go" yesterday! Who are these people?
Cod help us!
Nov 26, 2006 - 10:47AM
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Freddy Mercury and his pals?
Joe
Nov 26, 2006 - 11:02AM
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Think I know who you were referring to.
I was sitting a few rows infront of them and the constant slating of the team and management is a disgrace.
Forest Fifer
Nov 26, 2006 - 7:48PM
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BBC News website doesn't list Gordon as having been booked (gives the Montrose players though)
Maybe the ref changed his mind?
Rob N
Nov 26, 2006 - 7:57PM
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I notice that the Sunday Mail has no bookings recorded for East Fife.
I think John Martin suffers in the same way Brian Fairbrairn did for a while. He is so effective as a sub and his pace posses a tired defence so many problems that it is very tempting for a manager just to keep him for the last half hour. I do think he deserves a start though.
????????
Nov 27, 2006 - 2:36PM
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I think the problem that John Martin suffers from is he couldn't hit a coo's arse with a banjo!
GREG
Nov 27, 2006 - 4:39PM
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?????????????? notice you don,t put your name against your post, maybe worried Martin wouldn,t miss you!
????????
Nov 27, 2006 - 7:20PM
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He probably would miss me if he was trying to hit me with the ball.
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. The boo boys then try to find their next player to criticise.