CALDERON
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I think Rudden is a better player than Gullan, but I don't think that's helped us. Murray has seemed more willing to start him, which has ultimately lead to Hamilton falling in and out of the team - which isn't great for him.
Similar to my thoughts on Turner. Not by any means a bad signing on paper, but these signings haven't made us particularly stronger.
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Corr looked decent enough, agree that Brown looks better at centre back, at this stage.
That isn't to say that in some cases this season it wouldn't have been more beneficial to move Brown in the midfield. Its not the playing him at the back that's the issue, it's what we lose from the midfield (especially in situations like Tannadice when we don't play any holding midfielders)
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On 08/07/2023 at 18:54, Cosmic Joe said:
We could well be facing each other in the league in 2014-15.
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We have a strong selection of attacking players, and everyone works incredibly hard.
There isn't a huge amount outside of that however, that can only go so far. Its been quite poor, for some time now.
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I had half a mind of heading up after work, thank f**k I didn't. Terrible.
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It's not quite a bottling, but when you consider the size of our squad and the ability to bring players in, we've made a bit of a mess of what should have been taking it to the final day at least.
We've dropped far too many points to some sides who are pretty damn poor.
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9 minutes ago, Specky Ginger said:
Aberdeen only 5 ahead of 11th with 5 to play.
Just saying.
Please make this happen.
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10 hours ago, D'Jaffo said:
I actually think Raith might benefit from the week off you get for finishing second but I think Murray’s main issue is he overthinks and tinkers with the team too much. I really don’t think the signings of Rudden or Turner (whilst strong on paper) were necessarily needed.
Aye, that's my thoughts to be honest. Rudden I guess did as Gullan left in January, however whilst Turner is a good player, its another attack minded midfielder in a squad full of them. Our form is getting worse whilst the squad and bench has as much depth as I've seen in years.
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That's the league table from the games after our win at Tannadice. Not a hope in hell I'd take any glee over Airdrie finishing in the playoffs over Dunfermline.
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6 hours ago, grumswall said:
Safe to say Dundee utd will win the league now, which should have been done by now all things considered. We've had a fantastic season and I'll be fucked if I'm not going to enjoy the remainder of it because we've lost the league to one of the bigger teams in the country Imo.
The amount of "fans" who just want to berate the players and management after every loss is quite frankly embarrassing considering the strides the club has taken in the past year.
I'm not happy clapping failure, I'm happy clapping us going from considering relegation a year ago when we could barely fill a bench, to applauding the club for falling short when if we'd hit the points total we will this season, last season, we'd have won the league.
I share the general sentiment, but also think its perfectly fine to be both appreciative of how much the club have improved this season, and also dissapointed at the fact we have missed a great opportunity to at least push Utd further. The fact they have a bigger budget etc masks it a bit - we've had some fantastic opportunities handed on a plate and there's no guarantee of being in a similar position next sesson. Perfectly fine to be dissapointed.
We have improved hugely from last season, but I don't look at the squad we have assembled and think that should be any lower than 2nd or 3rd.
Granted there have been some of the usual major overreactions.
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27 minutes ago, CountryBumpkin said:
Its a weird one, we're 2nd in the league, comfortably our best season in many years and yet we're 4 games to go, with more questions about the team and line up than we have answers. You'd think after 32 games we'd have a proper plan and a half decent back up. Yet, we seem to have neither.
The harsh reality is that we are where we are due to that very good 1st half of the season. My concern is that's all that separates us from the teams below us, ultimately a disproportionate amount of 1 goal wins that have started to dry up - and whilst these hsve given us a points advantage over the sesson, doesnt give much confidence we can cut it in the "crunch" games. We can look the points gap all we want, but the actual gap between the sides based on current form is minimal. It's a bit lazy to call the Rovers lucky, but I think 11 points clear in 2nd place is very generous indeed.
Worryingly, its coincided with about as much squad depth as I can ever remember a Raith Rovers side having. I'm still not convinced that's any more of a help than it is a hindrance - we look poorer with more riches to choose from, and the lack of any sort of settled team doesn't help that. Murray has been able to make some good (on paper) signings as the season as went on, and we don't necessarily look stronger for it.
