Vodka Vic Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 6 hours ago, teekasule said: #LEGEND ! ARFC OK ! Ian Murray would be a good choice IMO... .... with Peter Houston as assistant. Good shout! Whoever gets it will have a small budget and will need to get the best out of the players, maybe call in a few favours and manipulate that loan system lke there was no tomorrow. Will be a tough gig. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Champan's extensive contacts amounted to raiding Annan for 9 or 10 of their players. Would be a poor appointment, IMO.Wasn't surprised to see Albion Rovers struggle Perry, McLaughlin and Higgins were 3 of the worst players in the Clyde squad that nearly finished bottom of league 2.McLaughlin had a decent seasonPerry had a bad start but once he started doing his job he was not the worstHiggins done well I suppose. His community work is where his strengths lie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 5 hours ago, Chris_the_rover said: McLaughlin had a decent season Perry had a bad start but once he started doing his job he was not the worst Higgins done well I suppose. His community work is where his strengths lie At the risk of boring everyone by repetition, Kerr's greatest error was to shed Mick Dunlop in the belief that his signings would be an improvement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pastmaster Posted May 10, 2018 Author Share Posted May 10, 2018 ....and not bringing in an experienced `keeper on loan when Bowman walked away 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, The Pastmaster said: ....and not bringing in an experienced `keeper on loan when Bowman walked away I didn't rate Bowman either - one of a large number of poor signings. And - Shields apart - the young players he played were not up to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaver1 Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 What happened to Bowman? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodka Vic Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 9 hours ago, beaver1 said: What happened to Bowman? Left halfway through the season due to personal issues. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pastmaster Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 Bottom line - Kerr was simply not up to the job ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHS rip Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 As previously stated , Rovers at least need to ask Peter Houston if he would be interested 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchBorderer Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Welcome back to League 2 you lot, Cliftonhill is definitely a better away day for us than Montrose (or Peterhead for that matter, but they'll probably stay in L2). Are Rovers keeping the 2017/2018 kits for 18/19, or getting new designs/supplier? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pastmaster Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 No idea about kit.........getting a new manager and players is more of a priority 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Welcome back to League 2 you lot, Cliftonhill is definitely a better away day for us than Montrose (or Peterhead for that matter, but they'll probably stay in L2). Are Rovers keeping the 2017/2018 kits for 18/19, or getting new designs/supplier? New kits won't be addidas it may be the rumour mill at work but i hear Joma through somone not connected to the club 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 At the risk of boring everyone by repetition, Kerr's greatest error was to shed Mick Dunlop in the belief that his signings would be an improvement. As much as I like mick he was gone by the time Kerr took over -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 32 minutes ago, Chris_the_rover said: On 10/05/2018 at 17:13, Bold Rover said: At the risk of boring everyone by repetition, Kerr's greatest error was to shed Mick Dunlop in the belief that his signings would be an improvement. As much as I like mick he was gone by the time Kerr took over Chris: you will know better than I do, but wasn't Mick's decision to leave based on Kerr telling him he wasn't going to feature? Word at the time was that Kerr was taking over and that he was organising ahead of officially taking the job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Darren Young was still In charge though and had a contract to be offered I remember Kerr saying that he thought we had to be quicker as we sat to deep. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 14 minutes ago, Chris_the_rover said: Darren Young was still In charge though and had a contract to be offered I remember Kerr saying that he thought we had to be quicker as we sat to deep. Perhaps that's what I interpreted as Kerr not wanting Mick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pastmaster Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share Posted May 18, 2018 "I remember Kerr saying that he thought we had to be quicker as we sat to deep." Well that blew up in his face ! - BTW Kerr is the new manager at East Kilbride replacing Billy Stark 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Vojáček Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 I clocked on Twitter last night that Ian Murray has apparently applied for the manager's job at Cliftonhill. That could (and I stress could here) be a really good appointment. When he came in at the Rock he totally professionalised everything - players had their diets managed, ate lunch together pre-match and turned up in club suits. I know it might sound a bit old-fashioned and weird, but his professionalism played a huge role in changing our season around. Suddenly the collection of part-time jobbers (mainly) were being treated (and asked to behave like) full-time Premier League guys, and it played a massive part in our impossible escape. He then built one of the most exciting teams I've ever watched, and took us to the brink of the playoffs. His signings were decent on the whole, his use of the long market was excellent and he wasn't prepared to go totally balls out in a 'you score four we'll score give' approach. It resulting in a few pumpings, but we also dished out more than our fair share under him. Unfortunately the next season Jack Ross left and his new assistants Guillaume Beuzelin and Mark Spalding seemed to instill a more defensive mentality into the team, which just didn't suit us - albeit we still stayed up comfortably. He'll need a good assistant alongside him. Someone hands on and well respected (like Jack Ross), but if you can build that sort of partnership I think you could be onto a really good thing. Truth be told I wouldn't have been averse to having him back at the Rock if Stevie Aitken had left following our relegation. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 "I remember Kerr saying that he thought we had to be quicker as we sat to deep." Well that blew up in his face ! - BTW Kerr is the new manager at East Kilbride replacing Billy Stark Tbf we were very good going forward but defensively sitting deep was what we had become good at after 4 years 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pastmaster Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share Posted May 18, 2018 23 minutes ago, Chris_the_rover said: 3 hours ago, The Pastmaster said: "I remember Kerr saying that he thought we had to be quicker as we sat to deep." Well that blew up in his face ! - BTW Kerr is the new manager at East Kilbride replacing Billy Stark Tbf we were very good going forward but defensively sitting deep was what we had become good at after 4 years Hmm.......................................3 goals scored in the last six games says it all really 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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