CALDERON
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What a fucking cross.
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Not a game you really want to be going into without a proper centre forward in the squad to be honest.
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Big shout to Ayr for keeping everyone in the stand, first time we've had a decent atmosphere down there.
Big call with the lineup, but that first half was superb and the best we've played all season.
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Chuffed. Thought we were fantastic first half, but we were really ragged for a spell at 2-1 and I felt a goal was coming.
Saw the game out well though.
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I'd be amazed if we win this.
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Looking at how the players are warming up, Brown is at centre half.
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4 minutes ago, callum-ayr said:
Would imagine they'll have the enclosure behind the dugout and the stand, sure they had that tail end of last season. Unless you're bring 400+ that's what you will get.
Its the seated portion of the stand only I think.
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I'd be a wee bit dissapointed if there isn't a loan signing in today of some description, given we've let 3 players go out on loan, and Connolly hasn't really featured so will be short on match fitness.
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6 hours ago, Diamonds are Forever said:
Interesting reading the comments on 'Murrayball', and I generally agree with you. The only exception would be if the game is totally gone and playing a more conventional way just isn't going to get you enough goals. Our play-off against Montrose 2 years ago was the perfect example, 4-1 down with 20 minutes to go and save your season, the only way back was try something wild and hope it spooks them. I think we ended up with 5 or 6 strikers on the pitch.
But in games like today where you're 1 goal behind with 20 minutes to play, and with good options to pick from on the bench, just sticking a bunch of guys forward is lazy management. You'd like to think that is where a manager will find a small weakness to exploit or have a pattern of play they've worked on.
Having said all that, in the 5 league games before today you'd scored 5 goals in the last 10 minutes. Not seen any of the games so no idea what Murray did, but I'm sure he'd argue it worked.
Yesterday was the first time we'd seen it to that extent since last season, and it's something I'd really hoped had been binned. It throws any sort of structure or shape out the window.
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Thought Hamilton was excellent with his link up play and winning headers, but he has to absolutely bury that chance.
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4 minutes ago, renton said:
I'd say the last two weeks he's been to eager to give a good sub's performance a start. Our best front 4 is Hamilton, with Stanton behind and Smith and Mullin either side. Gives us the right balance of skill, pace and industry. Problem is you couldnt over look Vaughan going int Inverness or Easton over the last two weeks.
I guess that's the downside to the depth of squad we have, in attacking areas at least. Keeping everyone happy but sticking to the strongest side, recognising that sometimes subs will come on and change the game.
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2 minutes ago, Mr November said:
Huge performance from Airdrie today, mentally more than technically. It was really important to bounce back from last weeks disaster and while that game was always going to hinge on the first goal, we held our own and then strolled it after the goal. I don’t think either side had many great chances but I don’t remember ever thinking that Raith were going to score other than Stanton’s shot. It was mostly shots from distance and weird, floated crosses to the back post. We struggled to create many clear chances too but Gallagher was clinical when he got the opportunity.
The first half was pretty even overall, Airdrie having the better start but Raith started to control things as the half went on. I thought the second half was pretty even too until the goal when Raith just fell out the game completely. I’m a huge proponent of Murrayball, it’s a great laugh when it works, but there wasn’t really much of a plan for it today and the forwards he brought on didn’t add anything. Easton was disappointing too, he’s wasted out wide but never offered anything when he was moved inside. Raith today reminded me a little of Murray’s 19/20 Airdrie team actually. Not quite the attacking, exciting team he’d go on to build but solid and direct with battlers in the middle, without ever being quite creative enough.
That's pretty much how I saw the game.
Granted, I was watching on a stream for the first time in the league this season, so there will have been elements of play I wouldn't have seen, and possibly was guided by the commentary a bit. However up until the goal I didn't feel as though I was watching anything other than a fairly even game that could go either way.
I was dissapointed to see the scatter gun substitutions return though. Thought we'd seen the end of that.
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9 minutes ago, renton said:
Nah, thought we were more agressive in the press last week, smarter in attack and even then last week wasnt great. We had nothing really this week.
