San Starko Saltires Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Trialist was Euan Smith who was at Kilmarnock last year 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Any idea if there might be any highlights for tonight's games? Also, is McGurn injured? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Sure the trialist is Birch. Unless he has been shrunk by at least a foot it wasn't Birch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Any idea if there might be any highlights for tonight's games? Also, is McGurn injured? Yes there will be and no. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Yes there will be and no. Cheers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Any idea if there might be any highlights for tonight's games? Also, is McGurn injured? Think Hearts will have the highlights up tomorrow morning. They're usually very sharp with them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry94 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Wighton match report anyone? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Wighton match report anyone? He had a few good touches but was bundled off the ball a few times, he needs to bulk up, do you not have kebabs in Dundee? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 Trialist was Euan Smith who was at Kilmarnock last year Hmmm, that photo Dunc posted is very similar to the lad that came on, and he played centre mid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojito Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Yeah definitely looked like Euan Smith. As for the game itself there was a lot of positives to take away. I was very impressed by both Toshney and Bennidictus. The midfield all competed well and all looked keen to get involved in the game and we tried something different. 4 3 3, with Anderson upfront Unlucky with the first goal and an absolute pearler from Walker. Was also good to see the young guys come on and compete against a very strong Hearts side aswell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paranoid android Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Think Hearts will have the highlights up tomorrow morning. They're usually very sharp with them. Here's the goals, right enough - healthy deflection for the first. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=537lHDGiy_s 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Thought after the first 15 minutes we looked relatively settled and not to bad. Nothing startling but early days. Neither keeper was really tested overall. Haven't a scooby what the formation was, Anderson looked to be playing centre forward at times. The whack of subs from our point of view probably disjointed us. Will see how things progress over the next few games. Can only guess that Stewart is injured. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Petrie didn't endear himself to Craig Surgeon when he inadvertently criticised the pitch (albeit the late season pitch) at the 50/50 draw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Were Toshney and Benedictus both played at CH? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Were Toshney and Benedictus both played at CH? Yes. Was quite impressed with both of them to be honest. No real f**k up's or calamities from them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Yes. Was quite impressed with both of them to be honest. No real f**k up's or calamities from them. I had a giggle late in the second half when Benedictus showed Sow what gravity was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Thought after the first 15 minutes we looked relatively settled and not to bad. Nothing startling but early days. Neither keeper was really tested overall. Haven't a scooby what the formation was, Anderson looked to be playing centre forward at times. The whack of subs from our point of view probably disjointed us. Will see how things progress over the next few games. Can only guess that Stewart is injured. Looked like a 4-3-3 to start with, quite fluid, with McCord sitting deeper as the play maker. The front three interchanged a fair bit. After the big set of substitutions it was more a 4-4-2. Thought there were some decent signs tonight, McCord was a stand out, Craigen did well enough outside his comfort zone, first on the left of a midfield three and then as an out an out wide player in the four. Clever with the ball at his feet. Toshney and benedictus were solid enough, maybe lacked a wee bit in the air against the big hearts side, but certainly the most comfortable centre backs I've seen at Raith in terms of passing the ball out of defence. Thought McKeown had a good game and Vaughan was livewire, his final ball lacked a wee bit but still the most exciting talent on the pitch for us. Wighton put himself about as well, worked hard but didn't get the chance to show all that much I thought. Megginson was fairly rapid when he came on as well. McKinnon had Rovers playing some good neat passing football, defence into attack and across the flanks was pretty cute, broke down too often in the final third, and sometimes resorted to the lump up the channel which isn't ideal for Wighton or Vaughan, but that will come as the team work on the formation - with the kind of decent ball players we seem to now have we should be able to find that link up more as we progress. We look like having more pace all over the pitch, rather than concentrated on one or two players as we have the last few years, and you could see them pressing Hearts farther up the pitch when they had the ball. All in all, a decent first work out for the team, with some encouraging signs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Raithie, on 07 Jul 2015 - 23:03, said:Yes. Was quite impressed with both of them to be honest. No real f**k up's or calamities from them. They'll have the benefit of being well versed with each other. They were our two predominant CH's the season we were relegated. Benedictus has an absolute beast of a shot on him by the way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Definitely signs of encouragement there, although we were let down in the final third by lack of a final ball. We definitely started with a 4-3-3 in which the front three interchanged a fair bit, as did Callachan and Craigen in midfield. We seemed to go to a 4-4-2 after the round of substitutions. The new signings all looked decent enough. Benedictus was the pick of the bunch I thought but Toshney also had a good game. The midfield signings looked comfortable in possession and Wighton showed some quality touches but without making much of an impact overall. Was also impressed by the likes of Ford and Robertson when they came on. Hopefully they can push through this season and start to make the odd appearance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Here's the goals, right enough - healthy deflection for the first. First goal was a deflection and the second was scored by Jamie Walker so moral victory for Rovers overall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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