JAR Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 We need a much better, more motivated performance than last Saturday's. Enough of the pointless, pedantic possession and let's see much more passing & movement. Let the other lot worry about what we are doing to them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 If we manage to get the win in this one, it’ll be absolutely massive as I don’t think Falkirk will win away to Dumbarton IMO.A 0-21 away win would be great but I’ll settle for any type of win tbh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIT THE CHANNEL Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, CALDERON said: Draw is a disaster if Falkirk win. Means they would be at least 5 clear after the cup game in all likelihood. We absolutely must match or better their result. Absolutely this. Must, must win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 We can't stumble along this final quarter and hope that picking up another 16/17 points will see us over the line. 20 points this quarter is the bare minimum I think we should be aiming for if we want to win the league, which means that there's not much room for draws against teams in the bottom half of the table. If we drop points against the likes of Peterhead and Clyde then winning all our home games this quarter is essential. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.R.FC Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Think this is a must win, I can’t see Falkirk dropping points at Dumbarton. They have a more favourable first half of the quarter where I don’t see them dropping many points so we really need to hang in there to take advantage of their more tricky looking end to the quarter. Our record away to the teams in the bottom half has been well covered. 2 wins all season, a stodgy 1-0 at Dumbarton on the opening day and a last minute win at Forfar. In our last 5 games away to teams in the bottom half of the table we have managed 3 points (3 draws and 2 defeats) that record has to end this weekend with victory. Munro was fine on Saturday took an excellent catch the last 10-15 minutes and didn’t have any real problems aside from some miscommunications with Bene which were eventually dealt with okay. Shame he couldn’t get a confidence boosting clean sheet. We’ll need a big game from him here, David McCracken started the season as a coach at Peterhead so he will have made them well aware to test Munro out with cross balls. We’re at the stage of the season where performances and style of football are irrelevant just win please Rovers, a shitfested 1-0 win would be fantastic. Peterhead look to have a big game at Stranraer the Tuesday after this so if McInally wants to keep his best players fit for that, that would be braw... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUMBER 7 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 There is no chance of Raith not winning this match. Peterhead were very poor on Saturday Both Raith and Falkirk need to do better in Q4 than Q2 Falkirk lost at home to Airdrie and Clyde and drew away to East Fife and Dumbarton and home to Raith only won 4 from 9, 15 points from 27. If results were the same in Q4 as Q2 Airdrie would win the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 We were absolutely annihilated with injuries and suspensions in Q2 to be fair. I'd really hope we did much better. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embow Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 2 hours ago, CALDERON said: Draw is a disaster if Falkirk win. Means they would be at least 5 clear after the cup game in all likelihood. We absolutely must match or better their result. Nail absolutely clattered on the heid. Peter's or any others. Cup final or not, it's becoming to be more of a distraction and interference as the league games run out with not being able to play games at same time as nearest challenger in order to match or better their score on the day. More pressure on getting a result from the outstanding midweek game (in my opinion) than if played on the Saturday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebanda's Handyman Services Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 On 09/03/2020 at 14:16, JAR said: We need a much better, more motivated performance than last Saturday's. Enough of the pointless, pedantic possession and let's see much more passing & movement. Let the other lot worry about what we are doing to them. Keeping possession is far from pointless when it's being used to draw defensive minded teams out. The amount of idiots in our support who would rather we just punted the ball into the mixer rather than keep the ball and try to break teams down is depressingly unsurprising. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 Keeping possession is far from pointless when it's being used to draw defensive minded teams out. The amount of idiots in our support who would rather we just punted the ball into the mixer rather than keep the ball and try to break teams down is depressingly unsurprising. Forfar sat with 11 men behind the ball on Saturday even after going a goal down. We didn't play well but we were never in any danger of losing that game. If your not going two up top and launching balls into the box constantly, some people can't handle it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAR Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 So the two options are hoofball or passing sideways & back until generally the keeper has to launch it because he is being closed down. I am suggesting that our players either take the ball forward themselves or do a pass to our midfield. Our players look far better when taking opponents on. Most teams in this league don't cope with much pressure. It's better to lose the ball occasionally playing positively than this zero paced yawn option. I don't mind 1-0 wins but with a back 4 , our defence does not inspire confidence eg Saturday's late clownish concession. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Sandy Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 On 09/03/2020 at 16:34, CALDERON said: We were absolutely annihilated with injuries and suspensions in Q2 to be fair. I'd really hope we did much better. This. Thankfully we are in a far stronger position than in Q2. Would have been interesting to see where we would be currently had we not been decimated by injuries for so long. However, it is what it is, onward and, hopefully, upwards!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pantene proV Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, JAR said: So the two options are hoofball or passing sideways & back until generally the keeper has to launch it because he is being closed down. I am suggesting that our players either take the ball forward themselves or do a pass to our midfield. Our players look far better when taking opponents on. Most teams in this league don't cope with much pressure. It's better to lose the ball occasionally playing positively than this zero paced yawn option. I don't mind 1-0 wins but with a back 4 , our defence does not inspire confidence eg Saturday's late clownish concession. That's what we do, that's how we play. Yes teams can chase and close us down when we play it around at the back but the goals we lose aren't usually down to this. The goals we score, however, are in the main exactly down to playing it patiently from the back. Edited March 11, 2020 by pantene proV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Win this and we win the league potentially.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Win this and we win the league potentially....Let’s hope the players realise this and treat it like a cup final 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
As Easterly as it gets! Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Ro Sham Bo said: Win this and we win the league potentially.... Beat the team 3rd bottom and you win the league? Potentially, that's a pretty bold statement. With teeth attached ....... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Beat the team 3rd bottom and you win the league? Potentially, that's a pretty bold statement. With teeth attached .......Explain..?There’s talk of the league seasons being cancelled on Monday. therefore, winning this will ensure we stay top going into whatever decision they came up with next week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 36 minutes ago, Rovers1992/1993 said: Explain..? There’s talk of the league seasons being cancelled on Monday. therefore, winning this will ensure we stay top going into whatever decision they came up with next week. It would be peak Rovers to lose or tie and fall behind Falkirk just before the SFA shut down the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevoraith Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 It would be peak Rovers to lose or tie and fall behind Falkirk just before the SFA shut down the season.Surely this is the thought going through every Rovers fans head just now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Surely this is the thought going through every Rovers fans head just now. It wasn’t til he mentioned it [emoji30] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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