Like any good striker, Ryan Wallace is hopeful he has timed his run to perfection.
The Dunfermline marksman has made 34 appearances this term but last Saturday’s crucial victory against Ayr United was his first start in four months – and just his sixth of the campaign.
Patient Wallace is thrilled to be more central to manager Allan Johnston’s plans at last.
“It’s good to be back in the team, playing some games and scoring some goals,” he said. “Obviously it’s come at the run-in to the end of the season as well.
“There’s a good chance in the next few weeks that we could go on and win the league, which is obviously exciting for the club.
“Looking back, I actually feared for my career at one point, because of the injuries I had.
“To be back and fully fit for the full season, and to only have missed one or two days of training, has been excellent and the run the boys have been on has been magnificent as well.
“To be part of that has been wonderful and it’s obviously been a joy for the fans to watch as well.
“It’s been exciting but we need to get back to where the club belongs, in the higher reaches of the Championship and chasing the Premiership again.”
Today is the small matter of a Fife derby this afternoon against a Cowdenbeath team battling to avoid relegation.
It’s promotion that is on Wallace’s mind and he is adamant that the Pars are staying calm as the finishing line approaches.
“It’s not really been mentioned, if I’m being honest with you,” he maintains. “The boys are trying to keep calm about it.
“We know if win the next three games then it’s ours and we don’t need to talk about what ifs.
“The main focus just now is going to Cowdenbeath and picking up the three points and taking it from there.
“But eventually I think we will win it, I really do. That’s my personal opinion, but it’s really close now and I don’t see us throwing it away.”
Cowden manager Colin Nish said: “We will be going out to try and get something from the game. We have taken four points from away games at Stenhousemuir, Ayr and Forfar which is acceptable. It is now time for us to start addressing our home form. This season has turned around for us as we started off really well at home and struggling away.
“Now it is the opposite and we look to put that right even though we recognise that this will be a test.
“We got a draw with Dunfermline earlier this season at Central Park in a goalless game. We know what we did that day to get the point and whilst our personnel has changed a bit since then we will look to do the same.”