I do think the loss of Millen is pretty significant, and I'm surprised at how highly some see J. Brown. He's "alright", but I think a pretty significant downgrade from his predecessor.
There is still potential for this to be a very good sesson, but at the same time there's a risk that it stutters to a halt over the next month or so - which would be very frustrating.
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11 minutes ago, McGuigan1978 said:
Based on what I’ve seen from McGill, and what I’ve seen so far from James Brown, I’d be starting the former at right back
Aye, I've seen nothing to suggest that Brown is any better than the two midfielders who have also played in his position.
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We desperately need to move away from having Brown at centre back. He's done fine there plenty times, but he's been miles off it on too many occasions now.
I'm not necessarily annoyed at not winning the league, but the way we have meekly surrendered some very good opportunities in the past couple of months is incredibly frustrating. United will deservedly win the league, but when you look at the position that was gift wrapped to us after they were beaten by Dunfermline, its a pretty poor effort from us to keep things competitive.
That said, tonight we can have little complaints. Airdrie played us off the park and have a manager who appears to be significantly more tactically astute than our own.
Still an important few games though, its vital to retain some kind of positivity going into the playoffs.
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Airdrie absolutely streets ahead of this Rovers side tonight.
Only hope is that Partick can beat them in the play offs, Mccabe is streets ahead of Murray tactically.
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James Brown is a pretty significant downgrade on Millen to be honest.
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Just now, grumswall said:
What difference does it make? He's a body that could potentially come on to the opposition. That will be why he's stripped if he's not ready to play.
Watch how they press us, they genuinely do it very, very well. Always 2/3 players hunting down ours and they know how our players are going to do things, megwa completely owning easton this season is the biggest example of that.
It was a concussion, if there's any doubt around if he's fit to play then he shouldn't be involved. As it stands we again have centre backs on the bench, whilst a midfielder struggles at centre back. It's not a good look.
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No complaints. Airdrie, again, were excellent.
Was happy with the line up, but that was an absolute shambles. No idea how on earth we get back into this, as the usual chucking on strikers played right into their hands last time out.
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1 minute ago, grumswall said:
Brown is one of our best players, IF he's played in cm. He's a steady enough cb as an option. Can only assume Murray isn't being risked unnecessarily tonight and quite rightly so tbh.
If there's doubt over Murray, he shouldn't be in the squad.
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This could be an absolute hiding.
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Airdrie have absolutely played us off the park so far.
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This season has been our best for years, especially when you consider the direction the club was heading in 2 years ago. That signing, as well as the wretched form and hugely expensive signings that was Mcglynns leaving legacy. We've gone from that, to a situation where we will class finishing well clear in 2nd place as a bit of a dissapointment.
I do think it's fair to suggest that our points total is a bit kind. It's very, very unusual to get this far into the season and be title challengers despite not really winning comfortably at any point in the league. Not lucky as such, but it does feel like a disproportionate number of close games have fallen our way. It does feel like this season is "the chance", so it will naturally be a bit dissapointing if we don't gain promotion.
Airdrie are probably the one team I dont want to face tomorrow. They've been superb against us this season. Hopefully we see a similar line up to Saturday, although I'd have Murray in if fit.
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Both teams made a decent effort of it, given the conditions. Delighted to get the win.
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4 minutes ago, pub car king said:
On a loosely Rovers related topic, it's the 1883 Q&A where members can submit questions. What absolute lunacy is going to sent in for the panel to try and answer?
Why bring every fucker back for corner kicks?
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Saturday was obviously a dissapointment, but ultimately its that run of home games against Arbroath, Ayr, Queens Park and Inverness where we lead in all of them, and won none of them that I'd be looking back on - along with that night at Gayfield. That and not winning any of the games where Utd dropped points at the same time.
If we don't win the league, it's not quite a bottling - but its a better opportunity than it appears on face value. The fact its Dundee Utd and the comparative size of the clubs does mask things a wee bit.
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Fucking incredible the lengths Buckie will go to to avoid promotion, fair play.