GhostZapper Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 to be fair, the size of playing squad we had last season was far too big, and far too costly! it didn't help we were paying wages for 3 out with long term injuries either.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 John Sim couldn't care less what league we're in. Yeah he seems more concerned with us actually having a football club to support. How irresponsible [emoji849] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 1 hour ago, Ebanda's Handyman Services said: I don't think this is true. Are you not getting mixed up with him saying that he'd move the YM into Stark's? The YM have been burnt out twice recently, I don't think that Starks Park is any less combustible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 15 hours ago, donny86 said: Did anyone see the ridiculously cringey goal celebration the rovers just tweeted then deleted? 3 hours ago, invocr said: No, although saw them saying a while ago they were preparing a new celebration GIF for twitter so maybe they were testing it? Is it bad...?! Is it anything to do with the Gifs of the players when they score? 1:15 + 3:20 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 45 minutes ago, Zen Archer said: Is it anything to do with the Gifs of the players when they score? 1:15 + 3:20 My brother created those for RaithTV this season. That's all I know..didn't see the twitter post.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 50 minutes ago, Wardy said: My brother created those for RaithTV this season. That's all I know..didn't see the twitter post.. I haven't seen the Twitter post, but the Gifs are a nice touch, well done Steven. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Against The Machine Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 I briefly saw a Jason Thomson goal flash last night. I'm all for it, it looked more "professional" than a lot of stuff we see from the club, and it seems a little tongue in cheek. Thomson had a mild look of surprise on his face. I reserve the right to change my mind, though. I'm sure I'll be fed up of them once I've seen Spency's for the thirtieth time... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 I briefly saw a Jason Thomson goal flash last night. I'm all for it, it looked more "professional" than a lot of stuff we see from the club, and it seems a little tongue in cheek. Thomson had a mild look of surprise on his face. I reserve the right to change my mind, though. I'm sure I'll be fed up of them once I've seen Spency's for the thirtieth time... You will see both Vaughan and Buchanan's more than Spencey's this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Hi Ayr , after season 09/10 is finished can u say hi for me to the rejects of scottish football in div 2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Hi Ayr , after season 09/10 is finished can u say hi for me to the rejects of scottish football in div 2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Hi Ayr , after season 09/10 is finished can u say hi for me to the rejects of scottish football in div 2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 FFS philpy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 3 hours ago, Raith Against The Machine said: I reserve the right to change my mind, though. I'm sure I'll be fed up of them once I've seen Spency's for the thirtieth time... 1 hour ago, Rovers1992/1993 said: You will see both Vaughan and Buchanan's more than Spencey's this season. ....and if we see Spencey 30 times we are in for some amount of goals! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebanda's Handyman Services Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 7 hours ago, Beachbum said: He's been at odds with the board for quite some time trying to get the player budget reduced. The board have resisted every time and because Sim has, as yet, no clout he's had to back down. On one occasion he wanted to play all of the youth team just to get the wages down. Money is his priority, nothing else. On the second point, you could be correct. If making money was John Sim's priority he wouldn't be anywhere near Raith Rovers. Instead, he's put around 600k of his own money into the club in the 12 years he's been involved. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 That view would appear to be at odds with John Sim's view of how the club should be run.“Since the 2005 ‘rescue’ RRFC has lost on average close to £100k per year. We do not have the exact numbers for the past season but in total to date it will be in excess of £1m. “This was not the plan at the time. Our aim then was and remains to put RRFC on a sustainable stable financial footing.” I must be reading that wrong, you lost a million last season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Three years ago Mr Sim stated that he expected that the club should be looking to spend at least 3 out of the next 10 seasons in the top tier, yet here we are. There was no hope in he'll we were ever going to spend 3 of the last 10 years in the top flight. I'm sure the prize money for finishing mid table championship is more than winning league 1. What baffles me is the CLUB won 1/4 million in prize money yet still lost £2k p/w . Who the f**k is tasked to balance the book and set the budget. A 2 year old ??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I must be reading that wrong, you lost a million last season? No since 2005. Read it again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGuigan1978 Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Pretty surprised at that figure, considering we made a profit in at least three of those seasons. Mind you, we must have lost a fortune last term, considering the squad had approximately the same amount of extras as Gandhi. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I'm struggling a bit with this idea of a loss of appx' £1M in the last 10 years, it doesn't feel like that long ago that Turnbull was telling us that after years of small insignificant losses the club were poised to show a small profit. If you consider that in the years that followed that statement that we had Hearts, Hibs and Sevco in our league then like Foreverarover says you really have to question the boards financial acumen. Kirkcaldy is a town of 50,000+, Glenrothes isn't an awful lot smaller. Add in the surrounding area and you have about 125,000 of a catchment area of potential support. We seem to have about 1-1.5% of that number as a core support. With that many people within a 10 mile radius we really should be able to maintain a core support of 2000+, after all that's not even 2% of the catchment. You have to question what we as a club have/are not doing right that in the last 30 years, we have been in the top flight, won 2 national trophies and played in European competition yet we still cannot attract a better home support? Even in the McKinnon season I think we only averaged about 2,300 in the home end and that was with visits from Hibs, sevco and the pars. Whatever comes next it's unthinkable for me that given the size of catchment area we live in Raith Rovers shouldn't at the very least be a Championship club. The board should set a modest target (perhaps John Simms new blood on the board will) to increase the home support by 10% per every season. Even a 5% increase on our current core support (1600) would see the core up to 2000 in around 5 years, not ideal but a step in the right direction and one that hasn't been made this millennium. With better performances will come bigger gates but that average has to be over 2000 to sustain FT football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Jockie Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I'm struggling a bit with this idea of a loss of appx' £1M in the last 10 years, it doesn't feel like that long ago that Turnbull was telling us that after years of small insignificant losses the club were poised to show a small profit. If you consider that in the years that followed that statement that we had Hearts, Hibs and Sevco in our league then like Foreverarover says you really have to question the boards financial acumen. Kirkcaldy is a town of 50,000+, Glenrothes isn't an awful lot smaller. Add in the surrounding area and you have about 125,000 of a catchment area of potential support. We seem to have about 1-1.5% of that number as a core support. With that many people within a 10 mile radius we really should be able to maintain a core support of 2000+, after all that's not even 2% of the catchment. You have to question what we as a club have/are not doing right that in the last 30 years, we have been in the top flight, won 2 national trophies and played in European competition yet we still cannot attract a better home support? Even in the McKinnon season I think we only averaged about 2,300 in the home end and that was with visits from Hibs, sevco and the pars. Whatever comes next it's unthinkable for me that given the size of catchment area we live in Raith Rovers shouldn't at the very least be a Championship club. The board should set a modest target (perhaps John Simms new blood on the board will) to increase the home support by 10% per every season. Even a 5% increase on our current core support (1600) would see the core up to 2000 in around 5 years, not ideal but a step in the right direction and one that hasn't been made this millennium. With better performances will come bigger gates but that average has to be over 2000 to sustain FT football. Kirkcaldy myopia. Glenrothes..you assume is linoland?sevco without any justification.Your black and gold nightmare starts today.Arrogance in linoland 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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