Ro Sham Bo Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 The 1-1 in Kirkcaldy last season was one of the worst performances I'd seen from an away side last season. Scored early then just proceeded to sit and and punt it long and hope for the best. They were even worse in the game at Alloa before the Challenge cup final. Those two performances were the worst I saw from an opposing side last season and both were under Barry Smith so that's probably where the negative perception of his Alloa side comes from. Hopefully it continues on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 The team were on a sh*t run and their confidence was shot, no surprise that they tried to cling onto an early goal that night. Can't judge the team on that and when a bit of confidence returned they were more like themselves. The approach to games was certainly never to be very physical or to hit long balls. Raith were actually similarly sh*t when they scraped that 1-0 at the Recs, a team lacking in self belief and just trying to get a win to get going again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 The team were on a sh*t run and their confidence was shot, no surprise that they tried to cling onto an early goal that night. Can't judge the team on that and when a bit of confidence returned they were more like themselves. The approach to games was certainly never to be very physical or to hit long balls. Raith were actually similarly sh*t when they scraped that 1-0 at the Recs, a team lacking in self belief and just trying to get a win to get going again. I didn't deny we were shite those games either, I was just responding to your post about Alloa seemingly playing attractive football. I'd take a hard fought draw on Saturday, but a win would be tremendous going into the Hearts and Cowden games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wasps1 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Please excuse wasps1, he's a bit of a fud Now now fellow Wasp To allow your top scorer to leave the club big mistake IMO . our gain Raiths Loss am sure u will enjoy the Game sat Wilko boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMO Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Feel like this could really go either way ... Spence is bound to score (always seems old players haunt us ?), however if Murray goes Nade/Stewart up top and Fox plays like he did Saturday, or Moon is brought back in, id be fairly certain we should win this ... Being Raith though you never know what is going to happen, or what Bert is going to do ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baillieinleeds Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 We should Atleast play a high line and contain Alloa in their own half. Playing the ball on the deck is how we should play and not play a defensive game away from home, as we'll be crucified if we do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_p Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 There can be no excuse for not playing decent football on Saturday. The plastic pitch is pretty much identicle to the one at Glenrothes and we have been training on that for 12 months. Persist with high balls to Nade or aimless lazy punts down the channels and the players will get the fans backs up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 We should Atleast play a high line and contain Alloa in their own half. Playing the ball on the deck is how we should play and not play a defensive game away from home, as we'll be crucified if we do. The best part of Saturday wasn't that we won, but it was the agressiveness in which we won. We were clueless against Dunfermline. It was the complete opposite in the second half of Saturday. Our whole team showed a great willingness to get the ball on the deck and pass it forward. It was fantastic to watch at times. It doesn't take a genius to see that Nade and Stewart can thrive off the ball getting passed to them on the deck. Nade is like a one man wrecking ball yet he keeps the ball with fantastic control. Another positive performance would be very welcome indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADMO Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 The best part of Saturday wasn't that we won, but it was the agressiveness in which we won. We were clueless against Dunfermline. It was the complete opposite in the second half of Saturday. Our whole team showed a great willingness to get the ball on the deck and pass it forward. It was fantastic to watch at times. It doesn't take a genius to see that Nade and Stewart can thrive off the ball getting passed to them on the deck. Nade is like a one man wrecking ball yet he keeps the ball with fantastic control. Another positive performance would be very welcome indeed. This for me 100000% ... I don't mind getting beat, as long as we actually show some desire and fight during the 90 minutes and actually look like we want to win the game at some stage ... I'm hoping that same fight from the second half and our passing game can be carried forward and we can build some consistency Vs the Pt Clubs this season ... Stranger things have happened haha ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Now now fellow Wasp To allow your top scorer to leave the club big mistake IMO . our gain Raiths Loss am sure u will enjoy the Game sat Wilko boy Do you not understand English? He scored 9 goals last season in the league out of 27 appearances, 4 of these were penalties, which leaves spence having scored 5 goals in 27 games, we released him for a reason, he's not good enough.. You're also saying it was a mistake us releasing last seasons "top goalscorer". Without him on Saturday( our first league game) we managed to net 3 goals, something we only managed to do 5 times last season in the league.. But..you having our "top goalscorer" now couldn't score at all on Saturday, I think we're fine with you having him as part of your squad for this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilky1878 Posted August 12, 2014 Author Share Posted August 12, 2014 Do you not understand English? He scored 9 goals last season in the league out of 27 appearances, 4 of these were penalties, which leaves spence having scored 5 goals in 27 games, we released him for a reason, he's not good enough.. You're also saying it was a mistake us releasing last seasons "top goalscorer". Without him on Saturday( our first league game) we managed to net 3 goals, something we only managed to do 5 times last season in the league.. But..you having our "top goalscorer" now couldn't score at all on Saturday, I think we're fine with you having him as part of your squad for this season. We released him for a reason. No you never you offered him a contract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 As for the game, it'll be a tight game as they always are down at the Recs, Alloa do have a couple of decent players in Ben Gordon and Kevin Cawley, who i would easily take at Starks. I predict our first clean sheet of the season with a 2-0 win with Conroy and Stewart getting the goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 We released him for a reason. No you never you offered him a contract From what I made of that, because of his age, we were due money as long as we offered him a contract with at least the same terms as last season..Regardless, not one fan wanted to see him re-sign, we were all glad to see him leave. I feel like we've replaced him with a better player in Nade anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Didn't Murray come out and say there was an offer on the table for Spence to re-sign for us but he (Spence) was weighing up his options? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Its practically impossible to compare Nade to Spence. Nade has far more experience across the board, while Spence is only really tested at this level. People are quick to forget that Nade played in England for a time before his stint at Hearts. The difference between the standard of the usual Championship team is a lot lower. His goal on Saturday and his control in general act as reminders for that. If he gets a run of form, the ball on the deck and the fans behind him I genuinely think we're going to benefit from having him at the club. Much like Tade at Rovers, people love having cult figures around their clubs who they can go to. Spence is still very young. If he sorts his composure out he could do very well indeed. I can see the points Alloa fans are making. It is encouraging for them, but we're focusing on what we've got now as opposed to who we've had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Do you not understand English? He scored 9 goals last season in the league out of 27 appearances, 4 of these were penalties, which leaves spence having scored 5 goals in 27 games, we released him for a reason, he's not good enough... Leaving aside the fact that your claim Rovers released him has been shown to be p*sh, how many of those 27 games did Greig start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Spence isn't a bad player, there's a whole load of reasons he wasn't really good enough for us last season, some of them down to not getting a regular run in the side - however the main reason was his own attitude. He definitely didn't deserve a new deal, and if even 5% of Rovers fans were disappointed he went to Alloa I'd be surprised. If he sorts out his attitude though, and he may well do with a manager who plays him every week and believes in him, I have little doubt he can be a good striker at this level. Anyone who thinks otherwise has forgotten his first season with us, and the start of last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Leaving aside the fact that your claim Rovers released him has been shown to be p*sh, how many of those 27 games did Greig start. He started 17 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers_Lad Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Regardless, not one fan wanted to see him re-sign, we were all glad to see him leave. I feel like we've replaced him with a better player in Nade anyway. that's actually bollocks,I wanted him to re-sign and I know a number that felt the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 that's actually bollocks,I wanted him to re-sign and I know a number that felt the same Ok, I will rephrase that, the majority of fans were glad to see him leave..waste of a wage. Did f*ck all from October to May. I wish him all the best at Alloa and hopefully he does well for them, just not this weekend, but I wasn't his biggest fan last season. I would've rather had Gordon Smith stay than Greig Spence.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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