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Fife Derby: Raith Rovers vs Dunfermline Athletic


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We’ve fairly fingered them for a good chunk of that half, but it feels like we’re just one mistake away from a Rovers goal. Expecting a quick start to the second half from them.

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No idea what the plan was from the start there. You know the Pars are going to play a back three, and we don't have our natural striker, so surely you try to dominate the midfield and leave them with an extra man in defence with nobody to mark. Instead we've gone for possibly the most orthodox front two set up we've seen Murray use, and they've had nothing (as you'd expect) off the defence. 

With McGill on one side, you're really relying on Josh Mullin to do a huge amount of creating on the other wing, but he's not got anywhere near enough pace to beat Josh Edwards, and there isn't enough space out there for him to dictate things from deeper. I'd have him off for Connolly now. 

Scott Brown, as you'd expect, has had a tough time with the movement from McCann and particularly Jakubiak, but he's coped about as well as you could hope. The Pars have largely been reduced to set pieces for their main chances, but they've definitely had a much more enjoyable half than we have. 

If he's at all fit, I wouldn't leave it too long before putting Easton on for McGill. We need to pose more of a threat or Dunfermline are going to be able to keep this pressure up and we'll crack eventually. They've been given far too much of the game on their own terms up til this point. 

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18 minutes ago, embow said:

55mins in and Rover's keeper already laying claim to be MoM by looks and sounds of things.

He's had a few saves but most of them have been fairly straightforward tbh. And his kicking has been highly suspect. 

Looks a bad one for Breen there - foot stuck on the carpet and a twisted knee the end result by the looks of it. We just have no luck with injuries this season.

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