RRFC_Liam Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 57 minutes ago, Broken Algorithms said: Other than Euan Murray Isn’t Murray still under contract at Hartlepool? But there were rumours/talk of him being at starks park whether that’s true we don’t know if he was to come back up to Scotland maybe back to the pars 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 7 minutes ago, RRFC_Liam said: Isn’t Murray still under contract at Hartlepool? But there were rumours/talk of him being at starks park whether that’s true we don’t know if he was to come back up to Scotland maybe back to the pars Pretty sure Hartlepool would be happy to offload him, same as Paterson. Both would likely require wage cuts to end up back in the Scottish championship... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raith1974 Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 32 minutes ago, RRFC_Liam said: Isn’t Murray still under contract at Hartlepool? But there were rumours/talk of him being at starks park whether that’s true we don’t know if he was to come back up to Scotland maybe back to the pars Doubt he'll go to the Pars they appear to have plenty of cover. He may also have just been using us for training facilities. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 What we need is a centre half who can upscale his performance levels once he gets here. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedo Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Reading over the recent threads, I think we are all in agreement that we need more defensive recruitments. For me prior to the pre-season games we needed two solid centre backs and a wingback who could play on either flank since we had Corr (CB), Dick (LB/CB), Masson (RB/CB) and Mullen (RB) signed up. Following this we have signed Watson (CB) and have given a trial to Paterson (LB/RB), which hopefully we can sort something out with Hartlepool to sign him on a longer basis. This then leaves us with the final centre back space to fill and I can’t see this being filled until August when the Scottish Premiership and English teams getting ready for the new season. Outside of that I would say we need another central midfielder to fill the space vacated by Spencer. Doing this would the make us competitive for the season ahead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 I dont really mind if we don't have another CM, Brown Matthews and McGill can all do the Number 6 job, Stanton, Easton and even Vaughan can provide the Number 8 role. Would definitely want at least another CB and full back cover. Before we got another CM in, I'd want some kind of cover for Hamilton, likely via the loan system... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirJimmyofNic Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Midfielder, feck we need another one of them like we need a hole in the head 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toun Clock Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, RRFC_Liam said: Isn’t Murray still under contract at Hartlepool? But there were rumours/talk of him being at starks park whether that’s true we don’t know if he was to come back up to Scotland maybe back to the pars Think he was linked with us and Falkirk in January. Apparently the loan deal was nearly agreed with us but Harltlepool binned it at the last minute, can't remember if they changed their manager or something but it stopped the deal happening. I heard a rumour back then that if we went up he'd sign for us permanently but that was the last I heard of that. We've got decent cover at CB but I would take him. Another experienced defender. We have Bene who will play if fit, but depends if going four or five at the back. If doing the latter we'll use three CB's and cover would probably be required. Otoo is still young and a bit raw, Fisher should play most weeks as will Rhys Breen but the latter picks up his fair share of injuries. Personally I'd take him. More experience, decent defender and also a nuisance in the opposing box. Wouldn't be surprised to see him rock up with one of us. Edited July 5, 2023 by The Toun Clock 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 This is from the Southern Reporter which looks to be a sister newspaper of the FFP. Borderer Jack Hamilton looking forward to making debut for Raith Rovers against former club East Fife | The Southern Reporter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, Beachbum said: This is from the Southern Reporter which looks to be a sister newspaper of the FFP. Borderer Jack Hamilton looking forward to making debut for Raith Rovers against former club East Fife | The Southern Reporter Can't be that closely related, there is no mention of the 500k losses... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RRFC_Liam Posted July 5, 2023 Share Posted July 5, 2023 Mate was down at Starks park getting his season ticket bought and new home top and he said he had a nice chat with one of the directors and he asked if there’s going to be anymore incomings with the defenders they simply said that we’re actively looking for defenders and couldn’t exactly say when to expect any in. it’s hard at this time as other clubs are just starting pre season to see what they gonna do with the players so hinting either looking down south or the premiership and also the use of the loan market could be later on down the line. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 6 hours ago, RRFC_Liam said: Mate was down at Starks park getting his season ticket bought and new home top and he said he had a nice chat with one of the directors and he asked if there’s going to be anymore incomings with the defenders they simply said that we’re actively looking for defenders and couldn’t exactly say when to expect any in. it’s hard at this time as other clubs are just starting pre season to see what they gonna do with the players so hinting either looking down south or the premiership and also the use of the loan market could be later on down the line. Yeah, assumed this would be the case. Don’t think we’ll see another centre half for another 5 or 6 weeks, by which time everyone’s knickers will be thoroughly pished. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jilted John Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said: Yeah, assumed this would be the case. Don’t think we’ll see another centre half for another 5 or 6 weeks, by which time everyone’s knickers will be thoroughly pished. And quite rightly so. The season starts next Saturday. Murray said himself he wanted his squad completed before the cup games started. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said: Yeah, assumed this would be the case. Don’t think we’ll see another centre half for another 5 or 6 weeks, by which time everyone’s knickers will be thoroughly pished. The league Cup, potentially could get us some decent early season income. I get that it's nor just a case of snapping your fingers and conjuring up a CB, and I do take the point that it's not exactly a flush market with them. Still though, it's frustrating to have to try and get out of the group with the same glaring defects as we had last summer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebanda's Handyman Services Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 It's not ideal but I'd far rather we didn't panic buy a CB with the start of the cup in mind. Management know what we need, it's just a matter of the right player being available. As long as we have one by the start of the league campaign or thereabouts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Been going too long Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 8 minutes ago, renton said: The league Cup, potentially could get us some decent early season income. I get that it's nor just a case of snapping your fingers and conjuring up a CB, and I do take the point that it's not exactly a flush market with them. Still though, it's frustrating to have to try and get out of the group with the same glaring defects as we had last summer. It is disappointing we haven’t learned when we let an experienced, decent defender leave last season in Bene and did the same this year with Lang( assuming of course we didn’t make an offer) for both to sign a league below and we are left looking around again. Hopefully we get a good one in eventually. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted July 6, 2023 Author Share Posted July 6, 2023 5 minutes ago, Ebanda's Handyman Services said: It's not ideal but I'd far rather we didn't panic buy a CB with the start of the cup in mind. Management know what we need, it's just a matter of the right player being available. As long as we have one by the start of the league campaign or thereabouts. Of similar thinking. Would you rather get a 5/10 centre half now, or potentially an 8 or a 9 in 4 weeks time? We aren’t going to get a good loan centre half at this point of pre-season. Not ideal but is what it is. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 (edited) All this chat around the club haven't learned is very unfair, considering we are still in pre season. A lot of business has already been done, including a genuine championship standard striker and an experienced centre back. The final pieces aren't in place yet, but it's a real shame to see some starting to trot out lines like this at this stage. Edited July 6, 2023 by CALDERON 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_no_1 Posted July 6, 2023 Share Posted July 6, 2023 14 minutes ago, CALDERON said: All this chat around the club haven't learned is very unfair, considering we are still in pre season. A lot of business has already been done, including a genuine championship standard striker and an experienced centre back. The final pieces aren't in place yet, but it's a real shame to see some starting to trot out lines like this at this stage. If you head over to our page it's exactly the same folk with exactly the same nonsense barfed out every summer. It's very tiresome. It's the 6th of July FFS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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