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3 minutes ago, The Moonster said:
I see McBookie have taken my totally made up Barry Robson shout seriously and added him to the list at 25/1.
It gets worse, Gary Bollan has gone from not listed to 4th favourite after someone posted saying it was strange he wasn't included in the betting...
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Just now, Raithie said:
Albion Rovers are 3 points away from the relegation playoffs...
With 2 games in hand on the teams below. They are 4 points off the promotion play offs with a game in hand.
I'd also say just not being the relegation zone should be viewed as a success at Albion Rovers.
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11 minutes ago, Poet of the Macabre said:
The initial post said we'd signed several players and this was why we'd improved. In reality, we have almost the same squad. Perhaps I'm worng but I'd imagine it was also a dig as "the Pars always spend their way out of trouble"
Either way, pointing out that someone is telling a fib is not "utterly bizarre".
You may well be correct but I think it's more likely you are just being overly precious.
I think the main point of the post was to further highlight Locke's failings and show that even our 'impressive start' wasn't actually that impressive rather than any sort of sly dig at Dunfermline.
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What an utterly bizarre thing to get bent out of shape about. As has already been pointed out, the line up we faced at the start of the season is very different to the starting line up Dunfermline have had since they've started performing better.
Whether they're new signings or not is irrelevant. The point being made was we beat Dunfermline when they were far weaker than they are now. Really not seeing why you've taken such issue with that.
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31 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
I'd be absolutely astounded if you got Hughes, I'm even more astounded anyone wants him.
We just had Gary Locke.
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Can see it now. A day of refreshing the twitter page at increasingly less hopeful 30 minute intervals to no news before a pumping off Morton in the freezing cold with under 1000 hardy souls watching Skacel/Stevenson upfront...
Prove me wrong please.
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3 minutes ago, The Moonster said:
Possibly. Did he apply or was he approached?
Good question. I thought he'd applied but I can't remember where I read that so may be rubbish!
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8 minutes ago, The Moonster said:
I don't think Aitken will care too much about that. The bigger problem for Aitken is giving up his job at Rolls Royce. Makes a mint there and will be pissing gold when he retires, is giving that up for a crack at Rovers something he wants to do at this stage? I'm not convinced. But I still think your board will approach him if Locke does go.
I get what you're saying but he wouldn't have applied for the job last time if that was an issue surely?
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13 minutes ago, Martin Nelson said:
As much as I want it to be true it would be almost unheard of to announce a managerial departure hours before a match.Would be kind of in keeping with the shambles of the last 6 months or so though wouldn't it?
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6 minutes ago, Raith Against The Machine said:
Of all the players Gary Locke has signed, how many have (1) not played for him previously and (2) not come directly from Rangers, where his best pal is assistant manager?
M'Voto, Lennox and McManus?If you're being generous you could add Osei, Coustrain and Thorsen.
If you're not then I'm sure Lennox trained with Killie and he also tried to sign M'Voto at Killie, so it would just be McManus really.
John McGlynn had an unimaginative signing policy at times but we got all the benefits you'd expect from that with players he knew would fit in our system and do a job for us. Locke seems to have brought in players he's had before but worryingly has no idea how to get the best out of them
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Yeah, that's definitely a fair point. Not sure if Vaughan himself would have been happy to drop a level though.
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I actually don't blame the board regarding Vaughan. Whilst it was clearly a stupid decision, and I hope most of the board agree, if they aren't going to sack the manager they have to back him. They shouldn't be interfering with who the manager keeps and gets rid of if they think he's the right man for the job.
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I'm not sure how much of a difference falling attendances will make this season. I'd imagine a large percentage of our home support are season ticket holders so the loss of income from attendances probably won't outweigh the cost of sacking him.
Will definitely hit them in the summer though when season ticket sales plummet and by that point you've probably added a few more fans to the stay away list who find other things to do on a Saturday.
He has to go for me, no hope in him turning things around. New manager would still be left with Locke's bloated squad until the summer but there is still enough quality in the team to be doing much, much better.
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Am i right in saying we've already lost as many home league games this year as we did in the whole of 2016?
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3 minutes ago, Daz80 said:
Greeting faced dicks.
New username Eric?...
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After all the doom and gloom the last few weeks that is actually very good news. Bene has been excellent this season, bar a couple of recent blips.
M'Voto next please.
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Except for the 10 million pounds worth of loans/debts, obviously.
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Probably Scott Roberts for the rest of the season...
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Whilst I agree his form had dipped, when was the last time he started a game?
This would be understandable if his replacements were on fire but we're scoring and creating very little. He was definitely due another shot in the first team ahead of McManus and old man Skacel.
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Wonder who we're sending to Livi for Dale Carrick? He's all we're missing for a full house on Gary Locke bingo.
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Whilst I don't disagree Mark Stewart is our best striker currently, that says more about how poor our other strikers have been rather than how good he is.
If he is still viewed as our best striker at the end of the season, I think it's a safe bet we won't have made the play offs.
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52 minutes ago, Rovers1992/1993 said:
Osei is banging them in... albeit at development league which is more than what either Skacel and Vaughan have done this season. Neither have scored a single goal yet. Pretty sure Osei can do a bit more than both if given the chance. He was signed for the first team yet hasn't had a sniff of it.I agree with your main point that Osei must be pushing to get more involved in the first team with his goals.
Vaughan has been poor since he came back from injury but he was out for a year, he was never going to come back as the same player quickly. Also pretty sure he scored a couple of goals in his outing for the development team the other week so the same as Osei.
It's not too long ago he was being hailed as a messiah, the truth of his ability is bang in the middle between that opinion and the one he has suddenly turned to shite. We need to be patient with him coming back and hopefully his form will pick up. An injury and surgery at that important stage of his career has a lot more of an impact that people think. He needs to show more in his sub appearances than he did against Hibs if he's to get himself back in the team though.
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We're getting plenty experience of both right now.
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I would say so. He always said it would take 5 years from when it was first put in place for us to start reaping the rewards and getting a steady stream of talent from it.
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The New Raith Rovers Thread
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Not really seeing how it's Yogi's fault the Falkirk board gave him everything he wanted. Any manager would ask for as much money as possible to build the best team. It's up to the board to set the budgets and make the manager stick to them.
All irrelevant to us at the moment anyway as he's only here till the end of the season and won't be signing anyone.