The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
Fifers boss Young orders players to cut out mistakes
East Fife head to Stenhousemuir looking for a first League One win in four games
And manager Darren Young has warned his men that the Warriors will take full advantage of any slip-ups.
He said: “Stenhousemuir will have taken a lift from beating Brechin last weekend. They also showed a lot of character to defeat Falkirk in the Scottish Cup recently, so we were in for a tough game if we do not do the right things.”
His own side’s surrender of a threegoal lead and subsequent 3-3 home draw with Stranraer last weekend still irks Young.
He said: “We have to manage games correctly and we have to ensure that we cut mistakes out of our game and we need to start doing so now. Mistakes all over the pitch cost us a win last Saturday and not just in defence where we made mistakes at every goal we conceded.
“We also had chances at 3-1, 3-2 and 3-3 and never took them so we cannot just say that it was an off day in defence. The game should have been won but it was only drawn, and it felt like a defeat.”
Young is however mindful not to paint too bleak a picture.
He explained: “What makes it all the more annoying was that we scored good goals, good well-worked goals that we worked hard at, however we gave away cheap ones. We need to become a harder team to score against and I am looking to freshen the team up to help us do that.
“It has been a frustrating run recently but when you stand back at look at the bigger picture, we are having a decent season. We are in third place, and in the quarter-finals of the Irn-Bru Cup, but we could be having an even better season if we improve our game management.”
Daryll Meggatt is banned after being sent off against Stranraer, with Chris Kane still out. Arbroath’s profile has probably never been higher but boss Dick Campbell is determined to keep everyone grounded and fully focused on what is immediately in front of his team.
The Red Lichties are now one of only two sides in the UK who are unbeaten in the league – the other is Jurgen Klopp’s English giants Liverpool.
The Gayfield gaffer and the club were featured on Sky Sports yesterday with the Arbroath fans interviewed for the piece in no doubt which manager they would prefer to be in charge of their club and it wasn’t the German.
Those supporters had more to celebrate last weekend when their team won 3-2 at the home of near neighbours Forfar thanks to a Bobby Linn hat-trick while closest rivals Raith were going down by the same scoreline at Montrose.