pub car king Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Also away friendlies due to the building work, will we ask for away game(s) at the start of the season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBumpkin Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, pub car king said: Also away friendlies due to the building work, will we ask for away game(s) at the start of the season? The whatever its called cup requires us to play 2 home and 2 away games anyway, i'm sure we can arrange it so we start with the away games if needed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 32 minutes ago, basher brash said: It was well documented that Lang and Macdonald have offers else where so more or less they have rejected the new contract offer or have already said we are off to pastures new, Spencer as per usual strings it out every year and is last to resign on a 1 year deal so who knows if he will stay , One way or another we will be in a better placed this season regarding players and Murray knows the areas to strengthen even if Murray does go to Dundee Andy Barrowman I’m sure said he’s watched Rovers about 9 times since the Xmas so he will be aware also of what’s required I dunno about that. This time last year we had most of a midfield, we're worried about having to make do with Gullan up front and had to rebuild centre of defence. Last year we at least had McDonald and Berra at this point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Spencer has the option of signing, doesn't he? I am hoping he has interest elsewhere tbh as he was mince in the latter part of the season. However, if he wants to stay then there's nothing we can do. Hopefully he wasn't offered one of those daft McGlynn contracts. I am not convinced we offered Lang anything. Both he and Nolan were absent from the initial report that came via Scott Burns. It could be that he indicated he did not want to stay, or perhaps Murray just didn't feel he was the right player, who knows. I'd have kept Lang personally, but you won't find any arguments that our defence needs to be improved. That can only be done by bringing in new players. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFC_Liam Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, Michael W said: Hopefully he wasn't offered one of those daft McGlynn contracts. How could that of happened?? John McGlynn wasn’t here last summer he went to Falkirk and I think he started talks when Ian Murray got appointed as Murray said he would talk to Brad about staying so it would’ve been a full new contract 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 11 minutes ago, Michael W said: Spencer has the option of signing, doesn't he? I am hoping he has interest elsewhere tbh as he was mince in the latter part of the season. However, if he wants to stay then there's nothing we can do. Hopefully he wasn't offered one of those daft McGlynn contracts. A fit Spencer is a class player at this level. Hope he stays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Soze Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Nairney said: Lang started out as a bit of a favourite of mine - reminded me a bit of one of, one of my all time favourite players, Mark Campbell. Feel pretty indifferent about him leaving though. After the came back from injury, he was a bit too fond of a rash challenge - too risky when our squad was down to the bare bones. Kinda how I feel too, Lang had a few tremendous games for us but like you say not the same player after the ACL. I'm sure there is still a very good CB in him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFC_Liam Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 2 hours ago, TxRover said: Gutted to see Young go, in all probability because he’s a year too soon for a reserve team. Be interested to see where he ends up in a few years, as I feel certain he would have grown into a starting role here in a couple of years. According to sinky who replied to rovers post on twitter we apparently gave Young a contract but then took it off the table so I dunno if that’s true or not…. but let’s be real he wasn’t gonna get game time at all so maybe moving on is the best for him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Was Vaughan's testimonial match not supposed to be this preseason? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanStarko Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said: Was Vaughan's testimonial match not supposed to be this preseason? It was, probably been pushed back now seeing as we won't be playing any home games till the season starts proper and the work on the stadium is finished. Edited May 26, 2023 by SanStarko 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 8 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said: Was Vaughan's testimonial match not supposed to be this preseason? Ross Matthews will be due one soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 1 hour ago, RRFC_Liam said: According to sinky who replied to rovers post on twitter we apparently gave Young a contract but then took it off the table so I dunno if that’s true or not…. but let’s be real he wasn’t gonna get game time at all so maybe moving on is the best for him This is where I’m perplexed. He looked pretty solid in limited appearances the last couple of years, and spent time at Elgin successfully competing directly with a Premiership loanee. But he couldn’t buy time under IM, so I suspect there’s something IM didn’t like, for whatever reason. 1 hour ago, keyser_soze said: Kinda how I feel too, Lang had a few tremendous games for us but like you say not the same player after the ACL. I'm sure there is still a very good CB in him I not sure that a somewhat rushed return for his injury, and then having to be the senior CB of the pair, didn’t do something to his game/mindset. Maybe as the more experienced CB he felt he had to make a mark, and it ended up as rash challenges? Pair him with an experienced CB and his game might regress to his previous solid standard…but that speculation not a luxury we have right now if he wants to look around. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover1883 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Can definitely see lang heading to the Pars and doing a bene 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted May 26, 2023 Author Share Posted May 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, Rover1883 said: Can definitely see lang heading to the Pars and doing a bene He’s been there already and didn’t do much. The chat of him going to the Premiership is wild. I’d be quite happy if he signed for one of our direct rivals. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadji Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said: He’s been there already and didn’t do much. The chat of him going to the Premiership is wild. I’d be quite happy if he signed for one of our direct rivals. Hes been out best centre half this season after coming back from an ACL injury. When paired with Berra he was even better. Game at castle gray skull he was immense. No idea how anyone can have an opinion that hes not been good for us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted May 26, 2023 Author Share Posted May 26, 2023 Just now, Hadji said: Hes been out best centre half this season after coming back from an ACL injury. When paired with Berra he was even better. Game at castle gray skull he was immense. No idea how anyone can have an opinion that hes not been good for us. He’s had some great games, definitely, but he has also individually cost us more points than probably any other player. So, so many mistakes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadji Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Just now, Hank Scorpio said: He’s had some great games, definitely, but he has also individually cost us more points than probably any other player. So, so many mistakes. Every centre half at this level makes mistakes but hes not a chance made more mistakes than Nolan or MacDonald. Proof will be in his next move, which I've heard is up the way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Against The Machine Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 4 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said: He’s had some great games, definitely, but he has also individually cost us more points than probably any other player. So, so many mistakes. Are you on the sauce? No way Lang was more costly than Nolan over the course of the season, not a chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover1883 Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Our defence has been something we lack every season nothing ever changes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roverthemoon Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 Lang was a decent defender for us but lunged in too readily and gave away free kicks which we inevitably conceded from. And as good as he was in the air, the amount of goals we conceded from set pieces suggest he wasn’t the greatest. If he’s earned a move up them good luck to him, but based on how he played for us, I think he’ll struggle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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