King Kebab Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 The New Raith Rovers Thread for this pish!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 We'd take Benedictus back in a flash, BTW. Good Championship-level defender and always put a shift in. Was hoping that Raith might end up with a powderpuff defence to balance out the lethal strikeforce, but I forgot he'd gone to you guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrTroopMajor Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Amazing how quickly Raith fans have went from absolute meltdown and despair to chugging into the League One trophy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Ah, I get it why there was a we hate Raith Rovers thread back in the day. Ok we've signed two strikers. But still have the core of a team that didn't give a shit about the club last season It all these diddies hate us I consider that a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Amazing how quickly Raith fans have went from absolute meltdown and despair to chugging into the League One trophy Have you not heard? We're #RoaringBack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baillieinleeds Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Amazing how quickly Raith fans have went from absolute meltdown and despair to chugging into the League One trophy Erm no.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrTroopMajor Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, Enigma said: Have you not heard? We're #RoaringBack. There's genuinely nothing worse than an official club 'hashtag'. By all means cling onto that as another band of villagers depart Kirkcaldy in their transit van with all 3 points. 1 minute ago, baillieinleeds said: Erm no.... Was this even worth typing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Your manky mob breaking the bank to go full time and failing to go up is probably worse than our hashtag. One more time because you love it so much... #RoaringBack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baillieinleeds Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Was this even worth typing? I haven't read anything from us to say we'll romp to the title. Ok we've signed actual strikers and that's encouraging. I will say it's between us and Ayr, and the rest will raise their game against us. So imo it'll definitely be harder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 7 minutes ago, Enigma said: Your manky mob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 We have the core of a team who have both finished 20 points clear in 4th, and were utterly horrendous last season. Granted there were other players supplementing both of those runs of form, but the point still remains that we shouldn’t be certain about what we are going to see. We will have a light squad and injuries could absolutely f**k us. If everyone stays fit the whole season and plays to their potential then we would probably just about be favourites, but that isn’t going to happen. Plenty teams get relegated into the league below and toil. St Mirren almost got relegated and had another indifferent season before that, Dundee Utd weren’t very good and Falkirk are still there after what seems like forever. Add to that Dunfermline in League 1 (And ourselves a decade ago). Im delighted with Spence and Buchanan and will be equally so if Vaughan/Matthews remain…but this will likely be a tough season and I certainly don’t harbour any thoughts of us romping this league. For Vaughan also there is a bit of pressure on him. He hasn’t consistently performed over any real period of time so we may need to be patient with him. That said, Im absolutely delighted to see the back of Skacel, Mchattie, Jordon Thomson, Roberts, Johnston et al. Skacel I felt sympathy for as I don’t doubt his professionalism, the legs had just totally gone….the others I certainly would doubt professionalism and they will be lucky to be playing League football in a few years time. Some like Hardie, Mcmanus, Stweart etc I don’t harbour too much ill feeling for, but we did have a squad with some absolute c***s in it. I also rather ashamedly don’t know too much about the rest of the teams in this league, other than Ayr. I would expect to finish in the top 4 given we are full time and some slight element of quality in there, but as to how close we are to the title I don’t know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baillieinleeds Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 We have the core of a team who have both finished 20 points clear in 4th, and were utterly horrendous last season. Granted there were other players supplementing both of those runs of form, but the point still remains that we shouldn’t be certain about what we are going to see. We will have a light squad and injuries could absolutely f**k us. If everyone stays fit the whole season and plays to their potential then we would probably just about be favourites, but that isn’t going to happen. Plenty teams get relegated into the league below and toil. St Mirren almost got relegated and had another indifferent season before that, Dundee Utd weren’t very good and Falkirk are still there after what seems like forever. Add to that Dunfermline in League 1 (And ourselves a decade ago). Im delighted with Spence and Buchanan and will be equally so if Vaughan/Matthews remain…but this will likely be a tough season and I certainly don’t harbour any thoughts of us romping this league. For Vaughan also there is a bit of pressure on him. He hasn’t consistently performed over any real period of time so we may need to be patient with him. That said, Im absolutely delighted to see the back of Skacel, Mchattie, Jordon Thomson, Roberts, Johnston et al. Skacel I felt sympathy for as I don’t doubt his professionalism, the legs had just totally gone….the others I certainly would doubt professionalism and they will be lucky to be playing League football in a few years time. Some like Hardie, Mcmanus, Stweart etc I don’t harbour too much ill feeling for, but we did have a squad with some absolute c***s in it. I also rather ashamedly don’t know too much about the rest of the teams in this league, other than Ayr. I would expect to finish in the top 4 given we are full time and some slight element of quality in there, but as to how close we are to the title I don’t know. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Your Own Socks Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 1 hour ago, Enigma said: Your manky mob breaking the bank to go full time and failing to go up is probably worse than our hashtag. One more time because you love it so much... #RoaringBack I think Livi fans did that last year. Worked for them. Put money on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrojim Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 1. Raith Rovers 2. Alloa Athletic 3. Queens Park 4. Arbroath 5. Ayr United 6. Airdrie 7. East Fife 8. Forfar Athletic 9. Stranraer 10. Albion Rovers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattmc Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 There hasn't been a part time side win the league since before it's rebranding to League One. I don't see that changing this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 We have the core of a team who have both finished 20 points clear in 4th, and were utterly horrendous last season. Granted there were other players supplementing both of those runs of form, but the point still remains that we shouldn’t be certain about what we are going to see. We will have a light squad and injuries could absolutely f**k us. If everyone stays fit the whole season and plays to their potential then we would probably just about be favourites, but that isn’t going to happen. Plenty teams get relegated into the league below and toil. St Mirren almost got relegated and had another indifferent season before that, Dundee Utd weren’t very good and Falkirk are still there after what seems like forever. Add to that Dunfermline in League 1 (And ourselves a decade ago). Im delighted with Spence and Buchanan and will be equally so if Vaughan/Matthews remain…but this will likely be a tough season and I certainly don’t harbour any thoughts of us romping this league. For Vaughan also there is a bit of pressure on him. He hasn’t consistently performed over any real period of time so we may need to be patient with him. That said, Im absolutely delighted to see the back of Skacel, Mchattie, Jordon Thomson, Roberts, Johnston et al. Skacel I felt sympathy for as I don’t doubt his professionalism, the legs had just totally gone….the others I certainly would doubt professionalism and they will be lucky to be playing League football in a few years time. Some like Hardie, Mcmanus, Stweart etc I don’t harbour too much ill feeling for, but we did have a squad with some absolute c***s in it. I also rather ashamedly don’t know too much about the rest of the teams in this league, other than Ayr. I would expect to finish in the top 4 given we are full time and some slight element of quality in there, but as to how close we are to the title I don’t know. Just out of interest how do you think you will go about fitting Vaughan, Spence, Buchanan and Barr into one team? Vaughan, Buchanan and Barr will be three of the best in the division in those positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedward Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Not that I'm claiming to have a clue - Raith Alloa Ayr Airdrie East Fife Arbroath Stranraer Albion Forfar Queens Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Barr is a winger so that'll take care of itself, and I'd imagine we would see Vaughan in a more midfield role playing off the front two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 AyrAlloaRaithEast FifeStranraerAirdrieQueens ParkAlbion RoversForfarArbroath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Surely there's enough to go on with squads at this stage.... even for a rough guess, always going to be a core there and it's not like anybody will be signing anyone ridiculous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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