[StewartyMac]

I'm still trying to get over seeing Southstander with a full set of teeth.

[Unknown Caller]

raith for life, on Mar 10 2007, 18:37, said:

I thought the first half was stirlings by far but the second half was ours. Draw would have been a fair result. 1 other thing the way the stirling players were going down was terrible evrytime we tackled they went to ground a disgrace.

The game was always going to be decided by a single goal and a goal was always going to come via an error.

Always next week.............

[Recre Rover]

RedWeb, on Mar 10 2007, 18:29, said:

Thought we were in total charge on the opening 45 and should have been a couple ahead. Second half Raith started well but failed to really test Hogarth. Last 15 Raith ran out of ideas and we took over again. Thought we deserved the win and on the balance of possession and chances Rovers can't really complain about losing.

Have to say I was surprised at just how ineffectual Carcary was. Can only assume the early sparkle is fading because he might as well have been in the stand for all he contributed. If we meet again in the play offs I'd fancy us to go through but I'd never count Raith out with the big support behind them.

PaulC

To be fair he wasn't the only player by any means to have an off day. Agree with what is said about McManus - he just didn't hold up the ball in the first half which was the start of problems for us there. Hislop also did the exact opposite of what he did at Cowden, I thought he was very lazy today.

[keyser_soze]

StewartyMac, on Mar 10 2007, 18:39, said:

I'm still trying to get over seeing Southstander with a full set of teeth.

Never recognised him 1st time I saw him as well

Take it you never found styx

[StewartyMac]

keyser_soze, on Mar 10 2007, 18:45, said:

Take it you never found styx

I had mentioned it on the bus, but was outvoted due to not really having a scooby where it is.

It was decided this would waste valuable drinking time, and I didnae have an argument against it.

[Mon the Rovers]

To be honest I think a draw would have been fair. Stirling were the best team I have seen at Starks this season TBH, but the fact you needed an 85th minute blunder to do so tells you what you need to know.

Carcary would be much better served out on the wing, where he can beat players and use his pace to effect. I just hope John McGlynn realises this, as he seems keen to play him behind the front two.

Just one small thing I didn't appreciate from Stirling's performance- the behaviour and conduct of Robert Snodgrass. He dived all over the place, continually going down after losing headers etc and always had sneaky little pushes at our defenders as the ball went away and the referee wasn't looking. Didn't look like a penalty from where I was, but I was wearing blue tinted specs.

Overall, I'm glad the defeat came now rather than in the play-offs, and being away in front of a small crowd next week may even help the players. Thye always seem to be nervous in front of a bigger crowd. Well done to the choir at the back, didn't sit with you guys today, but at the end you would have thought the Rovers had won due to all the singing. Keep it up lads. And remember Stirling- WE'RE GONNAE f**k YOU'S IN THE PLAY-OFFS

[RedWeb]

Mon the Rovers, on Mar 10 2007, 18:48, said:

And remember Stirling- WE'RE GONNAE f**k YOU'S IN THE PLAY-OFFS

Aye...you can but hope

[StewartyMac]

Mon the Rovers, on Mar 10 2007, 18:48, said:

And remember Stirling- WE'RE GONNAE f**k YOU'S IN THE PLAY-OFFS

Playoffs?? Us??

Na, you're getting us mixed up with a stripey team from Greenock.

[Mon the Rovers]

StewartyMac, on Mar 10 2007, 18:50, said:

Playoffs?? Us??

Na, you're getting us mixed up with a stripey team from Greenock.

Just thought that was a nice song to sing as you're players walked off

[rw89]

StewartyMac, on Mar 10 2007, 18:50, said:

Playoffs?? Us??

Na, you're getting us mixed up with a stripey team from Greenock.

[Mon the Rovers]

itsbinos, on Mar 10 2007, 18:56, said:

The second penalty claim, where we were all incensed, was not a possible penalty, it was a stonewaller and i was yelling this for several minutes after the incident - the first would have been harsh on the rovers but we really should have had that second penalty

Even if it was a foul, Snodgrass has himself to blame for rolling around the pitch at every available chance

What did the Bino boys make of the red card? Snodgrass was shot wasn't he

[miketheheadlesschicken]

Mon the Rovers, on Mar 10 2007, 19:00, said:

What did the Bino boys make of the red card? Snodgrass was shot wasn't he

Snodgrass was lying on the ground and Davidson drilled the ball off his head. There's no real debate whether it was the right decision or not.

