Halftime score 1-1

Buchanan scored for the Fife

Not good enough again. Time for a change in manager. Worrying sign for me was how tired we looked in the last 15 minutes against a part time team who had played in midweek. Did nothing in the second half at all. Getting bored of watching this year after year!

You could argue that we where unlucky today. Their keeper made some very good saves. And the linesman bottled the key decision of the game. Aitchison also set up to attack and Hughes is a good player who is still short of fitness. Liam played well again and finished his goal superbly.

At the same time the subs that came on where totally ineffective. Can see why Smith was swapped for Clarke, yet I have yet to see Clarke do anything when he does get on. How he missed that chance!!!??? God knows. Fash should have been given longer as Moosavi is possibly the worst player I have ever seen at this level, he can fairly shift but that's about it. I had forgotten he was on at one point.

The shape had went out the window at the end and some of the players where dead on their feet. Johnny Stewart was subbed as usual, then u could argue he shouldn't have started. The amount of times that Stewart gives slack passes to team mates is unreal. He can't tackle either but picked up bookings for being clumsy. Ross Brown played well and put a shift covering for him, developing into a good box to box midfielder.

On paper we have a good squad of players. In reality some of them are not good enough. Aitchison constantly shouts instructions to players are the players not understanding these or are they getting confused. On another day we would have won that game. For me the manager made the changes and brought on two players who continually produce nothing and due to this we where getting hemmed in up to the point of the dodgy pen. Hard to bare but still feel that Aitchison is going to blame the players and officials.

Fash was injured, he signalled to the bench to come off. I can think of 2 saves the keeper made in the 2nd half, possibly only 2 in the whole game which isn't good enough for a home team.

The same old excuses will be said and I for one am bloody fed up hearing them. The 2nd half substitutions made no difference at all and we tired badly against a team that played during the week, despite us having a few full time players.

It isn`t working for Aitchison and the board should make the decision NOW.

Why the substitutions in his infinite wisdom then?
Clueless. We've not got the worst goal difference in 2nd bottom place and out every cup due to refereeing decisions.
Wake up friend. What's McGlynn doing now btw?

I'm sure you could argue we were unlucky today. But you could argue that every week. Facts are the performances and results are not good enough. A few weeks ago I thought he deserved to get until January. I have changed my mind.

Can't wait for the post match interview of 'we were unlucky, decisions went against us, its all went well in training...'

Managerial tactics lost that for us today... Poor poor decisions .. Geeze a job that's all I am feckin saying!!

Couldn't understand the substitutions today. In the past the manager has appeared reluctant to substitute but today he changed it early when we were on top - why?

That's now 16 competitive games and we have scored first in only 2 games. The players seem to come out flat and leave themselves a mountain to climb.

On a plus side we created a lot of chances today and the formation was far better with 2 up top so would hope he doesn't revert back to one up front next week. Surely we can't lose for a 4th time to Forfar!!

The only good sign today was willie rambling instructions, clearly feeling the pressure noticed Gary naysmith keeping his distance. i think willie will get the bullet by monday.

From where I was sitting the better team won. We were getting over run in the middle of the park from start to finish. We played three in the middle of the park and they got out played all game. A stone wall penalty. bad decision from Paterson. Stranraer knew we were there for the taking and they went for it. You could argue that a draw might have been fair. We have the spine of a good team Campbell, mbu, Hughes Buchanan, stonie and durie very poor at full back, Johnnie stewart done nothing any game ive seen him. Maybe 5 decent players at this level the rest making up the numbers. I don't understand why he dropped ryan stewart and dutot. Stranraer were half decent but not great, last thing you want to do is give a team who scored 6 in there last game a goal in the first minute. There is a lot wrong how long do we wait to change things. Its easy sitting in the stand but I thought the management team would have matched up the numbers in the midfield to deny them space, but we kept with the same shape all game and allowed them the freedom of midfield. Luck is dead against us just now but you make your own luck in this game.

