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That’s a clear-as-day penalty.

I’d say Raith just edged that. Dundee fans definitely had them ahead pre-match with their defence of an archaic ticketing system and the honking thank-you shtick. But some of our boys have really stepped up a notch post-match (no doubt with the help of a few Stellas) and I’m calling the roaster battle a 2-1 victory for Rovers.

Apologies, when replying to one angry little man on the internet, I forgot what another anonymous, angry little man had said four days previously. It won’t happen again. Thank you.

Imagine not being sure if you have to work on Saturday, or waiting to see what the weather is like, or if you’ve recovered from the cold you’ve got that means you don’t want to sit outside for two hours, or not knowing if the kids want to come with you or any of the other myriad reasons why you might not be able to commit to the archaic process of posting a ticket out 5 days in advance. I mean you used to be able to rock up to Dens and pay at the gate 30years ago so why not now? Or do what some other clubs did until recently and have a wee portacabin where you can buy your ticket and then go to the turnstile with it. Nelms has given some nonsense reason why you do it but to defend it when literally every other club in the division does it better seems a bit daft.

Couldn’t make it today so was watching the live league table change as the afternoon wore on. We started the afternoon in 7th, went up to 2nd, then 7th, 6th, 4th and finished the day in 3rd. What a league this is!

Not quite true. Inverness, Morton and Partick could all win which, even with a win, would only see us move up to 5th- in that case it would be extremely tight at the top with Ayr/Morton/ICT on 24, Partick 23 and us 22. As you say, we could be second but that would mean we’d need Ayr to win which would mean we’d be 5 points off the top in second as opposed to 2 points off the top in 5th in the above scenario! [emoji2962] But of course it could go the other way and we could be languishing in 7th, eight points off the top by the end of the day.

Have a look at Singapore Airlines Houston to Manchester. I find it much better than going to Edinburgh via Amsterdam, Paris or Heathrow (KLM, AirFrance or BA). But then I’m travelling with young kids so direct flight are much preferable. You can then get train direct from Manchester airport to Edinburgh. Or if you’ll need a car when you’re here, hire one and drive up from the airport.

I'm not crying, you are!

You can’t say we have a “3 century tenure” then say ICT have been around for 28years. You have to use the same logic, in which case ICT have a “2 century tenure”. Which is a very odd way to look at things- my daughter was born in 2009 but I’d never claim she has 3 decades of experience cos it’s clearly nonsense as she’s 13…. Anyway, you’re getting your knickers in a twist over one (maybe two) Raith fans who are clearly just pissed off that we can never beat you lot. Any reasonable fan can see we’re similar sized clubs who’ve achieved a similar amount in the game, albeit ICT have been more successful in recent times.

FFS I was happily ignoring this nonsense but I feel I have to just correct the blatant lack of facts here. We are a well established team but claiming we've been around for 300 years is pushing it a bit but ignoring that there's still a lot of nonsense in that post. ICT have won the second tier twice, won one national cup, and have two and a half challenge cups. Raith have won the second tier six times, won one national cup and have two and a half challenge cups. Even if you just take the time period in which ICT have been around, we're only one second tier win short of ICT. ICT have done pretty well in their short history, but to claim they have "achieved a lot more in a lot less time" is blatantly rubbish.

There is no room for such reasoned analysis in here. Just because there are no obvious strikers that we could have realistically signed, doesn’t mean Murray shouldn’t have pulled a 20-goal-a-season striker out of his backside.

There is no room for such reasoned analysis in here. Just because there are no obvious strikers that we could have realistically signed, doesn’t mean Murray shouldn’t have pulled a 20-goal-a-season striker out of his backside.

I’m struggling to see what the insinuation is here about Agnew and Goodwillie. Care to elaborate for those of us who’ve had a couple too many shandies and are a bit hard of thinking?

I’ve been watching Raith for 30+ years. We’ve had some honking teams but I’d never describe us as being even remotely anti-football in style. And if you consider the teams of the early to mid-nineties and the last few years of McGlynns charge, we were the exact opposite of that.

So we are the team that plays the least long-balls in the championship and Morton are the team that plays the most in Scottish football. Interesting stat that. Also interesting that the only team outwith the premier that play fewer long balls play McGlynn ball instead….

I sat there for the same game and thought it was actually a better view than from the south stand. Obviously the view of the pitch is the same but looking at the south end with the main stand there is a better view than looking at the empty Pratt St side. I also started going in the late 80s and it was definitely north terracing at that time. In terms of the hub thingy, the plans on the council website show that the top floor is on the same level as the back of the stand, but it doesn’t show any boxes where you can see the pitch. The only bit that appears to be connected to the stand is a stairwell.

Yeah, you can literally buy a ticket on your phone while standing outside the ground. Easier than having to go to the cash line before the game for old-fashioned paper money [emoji6]

Can I be the first to say we will never beat these f*ckers?

Just to clear things up for those who haven’t listened to the interview but have jumped on what they think was said; Sim did not say that he knew nothing about the Goodwillie deal. He said that he went to bed believing we hadn’t signed a striker and woke up to find we had. That fits with what was said at the time that the deal was dead around tea-time but resurrected late in the evening. Thought it was a good interview, the point made about Sim effectively postponing his retirement to pay off Goodwillie with he money he’s still earning was surprising. Good to hear we’re still searching for a ‘marquee signing’ too. Was also surprised to hear the thinly veiled criticism of Dan Armstrong and Dylan Tait (or at least Taits parents).

I thought he said Nolan hadn’t trained much before the Dundee game because he took a knock in training during that week? One of us has picked it up wrong anyway

This is very bizarre but, I mean, fair play to you for having the conviction to keep at it

Yes, but he has a two year contract. So if he’s on £1k a week he gets £52k in a year and is liable for 40% tax on about £9k of that (for both years). if we pay him off in one go he’ll get £104k and be liable for 40% tax on £61k. So if we pay him off in one go his higher rate tax liability is about £24k, but if he gets paid monthly for two years it’s only £7k. He’d be daft to accept a pay off that will cost him £17k.

Why pick a random seat then sit somewhere else? Why not just pick the seat you fancy sitting in in the first place?

Can you post links to any other clubs who have put out statements regarding the availability of funds for transfers? Or indeed any statements regarding transfers (other than actual signing announcements)? I’m happy to be corrected if you can find evidence but I think you’ll find we’re the same as all other clubs, not some secretive club deliberately keeping our supporters in the dark.

If ye dinnae ken Jim Foy you’ll no get a pat-doon.