Thommo upfront about ambitions
Friday, 5th Dec 2014Ryan Thomson has made 131 appearances for Dunfermline which is quite a feat given that he is only 23 years old.
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Ryan hopes to add to that number of Saturday against a team he played against five times last season scoring twice.
"I scored against them in the cup to win through to play Rangers. It was quite a big game but it would be nice to play against them this year, that's obviously as long as I play. I hope to stay in the team; I have just got back into it and I'd like to get a run going to get my fitness back up proper.
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"It was hard at the start of the season and you get frustrated. I got back into the team and doing not bad, scored a goal but then got an injury. I do not want to be injured but when I pulled my groin I was out for just over a month and then when you come back it is another three or four weeks before you get back in. I am back now and hopefully I am in on Saturday."
Thommo's return has been helped by a run in the 20s who have now won six games in a row. He continued:-
"I went into the 20s at a point where there were a few of the first team boys were playing. We were playing good football and it was an enjoyable team to be playing in."
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Andy Stirling came back in the 20s alongside Ryan who added:-
"As each game came I felt stronger and fitter and I felt that I gave the manager a bit of a selection problem. We need to kick on and show the rest of the league we are favourites for a reason.
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Thommo was played as striker on Saturday although his favoured position is central midfield.
"The way football works you need to go and play in other positions. I am lucky that I can play a couple of other positions. With big Gozie being injured it made sense for me to be played upfront to give us a presence. The gaffer knows that if the team needs it, I am happy to play upfront.
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Last season Ryan scored six goals but this year his tally is just one - that was against Stenhousemuir on 13th September.
"I have not played much this year. I wasn't very happy with six last year because I had scored twelve or thirteen the previous year. If I can get a run of games going hopefully I can start scoring again."
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