Nairney Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 1 minute ago, bobbykdy said: If I recall correctly we were unbeaten at home under him, the problem was we didn't pick up a single point away from home. He also talked the oafiest pish known to man. Made me wonder how we actually got reasonable results at home under him given the pish he spouted. I actually hadn't realised our home results were ok.... the memories of the football were so brutal, they are all that remain! Not that it was great under Gary Locke, but at least the players weren't woefully demoralised after being berated with Hughes' bizarre tirades. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Hughes really did galvanize the team. To a man they hated that fucker 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 I was guilty of thinking hughes would be the man in the short term to keep us up. Goes to show that we don’t always have the right answers as fans.As for mckinnon, i could see how the opportunity of going to his boyhood club, be the man to take them back to the spl, be the hero would appeal to him, but as has been said the way they went about it was a bit shitty. But i wouldn’t say i wished him any ill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, pub car king said: Hughes really did galvanize the team. To a man they hated that fucker The players voting Bobby Barr as their PotY was the biggest 'f**k You' they could give him. Sadly the whole thing probably didn't bother him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrfsee Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Thompson and Hughes. They certainly deserve each other anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Thompson and Hughes. They certainly deserve each other anyway. It'll certainly add some spice when we play them in the Challenge Cup Final anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Sandy Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 11 hours ago, Wullie McNaught said: Yup, I was chuffed when we went for Hughes. Thought he’d shake the team up but unfortunately he was a complete and utter fucking disaster. Same for me. I was sure Hughes would do the business for us after the Locke debacle. It soon became apparent he was only here for the money, he wasn't really interested in Raith Rovers, we were a stop gap for him. Cannot believe his "performance" with us won't be taken into consideration by DUFC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR #1 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 No danger would I welcome Mckinnon back. The talk of his departure really put the dampeners on our playoff hopes. The first half of the season he was in charge was brutal to watch. Of course the second half of the season was tremendous but he was lucky that donkey Daly his big pre season signing fucked off to hearts and he was given a healthy amount to spend in January. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baillieinleeds Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I would never welcome McKinnon back after the play off farce. I’m really impressed with Barry Smith, we should have had him last season before Cocke got the job 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I would never welcome McKinnon back after the play off farce. I’m really impressed with Barry Smith, we should have had him last season before Cocke got the job Was he not one of the main contenders when Locke got the job? I know he was only working as a journalist for us at that point, but as soon as he got passed over for Locke - if that was me I'd have laughed at your board if they tried to appoint me anytime, ever after that if I were him. Gary Locke [emoji38] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastie Russell Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 4 hours ago, Wee Sandy said: Same for me. I was sure Hughes would do the business for us after the Locke debacle. It soon became apparent he was only here for the money, he wasn't really interested in Raith Rovers, we were a stop gap for him. Cannot believe his "performance" with us won't be taken into consideration by DUFC. Will be spun as ‘a club in a bad way, managed to give them a chance, but honestly the rot had set it before I came, could have saved them if I was there earlier and could have brought my players in’ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Will be spun as ‘a club in a bad way, managed to give them a chance, but honestly the rot had set it before I came, could have saved them if I was there earlier and could have brought my players in’ He already spun that line when he was appointed saying it took him 6 months to get ICT to the level he wanted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Sandy Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Raithie said: He already spun that line when he was appointed saying it took him 6 months to get ICT to the level he wanted. ...............and he certainly took us to "the next level" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith25 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Big fan of the work Craig Easton and Cat are doing but would love Laurie to be involved at the club again. Boy done a lot off the park, him and smith could really compliment each other. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Laurie is a complete gent to boot. Would have no problem with him back at the club for what must be the 4th time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raith1974 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 A. We don't need Laurie Ellis back. B. We cant afford to have Laurie Ellis back C. He did walk out on us with RM. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Brilliant Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Laurie's fine but now's probably not the time. Happy to have him at the club again one day when it suits both parties. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Mariner Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 21 hours ago, Zen Archer said: The players voting Bobby Barr as their PotY was the biggest 'f**k You' they could give him. Sadly the whole thing probably didn't bother him. too thick to be bothered with that, likely didn't even realise what was going on 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted October 23, 2017 Author Share Posted October 23, 2017 too thick to be bothered with that, likely didn't even realise what was going on Didn’t Hughes not even bother going to the PotY dance? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 A. We don't need Laurie Ellis back. B. We cant afford to have Laurie Ellis back C. He did walk out on us with RM. Agree re points A and B.He did leave after being offered a new contract from Rovers, but it's not like the Mckinnon scenario where he was under contract.Rovers freed Ellis twice as a player when it suited them to do so, therefore I've no problem with him leaving in the circumstances he did.It would be nice to think he'll make a positive contribution to the Rovers at some point in the future, but as said above, you're spot on with A and B. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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