liam_barnett Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 29 minutes ago, Ebanda's Handyman Services said: To be fair, any non-attendance can probably be attributed to hassle avoidance. Understandable really. A Rovers fan is a Rovers fan regardless, surely no matter what people say it doesn't stop him supporting his team? that's certainly the way I would be personally anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFC1989 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 You are probably right. I wouldn't rule out a new deal to get you boys more £ though. Something you want to share with us? I'd love this to happen now to reward the boy for his performances and to earn us dosh when he does no doubt leave. It's not like a transfer fee is going to put off someone of his ability. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebanda's Handyman Services Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 4 hours ago, liam_barnett said: A Rovers fan is a Rovers fan regardless, surely no matter what people say it doesn't stop him supporting his team? that's certainly the way I would be personally anyway. Don't think it's quite as black and white as that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Hello everyone. Not been around much lately, hope you're all well and that. The criticism of Drysdale is well out of order. And speaking of people who did a huge amount to stabilise Raith in years gone by, nice to see John McGlynn's youth policy showing its legacy. Congrats to Callachan on his move, and great to see Vaughan emerging as the player we thought we had two years ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Mcglynns youth system has born fruit. Thank you to levein for recommending him. Drysdale has been in for a lot of just criticism yoss. Anelka, locke, Vaughan loan deal (which in the end relegated us) need I go on? He may have done a lot for us but his legacy is a fairly poor one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 7 minutes ago, Yoss said: Hello everyone. Not been around much lately, hope you're all well and that. The criticism of Drysdale is well out of order. And speaking of people who did a huge amount to stabilise Raith in years gone by, nice to see John McGlynn's youth policy showing its legacy. Congrats to Callachan on his move, and great to see Vaughan emerging as the player we thought we had two years ago. Drysdale took something like £35k a year out of the club for a post that was previously unpaid. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 He's only the Club Secretary for us lads. Chill out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 2-0 win for the u20s up at Forfar tonight.Goals from Smith and Watson. Osei not in the line up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steakngravy Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Do you have the Rovers team? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 3 minutes ago, steakngravy said: Do you have the Rovers team? Brian, Watson, McKay, MacDonald, Valentine, Dall, Berry, Bell, Collins, Smith, Court 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steakngravy Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 many thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Bobby Barr in this week's team of the week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Ryan Stevenson finally back playing for the u20s last night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) I'm fairly bored at work, so I had a quick look at the previous third tier seasons going back to 2000/1 (beginning of the century, why not). The median number of defeats sustained by the team that finished champions is 6, that includes the aberration that was The Rangers, who went unbeaten the whole season (Next best is QoS who finished on 92 points and only 2 defeats last time they were down here). Take The Rangers out of the equation and it goes up to 6.5 (round up to 7). Rovers have previously been champions on either side of that median, with 9 defeats in 2002/3 and 4 in 2008/9. In those 17 years there have been two occasions where the team finishing first actually lost more games than the runners up, with Alloa losing less times than Queens in 01/02, but drawing double the amount of games - much the same story for Stranraer when they finished 2nd to Morton in 14/15. The median number of wins required - sans The Rangers - was 22, with the lowest being the Rovers in 02/03 with 16 wins and the highest being QoS in 12/13 with 29. So, on any given year, to be with a 50% shout of ending the season champions you need to hit 73 points. Edited September 20, 2017 by renton 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFC1989 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I'm fairly bored at work, so I had a quick look at the previous third tier seasons going back to 2000/1 (beginning of the century, why not). The median number of defeats sustained by the team that finished champions is 6, that includes the aberration that was The Rangers, who went unbeaten the whole season (Next best is QoS who finished on 92 points and only 2 defeats last time they were down here). Take The Rangers out of the equation and it goes up to 6.5 (round up to 7). Rovers have previously been champions on either side of that median, with 9 defeats in 2002/3 and 4 in 2008/9. In those 17 years there have been two occasions where the team finishing first actually lost more games than the runners up, with Alloa losing less times than Queens in 01/02, but drawing double the amount of games - much the same story for Stranraer when they finished 2nd to Morton in 14/15. The median number of wins required - sans The Rangers - was 22, with the lowest being the Rovers in 02/03 with 16 wins and the highest being QoS in 12/13 with 29. Assuming a median number of wins and defeats would leave us on 73 points. Cheers Carol Vorderman! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I'm fairly bored at work, so I had a quick look at the previous third tier seasons going back to 2000/1 (beginning of the century, why not). The median number of defeats sustained by the team that finished champions is 6, that includes the aberration that was The Rangers, who went unbeaten the whole season (Next best is QoS who finished on 92 points and only 2 defeats last time they were down here). Take The Rangers out of the equation and it goes up to 6.5 (round up to 7). Rovers have previously been champions on either side of that median, with 9 defeats in 2002/3 and 4 in 2008/9. In those 17 years there have been two occasions where the team finishing first actually lost more games than the runners up, with Alloa losing less times than Queens in 01/02, but drawing double the amount of games - much the same story for Stranraer when they finished 2nd to Morton in 14/15. The median number of wins required - sans The Rangers - was 22, with the lowest being the Rovers in 02/03 with 16 wins and the highest being QoS in 12/13 with 29. So, on any given year, to be with a 50% shout of ending the season champions you need to hit 73 points. Fairly bored you say? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Just now, Raithie said: Fairly bored you say? Pretty fucking bored today, aye. Having said that Wikipedia makes quick work of collecting the stats together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 What's the average points of runners up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) 30 minutes ago, pub car king said: What's the average points of runners up Median for runners up over that period was 63 points, lowest was 55 points (Brechin in 02/03) and highest was 74 (Ayr in 08/09). The gap between 1st and 2nd ranged from 25 points to 0 (Stirling pipping Alloa on goal difference in 09/10). Rovers two previous league trophies down here were achieved with a 4 point gap to Brechin in 02/03, and 2 points ahead of Ayr in 08/09 (which marked both the lowest and highest runner up points tallies over that 17 year period) You should be losing no more than a couple of times per quarter (ideally only the once per quarter) - same with draws - in order to be in with a decent shot of ending up champions. Edited September 20, 2017 by renton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I had a figure of 20 points per quarter being a target to aim for to guarantee promotion so those figures seem to back that up. At the moment we are nicely on course with a sixth of the season gone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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