Barry Nicholson top six target
Wednesday, 21st Feb 2001BN:- “Our main aim at the start of the season was to avoid relegation. Now we are in such a strong position we will be very disappointed if we don`t finish in the top six."
“It is all about the team getting three points.” Barry Nicholson`s fifth goal for Dunfermline meant that the youngster was requested to meet the press after the win over Dundee: -
"It is always nice to score a goal but it this stage of the season it doesn`t really matter who scores the goals, it is all about the team getting three points.
"The goal took a deflection; a little bit bigger than the one on Saturday but still claiming it. It is always difficult to come here as we found out earlier on in the season on my debut when we lost 3-0 that day. When you are pushing for a top six spot it is good.
"It is a massive game for us on Saturday at Tynecastle. If we can pick up a point or even the three points then that would set us in good stead for the remainder of the season.
"I think everybody knows now that I came to Dunfermline to play first team football. To be fair the gaffer has given me my chance, I think that is my 33rd game now and I haven`t missed one. I just hope touch wood, I don`t get injured and I can just keep it up. I am delighted with what has happened with coming here and playing every game so hopefully I can keep it going.
"I am a little surprised, I didn`t know what to expect when I first came. The side have been excellent; passing it about well all season and I think we probably deserve the position we are in now. It is a nice surprise.
"I can`t speak for everybody else but I felt I was getting to the age where I wanted to play every week. I didn`t think that I was going to get my chance at Ibrox with the players that they were bringing in. I just decided when my chance came to come to Dunfermline, I took it with both hands and luckily it has worked out well for me."
How important is the gaffer to Barry Nicholson`s success?
"I didn`t know him at all. The first meeting I had with him was in Glasgow and right from then i knew what he was all about really. To build a team that was going to pass the ball and I just liked the sound of it and to be fair since I arrived the training and the games I have played have been really excellent.
“The winter break there in Morocco was good for our training and our game. Him and Jimmy work well together to get the best out of the boys on a day to day basis and it has worked out for us.
What can you achieve at Dunfermline?
"We are only thinking about the top six at the moment, we have not really spoken about anything else. Our main aim at the start of the season was to avoid relegation. Now we are in such a strong position we will be very disappointed if we don`t finish in the top six."
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