Broken Algorithms Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Ive seen good Rovers teams have poor pre-seasons, and vice versa. Its for getting fitness, little more. The fact is though, we need to hit the ground running this season. Anything even verging on last seasons disaster (2nd half) will see us in huge trouble. We were one player away from our first choice back 4 last night and apparently were in complete and utter disarray. Very, very concerning. Delighted Mcgurn is back in any capacity. In fairness, I'd say McGurn would be a vital part of any defence. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Laidlaw, you'd be hard pressed to find anyone who'd argue against either of McGurn or Cuthbert. Similarly, given how Laurie is pretty much a liability nowadays then it was difficult for us to show stability. Similarly, Watson looks like he needs the match practice to get back into the swing of things. Some of his decision making was a wee bit off last night, though he clearly was miles ahead of Ellis. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 The home match against Queen of the South has been moved forward a day to Friday 10th October with a 7.45pm kick off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICMAC Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 The game on the 11th of oct has been moved to fri 10th 7.45 ko 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 The home match against Queen of the South has been moved forward a day to Friday 10th October with a 7.45pm kick off. BBC alba job? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoversMad Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 The home match against Queen of the South has been moved forward a day to Friday 10th October with a 7.45pm kick off.Is Dumfries to Kdy not one of the longest commutes in the league now...On a Friday night? Looks like the new league set up is as forward thinking as the last lot were. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 BBC alba job? At the request of both clubs. Scotland have a home match against Georgia on Saturday with a 5.00pm kick off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_p Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Will probably get as much fans on the Firday night as we would have got clashing with the Scotland game. QotS bring a minimal support anyway so its not really a great loss in terms of travelling numbers. It could be a nice wee experiment with Friday night football though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 At the request of both clubs. Scotland have a home match against Georgia on Saturday with a 5.00pm kick off. dear god, I'll be in the pub for hours that day..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoversMad Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 dear god, I'll be in the pub for hours that day.....And that differs from any other Saturday how? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 And that differs from any other Saturday how? Usually I step out in the middle of the day to watch the Rovers get humped before I get back into it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 dear god, I'll be in the pub for hours that day..... Just to complicate things, the semi-finals of the Petrofac Training Cup are on Sunday 12th October so Friday night's fixture could be cancelled if either team is still involved and you could be blitzed on Saturday and Sunday instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Just to complicate things, the semi-finals of the Petrofac Training Cup are on Sunday 12th October so Friday night's fixture could be cancelled if either team is still involved and you could be blitzed on Saturday and Sunday instead. Well we won't have to worry about that anyway unless QotS get that far, as I can't see us getting past the pars.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 (edited) Second summer on the trot we've played you chaps at Stark's. Looks like it may become a regular thing. Edit - Soz about the 4-3 in Feb/March (?) 2010. Raith became my 2nd team after that game. Edited July 16, 2014 by TheScarf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 April i think? Just before we were in Scottish Cup Semi. That was a bad, bad day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 (edited) To be fair, the only one I'm trepidatious about is Stewart, who needs to really pull something out to prove he's good enough. The rest of our signings have been solid enough, I would've said. I'd still like to see a bit more raw pace in the team though. I'm trepidatious about the fact that, love them or loathe them, we've lost a lot of goals from the team in Baird, Spence and to a lesser extent Smith and Cardle. Other factors are most of our new signings already carrying injuries; the much trumpeted need for greater squad strength and depth doesn't appear to have materialised, or if it has it isn't obvious; Nade being a bit of a risk signing and having never scored more than 8 goals in a season; same goes for Stewart; Elliot having gone completely off the boil since Xmas and turned into a petulant guy who just looks for fouls all the time and shouts at refs - he seems to have forgotten that either scoring goals or holding up the ball for others to score goals is supposed to be his game. I've never really been greatly enamoured with our midfield either. Still, hey ho, onwards and upwards. I think my first game of the season will be the league opener, so I'll just be watching from a distance until then. Edited July 16, 2014 by Scary Bear 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebanda's Handyman Services Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 The home match against Queen of the South has been moved forward a day to Friday 10th October with a 7.45pm kick off.I come home from Florida that day.What an almighty come down that'll potentially become. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 I come home from Florida that day. What an almighty come down that'll potentially become. It will be a huge come down, then you'll have the Rovers game to look forward to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Jack D Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I come home from Florida that day. What an almighty come down that'll potentially become. I go to Florida that day, enjoy the match... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pride of Fife Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I'm booking my holiday to Florida in 2019 on that day... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I come home from Florida that day. What an almighty come down that'll potentially become. I go to Florida that day, enjoy the match... I'm booking my holiday to Florida in 2019 on that day... I drank a bottle of M&S "Florida" orange juice on my way to last Saturday's game. #involved. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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