Dunfermline Athletic

Joe Cardle Post Aberdeen

Sunday, 29th Jan 2012

"We played well but came away with nothing. It is getting into February this week and there are only three months left.

Joe Cardle is denied late on in the Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League game between Aberdeen and Dunfermlin???e Athletic at Pittodrie, Aberdeen.  P???icture: Craig Brown.Satu???rday 28th January 2012.

Joe Cardle was hopeful that the 3-0 win at Kilmarnock was going to be the turning point in Dunfermline's season but after suffering back to back defeats at Fir Park and Pittodrie he feels that they now need a couple of winning performances to set up the battlefield for the remainder of the season.

The player who will celebrate his 25th birthday next week came very close to grabbing a draw for his team with a chance near the end. He described the event:-

"It was a good ball over the top, I'm not too sure who made the pass back but I just latched on to it. Unfortunately the keep got a touch on it, I tried to play it round him but didn't get the chance.

Joe Cardle is denied late on in Clydesdale Bank Scottish Premier League game between Aberdeen and Dunfermlin???e Athletic at Pittodrie, Aberdeen.  P???icture: Craig Brown.Satu???rday 28th January 2012.

"I thought the boys played well from start to finish. Compared to Tuesday we played some good passing football; that's when we are at our best when we get the ball down. That's when we can cause trouble but we didn't take any of the chances.

"We had a couple of chances early on and if you get the early goal it sets you up for the game. They went up the pitch against the run of play and got the goal. It kind of killed us in a way but all credit to the boys I thought it was a good performance."

Joe Cardle v Kilmarnock
Joe celebrates the goal at Kilmarnock that he hoped
would kick start the Pars season

Joe wasn't on the park when the only goal of the game went over the Pars on loan goalkeeper, Iain Turner. Joe continued:-

"I was warming up as the goal went in, I don't really know what happened. He might have misjudged the ball coming in to him, he was unlucky but two minutes later he made a great save for us. It shows you he is a good keeper especially after something like that.

"We showed at Aberdeen that we can play and able to compete at this level. At the end of the day it is a cut throat business, you have to take your chances when you can. That's what has been happening to us this season, we just haven't taken the chances at the right time."

Aberdeen manager Craig Brown, paid tribute to Dunfermline for their performance and several people at Pittodrie expressed the opinion that Dunfermline showed that they were too good a side to be relegated. This is something the the playing squad agree with but Joe said that the time has come when points need to be won:-

"We keep telling ourselves that we are good enough but it is up to us at the end of the day. We played well but came away with nothing. It is getting into February this week and there are only three months left. It is for us to start picking up the points to stay in this league and that's what we want to do.

"Even though we have lost, we will come in on Monday morning and stay positive. If we can get consistence in our game it will help us massively."

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