Raith Against The Machine
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Just now, TxRover said:
So that’s:
Masson/Lang/Dick/Ngwenya
Brown/Stanton
McGill/Vaughan/Ross
Akio
Minor note, but McGill and Ross were on the opposite sides at Somerset.
Feel like it'll be a long night for that defence, they'll really need to be on it.
Maybe Thistle will feel compelled to come out and run at us, which will leave space for Akio to exploit. Maybe. Perhaps. Possibly.
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3-1 Rovers, Andy Barrowman hat-trick.
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6 minutes ago, raith1974 said:
No Potter but I did say a couple of weeks ago that Potter is coming in as a coach and not director of football as expected. My understanding is Halliday is Commercial director and Barrowman is Director of football. Good news with a good mix. Colin Smart also now a board member which I believe he hasn't been.
Matt Elder has Barrowman as Chief Executive, and Potter coming in as Director of Football.
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1 minute ago, mrpaddyx said:
Hopefully we will get a few new players in. We currently have more Consortium members than fit subs at the moment.
I think we've got more corner flags than fit subs, to be fair.
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#AnnounceWarchest
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Just now, ptfc. 22 said:
Doolan said we have no new injuries for tommorow night. Raith have many back yet?
We'll have Vaughan and Lang back from suspension, at the least. Sounds like Ross Millen might miss this one, so we'll jam a teenage centre half in at right back.
Critically, Scott Brown will play.
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They're multiple and numerous? Good God. I hope there aren't several of them, or we're really screwed.
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56 minutes ago, SirJimmyofNic said:
If this is truly happening, it'll be interesting to see who the 8 board members are
And whether any of them have ever been to Kennoway.
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9 minutes ago, Hadji said:
Correct position.
Correct 1st initial of the 2nd name.
_ _ _ _ _ / B _ _ _ _ _ _ _
David Boreanaz? He was excellent in Buffy.
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11 hours ago, Beastie Russell said:
I’d keep McBride, gets better every time I see him.
I shudder to think what he could've possibly been doing the first time you saw him.
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10 minutes ago, Grant228 said:
Sounds interesting, where's this list?
It was on a Terrace Podcast patreon episode, I've not seen a written summary. Very much worth a listen, although there are some questionable choices, to say the least. Denholm had Joe Chalmers as one of his top full-backs...
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4 minutes ago, kirkcaldybanjo111 said:
Rovers need to put on a show here and get a result for the fans to go away a bit happier thinking of what might be for next season 3v1 Rovers.
Nah, they don't really
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14 minutes ago, R.R.FC said:
I know the last few weeks have been a non event but I’m actually quite excited for the next couple of weeks. This season finally over, hopefully ownership situation finally resolved positively and sounds like we’ll see the new squad start to take shape for next season quite quickly too.
I may take it all back when Connor McBride signs a new two year deal this time next week…
This is the best bit of the whole year. All the hope, speculation and rumour-mongering but none of the defeats, crushing reality and moany c***s in your ear on a Saturday.
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If you don't want Lewis Vaughan around, I honestly don't know why you watch Raith Rovers.
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Not to take shots at a respected gentleman of this parish, but Shaughan McGuigan's decision to include Ryan Nolan as the only Rovers player on his Best Central Defenders in the Lower Leagues list was a wild shout, and frankly calls into question his judgement on any other issue.
And the less said about Danny Denholm's choice, the better...
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1 minute ago, Richey Edwards said:
I drank three coffees and a can of coke and managed not to piss myself as well.
Think I've solved the mystery of your migraine, pal.
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That was an incredibly unremarkable game of football, particularly from a Rovers perspective. Everyone performed almost exactly as you'd expect them to, maybe with the exception of Adam Masson who did well over the piece after a couple of early slips.
Beyond that, MacDonald made some good saves, Brown battled manfully in the middle, etc etc. Absolutely run of the mill, and when you look at the injuries and the players available, and the fact that we'd nothing to play for, I think that's... fine.
Maybe the manager learned one or two things about a player or two, but nothing more than that to take from it. One game closer to the end of the season.
Good luck to Ayr United, I really like Frankie Musonda and I hope he can go on and do well in the playoffs for you. Frankie alone is a more likeable character than anyone who's ever been associated with Greenock Morton or Inverness Caledonian Thistle.
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I don't know what we're paying Connor McBride, but even if it's buttons, I can think of better uses for buttons.
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Brilliant header. It was going to take something like that.
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Well that feast of football just flew past. Are you sure we can only have 45 minutes more?
Absolutely no evidence in that half that Ayr have anything to play for, it's looked every bit a dead rubber for both sides.
Willy Akio might have some uses, somewhere, but it's not playing up front on his own. Not that that's a new discovery, but it's even starker when the quality behind him is vastly reduced. He's done a fair bit of running but the few times he's been near the ball, his touch has been brutal. I'm sure that'll only improve as he tires towards the end and we can't replace him.
As touched on above, if the Rovers are going to score, it looks like it's going to have to come from Ross/Stanton/McBride/McGill breaking from midfield and melting one in from 25 yards. We haven't really shown any alternative route to goal.
Ayr have had a few half chances, they're getting some joy out of Akinyemi on the basis of presence alone, and there's every chance they'll eventually scramble one in.
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5 minutes ago, No_Problemo said:
If anything - it seems like Raith have a slighter better tempo which is obviously unforgivable in the circumstances.
There's a wee pocket on our right hand side, a sort of Millen-Brown-Ross axis of tidy players who can knock it about amongst themselves but outside of that we're relying on someone/anyone winning the ball in midfield and then running 50 yards and putting it in the goal.
A couple have had a go at it, McBride got surprisingly far and got a corner out of it, but Ayr's strategy of just having Akinyemi and hoping he somehow scores seems more promising.
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5 minutes ago, No_Problemo said:
Absolutely pathetic stuff so far.
It's been like a training game, where the main objective is just for nobody to get injured. I imagine it's going to continue in this fashion until sooner or later Akinyemi scores. It hasn't come to much so far, but you can see Masson is struggling to deal with him. And that's no shade on Masson, he's hardly the first defender in the Championship to have this issue, and it must only be his second or third start at centre half.
Edit: As I sent that, Akinyemi mugged off Dick only to be stopped by a brilliant tackle by Masson.
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Fireworks
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Just now, TxRover said:
There isn’t a rule against listing two keepers on the bench, is there? Wonder why no McNeil?
I wondered the same. He's here and taking part in the warm-up, seems like you'd have him stripped just on the off chance you do need to sub your goalkeeper twice (or you want to give him a run out at right back after our inevitable second injury by the eighteenth minute).
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Final Day: Raith Rovers vs Thistle - Friday 5th May 2023
in Scottish Championship General Chatter
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I thought it was mad when Murray suggested Gullan might play. After the season he's had, take tonight off and focus on being fit after the summer. Hopefully that's all it is.