Away From The Numbers
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
Both teams were up for this game and a point would have been a good result. Fash took his goal brilliantly after great lead up work from Jules but missed a golden chance in the second half when lost control when one on one with keeper. Game changed when Gary went off injured and Ross went to right back and was given a torrid time from their left side . Another puzzling decision was replacing Sean with Cookie cos Sean was up to then the man of the match, no wonder he was miffed in the dugout. The penalty miss was purely down to a dreadful plastic pitch which Fraser slipped on just as he was about to strike the ball. I have never been a lover of plastic pitches although I can see the economic and practical reasons for them but from a players point of view I don't believe any player likes playing on them. All in all we were all gutted at the end as Annan stole the win but both teams played good football but a draw would have been fairer.
CLUELESS!
Clueless is a bit harsh i think.
But he got a lot of things wrong yesterday.
Annan were there for the taking yesterday but players taking the wrong option were a big problem, yes Fash got his goal but this lad needs to remember that it is a team game and the number of times he never laid the ball of to other players who were in better goal scoring positions was a joke, he is far to greedy at times, and the manager should have subbed him when he picked up a injury with 20 minutes to go.
The formations he plays at times are baffling, FFS they are a bunch of part time players and he has got them trying to do things that they are just not capable of doing and at times the players just look lost.
Why did he take the best player on the park off, the lad had every right to be fuming when he through his top of in to the dug out, why did he bring on a player who has just come back from injury and seemed to struggle from the minute he came on, it was all just to negative from the manager yesterday, hoping to hold on for a point when he should have went for the 3 points, he spoke about the team having injuries and so on in his interview after the game, what's the story with Riordan, he should have been brought on for the last 20 to try and get one of the many wasted chances the manager spoke about that the players never took.
The captain had a howler yesterday but it seems the manager isn't prepared to take him off, and the arguing between the manager the assistant and Fash regards if he was okay was a joke, make the decision and sub him rather than acting like that on the touch line, not good stuff, shame for the fans that travelled to watch that negative football when the manager decided to hold on for a draw and it backfired on him big time with the last minute sucker punch goal from Annan who were dire for most of the game.
Why play players who are injured. Baffling.
Apart from that it was a nice day out in the sun.
