Raith69 Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 13 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Confirmed. Happy with this signing, just need to find cover for the flanks in defence and if possible another centre forward. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Been going too long Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Happy with the addition on Byrne , good experience and probably means a loan move for arnott and I would guess Masson . They need game time to help there careers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 This signing will free stanton up to play further forward. The big question is, who drops out for him? We have Vaughan, stanton and easton who are all better through the middle. When it comes to stanton, his form dipped once he was shifted from there last season and I honestly think he needs to start when fit. Can't really move easton at the moment due to his form. Ian Murray definitely has some tough decisions to make moving forward. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 10 minutes ago, grumswall said: This signing will free stanton up to play further forward. The big question is, who drops out for him? We have Vaughan, stanton and easton who are all better through the middle. When it comes to stanton, his form dipped once he was shifted from there last season and I honestly think he needs to start when fit. Can't really move easton at the moment due to his form. Ian Murray definitely has some tough decisions to make moving forward. Worth mentioning that the Press have said that Millen and Brown have came through training fine this week. Millen coming back in frees up McGill to play at centre mid from the start if needed. Given how last season ended, this is an absolutely glorious problem to have. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 12 minutes ago, grumswall said: This signing will free stanton up to play further forward. The big question is, who drops out for him? We have Vaughan, stanton and easton who are all better through the middle. When it comes to stanton, his form dipped once he was shifted from there last season and I honestly think he needs to start when fit. Can't really move easton at the moment due to his form. Ian Murray definitely has some tough decisions to make moving forward. On Saturdays showing, Byrne would come in for Vaughan. Stanton moves further up the park. Easton can still contribute from the left, Mullin on the right. Smith up front with Hamilton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 1 minute ago, Wardy said: On Saturdays showing, Byrne would come in for Vaughan. Stanton moves further up the park. Easton can still contribute from the left, Mullin on the right. Smith up front with Hamilton. Move back to 4-2-3-1. Stanton and Byrne in the 2, Easton in the 10 role, Smith and Mullin wide, Hamilton up top. Never want to see that 4-1-3-2 again... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Just now, renton said: Move back to 4-2-3-1. Stanton and Byrne in the 2, Easton in the 10 role, Smith and Mullin wide, Hamilton up top. Never want to see that 4-1-3-2 again... At least with the players suggested, the formation can be interchangeable throughout the match. 4132 when attacking, 4231 when defending…Stanton’s pretty fit so can get up and down no bother. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Just now, Wardy said: At least with the players suggested, the formation can be interchangeable throughout the match. 4132 when attacking, 4231 when defending…Stanton’s pretty fit so can get up and down no bother. True that. Also got the option now of a compa t 3 man midfield with 3 out of 4 of Byrne, Matthews, Brown and McGill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 1 minute ago, renton said: True that. Also got the option now of a compa t 3 man midfield with 3 out of 4 of Byrne, Matthews, Brown and McGill. With the players we have in the squad now, there’s quite a few different formations we can play. Having that flexibility will be invaluable. As the season goes on, things change and teams adapt, so it’s pretty important that we can mix it up if we need to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebanda's Handyman Services Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 I'm more excited than I should be about how strong a bench we'll have. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith1234 Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Are we forgetting about a fully fit Ethan Ross in the mix also. Great problem to have and it’ll be interesting to see how Murray manages this 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 1 hour ago, Broken Algorithms said: Lovely stuff. That's four signings this summer who have won this league before. While that won't guarantee anything, it's a good to see that it's a clear distinction from the last few seasons where they were coming from the leagues below or speculative loanees who were out of sorts. It’s truly exceptional business lads. Conservatory money only works if you’ve got the personal to recruit in the right way. Can’t really fault a single signing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Against The Machine Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 15 minutes ago, renton said: Move back to 4-2-3-1. Stanton and Byrne in the 2, Easton in the 10 role, Smith and Mullin wide, Hamilton up top. Never want to see that 4-1-3-2 again... Aye, it's exactly this. Murray has been talking up the 4-1-3-2 in pre-season but I suspect that's been down to who he's had available rather than any real desire to play it. For basically all of pre-season (and Saturday), we've been playing with three "profiles" in midfield. Someone sits, someone links, and the rest attack. Since we played Montrose, Stanton has been sitting, and Easton has been tasked with making sure the attack isn't isolated from Stanton. Byrne lets everyone move up a category into where they're more natural. Stanton gets to drive from deep instead of holding, and Easton goes back into the attacking pack. Someone else drops out of that attack, and on form it's probably Vaughan although for some reason I wonder if it might not be Callum Smith, with Easton going back to the left. Whoever makes the starting eleven, we should have a bench that stacks up remarkably compared to last season, even accounting for our usual injury pile-ups. