Daysgoneby
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That was embarrassing. We never won a single 1 on 1 battle with any Arbroath player. Nat is so unbelievably slow he leaves so much space for the opposition to exploit and nobody on the field today had the ability, desire or intelligence (or all three) to cover for him. Well done Arbroath by far the better team.
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I am finding it hard to envisage what technical issues could possibly exist that prevent the turnstile operators pressing the entry pedal because a supporter is handing over cash yet everything works fine when a supporter is handing over a ticket?0 -
You'll be waiting until Saturday at 3.00pm then.
With apologies to all the ‘snowflakes’ on here, who cream their panties with the ludicrous suggestion that it might hand the opposition an advantage, when facts show the opposite and being deluded enough to believe that anyone with half a brain would take seriously anything said on this rag.
After watching a bit of training today, McGlynn is unbelievably sticking with the same back four[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] (so from his downbeat post match interview last Saturday, he worryingly still hasn’t come up with the answer[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]). Playing a 4-3-3 that can become 4-5-1 with Wedderburn, Gillespie & Barjonas in the middle and up front Dingwall & Flanagan either side of Nisbet.
Of course he could have a Plan B up his sleeve[emoji1]-2 -
Today was the usual, did OK for part of the game but fell apart for the rest of it, however at no time did we have total control of the match. First sign of madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. McGlynn continues the trait of recent Raith managers by going with 2 central midfielders away from home that get totally overrun against the opposition when they put 3 in there and can break against us so easily and get straight at our back 4. From the stands it is clear to see the opposition deliberately trying to move Nat out of position, and when they do, they load the vacant space with their extra middle men, as Nat has no pace (or desire) to recover and they create their chances from there. If McGlynn wants to play Nat in midfield without any pace but for his height (for when defending set pieces) then play him as a sitting midfielder but put two in front of him, so the team as a whole is not so open and easy to break against. It can be done like against Hearts in the League Cup although that day it was Davo who played that position, with some success as well. If McGlynn doesn’t fancy that, then he has to come up with something different to his current niave tactics which are failing far too often, otherwise he will drive us all to madness by repeatedly doing the same old thing and expecting something different to happen.
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Definitely? Sign in Jan?
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He's been injured a few times and been pretty underwhelming when he has had a chance. He will be used in the future if we keep him or I'm sure all party's would be happy to do a deal.
Milne is training with Montrose this evening and will then sign for them.0 -
Your free highlights will be up around midnight, which is exactly the same fee as RaithTV volunteers get for filming and producing them.
Your missing my point .... Armstrong is rightly getting praise for all the great things he IS doing, but if people with influence (allegedly!!) who are monitored by other clubs are also giving him the credit for the work of others, then we have less chance of keeping him. Just report the actual facts - simples[emoji1]0 -
Raith played some really good stuff today, passed the ball on the deck and used the wide pitch with Flanagan & Armstrong to good effect. Bene and Davo were brilliant at the back, covering well for frailties at both full back positions. Matthews after getting caught once on the ball early, totally bossed the game and won every tackle and second ball, plus did all big Nat’s running for him!!! But my man of the match was Buchanan whose movement off the ball into space and link up play created so much for the team.
Armstrong definitely shows the benefit of playing a natural wide player on the right and hopefully he is signed up along with Flanagan beyond January. But what is it with the Raith Media guys and Matt Elder and their love affair with Armstrong that they keep wanting to give him all the plaudits, like not for the first time crediting him with the likes of the cross for Buchanan’s goal when he was nowhere near the ball when it was played in. Really makes you wonder what they are actually watching at times and what to believe from them. Some will say aah but they are only volunteers but some actually get paid for it[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]-1 -
Is it this new pitch or something more straight forward like a gypsies curse
Stenny’s pitch more like[emoji53]0 -
Speaking to a Livi coach at Hampden tonight and seemingly Callum Crane was back at his parent club today to see their physio about a knee complaint and could be out for 2 weeks ..... the Rovers injury curse appears to be showing no end.
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What's the team for Saturday?
Don’t know[emoji23][emoji23]0 -
Duggan wanted to play through the barrier so I'm hopeful he will be more like Brian Graham than mango. Think milne is really struggling with the step up to ft. If he's managed right and given time to get over his niggly injuries then I think he will come good despite having looked poor so far bar one game. Vaughan came off injured on Saturday though and was played Thursday which has agrevated the injury by the looks of things? Perhaps a bit of poor management there.
Wrong - Vaughan was NOT played Thursday neither was Wedderburn, get your facts right before criticising others I would PERHAPS suggest.0 -
Afraid not, I heard that Silva played in goal and Hendry was also playing but no more details.
