North Terrace Gazza Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 7 hours ago, rw89 said: Mvoto is a liability. By the time the third and fourth rounds fixtures came about he'd been figured out. He'll be decent back up for them. As for McManus, he hit form towards the end but wasn't good enough between October and the end of the season. With that said he had to drop deep and was often paired with Skacel. So far I'm very happy with our business. Spence and Buchanan are proven at this level. Spence in particular seems to have moved a bit away from the Nando's bants and a bit more mature. We've not lost anyone to other clubs and Smith sounds like he fight to keep Vaughan. I'd imagine we'll hear a few names over the next couple of days. I don't feel Ayr have a hugely improved squad and Airdrie just lost Iain Russell who got them a decent 18 goals last season. It's going to be a huge test this season for us. We can't get to the clocks going back and start to drop our form. We're all in it together and need to make sure it's positive moving forwards. Your right we haven't hugely improved our squad from last season but by maintaining the same quality and turning full time we should be too strong for all the teams in league one with the possible exception of Rovers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Really good article on Spence in this week's FFP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith_Rasta Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Really good article on Spence in this week's FFP. Nice Article . What a great footballing attitude the lad has ????[emoji111]️ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Reading that article I think we have a more mature player this time round. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Mariner Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 2 hours ago, tigger said: Reading that article I think we have a more mature player this time round. certainly get that impression, hope it shows up in the goals scored column liked him when he was with us before, sure I will still like him nice lad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pride of Fife Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Funny that I got lambasted for calling M'Voto a big haddie several months ago by plenty people. Our fan base then unanimously voted said player as our PotY. A nightmare against Brechin and signing for Pars later and everyone has changed opinion! Way I look at it, were we to play Dunfermline competitively this season, would I want M'Voto to be playing against us? Yes. Would I look forward to facing McManus in a team where he isn't isolated and starved of decent service? No. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Funny that I got lambasted for calling M'Voto a big haddie several months ago by plenty people. Our fan base then unanimously voted said player as our PotY. A nightmare against Brechin and signing for Pars later and everyone has changed opinion! Way I look at it, were we to play Dunfermline competitively this season, would I want M'Voto to be playing against us? Yes. Would I look forward to facing McManus in a team where he isn't isolated and starved of decent service? No. He was good enough for a while. I missed the Brechin game. Then he joined the parseholes. Now I'm not so keen.Are you trying to point score? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nade not tade Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 M'voto was a bomb scare when you're also iffy about the rest of your defence and worried about a shaky goalkeeper. McManus was useless in a team if the midfield couldn't create or pass forward. I'm meh about both leaving but think in a more settled team than ours last year they'd be fine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 6 hours ago, Raith_Rasta said: Nice Article . What a great footballing attitude the lad has I'll put my hand up and say that I was very critical of Spence in the past. Seems to be relishing the chance to go back full time and has a really good attitude. With M'Voto, I was thinking after the Hibs game he wasn't all he was cracked up to be. The St Mirren game confirmed it. Then by the time of the Brechin game it was clear nothing was going to change. He got shoehorned into the deep despite his final quarter performances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumswall Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 M'voto is a ball winning cb. He made a couple of mistakes in the vital games at the end of the season but overall he's probably the best signing locke made. Mcmanus for all his effort never had the technical ability to do what he wanted to. His shooting was worse than callachans, who most lambast for his capabilities in that department. He had a few good games at the end of the season which seems to have clouded our fans judgement. Anyone else see the irony in all of that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 Barry Smith’s new squad will travel to Spartans Community Academy in Edinburgh on Wednesday 5th July to face the SPFL’s newest member Edinburgh City in a pre season friendly match. Kick off is 7.45pm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinglinGeordie Posted June 16, 2017 Share Posted June 16, 2017 I liked McManus but now I think he's a p***k. Why? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICMAC Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 How many weeks on the trot did everybody scream for Mcmanus to be dropped? Quite a few if I remember correctly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Fodder Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 It was absolutely soul destroying turning up every week seeing he was starting up front despite contributing zero the week before. I got this feeling around 30 times. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Mariner Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 16 minutes ago, Cannon Fodder said: It was absolutely soul destroying turning up every week seeing he was starting up front despite contributing zero the week before. I got this feeling around 30 times. he definitely put in a better shift towards the end of the season what was that all about ? big pity he didn't do the same throughout the season, kept us in a better place I used to get hoarse shouting how ship he was 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 5 minutes ago, Ancient Mariner said: he definitely put in a better shift towards the end of the season what was that all about ? big pity he didn't do the same throughout the season, kept us in a better place I used to get hoarse shouting how ship he was Declan McBoatface. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 I used to get hoarse shouting how ship he was So you should, as well.Grown men shouting abuse towards the pitch is quite embarrassing tbh. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 He went 21 consecutive league matches without scoring a goal. He was horrendous for us. Doesn't make him automatically a bad player but his form, and the fact he kept getting picked, was a significant factor in our relegation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Nicked from Fantalk:"There's definitely a Cowdenbeath player on his way here. One of their directors just tweeted "All the best sir at @RaithRovers_FC unless against @CowdenbeathFC #MyFamiliy'sfavouriteCowdenPlayer" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Sorry to take this of course a bit, but how do i go about getting my son to be mascot for one of the games? Do i have to contact the club directly? Can't see anything on the website about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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