Arthur Reid McDermott

If you watch our games CountryBumpkin you will see that when Connolly plays, he is asked to come all the way back to his own box to defend, which he does with good effect most of the time. Sadly he cannot be back tackling in his own box, then one second later be standing off Hamilton in the opposition box waiting for a flick on when the ball has been simply booted up the park. I think it is the way Murray is playing Connolly that makes him look out of position. I'm sure it was on record somewhere that, according to his data vest, he was one of our quickest players. Maybe you can enlighten us TX? However, Quickest player or not, he would need a blue suit and a red cape to be everywhere Murray expects him to be. I therefore think it's a wee bit harsh to question his ability or speed CB?

You are probably right Broken Algorithms. But we surely can't all be wrong while he is right? My post was really in introduction subject comment as to why he had broken the pattern of a Thursday with no pre match interview? However I see the interview is up now along with a Scott Brown interview. Wow. The power of P&B ........... ?!

Why no Ian Murray interview on Raith TV this week? Dinae tell me he's in the huff because most are saying it was his team selection and tactics that lost us the game last week??

Come on Big Dunc and the Choochters the day. Pit this fearty Gowk Uniteds Gas at a low peep! Just Gubb their Arab erses. Oh what I'd give tae see that result today, then another Gubbin fae us next Saturday. Ooh, A feel like ma Tatties are bilin just thinkin aboot it.

Come back wi the three points for Rovers. That'll dae it! Simples!!

Hey Jas. It's taking the medication that causes these thoughts in the first place!*??

RIGHT! Here's how its gonna be Boys. A resurged Dunfermline are going to finish third or fourth in the league. We will hold on to second place. Dunfermline will win their third V fourth game. We will play Dunfermline for the right to play the second bottom team in the top Flight. Dunfermline will win this on aggregate, therefore beating us for the first time this season. Which, let's face it, will turn out to be the only game that mattered. This will knock our five in a row boast FAR into the Forth, and we will be forced to eat humble pie for a generation. I'm tellin ye. Ive watched Rovers for 27 years and this sort of ending is, as always, written in the Stars. Now. If we don't want this to happen, we have to go up as Champions............ or else!

Chris. Testimonials were brought in because unlike other paid forms of work, a footballer is pretty much forced into retirement in their mid Thirties. Most of the rest of us can work on into our sixties and seventies. So it was a small attempt at giving the player a wee financial boost for the rest of his life. The fact he gets paid for what he does is quite frankly neither here nor there. We are giving the man an extra thanks for his efforts in the club we all love, and Vaughan I think deserves this more than most.

That'll be both Hamilton AND Dabrowski out injured for the Pars Game then??

We leave out Scott Brown?? My only hope is it is part of a master plan?????!!!!!!!!!!! Well. Here goes.

You are absolutely right Hobnob We never ask for a Scotch in Scotland. It would usually be a whisky or by the brand name. However whisky is marketed across the world as "Scotch". Always has been. It's not only Americans that ask for Scotch, it is pretty much used the world over including England. Scotch whisky however has to be distilled in Scotland and have spent at least three years and one day maturing in an oak cask in order to be called Scotch Whisky. Oh god do we need a game or what!

Lighten up Mrraith. My post was banter with you..........

Aye. Awa and lay down in yer bladder wash ya ediotic edjit. Embow's richt enough. It is a Scottish terminology to refer to Scottish Whisky as Scotch, especially the four words, Single Malt Scotch Whisky. OR do you care nothing for your Scottish heritage? My humble apologies if you are not Scottish at all and therefore your ignorance is understandable. Stop getting on to Embow who is only trying to increase your obvious lack of knowledge. Ya CHOOB!

Can we maybe just give young Hannah a chance at left back before spending more? The Young Lad looked OK to me for the brief spell he has been on the pitch. I know he is young, but a 17 year old appeared for a premier league team at the weekend! Trying out young Hannah in a game that mattered would not be seen as the most Gung Ho decision Murray has made. Would it? On another matter. I too used to play in Goal, and Big Kev had to be on the right hand side of his goal line just before the goal because all the play was to his right, in order to cover his near post . However, like other Keepers above, I would have expected my left back to be covering the left post area and not clashing in an attempted header with my right back who was in his right back position!

If we aspire to progress out of our current league, then this is the type of game we have to be winning. I accept we played against huge defenders and midfield players. but we have to stop being so naive with our forward passing game plan. I also accept some of our forward players were again naive when making decisions in the opposition box. How many passes in the box should have been shots. How many shots should have been passes? Smith is fast and also clever but recently he has missed so many chances. To be honest I genuinely think we sold a better forward to Bonness today. Mitchell has a far better eye for goal.

AGAIN. Score first, miss out on early opportunities, then lose one more than we score. It is annoyingly becoming oh so predictable!

Aye, but its a two way street Banjo. Sometimes the team need to give the crowd something to shout about!

Aye. Reserve team is definitely the way forward. We do however need the Accountant Gods at the top of Scottish football to be dividing more of their/our cash to the lower divisions to help fund this. Let's face it. It would help Scottish football as a whole. Can I see this happening anytime soon? .................... Or indeed, any time at all? .................. Sadly, NO.

He played very well for us when he has come on as a sub recently. I think he may well be a big hit in the lower league. I'm not a Fan of this move, but we cannot play everybody. This is one of the minor drawbacks with a big squad. They ALL want to play, but some have to lose out and you can understand them wanting away.

But would that be the case in Scotland? Given it relates partially to a transport matter, is transport not devolved to the Scottish Government? This is in relation to the Derek Watson post regarding alleged UK government rules on football coaches.

Count the amount of moans against the Lad Hank. They don't have to be over the top, it's the number of moans that is in danger of sapping his confidence.

I think that he is getting a harder time than most RRFC, is down to the fact that most supporters did not want to lose MacDonald, and in fairness these were always difficult gloves to fill. But be careful, because Goal Keepers especially need confidence to be good. If he keeps getting the slaggings he is getting on here, that confidence is gonna drop and any thoughts of him getting better will be lost. In fact he will only get worse and that will be down to the slaggers! Give the guy a break.

Injuries again, and again, and again. IS IT our artificial surface? because we are on it all the time?

You are one lucky team if this is true. He is still a fantastic Keeper and many Rovers supporters were VERY sorry to see him go. My worry is he signs before a week on Saturday when you play us, because not only is he a phenomenal Goalie, he may also have a wee point to prove on his first return to Starks Park. In any case, I really wish him all the best. He gave Rovers a great service both on and off the park. Good luck to him (but maybe not so much on Saturday the 12th of August.)