Manager Post Stirling Albion

26/08/08: "You always want to win your home games and it was a nice comfortable win. I was very pleased, I thought we knocked the ball about very well and created a lot of chances

After the comfortable 3-0 cup win over Stirling Albion, Manager Jim McIntyre was happy to comment:-

"You always want to win your home games and it was a nice comfortable win. I was very pleased, I thought we knocked the ball about very well and created a lot of chances. We had a problem with Scott Muirhead (hip injury) so with us lacking numbers, we played Calum Woods forward one and switched Kevin to the left. He can play on either side and he has great delivery. We got him on the ball in the right areas and his crosses hurt them"

Now all that remains is to produce this sharpness in the First Division as the club push for promotion. Alex Burke came in for some praise from his gaffer too:-

"He is a good player, he switches the ball well and makes good use of the ball. He linked well with Stephen Glass and Nicky Phinn. He can play wide but I think he is more suited to the middle of the park but that depends upon what system we go with. He will be deployed wherever I think he can do a job."

The Manager felt that it looks like Sol Bamba will be leaving the club as a transfer fee is near agreement and a medical will follow. Asked the almost obligatory question about potential new signings he replied:-

"I would like to think that there will be at least one body in by next week. Strikers are the main priority and we are working hard to get them in."

So far he has managed to secure only Graham Bayne from Inverness Caley Thistle but at least that has worked out:-

"Graham Bayne is pivotal to the way we play, that is why I signed him."

The Fifer was singled out by the Stirling boss, Allan Moore as the key danger man. Having watched him create problems in the midweek fixture against Dundee United he had warned his team well but was disappointed with the way they immediately let him feed Calum Woods to break and lay on the first goal.

The former Pars player described it as a harsh lesson to lose goals when his team had possession.