Spiders got the Call spot on with boss
Queen’s Park winger Dom Thomas hailed the job head coach Callum Davidson is doing as he returned to haunt his former club.
The victory at east end Park was the spiders’ third in four games and propelled them up to sixth at the expense of their hosts, who sit second bottom after a winless run which now extends to eight.
Thomas took little pleasure in contributing to the Pars’ downfall but the former Dunfermline star is focused fully on hauling his side further up the table with Davidson at the helm.
“The manager has been great since he’s come in and knows the game very well,” he said.
“The boys have really taken to him and it’s massive because there’s a great relationship there with the manager and the playing staff.
“To be fair, there always has been since I’ve been here and we’re now starting to get the rewards for it. We always look forward – that’s always the message here.
“We know the Championship can quickly put you back to reality, so we’ll enjoy this win and we’ll be back in this week and preparing for another hard game against Morton.”
The home faithful would have been desperate for a reaction to the 5-0 defeat they suffered against Morton a week previously, and they were encouraged by a competitive first 45 minutes – albeit chances were few and far between.
But the second half was a completely different story and Queen’s ran out comfortable winners in the end.
The opener came in 66 minutes when stuart Mckinstry’s pinpoint cross found Jack Turner unmarked in the middle, and he coolly nodded the ball beyond Deniz Mehmet in the Pars goal.
Thomas doubled the advantage less than 10 minutes later, curling the ball brilliantly into Mehmet’s top right-hand corner.
any hopes of a comeback were effectively snuffed out in stoppage time thanks to Mackenzie Carse, who kept his composure in to slot the ball home.
The boos ringing out at the final whistle suggested all is not rosy at east end Park and Thomas admitted his team had been confident of piling on the misery before kick-off.
“You know when teams are on a bad run the confidence can go down and you are not wanting to be out there as much as you should and I think the fans maybe got on top of them a bit much,” he said.
“For us being the away team we’ve got to pounce on that.It’s something we identified and we knew if we got the first goal the crowd would maybe turn on them and unfortunately that was the case. You never like to see that.
“There’s some really good people at this club (Dunfermline) and you never like to see that but I understand it’s football and a results business.
“For us we have got to use it to our advantage.”