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirJimmyofNic Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 Another very good signing, selection headaches for the Gaffer when everyone is back, but what a bench of players to call on 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 1 hour ago, R.R.FC said: Don’t know why the announcement is saying he chose us? His offers were reported between us and Dunfermline but they totally didn’t want him anyway, probably didn’t even offer him a deal m8. He’s not even as good as Paul Allan, whatever one of those is. I get the glee and all and I for one would have had him back but it seems odd that a player who played for us before and worked with McPake before and who would have been a first team regular (probably) and who was sat in the away end at Starks Park with the Pars fans when he was a Livingston player wouldn't have joined us if we made a serious offer. It says a lot about our two clubs at the moment IMO - our board dithering, with wild expectations (three targets this summer joined Premiership clubs apparently and they said something similar last year when we were in the Seaside League), strange methods (wanting massive dossiers about various different things just for loan signings) and odd ideas about not showing dissent and being known for fair play, whereas your lot have identified sensible targets and got them in with some sense of upgrading key areas and replacing players who have gone. Going to be hilarious when we still finish above you, mind.* *may not actually happen. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 4 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: It’s truly exceptional business lads. Conservatory money only works if you’ve got the personal to recruit in the right way. Can’t really fault a single signing. I think there were a lot of people who questioned what John Potter could do for us when he left Kelty. He'd had a torrid time at Dunfermline and didn't do much at Kelty last season. But pretty much every player interviewed on Raith TV has said that he's been brilliant in selling the club to them and in constant communication showing a real willingness and desire. The DoF model can get slaughtered, but Murray said he's fine with it as it allows for him to focus on the part of management he enjoys more. I'm really interested to see how we do if we can get a relatively injury free squad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Enigma Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said: …and worked with McPake before… Maybe that’s the issue then… Edited August 9, 2023 by Enigma 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 11 minutes ago, Raith Against The Machine said: Aye, it's exactly this. Murray has been talking up the 4-1-3-2 in pre-season but I suspect that's been down to who he's had available rather than any real desire to play it. For basically all of pre-season (and Saturday), we've been playing with three "profiles" in midfield. Someone sits, someone links, and the rest attack. Since we played Montrose, Stanton has been sitting, and Easton has been tasked with making sure the attack isn't isolated from Stanton. Byrne lets everyone move up a category into where they're more natural. Stanton gets to drive from deep instead of holding, and Easton goes back into the attacking pack. Someone else drops out of that attack, and on form it's probably Vaughan although for some reason I wonder if it might not be Callum Smith, with Easton going back to the left. Whoever makes the starting eleven, we should have a bench that stacks up remarkably compared to last season, even accounting for our usual injury pile-ups. Aye, and for me it has to be Easton into the 10 role, I might be testing your 3 profiles analogy to destruction but in a 4-2-3-1 it seems to me that for the 3 you have a combination of skills: Runners, Dribblers and Crossers. Last season we were long on dribbler type players: technically tidy players who can hold a ball and do a lot of good approach work but short on both pure speed merchants and guys who can cross a ball well. Moving Easton to the left at the expense of Smith to accommodate Vaughan gives you two quite samey profiles in that attacking three, and takes your pacy outlet away. We have Vaughan, Connolly, Easton and Stanton who can all play that technical type role, we have Smith and Ross to provide pace and really only Mullin for that specialist crossing type role. I feel like we need to balance all three types to get the most out of that formation. Easton also probably covers more ground than most which makes him more valuable in the middle, and Stanton can play the linking role better than him anyway, so Stanton should play as the "8"... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBumpkin Posted August 9, 2023 Share Posted August 9, 2023 I think what we've got now are options. The ability to have multiple formations and opportunities in games, as well as game changers on the bench when everyone is fit (if ever). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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