Ro Sham Bo Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I had a figure of 20 points per quarter being a target to aim for to guarantee promotion so those figures seem to back that up. At the moment we are nicely on course with a sixth of the season gone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 The only team in the country to have scored more than us - very decent start. The misery of dropping down a league soon fades when the goals and wins start to rack up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie McNaught Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 The only team in the country to have scored more than us - very decent start. The misery of dropping down a league soon fades when the goals and wins start to rack up. Are you guys the real deal this season Shandon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 2 minutes ago, Wullie McNaught said: Are you guys the real deal this season Shandon? Would have bitten your arm off to finish 4th this year so not wanting to get carried away but wee look miles better than last season. Declan McManus has been really superb but he's getting very good service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie McNaught Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Aye, it's early doors yet but the signs are good for both clubs. Dec was a bit of an enigma with us, was rank for three quarters of last season but played out his skin in the final quarter. Nowt against the guy because he always put in a shift and never hid. Aw the best. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: Would have bitten your arm off to finish 4th this year so not wanting to get carried away but wee look miles better than last season. Declan McManus has been really superb but he's getting very good service. That figures. He looked excellent after Danny Handling came in and offered us a midfielder who didn't hide away like Chris Johnstone or Jordan Thompson. He won't be needing to drop down to midfield to try to create chances which will help. As for us, I'm actually looking at the away days and looking forward to Saturdays because of how we're doing. Hopefully we keep our form up, as from a fan's point of view it's cracking. Wouldn't want to spend longer than we need to here, but it's a good chance to visit some excellent wee grounds while we've been scoring and not conceding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I think it will be tight and we always turn to shit in the winter. Just a case of picking up as many points as we can whilst we can especially the firm we're in at the moment 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 11 minutes ago, Wullie McNaught said: Aye, it's early doors yet but the signs are good for both clubs. Dec was a bit of an enigma with us, was rank for three quarters of last season but played out his skin in the final quarter. Nowt against the guy because he always put in a shift and never hid. Aw the best. 10 minutes ago, rw89 said: That figures. He looked excellent after Danny Handling came in and offered us a midfielder who didn't hide away like Chris Johnstone or Jordan Thompson. He won't be needing to drop down to midfield to try to create chances which will help. As for us, I'm actually looking at the away days and looking forward to Saturdays because of how we're doing. Hopefully we keep our form up, as from a fan's point of view it's cracking. Wouldn't want to spend longer than we need to here, but it's a good chance to visit some excellent wee grounds while we've been scoring and not conceding. That's pretty much it. Just plays on the shoulder and is being teed up by Williamson or Higginbotham. Losing out on Paul McMullan has been a huge blessing in disguise as it enforced a reshuffle of existing players that has given us much more creativity. Can't imagine Pars keeping up this form all season so unless we go bust and get relegated the derbies should be back next season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donny86 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I think we need to be aiming for 50 points at home 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I think we need to be aiming for 50 points at home I think we should be aiming for 54 points at home.Smith has already said that one of the targets is to win every single home game this season and so far we're on target so why not aim for that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostZapper Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 28 minutes ago, Rovers1992/1993 said: I think we should be aiming for 54 points at home. Smith has already said that one of the targets is to win every single home game this season and so far we're on target so why not aim for that? absolutely agree - I've seen nothing to suggest we can't win every game at home. Make Starks a fortress. start winning games by 2-3-4 goals and teams will fear coming here - an advantage before a ball is kicked - fans will turn out in the numbers as well if we are constantly winning at home. Away from home, you would think if we kept going as well as we have started I would look to aim at winning at least 10 of the 18 away matches. That leaves you on 80 points + which should be enough to win the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donny86 Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 43 minutes ago, Rovers1992/1993 said: I think we should be aiming for 54 points at home. Smith has already said that one of the targets is to win every single home game this season and so far we're on target so why not aim for that? Cos we've all been going to the Rovers long enough to lower our expectations 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miloman Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 When, if ever, have the rovers won 2 away games 5 nil In a season, never mind within first few games? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 5 minutes ago, miloman said: When, if ever, have the rovers won 2 away games 5 nil In a season, never mind within first few games? Great point. We didn't win an away game since last October before our last two this season...then we score 10 goals and concede no goals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rovers1992/1993 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 [emoji23]Anyway, it's just our luck that this happens the day after Garcia-Tena signs for Edinburgh City. I'd have taken him in a heartbeat. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 10 minutes ago, Rovers1992/1993 said: Anyway, it's just our luck that this happens the day after Garcia-Tena signs for Edinburgh City. I'd have taken him in a heartbeat. I think we need someone who's going to be fit for at least six weeks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I think we need someone who's going to be fit for at least six weeks. Fit players are over-rated IMO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 11 minutes ago, Beachbum said: I think we need someone who's going to be fit for at least six weeks. Yep, we don't have the luxury of allowing him a few games for the u-20s to get his match fitness up to speed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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