Raith Rovers' Next Permanent Manager

[Bairn in Exile]

4 minutes ago, edinburghhonestman said:

What's Steve Guppy doing these days?

floundering.

[CountryBumpkin]

17 minutes ago, edinburghhonestman said:

What's Steve Guppy doing these days?

Done absolutely f**k all since skinning Gary Rowett for Leicester, think he's just living off the memories

 

 

[Bigbrbairn]

What about Alan Trouten?

[Scary Bear]

I hear there’ll be an announcement on Friday.

[Rammit Bawdeep]

That conservatory *ahem* and pie sales are up? 

[Been going too long]

9 minutes ago, Scary Bear said:

I hear there’ll be an announcement on Friday.

Big statement , hoping your right though 

[Anthony Fitzgerald]

1 hour ago, Scary Bear said:

I hear there’ll be an announcement on Friday.

Also heard this. Be interesting to see how it goes down.

[AllanJM]

I've said for 3 weeks that I'd love Alex Neil to get the job.

As the accies fan said above though, I suspect he'd be going to a bigger club than Rovers if he was coming back to Scotland.

Having said that, he made his name taking an unfancied side to the Premiership and establishing them there.  That got him a big move before.  There could be some logic in him trying to repeat that with Rovers to get another chance at a bigger team.  He'll be in the frame for far more jobs if he's doing well with us than he would be sitting on his arse.  The flip side of that of course is that if he comes to us and we're shite, he probably ruins his chances.  

He is only 43 though so plenty of time for him to work his way back up again.

[Rover1990]

2 hours ago, Scary Bear said:

I hear there’ll be an announcement on Friday.

Heard a name?

 

[AllanJM]

4 minutes ago, Rover1990 said:

Heard a name?

 

Pretty sure he's said the same thing every week hoping to be right eventually.

[Passionate]

1 hour ago, AllanJM said:

I've said for 3 weeks that I'd love Alex Neil to get the job.

As the accies fan said above though, I suspect he'd be going to a bigger club than Rovers if he was coming back to Scotland.

 

Having said that, he made his name taking an unfancied side to the Premiership and establishing them there.  That got him a big move before.  There could be some logic in him trying to repeat that with Rovers to get another chance at a bigger team.  He'll be in the frame for far more jobs if he's doing well with us than he would be sitting on his arse.  The flip side of that of course is that if he comes to us and we're shite, he probably ruins his chances.  

He is only 43 though so plenty of time for him to work his way back up again.

Would imagine he will be sitting comfortably getting paid his wage doing nothing until his contract runs out...

[Scottydog]

57 minutes ago, AllanJM said:

Pretty sure he's said the same thing every week hoping to be right eventually.

If someone keeps saying "it's happening tomorrow!" 

Eventually they'll be right.

[Scottydog]

5 minutes ago, Passionate said:

Would imagine he will be sitting comfortably getting paid his wage doing nothing until his contract runs out...

Quite probably.

Possibly theres a clause that if he accepts another job his severance payment is affected.

[Passionate]

5 minutes ago, Scottydog said:

Quite probably.

Possibly theres a clause that if he accepts another job his severance payment is affected.

What kind of salary is the Raith managers gig...  150k p a probably less

[Claudia Gentile]

I don't see Alex Neil joining any team in Scotland any time soon, tbh.

He may get quoted for Hearts or Hibs if a vacancy arises but he won't be rocking up in the Championship, that's for sure.

[g martin]

What about bringing Chatgpt in as manager? It can't turn down the role and would be very cheap:

Given the circumstances and the opponent, I would recommend **Raith Rovers use the 4-3-3 formation** against Livingston.

### Reasons:
1. **Balance Between Defense and Attack:** The 4-3-3 provides a solid back four to deal with Livingston's physical play while maintaining enough offensive presence to stretch their defense.
2. **Width in Attack:** The wide wingers in a 4-3-3 can exploit space on the flanks, which could be effective in pulling Livingston's defenders out of position and creating opportunities.
3. **Midfield Control:** With three midfielders, Raith can keep the center of the pitch organized, maintaining possession and transitioning smoothly between defense and attack.

This formation should give Raith Rovers flexibility to defend well and still pose a threat going forward.

[Rovers_Lad]

Virtually two weeks between this Saturdays game and our next one so cant  see anything happening on manager front until after Saturdays games out the road

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

1 minute ago, Rovers_Lad said:

Virtually two weeks between this Saturdays game and our next one so cant  see anything happening on manager front until after Saturdays games out the road

We play Ayr in the Challenge Cup a week on Sunday.

[Been going too long]

2 hours ago, Anthony Fitzgerald said:

Also heard this. Be interesting to see how it goes down.

Think you need to spill tbh , bit unfair leaving it like that

[Dunning1874]

If Alex Neil was willing to manage a Scottish club just now rather than wait for another English offer to come around then he'd have got the Aberdeen or Hibs job in the summer.

There is absolutely no chance he's going to be the next Raith manager, this is a wilder shout than Falkirk fans thinking they had a chance of Jack Ross when they were mid-table in League One and he'd just left Hibs.