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Nothing unexpected in his interview but he speaks well, praises the way McGlynn had the team playing and emphasises that he wants his team to be fit and hard-working. Welcome to the Rovers Ian.

Yes please. Far more appealing that any of the other candidates. Always speaks eloquently and honestly and doesn't tweet about the Rangers. Not really any idea how his teams play but he'd be better than any of the guys we realistically have a chance of appointing. Surely he's got enough credit in the bank that he'd get the chance to get you back up though even if you were relegated?

Are you sure you’re not Niall? [emoji12] I stand corrected Zen. Apologies for the mistaken identity Niall.

Niall is Roath Raver on here (see above).

Can we have the old Tx back please? The one who relentlessly championed the young lads regardless of whether they’d had any experience, and who wanted folk to ride the pine for a few games. This über-cynical Tx is getting a bit tedious.

Sobering to see that Vaughan scored more goals in 5 games than Varian did in 36. And that he was our fifth top-scorer despite playing only 5 games. Oh what might have been if Lewis had stayed fit all season.

They've got form for leaking something to see the reaction and then completely ignoring the reaction I suppose.

Aye, if he’d been appointed as manager when Barry Smith left I would have been delighted. But nobody will even touch him now by the looks of things seeing as he isn’t being touted amongst the usual names.

Seems appropriate to listen to my 'everything Scott Hutchison ever released' playlist on Spotify this week. Also vividly remember confirmation that they'd found him four years ago today. Never ever mourned a 'celebrity' before or since, still feel a bit like I've lost a mate. I'm off to turn the volume up.

Character. Pure and simple. The type of character he portrays is not what we need to rebuild the standing of the club. Of course he might not carry that persona into management and if we appoint him I'll give him the benefit of the doubt but I'd rather not take the risk, especially when combined with the risk his complete absence of managerial experience brings.

He could be a decent guy, I’ve never met him. My opinion of him is based on someone who’s played against him several times saying that he is indeed a twat, and someone who has had contact with him in matters not related to football saying the same thing. Those accounts back up the public persona. I hope he doesn’t get the gig but if he does I’ll give him a chance to prove he’s not a twat.

Yes. I understand the hypocrisy in that, but following the terrible decisions made in January (in which McGlynn played a part) we definitely should be making sure that we don’t hire a manager whose role-model credentials could be brought into question.

If we’re serious about building bridges with the community and being a family club, Scott Brown should be nowhere near our club. Whether the hard-man/ bully persona is genuine or a facade (I’ve heard from a couple of sources that he is indeed a bell end, others on here have said he’s actually a decent guy so who knows) someone who happily projected that image throughout his 20 year career is not who I want as the figure-head of my club.

That’s what annoys me most- we had a very talented manager who, before the last 3 months happened, was never ever going to leave us searching for the next rung on his way up the ladder. Continuity, stability and a long term strategy are very undervalued attributes in football managers at this level. But I agree, it’s highly unlikely that we find another older guy who will do the same job as McGlynn, so why not give a young and hungry guy the chance? The last time we did that was with McKinnon and that went ok. If we could persuade a young guy to buy into a plan that gets us both to the Premier together in the next 5 years or so that would be the ultimate outcome. I’d rather we tried and failed with Thomson/Naismith/Berra than plucked someone who’s tried and failed elsewhere off the merry go round.

I posted this almost a year ago to the day. How times change. Anyone got a copy of the season saved from about the end of November that we can re-load and try again?

Even if they have offered him a deal on more cash, I like to think that it wouldn’t “come down to if Rovers match it”. Of course it could be an enormous increase in which case who could blame him but if it’s a few hundred pounds a month in his pocket then I’d like to think that the attachment he has to the Rovers, competing in a higher league, less chance of getting the sack if he doesn’t get promoted, and having the nucleus of a squad he assembled himself already in place would tempt him to stay. Having said that, if the Rovers board are willing to lose McGlynn over a few quid without a belter of a manager already lined up then they need their heads examined.

I apologise for starting the debate on Brown- I thought the general consensus was that he was a dick but that doesn’t seem to be the case. The little I know about him is enough for me to form a negative opinion on him which I thought was shared by the majority. Probably best to draw a line under the chat about him. Anyway…. McGlynn to stay is my vote. Has his flaws but better the devil you know.

Have seen Scott Browns name mentioned a few times. If we’re serious about rebuilding the clubs reputation as a family and community club then we need to avoid horrible humans such as Scott Brown like the plague.

You're right, but the point our Texan friend was making is that Thistle are not guaranteed to be in the play-offs, as was mentioned by the previous poster. However unlikely it is (and your 1 in 1000 seems about right) it is still mathematically possible for Raith to get 4th place. But aye, it's never going to happen.

It feels really wrong to contradict someone who has created such an exceptional model in excel, but when it became clear that Dunfermline and Ayr had identical records they looked into it on Sportsound and confirmed that if it’s like that at the end of the season then it will be decided by head-to-head. Dunfermline are ahead in that measure since they have two wins and a draw.

The manager we had for the first half of the season was even better than Dougie Imrie. Unfortunately the one we’ve had for the second half is worse than Gus MacPherson.

Four outfield players on the bench, all of them attackers. Ooft.

The stands behind the goals had to be the size they are to allow us to meet the 10,000 all-seater requirement which was in place for the premier at the time we got promoted. You’re right though, smaller stands behind each goal with people in the railway stand would make the ground far better.

I wouldn’t say we look like getting 4th. I know you lot are awful but you still managed to scrape a win last night. We rode our luck against Queens last Sunday when the league pressure was off. We’re six points behind you with a significantly worse goal difference and a game in hand. Even if we beat you in the head to head, our remaining three games are Morton, Hamilton and Killie. I’d be surprised if we manage four points out of that lot, never mind four points more than you manage in your other two remaining games against Dunfermline and Ayr. So in short, for us to finish fourth we need to beat Morton today and you next week and then hope we collect more points from Hamilton and Killie than you do from Ayr and Dunfermline. Unlikely.

It all depends on where you sit on the cynical/trustful scale. I’m clearly less cynical that you are- the way I see it is that TAG games publicly stated they wanted their name removed from the strips immediately. So our options were to play with a blank space on our away strip or find another sponsor. It’s very unlikely that any other business would willingly pay to be associated with us so a director paying to put his business name on the front helps the club. I don’t really see the issue with it. I’m less amused that the club decided to forfeit the right to wear their home strip in a cup final. Raith Rovers should always play in blue if we have the choice to, regardless of whether we’ve had a falling out with the shirt sponsor. But overall, I don’t see SM electrical being on the away strip as a director taking advantage of the situation the club were in, in fact I’d say it’s the opposite and he’s helping the club (obviously not for no benefit to his business, but that’s the entire point of sponsorship).