McIntyre bemoans Pars' inconsistency

Dunfermline boss Jim McIntyre believes his team's lack of consistency is the reason behind their current league position.

The Pars were beaten 3-1 at Motherwell on Tuesday and remain one point adrift at the foot of the Clydesdale Bank Premier League.

After the dismissal of Well skipper Stephen Craigan 18 minutes in, Henrik Ojamma opened the scoring on his first full start for the hosts before Nicky Law doubled their lead.

Andy Kirk restored hope for Dunfermline but substitute Chris Humphrey netted 10 minutes from time to ensure the points stayed at Fir Park.

"There's a reason we are bottom of the league and that is our consistency levels," said McIntyre. "When Motherwell went down to 10 men that was the perfect chance to go and grab the game by the scruff of the neck but we didn't pass the ball well or play with enough tempo to force Motherwell into making mistakes.

"After you come off a result like the one we had on Saturday and with the early sending-off you hope that you can build on that but we were unable to do that."