Scary Bear Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 (edited) Both teams in reasonable form, although Rovers played last night (Tuesday) and came unstuck against this seasons bogey team, Airdrie. A Rovers win ensures second place and keeps us in the hunt for the title. A Partick Thistle win keeps their hopes of second place alive. Thoughts? Score predictions? Edited April 10 by Scary Bear 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankee_Dollar Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Rovers bottled it last night. They'll do well to finish 2nd top. Been a good season for the Wee Team. Can't wait till next season now for a wee bit of revenge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 7 minutes ago, Yankee_Dollar said: Rovers bottled it last night. They'll do well to finish 2nd top. Been a good season for the Wee Team. Can't wait till next season now for a wee bit of revenge. 5-0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 There’s no chance we’re finishing second, this is more about consolidating third for us. If United win on the Friday night, then the only decent thing for Rovers to do is accept that the league is gone and lie down to your pals from Maryhill. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirJimmyofNic Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1-1 draw suits is both, Utd would have to lose 2 games out of four and we'd need to win 4/4 when we cant even beat Arbroath, the titles gone for us and I'd much rather play Partick than Airdrie in the semi final 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted April 10 Author Share Posted April 10 The title isn’t quite gone yet. If Morton beat United and we beat Thistle, then there’s 1 point in it with 3 games to go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevoraith Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 1 hour ago, Yankee_Dollar said: Rovers bottled it last night. They'll do well to finish 2nd top. Been a good season for the Wee Team. Can't wait till next season now for a wee bit of revenge. Give your head a wobble. 11 points clear with 12 to play for. A point on Saturday guarantees second. Or failing that 2 points from the other 3 games will do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Guess it's "only" 9 games since we last won in Kirkcaldy though with it being 13 years it feel a lot longer. Main issue for us is whether we react to the Lawless injury (which leaves us with one natural winger in the squad in Fitzpatrick) to a 3-5-2 which definitely suits the balance of the squad, but I'm not sure we've started a game with that setup all season, or if we stick with our usual shape and play someone out of position. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpaddyx Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Despite us taking 7 points so far against Partick all the games have been close and I’d expect this one to be fairly even as well. How Murray approaches this one might depend on what happens at Cappielow the night before, especially if United lose. (Spoiler , they won’t) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanJM Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 A draw in this game guarantees second which then lets us focus on finding form, and our best starting 11 for the playoffs. Murray has to come back into the defence to allow Brown into midfield. I'd be probably have Turner in there with him as he looked good when he came on last night. I'd also bring Smith in for Easton and Mullin for Connolly. Would also be tempted to play McGill at RB as I think he'd overlap well with Mullin. We all know the issues with Millen but it's no coincidence that we don't score as many goals now without an attacking full back in the team. We've tended to bounce back well from hard defeats like last night this season and I'm hoping we can do the same again. Of course, the game takes on a completely different context (and some added pressure) if United drop points on Friday but I'm going on the assumption that they'll win comfortably. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 I would be delighted with a draw. We can then muck around for the last 3 matches in the hope of stumbling across a magic formula for the play offs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Clavdivs Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Been close affairs so far this season and last against RR but just don't seem to get the rub of the green against them when it counts .Capable of beating them but equally capable of mucking it up so who knows,especially in light of recent injuries .Will probably end up looking at the Airdrie score through my fingers at Stark's Park this Saturday . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 We have an appalling record at Starks Park for as long as I can remember, and the Lawless injury news is a major blow both to our chances in this game and for the remainder of the season. A point would be a decent outcome for us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 (edited) If Partick don't win then we're confirmed second. Quite frankly, looking at this as a whole, failing to finish second given where we are would be a disgrace. We have got the better of them this season, but the games have all consisted of thin margins. Our title challenge is over, so now is probably a good time to play us as we'll be a bit deflated. What we need to do is regroup and build some momentum ahead of the playoffs, with a decent chance that we will be facing our Saturday opponents in it. I wouldn't be looking at the league results as a barometer of how this would go, but there is a sinking feeling that if it's Airdrie, then we are totally fucked. Partick are in good form also. It's very much a turnaround from our last match against them. A very tough fixture ahead of us. Edited April 10 by Michael W 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Does Murray experiment with the squad, or does he decisively pick an 11 and play them every game to try and get a winning formula for the play offs? We have 4 games left to prepare for the play offs. A format that's seen us either get knocked out before the final, or get relegated by Brechin a side that subsequently got relegated themselves every season after that and are bo longer in the league. Going for a 5-5 with a couple of red cards 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Brilliant Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Smith, Turner, possibly even Rudden and McGill may have played their way into the XI for this, but obviously it could be anything. Hope Vaughan is able to make an appearance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Clavdivs Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 (edited) 3 hours ago, Michael W said: Partick are in good form also. It's very much a turnaround from our last match against them. A very tough fixture ahead of us. Really Edited April 10 by I Clavdivs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirJimmyofNic Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 I'd like to see Hamilton and Rudden played together as they'd be a helluva handful for defenders, if it doesn't work, at least it's been tried to see if it does 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Thought McGill did well when he came on he was full of energy and had a few runs at the defence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasperellon Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 The way matches between us have gone this season I’m going for 6-6 with Rovers scoring three after 90 mins 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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