From the official site.

Gordon Durie - Update

17 October 2012

Gordon has been advised by his doctor to remain off work for a further two weeks.

All the best Gordon.

Apparently Brian McNaughton and Bob Malcolm will be in charge in the meantime. I didn't actually know Brian McNaughton was involved with the club. I presume it's the same guy who played for us in the 80's?

Best wishes to Gordon and hopefully he gets fit and healthy again.

From a football point of view things are getting more and more difficult this season, no disrespect to the guys taking the team but the football team needs some real stability right now to get us out of the relegation fight.

Perhaps the club should offer Gordon the rest of the season off to rest and recover and appoint an experienced man to take over until next summer?

I was thinking the exact same thing. There's no point rushing Durie back. His health is obviously more important than football and with what looks like a relegation fight on his hands then its hardly going to be good for him.

Although if the new boss does well then that's another issue.

Well said, I hope the club consider this sensible option.

Who is Brian McNaughton?

Davie Clarke.

Relegation avoided.

The Doctor has giving Durie a line for 2wks...not a month or 3 months so chances are he'll return in november ,lets for arguements sake say Xmas.

What experienced manager is going to come in for such a brief period of employment and who are these managers??

if u wish for the club to be taking over by them then why arent they already in employment??

If a new guy comes in and is a success then what?

if he's a failure and the players dont play for him then what?

Who's the 1st person/s a new guy will talk to about the players at the club....the coaches who are already there.

seems to me like more problems than solutions

Is this not the 3rd two weeks Gordon has been told to take off? His health is prioroty so that could happen again and again. If a temporary manager comes in and does well then God forbid we might even go on a wee run and make the playoffs. How bad would that be.

pie

Okay let's just do nothing.

Could be worse though, if we appointed a temporary manager and he did well.

The only sensible thing to do is give somebody currently at the club the responsibility for team matters on a caretaker basis.

The sensible thing is to do whatever is required to ensure we stay up.

i agree with Fifer but i think Fred maybe already writing up an advert for the very, very temp position.

"To all experienced managers out there who might get East Fife a win or 2 then can u please hand in your CV to New Bayview stadium .
The post will be on a very short term basis as our manager might be returning in 2weeks,if he doesnt then u can have a weekly rolling contract.This will suit all those looking for work on a very temporary contract but as Christmas is not far away then i'm sure another job involving a red suit and white beard will become available soon after we're finished with you"

Lets let the board and Gordon Durie decide whats best for the club regarding management and team affairs,our job as fans is to support the boys on the park .....except for you SPF,you can sit and look at Ballingry Rovers forums and players stats.

ken whit kenwit...

that was quite funny for you

Durie needs an assistant. He doesn't have one. The team does not have an active manager. The team is at the bottom of the table. Get an assistant in who can take the team now and then assist Durie when Durie returns.

We should be looking for a joint managerial position , not assistant or coach , dual Responsibility , for the way forward . 2 managers together joint , no scape goat . This might just work for us ?

We had a great support that night. Was it Raymond Blair that scored and then slid on his knees in front of an ecstatic away support?

Tam.

Your probably right. The floodlights were not great then at Dens.

In the replay at bayview our preparation was severely disrupted as all the east fife players coming over the forth road bridge could not get to bayview on time.The start was delayed and i remember gordon marshall and the rest of the players involved just coming onto the pitch and then the game started.We were 2 or 3 down before we knew where we were.

My memory is that we started the game with 9 men. By coincidence I had been discussing this game recently with another Fife fan who told me that the referee was put under pressure by Jim Duffy to get the game under way.

Will Durie be back in the dugout for the Cup game at Elgin next Sat?

anyone?

ul hear bugger all from the club, Ive had a look through all of the clubs websites (took some time), and every single club are constantly updating their website with news/articles etc......we get absolutely heehaw

I heard some comments from some supporters last night to the effect that Gordon would be off for another 2 weeks.
Bob Malcolm was playing for the Reserves while Brian McNaughton was taking the first team.

Courier website reporting another 2 weeks with no idea of any potential return due to problems with his medication

Maybe the club could confirm? As I said before we should give Gordon the rest of the season off to make a full recovery. This situation doesn't benefit either party.

Utter garbage. You didn't have to be there today to see something is seriously wrong at EF!

Herd about the same ? We have become a laughing stock and players are just not good enough. Why do we continue to play shite every week ? I would have clear out in january and someone in with track record