Beastie Russell Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Lot of history being rewritten on this topic. I saw nothing to suggest Raith could have been out of sight at half time, 2-0 great score line and delighted with it but we near looked out of sight. Felt Connolly was off it, and the change for Smith made sense to double up on the right, all I can say about Rudden is Hamiltons wasn’t fit last night. apart from those 2 thought the rest were at least 7/10 performances. I suppose if you hoof the ball to Graham all night by the law of averages youre bound to get a goal from it, and believe Robinson fell it bounced of his napper into Allston’s path yet it’s Lucky Raith Rovers shiuld be a laugh of Friday, and a cracking atmosphere from the student flat end 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastie Russell Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Oh and stop chucking shit at Kev 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 8 hours ago, TONTROOPER said: I really dont know why Murray persists with Rudden. It might be to do with his loan agreement with Dundee, something like he has to play a certain amount of games or something daft. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 It was a familiar scene at half-time and Rovers looked both comfortable and threatening on the break. Defending diabolical for both goals, with ball-watching instead of proper marking. But second half a much improved performance, and conceding the goal really seemed to shake Raith a bit. They were not comfortable from that point on at all. Tie far from over. Get in their faces up at San Starko and things get very interesting. Special mention for Scott Robinson, whose assist was genuinely class. If you swap the keepers in those two teams (with no disrespect intended to David Mitchell as he's "fine") then Thistle probably win that 3-2 or 4-2 tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 As for Friday, I think O'Reilly in for Muirhead, Banzo in for Neilson and Ngwenya in for McInroy. Keep McInroy and Alston for second half sub options, Neilson as cover in case of any further injury in CM/CD. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SerieA Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Might’ve missed it in thread what was the attendance last night? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 5 minutes ago, SerieA said: Might’ve missed it in thread what was the attendance last night? The commentary said just over 5 and a half thousand I think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Belcher Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Not sure how Stanway seems to be escaping the same ire as Neilson from last night. He always looks "busy" but I think is miles off the level needed to be starting a team expected to challenge in this league. I'd be starting Banzo for sure on Friday and then one of Alston/McInroy in the middle with Ngwenya on the left. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMadMental Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 5 minutes ago, Bob Belcher said: Not sure how Stanway seems to be escaping the same ire as Neilson from last night. He always looks "busy" but I think is miles off the level needed to be starting a team expected to challenge in this league. I'd be starting Banzo for sure on Friday and then one of Alston/McInroy in the middle with Ngwenya on the left. Personally I’d swap neilson and McBeth back. Mitchell McMillan Neilson O Reilly Milne Ngwenya Bannigan McBeth Fitpatrick Robinson Graham shame we can’t shoehorn Alston into the team but still a great bench option to come on and make a difference as before 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiledjag Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Interesting the trends that are developing here. 1. Raith in control first half playing great stuff and should have been out of sight. However only because in the first half the Jagd were awful. 2. Second half Jags subs made big impact and team got stronger. After the goal Jags battered Raith and but for Raith keeper should have got a draw and could have won the game. Raith still in control at start of Second half but Jags coming more into game. Jags dominated last 20 mins, but only because Raith went down a level. In summary Raith produce first half performance on Friday for 90mins they will be OK. Jags produce Second half performance on Friday for 90 mins and they will be OK Different perspectives from the two sets of fans - well its only football. The one thing we can agree on is that the tie is set for a great game on Friday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 (edited) 34 minutes ago, SerieA said: Might’ve missed it in thread what was the attendance last night? 5497 Raith brought very similar numbers to Airdrie by the looks of things. I get that it was a Tuesday instead of a Friday night, but I’m still surprised we lost 1k home fans from the previous game. Edited May 15 by Nightmare 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 6 minutes ago, Exiledjag said: Interesting the trends that are developing here. 1. Raith in control first half playing great stuff and should have been out of sight. However only because in the first half the Jags were awful. 2. Second half Jags subs made big impact and team got stronger. After the goal Jags battered Raith and but for Raith keeper should have got a draw and could have won the game. Raith still in control at start of Second half but Jags coming more into game. Jags dominated last 20 mins, but only because Raith went down a level. In summary Raith produce first half performance on Friday for 90mins they will be OK. Jags produce Second half performance on Friday for 90 mins and they will be OK Different perspectives from the two sets of fans - well its only football. The one thing we can agree on is that the tie is set for a great game on Friday. Good summary. We can all look forward to Friday, as both teams are in with a good chance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisal Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 10 minutes ago, Nightmare said: 5497 Raith brought very similar numbers to Airdrie by the looks of things. I get that it was a Tuesday instead of a Friday night, but I’m still surprised we lost 1k home fans from the previous game. You will always get more people at a 2nd leg tie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBumpkin Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Its a lot to ask of fans to be shelling out £20+ every 3-4 days for the playoff games, understandable that the crowd will fluctuate a bit in that time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaithRyan Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Thought we were superb first half, played some good stuff and imposed ourselves on the game. Second half, credit to Thistle, they got a reaction and their subs had more a meaningful impact than ours, was a little disappointed by our subs bar Corr who I thought done well when he came on. Wee bit of fortune with the goal, 99 times out of 100 Robinson slips complete on his arse to a chorus of “wheeeey”, but just watched it back this morning - fantastic wee flick into the path of Alston, which means it’s game on and Thistle still in tie for Friday. Big Kev coming up with the goods again when called upon and I thought Brown, Byrne, and Turner all had good games too. Btw, that wee Firhill Road tune is quality can’t get it out my head this morning ! can’t wait for Friday! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAITHROVERS84 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 First goal on Friday is key. If we get it, the fact we can change about half the team and not lose any quality you’d think we can run the legs off them. Partick get it and it’ll be nerve central. Hamilton to come in and Easton at least 30 mins if fit. Might need to shuffle the back depending on Watson but Corr looks a player the more I see him. Just don’t want to see Scott Brown playing CB as he’s far more influential in his natural position. Smith for Connolly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMadMental Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 The fact that we have seen a game with 0-2 Raith 2-2 2-3 Thistle 3-3 4-3 Raith literally in the one game, probably suggests that absolutely anything can happen here. even if Raith get the first goal. If thistle equalise the pressure is kinda back on them. We just came out of a hard graft last Friday with Airdrie doing exactly that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorOnopko Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 It's a shame we were so low-energy in the first half (although Raith basically played us off the park). Pleasantly surprised that we staged a comeback and could even have snatched a (slightly undeserved) equaliser. We're still in this. Also surprised at the impact of Alston when he came on. I'd definitely move The Scottish Player back into midfield on Friday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 36 minutes ago, Nightmare said: 5497 Raith brought very similar numbers to Airdrie by the looks of things. I get that it was a Tuesday instead of a Friday night, but I’m still surprised we lost 1k home fans from the previous game. Completely as expected FWIW. For context last season QP (Tuesday) crowd of under 4k. Ayr on the other hand (a Friday) over 7k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
par-adise Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 These playoffs have been class so far. Thank you to Partick, Airdrie and the Wee Team. Champions league, EPL etc - not interested, thanks. Looking forward to Friday. Not so much looking forward to St Johnstone ultimately shitfesting a 1-0 aggregate win in the final. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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