Enigma Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 (edited) We may as well get this started. How are Morton fans feeling going into this one? We’ll probably need to play a lot better than we did on Saturday to come away with anything more than a point. We have developed the enviable trait of scoring late goals, something we never really seemed to do last season or before under McGlynn. On the other hand that’s the clock gone back, so… Edited October 29, 2023 by Enigma 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 I expect either a absolute crapping the bed by the Rovers or an unexpected goal flurry...which probably means it'll be a 0-0 or 1-1 snoozefest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Hopefully there’s no fraudulent refereeing performance in this return fixture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFC2711 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Is it on someone’s telly ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFC2711 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 15 minutes ago, Scosha said: Hopefully there’s no fraudulent refereeing performance in this return fixture. Isn’t this the norm nowadays…… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 19 minutes ago, Scosha said: Hopefully there’s no fraudulent refereeing performance in this return fixture. This is why you’re still bottom of the league isn’t it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyser_soze Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Morton are IMO a better team than the league position suggests, that said 0-2, need to keep up the pressure on Dundee Utd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colkitto Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Our horrific injury crisis is clearing and we are getting key players back. Still have a couple to return from injury though. We should now have enough players back to start competing and picking up points again. Should be a tight game but being at home I expect to pick up the 3 points 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Going to need to see an improvement on yesterday to be honest, and I don't particularly want to see that starting line up ever again. Would be happy with a point. Do Morton offer any sort of streaming service? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 We need Connolly in from the start at least. I'd have him in for McGill. I can't see Easton or any others returning for us, which makes it significantly tougher. Murray was saying post match that in a few weeks time, our squad should be looking a lot stronger with bodies coming back but for now we'll be limited. Cappielow has never been a particularly happy hunting ground for us either and you always worry about the hangover from significant wins like yesterday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAITHROVERS84 Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 43 minutes ago, keyser_soze said: Morton are IMO a better team than the league position suggests, that said 0-2, need to keep up the pressure on Dundee Utd Opinions and all that but disagree..who are they better than? That said, not confident with current injury situation. Bench yesterday was a bit of a shambles…Connolly, two teenagers and an injured Easton. A win could see us 9 points clear of 5th which would be fantastic 10 games in along with an impressive 23 points. Take any sort of win here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madton Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 20 minutes ago, RAITHROVERS84 said: Opinions and all that but disagree..who are they better than? That said, not confident with current injury situation. Bench yesterday was a bit of a shambles…Connolly, two teenagers and an injured Easton. A win could see us 9 points clear of 5th which would be fantastic 10 games in along with an impressive 23 points. Take any sort of win here. Aye we deserve to be bottom, it's been a really poor start and the league table doesn't lie etc etc. However it's incredibly tight, with us only being 5 points off the playoffs with a game in hand so we know a few positive results against fifes finest this week will see us right back in the pack. Tough game, Raith are a different animal to last season and have quality throughout. We are still missing a couple of key players but the players should be buzzing after the late winner yesterday so we should go into this with confidence. I'd be happy with 4/6 this week 1-1. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Would expect to see us continue with the back three here after a much better performance, and looking at the Raith v Dunfermline thread it seems Raith struggled a bit up against a back three too, for all that they've ultimately won the game. I'd be wary of them hurting us down our right if they can get in between Broadfoot and Wilson, but that'd be just as big a concern with a back four and Wilson was excellent on Saturday. While both Broadfoot and Power looked a lot more comfortable in that shape, I reckon we might see rotation here. Obviously nothing we can do with the defence, but Power isn't going to manage three starts in a week and Gillespie not coming off the bench at all on Saturday makes me think he was maybe being kept fresh to start tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chippyminton Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 The game against Ayr last week represented a real glimmer of hope for me - with glimpses of the Morton team of last season. There seemed to be a lot more commitment and determination about the side than the lacklustre performances which have left us where we are, and the win will have injected much-needed confidence into the squad. Our injury situation has been a cruel mistress and we’re still missing key players - especially Jai Quitongo’s pace and his ability to carve up defenders heading forward, although his end product is sometimes hit-or-miss. Raith have some real quality about them and will be a tough nut to crack - but I reckon we can grind out a result. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Against The Machine Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 31 minutes ago, Dunning1874 said: Would expect to see us continue with the back three here after a much better performance, and looking at the Raith v Dunfermline thread it seems Raith struggled a bit up against a back three too, for all that they've ultimately won the game. I'd be wary of them hurting us down our right if they can get in between Broadfoot and Wilson, but that'd be just as big a concern with a back four and Wilson was excellent on Saturday. While both Broadfoot and Power looked a lot more comfortable in that shape, I reckon we might see rotation here. Obviously nothing we can do with the defence, but Power isn't going to manage three starts in a week and Gillespie not coming off the bench at all on Saturday makes me think he was maybe being kept fresh to start tomorrow. Scott McGill played 'wide left' on Saturday but I've put that into inverted commas because he's very much a right footed central midfielder, and with the pretty conservative Liam Dick behind him. As a result, we didn't look remotely like getting at the right hand side of Dunfermline's defence . The bad news, for you, is that it's the one place I'd expect a change in the Rovers line up. A very small chance it could be Dylan Easton coming in (which would be ideal) but I suspect it'll be Aidan Connolly in for Scott McGill and either he or Josh Mullin will play on the 'wrong' side. Either way, I'd certainly hope they give Wilson and Broadfoot something to think about. Seems mental to be playing a back three and not have Broadfoot in the middle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Starko Rover Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Surely the biggest question is how many Morton posters will be banned by Wednesday morning if they lose? Should be a tough game and we’ll need to play significantly better than we did against the Pars to take the points here. Like everyone else has mentioned please don’t play McGill at LM again as he is totally wrong for that role. Interesting to see how Morton look after a win against Ayr will have given them a bit of confidence. I’d like to see Connolly back in the team but he and Easton will come down to their fitness. Happy with any win here but these are the games where teams sitting high in the table often take for granted and then get knocked on their arse as they underestimated the opposition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.R.FC Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Murray was pretty honest in his post match interview, acknowledging the performance wasn’t good enough on Saturday and he will have told the players as much so hopefully we can see an improvement. As above if Easton is remotely fit I’d bring him and Connolly in for Mullin and McGill but I think it’ll be another 20 minute cameo for Dylan. This to me feels a bit like the Airdrie game, tricky away game on the back of a scarcely deserved 1-0 home win with a late goal. Murray said then they almost needed that defeat to reset things as it had been coming for a while, I think our performances have been good since that game but Saturday was poor. Hopefully we don’t need another defeat to reset things and we can put in a much improved performance here. Another week closer to having key players back too. The likes of Watson, Matthews, Hamilton and a fully fit Easton should make a big difference, it’s all about getting through till then as best we can. I’ll go for a 1-1 draw. Vaughan for us and Robbie Muirhead with his customary goal against us for Morton. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigus Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 At least it appears that the terracing is open, and not just that human rights violation of a stand. We've shown this season we can scrap it out with the cloggers when required, and I expect that to continue. 1-2. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rael Rover Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 14 hours ago, RRFC2711 said: Is it on someone’s telly ? Raith TV hope to do audio coverage. During Covid the Morton ppv stream was quite good with excellent co-commentory from Andy Ritchie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigus Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 I see the Queensferry Crossing will be closed by the time Rovers fans are heading up the road, so it'll be a detour via Kincardine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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