kerrdavidson95 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Hope we scud them for five or six just to shut everyone up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
touchedbymadness Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 2 minutes ago, kerrdavidson95 said: Hope we scud them for five or six just to shut everyone up. All that would prove is that Rovers were crap. We need to do it against a better side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlukediamond Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Conor McLaughlin has recovered from his injury. He played the full 90mins off the development league game against Morton the other night. Thought he looked ok until he got injured last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennboy1978 Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Conor McLaughlin has recovered from his injury. He played the full 90mins off the development league game against Morton the other night. Thought he looked ok until he got injured last week. Would like to see how he gets on with a full 90 in the first team. Do you know how he played ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulloch Gorum Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 4 hours ago, carlukediamond said: Conor McLaughlin has recovered from his injury. He played the full 90mins off the development league game against Morton the other night. Thought he looked ok until he got injured last week. Glad to hear it. We lost a lot of our creativity and composure when he went off last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mybitchunderprotest Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 Don't think creativity and composure is going to make a whole lot of a difference tomorrow. Unless we've learned how to defend properly over the last week of full-time training I fear that we'll get scudded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 9 hours ago, carlukediamond said: Conor McLaughlin has recovered from his injury. He played the full 90mins off the development league game against Morton the other night. Thought he looked ok until he got injured last week. Not really rated what I've seen of him so far, all he seems to do is get caught in possession, brushed off the ball and fall over. Probably a decent player in there but the jump from the 20s to first team is massive and I think it shows with him, not up to the pace or strength of the game yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesadilla Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 14 hours ago, Diamonds are Forever said: Not really rated what I've seen of him so far, all he seems to do is get caught in possession, brushed off the ball and fall over. Probably a decent player in there but the jump from the 20s to first team is massive and I think it shows with him, not up to the pace or strength of the game yet. That's a harsh assessment of the boy. The physical side of his game can only improve by being given a run in the first team. I think he looks quite a talented lad and I'd be happy to see him in the side. I'd say, even this early in the season, that this is a 'must win' game for us. Not necessarily because of the points gap, but certainly for the morale of the fans who are becoming rapidly disillusioned by the side. I'm expecting us to have tightened up in defence. We can't possibly keep going like this and not have learned anything from the mistakes we've made up to now - surely the big advantage of full time training is the ability to work on these types of flaw? I'm expecting Rovers to come out of the blocks fast. Like last week though, I'd expect us to settle into the game with more possession. Unlike last week, I want to see some link up play between the midfielders and the strikers. I'd prefer Russell to stay up top where he can cause problems than chasing back looking to get involved. I'm going for 4-1 Airdrie, Ryan with 3 and Russell with the other. Rovers goal to come from a bizarre OG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
touchedbymadness Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Great post Pesa Fans rapidly getting demoralised by the repetitive mistakes on the park and the deplorable personnel choices. Last year Stewart was a too skinny 19 y/o who still had growing to do. I said to let him grow into his frame whilst getting experience and now look at him. McLaughlin and McIntosh are both developing 19y/o players in the same boat. Why lose patience and write them off. Invest in their development now by playing them and reap the rewards in a year or so when they've adapted physically. Dont waste time with rubbish like Boateng and Schmidt. I can see what they'll become, others need to too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlukediamond Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 The best form of defence is attack. If we can keep possession play quick football through the midfield. Mix it up from time to time occasionally go long. We've become far to predictable. I have enjoyed the whole trying to play football thing but we've got to utilise what we have, play to our strength (not sure what that is) but if we keep the ball then they can't score (without stating the obvious) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennboy1978 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Is it pIshing down in Airdrie as much as it is here ? I don't think I've seen a game on the Broomfield plastic when it's this wet. Trainspotter question - How does the pitch play when it's soaking ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locker Luke Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 "a bizzare own goal" -who is this Bizarre boy? Another of these foreigners we've signed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_86 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Plays at 100mph. Ball zips off the surface, so need a good touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennboy1978 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Just now, Locker Luke said: "a bizzare own goal" -who is this Bizarre boy? Another of these foreigners we've signed? Him and his brother Inc wrote the oldschool classic Playing with Knives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesadilla Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 "a bizzare own goal" -who is this Bizarre boy? Another of these foreigners we've signed? Your patter is muck mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesadilla Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Defence is utter bollocks. Knew Rovers would start fast and tear into the nonsense that is out back line, that's ridiculous though. What the f**k are we doing in Ravenscraig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrdavidson95 Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Reports of fans walking out at half time. This period could be defining in the "new era". We refuted Ballantyne's hesitation in making decisions about managers, so let's see what the new board is made of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mybitchunderprotest Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Looks like my hope of us having done some work on defending during the week was just fantasy. Boateng is a fucking disgrace to pub centre halves everywhere. He is still thinking about moving for a ball when the forward is a good 5 yards off him. By the time he's made the connection that he needs to move for the ball the forward is already off and after it. What the f**k is the problem with Gorman that this fucking bozo is the answer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesadilla Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Half time: Rovers have a coach out with the cones, passing and moving. We're five men lumping long range passes. At least our full time status is telling in the levels of professionalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mybitchunderprotest Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Russell sent off for a 2nd yellow for a dive in the box. Numerically down to 10, in reality we've been playing with less than that anyway and Russell was one of the ones that has done f**k all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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