Arbroath travel to Forthbank today looking for a second win of the season over Stirling Albion which would end the six game unbeaten run that their hosts are on.
Red Lichties manager Todd Lumsden said: “Stirling are doing well at the moment and have been pretty mean in defence where they have only lost two goals in those six games. It will be a tough game to win and whilst it is an opportunity to climb the table at their expense I do not think you can read too much into positions yet.
“We have lost only twice in seven games and are sitting second bottom but that is not second bottom form. The league is so tight that you could actually focus on the fact that we are sitting four points off third place as opposed to our position.”
Fans of Lumsden’s side will certainly be hoping for better luck with refereeing decisions today after Elgin scored two offside goals a fortnight ago and Arbroath were denied what looked like a certain penalty at a crucial stage in the 1-1 draw with East Fife last weekend.
Lumsden is however just looking to improve his own side’s performance as he explained: “We could moan about the referee’s decision but there is no point. I have to be honest and say that we had enough chances to win and didn’t take them.
“It was a game of two halves where East Fife had the better of the first where we could not contain the two players they played just off the main striker. We changed our shape and got on top of them and they changed things to counter that. Their manager Gary Naysmith and I agreed that a point apiece was right.”
“Hopefully we can get three points in this game.
Ryan has dropped out of things after his loan spell from Hamilton Accies ended this weekend with the Gayfield manager boosted by the availability of Kane Hester and Jamie Reid for substitute roles after injury.