07/08/09: "We are not among the favourites this year and that's the way it is, but that doesn't mean to say that the ones that are not favourites can't do anything.

01/08/09: Pars rock Dumbarton. "What we have in the team now is real width and real pace; something that we didn't have last year.

31/07/09: One player in as another is told that his time is up.

29/07/09: JM - "I thought the boys application and the pace they played at tonight was pleasing.

25/07/09: "We shot ourselves in the foot a bit. I said to the players that they would need to pick the tempo up, we were just taking one touch too many.

24/07/09: "It is our first competitive game, a home game and we want to start well with a win."

21/07/09: "I thought we were ruthless tonight in everything that we did. You have to do the right things and keep passing the ball; I thought we passed it with real purpose.

18/07/09: "We made some shocking mistakes at the back for the goals. The first three I felt was just positioning, giving the ball away with poor passing really.

14/07/09: "At times we knocked the ball about well. It was without that wee cutting edge tonight, but it was a step up in opposition and a good workout.