After last week's frustration of drawing against Dumbarton last weekend, captain, Stephen McGinn believes his team have the quality to proceed to the quarter-finals of the Scottish Cup.
Looking back on last week's draw, McGinn admits it was a sore one to take: “It took the best part of the week to get over it. It was a game we felt we had won.
Teams find it difficult there [at Dumbarton]. Dundee United have lost twice there, so on reflection it was a good point. We were the better team for long spells in the game.”
With East Fife on an eight match unbeaten run, McGinn knows they will be a tough opponent.
I do not think we are in a position to disrespect anyone," he said. "We are not used to winning games and we need to get into that habit.
"We will go up there, they are on a great run, we are not on a good one ourselves but we need to go and try to win the cup tie.”
Some may argue that the cup games may be an unwanted distraction but the Buddies captain thinks it will benefit the players. He said: "We are really happy we have two cup games coming up.
Some boys have not played in a few months so it is a good chance for the boys to go get some minutes in. At the end of the day we are in the business end of two different cups.”
Although the main aim this season is to remain in the Championship, McGinn refuses to believe that each game is not as important as the next.
The 28 year-year old said: “Just because we are not playing in the league does not make the game less important. We need to get together, play together and get our fitness as a team and win the game.”