Why does the manager feel he has to change half the team each week? - Why was Dutot dropped ? If he wasn't fit he shouldn't have been on bench.

Why ( with several full time players in the team ) do we look so tired after an hour or so?-especially today against a part tine team who had a game in mid week.

Why do the same players keep geting chances when they consistently fail to deliver.

Why are we so poor at set pieces ? With several full timers can we not rehearse a couple of set pieces rather than trying to blast the ball over the wall every time ?

Why , after such a good first half from Hughes .did we then proceed to miss him out and hump the balls up to our forwards- he's the best passer in this division and probably the Championship too. Would it not be more effective to use him as the focal point of our play and not as an extra defender which he seemed to be for most of the second half ?

Just some queries I had driving back from the game

You can almost always tell how a manager will do within 2 games. There are exceptions, but very few. There are many previous managers who were clearly going nowhere very quickly. They were kept on because they were 'good guys'. If a manager is going to improve a team its obvious very quickly, even in defeat. I see no hint of this at East Fife. The 'give him time' brigade should be more realistic, look back on the last few managers, and realise that valuable time is being wasted. And its not about attending games, sometimes things are much more clear from a distance.

So I am nearly 90 ... The Moose can rip me for pace and has just aboot a better 6 PAC but I still take him for looks... But by fook he is shit! The park was graced by the presence of the 70/71 promotion winning today they must have shook their heads in disbelief when they saw attempt to play footy yesterday. Hate slagging players and I don't blame the Moose I blame the manager for signing him! Ssssssimples!... Geeze me the job!

For 45 minutes yesterday i felt a slight glimmer of hope that maybe this team just might cut it after all.
Second half changed my mind. The substitutions proved to me (and most around me for that matter) that this current manager is simply not good enough for this level of football.
In fact i think it quite cruel that you should expect someone of Atchisons experience to be a football club manager in the first place.He deserves to be put out of his misery.
Why on gods earth he continues to play someone like Moosavi who is clearly not a footballer just about sums up the predicament we are in. Team selections are simply baffling at times.
Put friendships and loyalty aside and do the right thing before its too late and we inevitably face yet another relegation battle.
All the good word being done behind the scenes is being undermined by the incompetence of the manager.

Who are the senior fulltimers in the squad? Is it Andrews, Dutot, the two Stewarts, Willis, Clarke, Tuta and Buchanan?

That should give us a huge advantage over most clubs in this league surely?

I say Craig leavein will be the new east fife manger or billy reid soon

Scott Young you really are joking about cyrus.I was at the game last week and if that was his best game he cannot be very good.Yesterday he should not have been on the pitch.Its just not running with the ball its what you do with it.For example hit the target,find a man with your pass and even where you go when you dont have the ball.I am surprised the manager did not pick up on this but he should have if he had played as a trialist.

The biggest mistake yesterday was when we took of smith, we should have brought on Dutot, and moved stonie into midfield. Because that is where the problem was in the middle we were out numbered operating a 3 man midfield.

Topper what about jack smith then if your going down that route. He has two one on ones and one goalie scramble. He emerged goalless. Don't see him being slated. Our problem is luck. Everything about the club is going upwards apart from our luck, so we just have to take our chances and make our own luck. Everyone needs to stop the negativity and get behind them. Negativity gets us nowhere.

Andy Townsend get down off your high horse

Re Moosavi I agree with Doug. We all know Moosavi is out of his depth at this level, but he goes on and puts a shift in. He's getting absolute pelters on social media, but ultimately the decision to play him is Aitchison's. The blame lies with the manager.
After being in dire need of a striker, we now have more than we know what to do with (Liam, Tuta, Clarke, Fash, Nade??), yet we have little cover in the wide areas. Any news on a return from Willis?

Fash getting that knock was unfortunate, especially right at the back of the Smith sub. However we had Ryan Stewart available who I think has done well recently. Or even Dutot, and move Durie further forward.