Broony88 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 22 hours ago, Distant Doonhamer said: Indeed. We have had some excellent victories is some big games over the last decade including a run to the Scottish Cup Final which was certainly something I thought i`d never see (with victories over Aberdeen, Dundee and perhaps most remarkably of all away to The Famous). This season we seem incredibly fragile despite having made a very decent start to the campaign. I'm glad to say I was at cappielow that day when we comfortably beat the famous. One to tell the grandkids that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 We played Bayern Munich once and lead at half time. Nobody ever mentions it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
die hard doonhamer Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Does anyone think this will be anything other than a Raith win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Does anyone think this will be anything other than a Raith win? You've beat us comfortably twice this season. The other time at Starks, you played us off the park despite us snatching the win at the death. Why so pessimistic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 They're in free fall and we've been decent at home of late. I'm hopeful of a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rjc-1988 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Theres nothing more dangerous, in my opinion, than wingers who can get to the byeline and cross the ball - we saw that on Saturday. Thomas has been dangerous cutting in when he first joined but recently he's struggled to get into games. I'd agree with you that its time to try him on the left with Carmichael, or possibly, Hilson on the right and Dobbie and another up front. I suggested earlier in the week that Id like to see Hilson get a start up front as I feel we lack pace there which makes us much easier to defend against, but I wouldnt be bothered if Lyle started instead. Unfortunately, I think we'll continue to try and shoehorn Thomson, Jacobs and Rankin into the team. Totally agree with point re wingers.Thomas has enough in his game to do damage by going on the outside onto his favoured left foot. Playing on "wrong"side has been in vogue for several years but for me it is a lot less dangerous and players like Ross Forbes get away with it because defenders seem to be so inept that they show him inside on to to his lethal left foot and pay the price. Forbes by way of example - is slower than a week in jail, can barely touch the ball with his right and yet defenders "take the bait" when he drops his shoulder.He should be a very easy player to stop but it shows how poor the defenders are at this level.For me if Thomas can't play on his natural side I would stop playing with two wide midfielders - go narrow and play something like a 4-3-1-2 or a 4-3-3 with the three front men playing quite narrow and inter- changing.Having say Thomas on the right and either Dykes or Danny on the left isn't working and hasn't really worked. Team is unbalanced and while Thomas has done well in some games I cant recall any games where both wide players have done well in same game.I like 4-4-2 but not with two wide players who do nothing but cut inside onto their stronger foot and inevitably run into traffic - defeats the purpose of having width in first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 They're in free fall and we've been decent at home of late. I'm hopeful of a win. We never seem to play well against them though.I'm never confident of a win against Queens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Broony88 said: I'm glad to say I was at cappielow that day when we comfortably beat the famous. One to tell the grandkids that one "The Famous" is spelled with capital letters. Give them their respect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Have to say Rovers at 9/4 at home for this seems a massive price given the recent form of both teams. Got me some of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomCat Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 14 hours ago, die hard doonhamer said: Does anyone think this will be anything other than a Raith win? The Bookies. Raith are 3/1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 They're in free fall and we've been decent at home of late. I'm hopeful of a win. Quite literally the reason I'm convinced we'll lose!I think we're a long way from 'must-win' territory, but given our abysmal away form and two tough matches at Falkirk and Dunfermline coming up, a win here would give us a little cushion if we were to carry on the away form and lose both. Queens would also officially be in just as precarious a position as us, which is helpful given the bottom four including ourselves all seem to have found a bit of form from somewhere. If we don't win this I think we'll need to pull out an unexpected win from somewhere to be sure of survival. But last week showed we can't really be sure of anything. We'll likely be unchanged, which is fair. First Rovers performance I've actually enjoyed since.. August, maybe? Seems like a lot to ask for them to repeat it, but we live in hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 The Bookies. Raith are 3/1 It's 2/1 with Coral online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 It's a glorious day weather wise, just hope the footy doesn't spoil the day. Dobbie's due a goal or 3! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Sandy Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 On 3/23/2017 at 19:49, Skyline Drifter said: "The Famous" is spelled with capital letters. Give them their respect! Famous for WHAT? Toffees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foreverarover Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Famous for WHAT? Toffees? Spoon burning ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted March 25, 2017 Author Share Posted March 25, 2017 Cracking day for it. Hopefully the Rovers can get back to back wins for the first time since October. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Famous for WHAT? Toffees? Being the second biggest club in Renfrewshire obvs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachbum Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmy_cammy Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Presumably that's a 3-5-2? I quite like the look if it actually.I'm just glad Lyle is in the team for the sake of those that have made the journey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Was told Thomas wasn't starting today by someone who spoke to a player as Naysmith was going defensive. I fully expect us to be a 5-3-2 :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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