Predictably, Nisbet scored the goal. Started with 2 trialists both who were brutal, one was so bad he got hooked after just 30 minutes the other came off just after half time. All the young boys (McKay, Berry, Watson, Valentine, Stevenson) got at least 30 minutes each. Those regarded as ‘first-teamers’ all played at some point except Vaughan and Wedderburn who were carrying knocks. The goal and better play from Raith occurred after half time when the trialists were replaced. Falkirk who played their first team squad (most played at least a half each) were awful, hardly had a shot on goal and was clear to see why they are bottom of their league. McKinnon has a massive job on his hands there.2 -
Brutal
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Well Wardy, looks like you may be able to get the champagne out[emoji1]. A very good and reliable source who works at Celtic has said McGlynn will be announced as Raith’s new manager within the next 48 hours - we will see!!!!!!
Same Celtic source - Regan Hendry (nickname given by Celtic coaches as “flatter to deceive” - which has merit when you think of it, despite all the panty wetting he never scored or created a single goal in his last spell at Raith) signing on loan for Raith tomorrow.0 -
So Crawford is a favourite is he? I sat next to his parents on a flight last year going to my honeymoon. Nice folks. Scored one of our most famous goals. I didn’t realise he had aspirations to go into management however.
Still McGlynn for me. Why’s he not been appointed yet?
Well Wardy, looks like you may be able to get the champagne out[emoji1]. A very good and reliable source who works at Celtic has said McGlynn will be announced as Raith’s new manager within the next 48 hours - we will see!!!!!!
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Were we not wearing yellow in Airdrie?
Nah, it was the home strip that glorious day[emoji1]0 -
He is basically trying to develop debate amongst the Rovers support on who they think the next Rovers manager should be and when hes mentioned Jim Goodwin your about wetting your knickers. Unless your Jim Goodwins agent you havent a clue of his plans for the future he may have applied for the job? Why isnt Alloa offering Jim a full time contract if hes that good
Most probably because Alloa are a part-time club with part-time players, so can’t see any logic in having a full-time manager regardless how good he is, when the players only train 2 evenings a week[emoji45]0 -
Just what we were saying on the way back from Dingwall, that he can't jump and isn't running well. Perhaps he's carrying / protecting an injury?
Not sure if he is carrying an injury, but he is certainly still carrying quite a few pounds overweight which is a disgrace for a so called professional athlete!!!!0 -
Nisbet, Flanagan and Duggan as a front 3 sounds promising.
Vaughan in the number 10 role, with Gilliespie and Wedderburn behind. Usual back 4 and keeper. Leagues ours.
Would agree with that if Wedderburn was replaced by Matthews, as Nat is so slow, cumbersome & immobile in midfield he just slows everything down. Playing him at Centre Back is more suitable as per the recent Forfar game, especially as Bene looks so out of sorts this season.0 -
NN 1690 ???
Nacho “red hand” Novo a depressive, unhealthy, stroke-ridden half-wit - yeah he ticks all the boxes, let’s offer him the managers job. Or how about John “plumber” McGlynn who has been out of football management for 5 years (does anyone know why no other club have touched his dated negative tactics in this time?) - but wait, at least he could fix the sprinkler system if it breaks down.
Minutes of Raith Board Meeting 2PM on 10th September 2018 as written by Mystic Meg[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]-1 -
Certainly in the former game we looked flat and with very little penetration but with Matthews on one side, and Valentine on the other that should be expected. The EF game, Buchanan had a stinker and they marked Flanagan out of the game. Only in the last two games has he had the attacking options available that the team needed and it's showed. Forfar couldn't cope at all with the movement of our front line. Operating with a small squad means you are going to really miss guys when they aren't available.
AND getting Wedderburn out of midfield where he is so cumbersome and immobile, he just slows everything down. The midfield on Saturday actually gave the forwards a platform to work from.0 -
I think our next boss will be a Jim, I just hope it's a Good one and not a Duff one.
I fear you are going to be disappointed, as the cost of repainting the sidelines 20 yards closer to the centre circle will prove prohibitive!!!0 -
If there is any possibility at all that we could secure the services of Stewart Petrie (eg he has a Lewis Milne style clause in is contract) then he would be my choice.
Please read your post again when you are sober!!!0
The New Raith Rovers Thread
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When McGlynn comes out with the usual drivel of “we played well and they only had one chance and scored”, I hope someone has the balls to ask him, but we didn’t have a single chance on target in a self-proclaimed must win game, how is that playing well?