East Fife now on eight-match losing run after Inverness Caley Thistle defeat
East Fife manager Dick Campbell was left angered after his struggling side ‘created nothing’ against Inverness Caley Thistle last Saturday.
The Fifers’ horrific run of straight defeats extended to eight games in the Highlands as they went down 3-0 to the Scottish League One leaders. Alfie Stewart scored after just three minutes for the hosts, and they made sure of the win in the second half with late goals from Paul Allan and Alfie Bavidge.
And the MGM Timber Bayview boss was left frustrated by East Fife’s lack of conviction in both boxes.
He told East Fife TV: “The last thing you want to do coming up here to play the leaders is lose an early goal. And the goal that we lost was so soft. We had three players going to close the boy down but they all left it to each other.
"After that we knuckled down and got ourselves into the game. At 1-0 the game isn’t finished. The second goal annoyed me. It is a worldie from the boy but it came about because we didn’t close him down. They got all of the breaks for the third goal. But we should have dealt with it. The big issue is that we aren’t creating anything.
"I feel for the fans who have travelled all the way up to Inverness. We had five players missing today but so what? It was a chance for other players to come in and show me that they want to play for East Fife – but I am not seeing that.”
Campbell’s seventh-placed side now second-bottom Cove Rangers this Saturday (3pm kick-off).