L. Brilliant Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Positives: Perry isn't as bad as I expected Nade was OK, Scott too. Vaughan and Anderson good from the bench. Stewart can't defend, McKeown is shaky, Fox hasn't shaken off whatever injury was hindering him last season. Honestly I quite like Fox but something is wrong. However no one else 'sits' as naturally so I think he's going to play a lot. I'm sure he can be better than today though. The Forfar fan getting in some old man's face after the equaliser - well done you. TF I don't have to sit near you every week. Why did we get a goal kick after Fox cleared out off the ref and out for a corner? Still enjoyed it tbh (to be honest) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogs_Dollox Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Thought we played well at times but in the end rovers fitness and that wee bit more quality killed us. Wouldn't have been undeserved if we at least took it to penalties with denholm and swankie missing great chances to equalise at 3-2 . Young and husband will be a cracking midfield pairing in league 1 once they have gelled more . Onto the real bread and butter stuff next week , short trip to Stranraer . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Thought we played well at times but in the end rovers fitness and that wee bit more quality killed us. Wouldn't have been undeserved if we at least took it to penalties with denholm and swankie missing great chances to equalise at 3-2 . Young and husband will be a cracking midfield pairing in league 1 once they have gelled more . Onto the real bread and butter stuff next week , short trip to Stranraer . That and Young facing the right way when defending crosses. TBF he took it well when walking towards the South Stand, he gave a wee smile which was far better than greeting. He's still a Townie c**t though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Totally agree. Groundhog Day. Seconded. We are very lucky to be through. Today doesn't inspire me with any confidence in the manager or his players at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Watched Forfar's first goal back, McKeown's defending is even more laughable than what I had witnessed earlier today...no idea what he was doing! Watch out for the cool goal cam's for this season too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Watched Forfar's first goal back, McKeown's defending is even more laughable than what I had witnessed earlier today...no idea what he was doing! Watch out for the cool goal cam's for this season too! What did everyone make of his performance IIRC in the first half when he lost the ball, decided to win the ball then lost the ball and again tried but failed to win the ball, utterly woeful, the guy looked like he was in a trance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 It's obviously early days in his career for us but against York and again today he's looked way out of his depth. He's no Calum Booth anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallumH Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Positives: Perry isn't as bad as I expected Nade was OK, Scott too. Vaughan and Anderson good from the bench. Stewart can't defend, McKeown is shaky, Fox hasn't shaken off whatever injury was hindering him last season. Honestly I quite like Fox but something is wrong. However no one else 'sits' as naturally so I think he's going to play a lot. I'm sure he can be better than today though. The Forfar fan getting in some old man's face after the equaliser - well done you. TF I don't have to sit near you every week. Why did we get a goal kick after Fox cleared out off the ref and out for a corner? Still enjoyed it tbh (to be honest) Positives? That's a lot of negatives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 The use of the Referee spray was useful today, especially when Young kicked Nade in the coupon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roverthemoon Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 Not great but through. Had to laugh at the Forfar fan giving it the old GIRUY to the South Stand at their equaliser only to slope off early with his head down when it went 4-2 Agree that McKeown looks weak. Hopefully he will improve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthetic Bridie Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Positives: Perry isn't as bad as I expected Nade was OK, Scott too. Vaughan and Anderson good from the bench. Stewart can't defend, McKeown is shaky, Fox hasn't shaken off whatever injury was hindering him last season. Honestly I quite like Fox but something is wrong. However no one else 'sits' as naturally so I think he's going to play a lot. I'm sure he can be better than today though. The Forfar fan getting in some old man's face after the equaliser - well done you. TF I don't have to sit near you every week. Why did we get a goal kick after Fox cleared out off the ref and out for a corner? Still enjoyed it tbh (to be honest) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthetic Bridie Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Apologies for the behavior of the Forfar fan who celebrated in front of the old guys & his idiot mate. Total embarrassments & not reflective of the many decent loons who travelled to Fife yesterday. Overall I thought, in the end, that Rovers were fitter & more clinical than us. We had 2 great chances in the last period of et which we missed. Should have had a penalty for the Nade push too. Referee was dreadful for both teams. Looking ahead I am excited about us offensively but worried about the defence. Looked pedestrian & not enough of them