jagfox Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Can't believe the league season is starting so soon,after a disappointing end for Thistle a few weeks ago in D*ngw*ll. Rumours of Thistle's financial collapse seem to have been exaggerated so.ewhat. Kris Doolan has pooled a good squad together and a couple of additions expected early next week. Raith Rovers (7) seem to have been more active on Twitter than with regards to their squad. Made early additions but now seem to be concentrated on changing rooms and away strips. We are at home, so will win, more than likely. Just as we will probably lose in the reverse fixture. Won't be easy but I'll go for a 2 - 1 home win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Against The Machine Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Feels like we're never away from Firhill, and with the notable exception of a Regan Hendry inspired Challenge Cup semi-final, it hasn't been a particularly happy hunting ground recently. We were absolutely terrible in our first visit to Firhill last season, and it signposted a lot of our weaknesses over the rest of the season. Hopefully it won't be the same this time. Really enjoying watching this Rovers team, and I'm sure we'll get some repeat of the swashbuckling attack that we've displayed so far. The introduction of Euan Murray and the reintroduction of Ross Millen would go a long way to addressing our defensive frailties, but neither are guaranteed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpaddyx Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Any idea of what stand the Rovers fans will be in? Kinda hoping for the corner of the Jackie Husband as I wasn't keen on the old main stand last year. (Partially as someone threw a smoke bomb in amongst our own fans during a game last season.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 14 minutes ago, mrpaddyx said: Any idea of what stand the Rovers fans will be in? Kinda hoping for the corner of the Jackie Husband as I wasn't keen on the old main stand last year. (Partially as someone threw a smoke bomb in amongst our own fans during a game last season.) I would expect that you'll be in the main stand. We'll have some more new players in before then, and very hopefully at least McMillan back in the team so should be better than we were this and last week. I was expecting Rovers to be one of the leagues stronger teams this season, so this should be a good barometer of how good we actually are. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpaddyx Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said: I would expect that you'll be in the main stand. Booo ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Interesting to see how we do. I'd think Partick will carry more of a threat than the Pars did, and will have a better centre forward available than Killie. They've made some very useful additions this summer across the board. Now which one of you was the one who came into half our threads last season because we had the gall to say Scott Brown was one of our best players? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 No Brown, not too confident. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 Looking forward to the return leg in the Canary Islands. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted July 29, 2023 Share Posted July 29, 2023 2 hours ago, mrpaddyx said: Any idea of what stand the Rovers fans will be in? Kinda hoping for the corner of the Jackie Husband as I wasn't keen on the old main stand last year. (Partially as someone threw a smoke bomb in amongst our own fans during a game last season.) I think clubs who tell us they expect at least 500 away fans get given the Main Stand instead of the end section of the JHS. Raith feel like the team who will be roughly hovering around that number of away supporters, so whilst it could normally go either way, I’d say with it being a Saturday, “summer” weather and the first game of the league season, you’ll bring enough to be given the Main Stand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky1990 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 3 hours ago, CALDERON said: No Brown, not too confident. Oh good. We can have the "but if Brown were fit, we might have won" fun again. Great. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagsfan57 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 We will need to be significantly better than the last two weeks to win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Looking forward to a few pages of Rovers fans talking about fans bringing a union flag to games like we got for our visit at the end of last season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rael Rover Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 11 hours ago, jagfox said: Raith made early additions but now seem to be concentrated on changing rooms and away strips Injuries not helping us at the moment. At Annan yesterday Brown, Miller, Connolly and Matthews were just along from me in the stand, all likely starters. Jamie Gullan and Ethan Ross as well both who, if fit, would be in contention. A couple may be back for next week. Add in Euan Murray and it is a strong squad when everyone available. We are playing well and creating chances but need to cut out giving away bad goals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Would anticipate Euan Murray will come in for Corr on Saturday. Corr has done fine and has a lot of the raw attributes to be a success (I wouldn’t actually be averse to us getting him on a longer deal now) but Murray, if fit, is a proven Championship centre half who will make less mistakes leading to goals. Obviously if Scott Brown was fit we’d win by at least 3, but because he will miss out it will be a lottery. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBumpkin Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 36 minutes ago, Pie Of The Month said: Looking forward to a few pages of Rovers fans talking about fans bringing a union flag to games like we got for our visit at the end of last season. Aye, i'd like to think someone sets it on fire on the way to the game. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 You can forgive daft young laddies a lot of things due to their enthusiasm, but get the butcher's apron in the fucking sea. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 It's worth anyone either driving to the game or getting public transport via the city centre to check out the below link to make sure your usual route isn't impacted by the cycling world championships. The area directly around Firhill is largely unaffected but one of the race routes includes parts of Maryhill Road north of the stadium, a small bit of Great Western Road, Cleveden Road and Byres Road so traffic might be a bit mental elsewhere due to the road closures. https://www.getreadyglasgow.com/cycling-worlds/traffic-and-travel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkcaldybanjo Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 On 30/07/2023 at 09:05, Pie Of The Month said: Looking forward to a few pages of Rovers fans talking about fans bringing a union flag to games like we got for our visit at the end of last season. If you see that butchers apron you have the permission of 99% of Rovers fans to steal it and set it on fire. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 There was a discussion on Twitter about that flag where someone, rightly so, said it needs to be binned. Boy that owns the flag got involved saying he'll still be bringing it to games regardless of what folk think. Shite flag, get it in the sea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.R.FC Posted August 1, 2023 Share Posted August 1, 2023 A repeat of our last league opener against Partick Thistle would be nice… Doesn’t sound like many of the injured players will be back and those that are will likely be well short of match sharpness. I would definitely have Euan Murray in for Corr but the manager will know best regarding how far off being ready he is. Would prefer Murray’s physicality and experience against Graham. Jack Hamilton is still short of fitness but the best way to get that is through games and he will be our best bet for goals this season so I’d start him again. Have a feeling if Gullan is fit, Murray will bring him back in for Hamilton though. Callum Smith looking much improved the last couple of games makes the attacking decisions harder than they looked a couple of weeks ago as I thought he’d be the obvious one to drop out but it’s a good problem to have. We’ve been decent in the League Cup and our best performance was in our most difficult game which should give us some confidence. Still a little concerned about our potential to be open in the middle of the park given the formation, albeit it worked well sitting behind the ball and looking to hit on the counter quickly with numbers as we did at Killie and I’d imagine we’ll try similar tactics here. I’ll go 2-1 Partick, Brian Graham opening the scoring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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