Albion Rovers 'lacking composure' as boss Brian Reid rues East Fife smash and grab

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Albion Rovers boss Brian Reid says confidence and composure is lacking in his squad after they suffered another painful defeat in League Two.For the third week running, Rovers came away empty-handed after dominating and remain bottom of the division after East Fife snatched all three points thanks to a Liam Newton header after 67 minutes.Rovers passed up a hatful of chances and the Fifers had goalkeeper Alan Fleming to thank for some outstanding saves to deny Kieran Dolan and Charlie Reilly during the contest.The visitors could have had no complaints if Rovers had ran out winners by a few goals.But Rovers are now the only side in the table yet to get off the mark, sitting two points adrift of nearest rivals Elgin City.And frustrated Reid - whose side lost to Celtic B in the SPFL Trust Trophy in midweek - warned his side must turn things around after they made it 14 games without a home win in all competitions.He said: "It's double figures in terms of good chances we had today and they are not even half chances, some of them are six-yards away."You have to put these in the net."What can you do as a manager or a coach?

You can't run on and throw it in the net."It's frustrating for everybody."The players are obviously not trying to miss, but when you are dominating games, goals change games and if we can get them, belief and confidence will break through the team."At the moment, it's not happening for us and there is a nervousness there.

That's natural in football."But it's a smash and grab in the second half from East Fife."My goalkeeper has had one save to make in the whole game and the other thing he has done is pick the ball out of the net."That's got to change because we really have to start putting teams away when we