[StewartyMac]

itsbinos, on Mar 10 2007, 18:56, said:

I remember redweb saying somewhere that cramb will stay and score more goals for us when most binos were slating the guy telling him to F off! you should be ashamed of yourselfes! all going delirious like myselfe when we scored 5 mins from the end - who scored the goal again?

Of course we were going delirious, wtf were you expecting?

Maybe if you had half an understanding of the situation with Cramb, you might have been the same.

[Mon the Rovers]

miketheheadlesschicken, on Mar 10 2007, 19:03, said:

Snodgrass was lying on the ground and Davidson drilled the ball off his head. There's no real debate whether it was the right decision or not.

I'm not so sure. I thought Davo kicked the ball at the same time as the referee blew his whistle for a foul to Stirling

First booking was a joke, no doubt about that. He got booked for passing the ball to the Stirling boy

[RedWeb]

StewartyMac, on Mar 10 2007, 19:03, said:

Maybe if you had half an understanding of the situation with Cramb, you might have been the same.

To be fair to Cramb it was great to see him go into the stand at half-time and personally apologise to someone for hitting them with a shot. Not many players would have bothered and it's to Colin's credit that he did so...well done sir !!

[StewartyMac]

There were some people who thought Paul Hay had been booked twice. Obviously not as no-one has mentioned it, but I did think at the time of his 2nd half booking, that he'd been showed the yellow card earlier.

[Andy C]

StewartyMac, on Mar 10 2007, 19:07, said:

There were some people who thought Paul Hay had been booked twice. Obviously not as no-one has mentioned it, but I did think at the time of his 2nd half booking, that he'd been showed the yellow card earlier.

Was that your right-back Stewarty?

I thought he had been booked twice too.

[StewartyMac]

RedWeb, on Mar 10 2007, 19:06, said:

To be fair to Cramb it was great to see him go into the stand at half-time and personally apologise to someone for hitting them with a shot. Not many players would have bothered and it's to Colin's credit that he did so...well done sir !!

Yip, his whole attitude seems to have changed. Hopefully this is the case. Thats down to the manager I reckon. Well done to both Moore and Cramb. It can only be a good thing to have Snoddy, Bingo, and Cramb all vying for a place in the team. That could give us the edge we need to win the league/playoffs.

[RedWeb]

StewartyMac, on Mar 10 2007, 19:07, said:

There were some people who thought Paul Hay had been booked twice.

Not according to my notes...Hislop was booked for a foul on Hay which may have confused you

[Mon the Rovers]

RedWeb, on Mar 10 2007, 19:06, said:

To be fair to Cramb it was great to see him go into the stand at half-time and personally apologise to someone for hitting them with a shot. Not many players would have bothered and it's to Colin's credit that he did so...well done sir !!

And Rock Steady allowed it? Full credit to Cramb however, the Rovers end would be full of players if they all done that

[StewartyMac]

27/11, on Mar 10 2007, 19:08, said:

Was that your right-back Stewarty?

I thought he had been booked twice too.

That's the one, aye.

[Mon the Rovers]

Hay definitley should have been booked for a foul on McManus (I think) but the ref just gave him a talikng to. An Albion centre half was booked about a minute later(again I think) for a foul on the wing as well, so there was big confusion in the Rovers end about that decision. Fairly sure he wasn't booked though

[miketheheadlesschicken]

Mon the Rovers, on Mar 10 2007, 19:05, said:

I'm not so sure. I thought Davo kicked the ball at the same time as the referee blew his whistle for a foul to Stirling

The free kick had already been given.

Mon the Rovers, on Mar 10 2007, 19:05, said:

First booking was a joke, no doubt about that. He got booked for passing the ball to the Stirling boy

The referee had been extremely lenient with him. He warned him after he had kicked the ball away for a 3rd time. Should have been booked then. He even got away with another one before finally being booked at the incident you mentioned.

[west rover]

raith for life, on Mar 10 2007, 18:37, said:

I thought the first half was stirlings by far but the second half was ours. Draw would have been a fair result. 1 other thing the way the stirling players were going down was terrible evrytime we tackled they went to ground a disgrace.