Euan East stresses that there is plenty of time for Queen of the South to turn around their league fortune despite a dismal start.
The Doonhamers are gearing up for their first ever clash with Kelty Hearts at New Central Park tomorrow.
And, apart from creating a small piece of football history, East is also aiming to collect all three points and kick start Queens’ stuttering league campaign after just one win in six games.
He said: “Obviously the Dunfermline game was not the best result and defeats like that are happening too much.
“We have faced an uphill battle too often this season and it is not the start that we wanted in League One.
“But there are still a lot of games left to put it right starting with Kelty Hearts.
“We just need to get the three points and stay positive,start building on that and get a winning run.
“We were just gutted to get beaten and I don’t think it was any kind of hangover from the Rangers defeat at Ibrox in the midweek before.
“We gave that our all, fought hard and it wasn’t until late on that we were finally out of the reckoning.
“As I said, this is not the start that we wanted because our ambition is that we want to get back up a division this season after being relegated.”
East added of his own position in the formation of the Queens team: “We know the formation and when I was first starting at centre back it was with three at the back and then I played the second half of last season in a back four so I am used to it.
“We work on both of them in training so that if we need to change then we can and it is not too difficult to change into it.”
Meanwhile, comeback keeper Scott Fox (right) savoured his return to Dumfries and vowed to fight for the No.1 jersey with glove rival Max Currie.
“It’s been a long time but I’m delighted to be back. Palmerston has not changed one bit apart from the pitch.
“I was coming back from coaching at night and I got the phone call from the club and I spoke to Gordon Marshall the keeper coach. It was an easy decision because at this point in my career I need to be playing some games.
“Motherwell had facilitated that I could go out and get some game time and see how it goes.
“It’ll be a battle for the jersey but that’s what I expect. You want to have competition; nothing is a given in football. It’s about coming here, working hard in training and see where it leads to.”
