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That quite a few hamstrings we've had now.

What's wrong with Todd?

Think we've had bad luck with injuries but that's a few hamstrings and recurring ones too.

Summers came on against Arbroath last week. Looked a bit rusty. Maybe a couple games to get back up to speed.

Nothing to do with sitting in stands. It's just another piece of bad goalkeeping from him. You you stick your head in the sand and sneer at folk all you like. Doesn't change the obvious.

Edwards was complicit in the first goal but any half decent keeper should be saving a that header. Straight at him. Slow reactions.

The core of young players on long deals are certainly progress from 18 months ago. I'm really happy with that side of things. I do think the next part of our development is to get better quality established players. Think there a few on 2 year deals that are not going to take us any further. Due to the length of these contracts, it may take us a bit of time to improve those options.

Tough game. I keep going on about our lack of defenders but the guys in those positions are doing a pretty good job at filling in. Going for a 1-1 draw.

Absolutely, but people can underestimate Scotland at full strength too.

Good draw. Germany first game will be all pressure on them. They are not that great at the moment. Hungary and Switzerland are 50/50 games if we keep our top players fit.

Agree Otoo was signed as a centre back but I don't think that's where he will be playing long term. His best qualities are getting forward and not defending. Think he's best in that midfield role. Very effective making bursting runs from a deep position.

I would quite like to play QP just now as they are struggling badly. The only thing that worries me is having no natural centre back available. Hamilton and Otoo have done a decent job filling in the but then adding Comrie in there really is a bit of a ask.

This is the problem. Injuries will happen but our cover at CB is midfielders and a right back. We need to get a natural centre back in to give cover and keep the back three on their toes. The squad is too thin.

Our midfield out of possession are dredful. Allan and Chalmers just don't like closing players down. They're both too soft and slow. We need Hamilton and O'too in there but due to our lack of options at CB we can't play them in their proper positions. We play with 3 centre backs but only have three centre backs in the squad. We need more players in the door and not some kids to invest in. Proven top end championship players. Start showing some desire to compete for promotion. Guys like Wighton, Jakubiak,Chalmers, Deniz, Comrie and Allan are just not going to take this club further.

Some good young players at Pars right now but the old heads is what's letting us down.

Thought it was good game overall. Both sides tried to play it on the deck. We just don't get many breaks this season. Can't excuse everything down to bad luck though. We need to be taking more of the chances we're creating. Thought we were done after that belter of a shot from O'too came off the post for the 6th time but relieved McCann got th equalizer(had to be in off the post though eh) Again showed that we can compete with anyone in this league. ICT were the in form team coming into that today, so great to see us keep fighting to the end to get something out of the game. Looking forward to turning the Rovers over in the cup next week now.

Makeshift defence. Either goalkeeper not giving much confidence and toothless strikers are not giving me a lot to be confident about right now. We do have some good players though and can compete with all the teams. With a we bit of luck we can maybe scrape a narrow win but I think a draw in this one.

Wighton is a clever player but just can't get involved enough. I think he was good when he first arrived as he had a partner up top with him. He just doesn't suit our shape when we are in this league. Last season he got more time and space on the ball. Same issue with Chalmers. Good footballers who need time and space. They just don't get that at this level.

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/4800793/james-mcpake-hopes-to-have-two-long-term-dunfermline-absentees-available/ KRH and Matty Todd might be back for Friday. Didn't realise they were that close to a return. Not very clear if Bene will be back though. He is cruical to that back 3. I would actually go back 4 if he's not available.

Next window we must focus on guys who can help our young players not sign even more 20 year olds. We also need another centre back with experience. Breen is a perma crock. We have three natural centre backs and play with three. We are reliant on Bene holding it together too much. This shoe horning 5 foot 7 midfielders and right backs into the back three is fine for league 1 but not this league. The front line is painful to watch. No goal threat at all. Just hoping big McCann hits a 25 year thunder bolt is our only threat. None of our strikers carry a threat in the 18 yard box at this level.

Yep the signing of Jakubiak is showing that the guy is simply not a goalscorer. Wighton is technically a very good footballer but has been like ten men with him up top. He just can get into a game. Don't think he's suited to being the lone striker. Chalmers is rapidly looking like the off the pace slow midfielder we had two years ago. Not getting all the time he had last year. O'Halloran is not offering much for a guy who's played at a high level previously. The experience is just not giving us much right now.

Maybe we should start thinking about signing players that are going to win us football matches, rather than looking to see who might make us a profit. We have some good young players on 3 year deals but the experience around them are not good enough. Bene an exception.

When is Breen not injured. Something no right with the amount of injuries we're getting.

3 defeats in a row. 3 games without a goal. Our inability to score goals is going to get us in trouble. Getting pretty tired of Pars struggling down the bottom end of the second tier or in the 3rd tier.

That fist half was a mess. Comrie and Breen were all over the place. Breen looked so far off the pace, I'm not sure who deemed him a better option than Fisher to start that game. Got say I'm not a fan of Breen when he's fully fit. We looked toothles in the same way we did against Raith. It looks a real struggle when we go 1 down. Jakubiak miss though. Bit of a worry that we have been so poor last two games. We need to snap out of it pronto.