Menzieshill on course for six point lead

Stuart Neave, Inverleith`s coach, will be hoping that
city rivals Grange can do them a favour by taking something from
their encounter with leaders Grove Menzieshill in Saturday`s top
fixture in the Subway indoor national league at
Forthbank.

Third placed Grange have the goal scoring talent in Gary
Cameron, Cammie Fraser and Phil Sully, they have the experience of
coach David Knipe and the advantage of a strong squad to run the
bench.   Earlier in the season Matt Connor put Grange in
front, but then fell 4-1 behind to a Josh Cairns hat-trick and
another strike from Gavin Byers, although a penalty corner
conversion from Cameron made the score more respectable by the
finish.

“It is always difficult to beat Menzieshill indoors, made even
more difficult by the fact that the majority of their squad have
been playing at a very high level with Scotland over the past
month,” said a cautious David Knipe.

“To win we need to score more penalty corners and work harder
defensively than we have been doing.”

Menzieshill have three games in Saturday`s card, the others are
against fellow-Taysiders VWS Dundee Wanderers and Glynhill Hotel
Kelburne, and although Bruce Cuthill`s charges are favourites to
grab the full points, earlier score-lines of 3-1 and 7-6
respectively were far from convincing.  Although a double from
Gavin Byers and the other from Michael Ross finally overcame a
plucky Wanderers` resistance, Menzieshill spent almost all the
second half trying to outwit goalkeeper Kevin Farnan.

Certainly the Taysiders were always in command against Kelburne,
and were 7-3 up at one point in the second half, but this time
Cuthill`s defence allowed Willie Marshall (2) and Michael Bremner
to bring the gap back to a single goal at the final hooter.

But, if results go to form, Menzieshill could open up a six
point gap over Inverleith by the end of the day.

Inverleith have only two games against Western Wildcats and CALA
Edinburgh to contend with, perhaps not an issue for coach Stuart
Neave as his squad rattled in 17 goals without reply against the
pair before the festive break, the set piece expertise of Adam
MacKenzie along with Derek Salmond and Chris Grassick doing most of
the damage.  Goal difference between Inverleith and
Menzieshill could come into play if the former win the rematch in a
few weeks time, and the Taysiders have only a two goal
advantage.

Newly promoted CALA Edinburgh are becoming increasingly detached
at the bottom with only one point to show for their efforts, and
they are unlikely to increase that tally against Grange and
Inverleith.  That will allow the pack above, Greaves
Clydesdale, Dundee Wanderers and Kelburne, to put further space
between them and CALA.

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