Agree with others that Brown was well off it. Our midfield was incredibly passive for the most part and we offered nothing in wide positions. Second best everywhere.
Inverness should have been out of sight last week - and I don't think that's something that could be said about Airdrie today. Certainly don't grudge them the win, but it was an even game. There were perhaps nuances within how we played that were difference, but as an overall performance, today was significantly better than last week.
We got a bit fortunate last week, and didn't this week.
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I am a wee bit concerned that we don't know what the strongest 11 is. As much as I thought the changes were right on paper today, I do fear that the options we have make it so tempting to tinker week to week. Gives very little scope for getting a settled 11 on the park.
Today doesn't change much, for me. I think we were lucky to have had the points total we had, but do feel we are a decent side who should finish top 4. A lot of that is still on paper though. Murray needs to establish a strongest 11
I'm still really, really dissapointed with Hamilton in front of goal. He gives us a hell of a lot with his general play, but he's been nowhere near good enough in terms of scoring goals. That's the big concern for me. We struggled last season largely down to having strikers who couldn't score, and despite making a very good signing to solve that, it's not really changed. I think some thoughts of us due somebody a doing are absolutely miles off the mark.
That said, it's the first bad result this season, it's vital not to over react. That will happen to an extent, and has already started to, but nothing has been won or lost yet.
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Just now, renton said:
There is no way weve played worse than that this season.
I thought we were easily worse than that last week, to be honest.
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Just now, grumswall said:
If there was going to be an over reaction it was a stick on to be you
It's unfortunate that after such a great start, we will have toys well and truly flung out the pram after the first bad result.
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We've played worse and won this season, just one of those. Airdrie are a decent side who will be in the hunt this season, fair play.
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4 minutes ago, Stardog_champion said:
If we’re being honest we haven’t been great at all, and yet got all 3 points. This second half Airdrie are well awake to our poor play. Apart from Stanton’s shot we’ve done nothing of note.
Hamilton forced a great save, Mullin went close, Brown went close.
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Just now, Stardog_champion said:
This is what happens when we don’t click, we’ve been lucky this season. We’ve been utterly found out. No subs and no cohesion
Bit of an over reaction tbh. We've not been great today, but could really have been ahead. Great save from a Hamilton chance not long before the goal.
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Ended the half much stronger. That said,with Millen and Masson already on a booking, I'd be happy with a point here.
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1 good save a piece, not a great performance from Rovers though. Another game where we've made changes that make sense, but have got into any kind of rhythm.
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Ah yes, that is more what we are used to.
Why can't we have nice things?
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42 minutes ago, RAITHROVERS84 said:
Rumour of a striker coming in on loan. Thought it might have been defensive cover but interesting if it comes to fruition.
Thar makes sense, we only have one centre forward in the squad at the moment.
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1 hour ago, RRFC1989 said:
I do think were guilty of under valuing our younger players. Having seen Mitchell & Arnott, they’ve both during albeit opportunities to impressed at championship/league 1 level. Whilst I’m keen to see both get the game time they need, I’d like to see them at higher levels than what both are at. I thought this last season and to see them both still in league 2 and lowland league respectively isn’t closing the gap when it comes to the competition they’re to be up against if they play for us in the future.
I’m well aware that my point requires other clubs to want the lads but i’d be surprised if there weren’t teams like Annan, Stirling & Montrose interested.
I can't really see these guys slotting straight into the starting 11 of those teams, and that's what we need.
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Raith Rovers vs Dundee United
in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Posted · Edited by CALDERON
Really enjoyed that, draw was the right result in the end. We were pretty good first half, Utd couldn't live with the likes of Vaughan and Easton.
As expected, Utd upped things 2nd half and to be honest we probably have big Kev to thank for the point in the end. I was at the bottom of the stairs for his save at the end, so didn't have a great view, but Goodwin was about 10 yards onto the pitch already celebrating. Kev has had 2 very good games in recent weeks.
Utd will go on to win the league, but there wasn't much between the sides today and we had 2 key players out, I'll take that.
3.6k home fans for an early season match may not sound much to some, but it's an absolutely massive step in the right direction.