in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogs_Dollox Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Match report on rovers website is very detailed and fair . Hope this puts to bed our hoof ball style for now .... Raith needed extra-time to earn a place in the second round of the Scottish League Cup, finally overcoming a skilful and resourceful Forfar Athletic 4-2 after two goals in extra time. A fine 20-yard strike from Calum Elliot and an own-goal from Forfars Derek Young proved the difference after a match in which the visitors slick pass-and-move style caused Raith problems for long spells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaithRyan Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 I know it was the first competitive game for us this season and we still have a few boys out but I cannot really see any major improvements in the squad and i personally think we are still a player or two short. We should be on the offensive when at home to lower league opposition but I thought in the first half Forfar kept the ball far better than us and we were wasteful. The full backs rarely ventured up the park, especially Mckeown and at times we resorted to the infamous punt down the channel or long ball hoping Nade will manage a flick on or hold the ball up. Defending was really worrying at times and we were lucky Forfar never equalised in extra time before we got the 4th. Boy Denholm I think missed a great chance for his Hatrick. So my views taken from yesterday's game: Mckeown looks more reserved than he did when he was at Cowden and it potentially a weak link at the back. Perry looks weak for a centre half, couple of times there was a complete lack of communication and both centre halfs were attacking the same ball and we wee caught out. Positioning questionable at times too, I recall a simple highland punt up the park which somehow caught out both centre backs and Swankie was in one on one in the second half. Fox had a bad day at the office yesterday, wasteful in possession and gifting the ball back to Forfar. Also just sticking legs/head out anytime the ball came near him and was generally just getting in the road at times. Cuthbert went fucking mental at him in the 2nd half an rightly so after he decided to duck when on the front post at a corner when the ball was whipped in and it nearly went in! Nade looks a handful, if we can utilise him properly ie the midfield coming up to support then we can really be a danger going forward. Holds the ball up well and brings others into play, typical big target man but also looks to have a decent turn of pace. Can see him notch a few goals. I like Scott, likes to get involved and have the ball. Only problem for me is When Moon is fit they are both similar sort of players and like to get forward and we would really require one of the centre mids to tuck in and sit in so it'll be a selection headache for Murray. Elliot did well was all over the pitch and chipping in with his defending as well. Goal was a stoater. Not sure what happened at Forfar's second goal, Cuthbert seemed all at sea and lost and looked like a ball he should be claiming. Into the next round i suppose although it wasn't great. Hopefully get Moon, Barr and Dougie back soon and maybe and another body on loan maybe another midfielder or a utility sort of player who can play defence or midfield. Big improvements for Tuesday though needed, think if we play like that then we could end up being dumped out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovers86 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 When is the draw for the next round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 When is the draw for the next round? Tuesday, Gary Glen is officiating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 It's a shame we needed extra time but I've watched enough Rovers games and I wasn't at all surprised. Think the team needs to gel a bit more. I thought Stewart had a good first half and looked pretty sharp. Has more pace than Cardle. Conroy took his goal well, again comfortable on the ball and has a good delivery on him. Shame we didn't take advantage at corners though, with quite a few missing everyone! Not a lot of pace in the team apart from Stewart which is a bit of a worry. McKeown could be a weak link his dithering and defending for the first Forfar goal (as I mentioned earlier in the thread) was laughable. Schoolboy stuff! I liked the look of Martin "Jimmy" Scott. Puts himself about and likes having the ball. Breath of fresh air in that regard. Nade created 3 of the goals and could have scored himself. Great touch for a big guy and will surely cause defences problems this season! Rovers fans as like many other supporters are quite expectant. Yes we have built a reasonable squad for this season, but it was only one match. Other Championship sides struggled against lower league opposition yesterday as well. Thought Forfar looked quite handy especially going forward. Dods still handles everything in the air. But slow mind you but he is 39..Templeman was creating problems for us as usual also. Would fancy your chances at a play-off spot! Good luck for the season ahead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Didn't really see much to impress me. Fox was woeful, again. Perry and Watson didn't work, McKeown looked poor, as did Thomson. Left after the 90 as I had something on, but didn't like what I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovers86 Posted August 3, 2014 Share Posted August 3, 2014 Tuesday, Gary Glen is officiating.good stuff cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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