Dunfermline captain Andy Geggan survived the turmoil of administration at East End Park – and insists there is no chance he will let criticism from fans affect him.
Geggan has been playing out of position at right-back recent but that still hasn’t stopped a section of the Pars supporters giving the 29-year-old a hard time over his performances.
He admits it has taken time to adjust from making the switch from central midfield.
But having witnessed the distress caused by the club’s grave financial problems in 2013, Geggan will not lose any sleep over the flak he receives from the stands.
Speaking ahead of today’s visit of Dumbarton, Geggan said: “I’ve been here for five years and put up every everything possible, I’ve put up with administration – the lot.
“So I don’t think any fan is going to annoy me.
“I’ve gone from playing centre midfield, enjoying myself and bursting into the box.
“Then every week at right-back you’re playing against somebody with a bit of quality that could run by you and it’s quite hard to adjust.
“I’m obviously not going to score as many goals and my job is to create them.
“It’s totally different but fans will be fans.
“It’s the same at every club, once you’ve been there a few years they start picking you out because you’ve been there the longest and because I’ve been wearing the captain’s armband I’ll probably get slaughtered for that as well.
“That’s what happens in football, you need to take it on the chin and get on with it.
“I just work hard and as long as I’m playing I’m happy, the manager (Allan Johnston) could put me in goals and I’d be happy.”
The Pars have only been defeated once in 11 league outings but are just two points ahead of Ayr United in the relegation play-off place.
Geggan added: “It’s pretty tight down there but we’ve got three games in hand and a I think the next few weeks will be decisive.
“As long as we can get the results, I think we can move away from everybody.
“It’s very, very tight and we can’t afford any slips.
“They’re the biggest weeks of the season for us anyway. We’ve got to take confidence from Saturday against Hibs and I think we’ll be more than up for it.
“As long as we can keep working hard we’ll be all right.”
Geggan has watched fourth-placed Morton challenge for promotion just a year after climbing back into the second tier and hopes Dunfermline can emulate their success if they survive this term.
He added: “I know we’re a massive club but staying up this season would be a great step and we would hopefully build on that.
“With the players we’ve got we should be in the top four at least, it was a sticky start. But I think we’ll finish strong.”
