dee_62 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Well, what a difference a week might make. Absolutely no idea how the Loons will line up. Could go all change or could just go pretty much the same as most of the season. Obviously the board, fans and players will be hoping that the changes made give the team a kick in the right direction...we will see... Going for an away win...just for the sake of it. Kerr Hay and Sanny to both score 3. Haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F0rfarl00n Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Be interesting to see how Petrie and Sellars approach this. Will they keep the same squad as Campbell did or shake things up a bit, maybe start a couple of youngsters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 We'll be seeking to set right our biggest hammering of the season, and Forfar will be looking for a freshly-sacked manager bounce. I'll confidently predict that we won't concede four goals this time, but a lack of options up front mean a lot of pressure will be on our midfield and set-piece specialist Mick Dunlop. A draw would be great result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogs_Dollox Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Usually when Petrie takes the warm ups we look half decent . Going to make the journey in hope of some liquid football and a 3-0 away win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacGafraidh Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Hoping for a Rovers win here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Having found unlikely wins all over the place, Rovers should be winning this one. I hope our trialist centre forward gets a brace in a two scud win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerhouse7 Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Hopefully likes of Baxter, Sanny and Yano get dropped, would like to see this team; Douglas Travis Nicoll Rose Black Hay Foxy Hodge Denholm (if Young out) Swankie Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloysius Snuffleupagus Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Bold Rover, on 18 Dec 2015 - 19:53, said:I hope our trialist centre forward gets a brace in a two scud win. Who he? If it's one of the laddies from last week's bench then I'm not sure they're quite ready for a start yet. I'll miss this and Cowden next week to go chasing sunshine in Tenerife so it will be Twitter watch for me. However, the 2nd half from Forfar up there is as good as I've seen against us this year, and I'm therefore surprised that they are where they are especially to the extent where Campbell has been "debunneted" (copyright D Herd 2015). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogs_Dollox Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Who he? If it's one of the laddies from last week's bench then I'm not sure they're quite ready for a start yet. I'll miss this and Cowden next week to go chasing sunshine in Tenerife so it will be Twitter watch for me. However, the 2nd half from Forfar up there is as good as I've seen against us this year, and I'm therefore surprised that they are where they are especially to the extent where Campbell has been "debunneted" (copyright D Herd 2015). Injuries took their toll , or that was the excuse used . There's a good team in there somewhere , certainly one that should be in the promotion play off hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Hopefully likes of Baxter, Sanny and Yano get dropped, would like to see this team; Douglas Travis Nicoll Rose Black Hay Foxy Hodge Denholm (if Young out) Swankie Martin Swankie! He'd be first to get dropped in my opinion, the other 3 mentioned at least put a shift in for the team. I would like to see Kennedy get a run at left back too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Who he? If it's one of the laddies from last week's bench then I'm not sure they're quite ready for a start yet. I'll miss this and Cowden next week to go chasing sunshine in Tenerife so it will be Twitter watch for me. However, the 2nd half from Forfar up there is as good as I've seen against us this year, and I'm therefore surprised that they are where they are especially to the extent where Campbell has been "debunneted" (copyright D Herd 2015). I was indulging in a wee fantasy. There are centre forwards not playing for their teams who are better than those we have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 There are centre forwards without teams who are better than some of those we have. *cough* Martin Grehan *cough* Cue a Barrowman hat trick today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerhouse7 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Swankie! He'd be first to get dropped in my opinion, the other 3 mentioned at least put a shift in for the team. I would like to see Kennedy get a run at left back too. who else would we have as a goal threat? only other striker we have is Sanny and Smith who have been poor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogs_Dollox Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 who else would we have as a goal threat? only other striker we have is Sanny and Smith who have been poorExactly . Swankie gets a lot of abuse from some fans as he's the easy target but In truth the whole team let dick down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 who else would we have as a goal threat? only other striker we have is Sanny and Smith who have been poor Do you go to the games? Swankie is not a goal threat in the slightest and has been a passenger for weeks now, we are effectively playing with 10 men every week, he is a luxury we cannot afford on the park at the moment. Smith is definitely not stepping up to the mark but Sanny has been either directly involved with almost all the goals we have scored recently or invovled in the immediate build up play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loon74 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Cheers from the crowd when swankie was subbed last week said it all , A player who can turn a game in the matter of seconds , hasn't done it this season and deserves to be dropped , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bernardblack Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Rot stopped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 This will be a new feeling for our men, dropping points from a winning position. We could have won but were up against a strong midfield and defence. Even when infirm and out of favour, Gemmell and Love would have done better against them than McRobbie and McBride. I don't know how Forfar managed to put four past us earlier in the season; they played some decent stuff at times but were desperately poor in front of goal. Just as the game was starting to go stale we grabbed a goal at the perfect moment, just on the stroke of half time. It really should have been two early in the second half when Calum McRobbie decided to have a go against an onrushing Rab D, when the only option was to square it to Josh Mullin. That would have been it. Fair play to Forfar for battling on but it took a wonder-goal for them to get back into the game- you can't rely on those every week (unless Kerr Hay is used to scoring those- he certainly improved the team when he came on for the second half.) Michael Travis remains one of the best defenders in the lower leagues. Some people will see this game as two points dropped but I'm taking it as a chance to look at the big picture: we stay in 3rd place with a game in hand over the team on our heels, and are now 5 points clear in a play-off position at Christmas time. That is the work of genius. Bravo, Darren Young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter Jazz Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Really good result down there. Petrie (who would be my first choice) had so little to play with especially up top. Encouraging looking team selection with Foxy and Hodge back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cresto11 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 No real changes, pretty poor game, would imagine Petrie will need a win in the next two games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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