Just listened to the interview with John McGlynn. Pelosi and Silvestro still out and doubts over Carcary and Campbell.

twenty past two and here I am, didn't make it through, gutted, only the second game this season I've missed

Glued tovthe PC for the next 2 hours....

I'm in the same boat as you, renton. We better fucking win!

Raith team for today

1 Chris Fahey
2 Craig Wilson
3 Joe Dingwall
4 Mark Campbell
5 Marvin Andrews
6 Allan Walker
7 Ryan Borris
8 Iain Davidson
9 Steven Hislop
10 David Goodwillie
11 Robert Sloan

Substitutes

13 Keiron Renton
12 Andy Tod
14 Derek Carcary
15 Graham Weir
16 Craig Winter

I suspected that would be the team. Hopefully Hislop and Goodwillie keep up the good partnership they seem to be forming.

Ayr team:

11 useless wastes of space.

Ayr have two trialists on the bench, any idea who they are Monster?

The refs from Methil

One of them isn't really a trialist, it's the assistant manager Scott McKenzie who is about 38 or so and hasn't played for years.

The other is Colin Marshall.

Still, we can reflect on just how very very stable the club is financially.

Ayr team is...........

McGeown
Forrest
Lowing
Henderson
Campbell
Stevenson
Pettigrew
Robertson
Vareille
Weaver
Dunn

Subs

Casey
Woodburn
Trialist
Trialist
Stewart

Ooooh, I wish I had gone now, Im missing David Dunns impersonation of a hibernating tortoise.

Is that true? If it is, then i feel sorry for the people that turn up to see their local team.

Would I lie to you guvnor?

Yeah, it is true. We are down to about 16 players now, and two of them are suspended and Moore is injured.

Edited to say: Martyn Campbell has just gone off injured. What a shocker. Surely he must be finished now?

Was just about to say that, I guess the "Luck" has ran out for Ayr

Cheers guv'


No surprises about Campbell though.

Didn't get to the game as my son is away to a party and Mrs 8 made it clear she wasn't going with me..I tried to explain the splendours of Somerset Park but she wasn't having it!! Anyway i took Raith on my coupon and they are 1 down...

Look again.

Sorry Monster i just checked it...1-0 Andrews .... It was Radio Scotland that gave it the wrong way. Got Birmingham and Dundee United along with them.

Birmingham winning 1-0, Dundee United 0-0 so far.

I have another line with 2 winning 1 drawing and Newcastle have not kicked off but you just know it is going to go pear shaped before the end of 90 minutes.

If it is any consolation Ross County were the only 1s to let me down 2 weeks ago by losing to Raith. Last week i was waiting on Raith at home to Brechin!!

I just put singles on whoever Ayr are playing mate, wins every time.

I see you were right. It's usually a tough game at Somerset.

Still, it's the Rovers so it'll probably end up 3-2 with us hanging on for the victory.

Ryan Stevenson carried off on a stretcher with Marvin Andrews laughing at him apparently. Not a very nice man for a God-bothering homophobe bigot is he?

Super Marv

Indeed. Marv, Marv super Marv. I've met the man and he seemed very nice...then again, i'm not a homer sexual.

ssshhhhhhhhhhh

Oh, the keyboard hardman act again.

You must have changed your underwear since we last met.

I didnt go today, but sorry to hear about Stevenson getting carried off after a suspicious Davo challenge, as if you havent enough personnel problems already.

I'm not sure about these reports that Marv was laughing about it - I dont think Marv gloats at other peoples misfortunes. He was accused of the same thing against Cowdenbeath. Who knows what he was laughing about at the time - could have been entirely unconnected. If Marv likes to see players get crocked he could do it very easily, but he's a fair player.

Simpsons fan?

Seriously though, I have met him. He used to be in lodgings at my pals mums house when he played for the Rovers. He always seemed like a nice person. (He was such a quite man = serial killer)

Incidently, I noticed that it wasn't Marv that made the tackle.

You know me, I like my beer cold and my homosexuals flaaaaming.

No, he didn't make the tackle, but laughing is pretty poor.

Stevenson has left in an ambulance too.

You don't know if Marvin was laughing at Stevenson so don't to guessing, Monster. Everyone seems to have a personal vendetta against Marvin Andrews. It's laughable at times. He could be standing at the other side of the pitch and he woud get the blame.

Only reason I can think of Marv laughing at Stevenson's injury was if he's a homo.

Seriously tho, I wouldnt be surprised if Davidson meant to do Stevenson. If not, at least it would be typical of his recklessness. I dont like arses like that in our team.

Wasnt at the game today got a prelim on tuesday.

But stevenson left in an ambulance?

Ohhh jeesus christ

Can the situation be any worse?

I'd say its 80% that Stevo has broken his ankle/leg. Tackle was a 50/50 I don't think you could say it was a shocker, certainly wasn't a dirty match.

Marv and the keeper were havin a good chuckle at something at the same time as Ryan was down, maybe not laughing at the incident but pretty tasteless nonetheless I thought.

Well beaten though, the team is going backwards and super Jeff Stelling says we've lost five in a row (LLLLL) !

Reid's got a massive task in January and methinks I'll be visiting Borough Briggs next year.

Get yer money on Airdrie next week.

Win your christmas money easily.

No he's not

I went along to the game today, both teams were rubbish tbh. Ayr slightly more, Raith, despite winning 3-0, didn't create a clear cut chance that I can remember, other than set-pieces with Andrews as usual.

Andrews was laughing at something, not sure what, he was looking at the crowd while doing it anyway. As someone else has said it was pretty tasteless no matter why he was laughing. Also, no surprises about who made the tackle on Stevenson, Davidson is an animal and shouldn't be allowed near a football park.

Simply, unless Ayr do something drastic they are going down.

Have to agree with all you've said. I was disgusted at their behaviour even if it was unrelated to the injury. To be laughing and joking when someone was down and who hadn't moved since he went down was totally unprofessional. And him a good christian too. Nought worse than a god-botherer.

Two minutes to go with us winning at a canter and during a break in play two of our players share a joke/talking to each other, how DARE THEY!!!!

I hope McGlynn fines the both of them

cheers fifer backward boys....your easy peasy p1ssy win over the barrstards helped me net a couple of hundred on the old soccer coupon (you should try it lads, its fun).Hurrahhhh
looking forward to the inevitable backlash from ayrshires finest next week........(and yes im talking about the local constabulary)
On the park even our oafs should scrape past those fuds........merry xmas woohoo.........

It was the reason for the break in play though Steven or is that too much for you to grasp. And the fact that he kept looking up at the crowd knowing that folk were worried about a player who was on the ground and hadn't moved since the tackle and Andrews was obviously looking for a reaction which he got. Think back to Carcary being carted off last season on a stretcher - noone was laughing and joking then. It's called professionalism, something Andrews is sadly lacking.


The man is a class-a arsehole. But I'm not going to argue with you as you weren't even there to see it

Enjoy the crate of buckfast!

He only laughs to hide the tears.

I've come to the conclusion that Ayr fans only hate Marvin because he's too good for their 3rd division bound strikers. He's bossed them everytime i've seen them, as much as Michael Moore's elbows allowed anyway.

He's just too good for you.

Buckfast? whats that .......fastbucks out the bookies is more to the point......
p.s. cheers dingwall doughballs and the east fife foo's who also contributed to the wee windfall

I hope your not being serious...