All good things come to an end. Or so they say. AFTN has been around since 1989, first as a fanzine and then making the jump to a website and forum in 2003. We've been through the many ups and down at East Fife in those 12 years but policing the forum has become a giant pain in the ass in recent years. As such, we made the decision not to renew it when it expired.
The forum is no more and will remain as a locked archive until it is eventually deleted by the host. We're looking in to try to save some of the content as an archive.
This is not the end of AFTN though. The site will continue and will be revamped and return in its full glory for the start of the 2016/17 season. Maybe even sooner. There will be a comment sections and possibly even a new, registered forum. Check our Twitter (@aftnwebsite) for all the latest info and we'll also post in on the EFFC memories Facebook page.
Until then, have a last browse here, thanks for all your support over the years, and 'Mon the Fife.
GoF
I think one of the big issues isn't how long we give our managers, it's how we appoint them.
When was the last time this club advertised to see who was out there, interviewed, and appointed the best candidate for the job?
Aitchison was given the job without an interview process, as was Brown, Durie, Robertson, Crawford, you'd probably have to go back to Baikie to find a manager that actually had to compete with other managers through an interview process.
Is it any wonder we're not getting the right men for the job when we just give the job away? Whether or not these guys were bad or good appointments is another discussion, but surely they should at least have been invited to apply along with any other candidate.
My fear is that if we sack the current manager, a new one will be appointed within hours and probably won't be the best that we can get. Trust me, with our set up, facilities and a few of our players, there would be some high profile players/coaches interested in speaking to the club about the job.
Brown and Robertson were interviewed for the job.
Brown made an unsolicited approach to east fife on the news that the job was vacant. Robertson was approached by east fife.
And at the time I do believe the consensus amongst supporters where that these were good appointments and the board received much praise.
I really don't think the methods used by east fife when appointing managers is flawed. It seems consistent with the methods used by other clubs and like east fife, sometimes it works out and sometimes is doesn't.
I hope we do start to turn the corner - but if we don't a change of manager may be required.
Atchison should stick to driving fucking taxis.
If you can't even spell the name of the manager it's almost impossible to have a credible viewpoint.
I don't care. I`m Angry!
You can feel my pain.
Exactly. Same old fucking dinosaurs still lingering in the background like a bad fart on a cloth chair.
SPF had the measure of this twat a year ago.
Makes my blood boil.
My mistake is saying 3 but 3 is certainly nearer a "few" than the 9 competitive games he has been in charge of so far.
I take it you will be happy to let him continue, no matter what the results are and watch the crowds dwindle to what they were last season.
Yep, thats right Jocky. You were nowhere to be seen on this forum commenting on how we were trying to play good football.
The only time you post is to have a go at the other posters who voice an opinion, concerned about our current league position.
A lot of people are concerned, and rightly so.
we are going to win on Saturday 3 0 you heard it here first
I bloody hope so !
Board meeting!
Funny how the Twat always shows up when folk start moaning.
I can`t recall Cocky ever posting when the team were doing well. Always jumps on folks backs when he isn`t happy with their posts.
Cocky is always right though.
How much time do you give a manager then? If we were getting better each week then fair enough but we are not, far from it. We certainly never gave players ft contracts to sit bottom of league and out 2 cups at first hurdle anyway. No excuses today anyway, must win game. We are a laughing stock and rightly so at the moment.
The players have to take their fair share of the blame too. How many times do we hear "going through the motions" or "heads are down" in relation to games? These guys have minds and bodies of their own and should be capable of performing at a basic level regardless.
Even if the manager was performing poorly there should be enough experience to sort it out on the park. During our title winning season Steven Tweed used to organise the side once they were out on the park in spite of Baikie's "gameplan". Granted that was a team of players playing at a level that they were too good for at that time, but most of our players are good enough for this league and certainly no worse than the likes of Arbroath's and Stranraer's.
I do apologise I said we would win 3 nil .it was only 1 who gives a fcuk its three points in the bag great team effort.
A strange, sickly silence descends upon AFTN yet again, after an East Fife victory!