Considering going on my own to this one. Will be our most difficult game so far in my opinion. Brechin have some excellent players who will no doubt cause us problems. Hopefully our injuries aren't mounting up too much and we can field a team for this game. Would happily take a draw from this but i'm hoping for a win. 2-1 to Raith with Weir and Walker scoring for us.

I think Brechin will destroy Raith at the weekend - 4-0 perhaps.

This'll be a hard game as usual but if we can go to Peterhead and win we can certainly go to Brechin confident of winning too. Good to have Sloan back, he gave our midfield a wee bit of composure when he came on on Saturday and heres hoping that Kevin Smith gets a good weeks training and is back to his best.

A draw wouldn't be too bad a result but there is a strong possibility of East Fife beating Ayr and giving us the opportunity to go top so McGlynn will have us well up for this. Should be a nice open game too.

1-2, Smith and Wilson.

I don't think we'll keep a clean sheet up there, so hopefully we actually manage to score a couple of goals for once!

Brechin are a good side, so our defence will have to be at it's best. Hopefully Mark Campbell will be back, although Armstrong looked the business when he came on on Saturday.

I'd like to have Dunbar back for this game. I appreciate that he's not going to last 90, due to being injured, but I think he can offer us some pace down the right and can overlap with Wilson. If he isn't back, I'd assume McGlynn will put Sloan on the right (much to my annoyance). Personally, I'd play Sloan on the left, with Ferry alongside Walker in the middle. Of course, there is no hope of this happening if Dunbar isn't fit. I'd also like to see Guerrero given a shot, he looks like he can pick a pass.

My main concern is up front though. We just can't seem to finish off our chances. Hopefully Smith will be back to full fitness, and hopefully Graeme Weir will score sometime soon.

Can't say I'm all that confident for this one, I might still make the trip up though.

We will lose.

I'm hoping we come out of the traps a bit quicker than we did last time we were up there........

We will be fine.

a nice 0 ,0 draw
would be fine

2-1 City.

Twigg and Paton with the goals. Raith to get awarded a goal when the ball goes out for a throw-in.

I realise that is your attempt at dry sarcasm, with respect to our dodgy penalty on saturday - but even so, that's still fucking weak!

Or it could be about some of the ludicrous decisions we've seen this season at the Glebe: offside at a throw-in, goal given when it hadn't crossed the line or goal not given when it looked like it probably did. Take your pick

It was more in reference to the Watford/Reading game than anything, but any of the reasons above will suffice.

Not surprising really. The standard of refereeing never seems to improve season after season. The best we've had at Starks this season was Craig Charleston.

I know several games have passed since, but judging from game 1 vs Raith at somerset, and the game vs Brechin yesterday, brechin looked a far superior outfit going forward however didnt look as strong as raith at the back, particularly when put under pressure.

So, in conclusion, i dont have a scoob how this should go. Hopefully we'll win and it should't matter too much!

That's only 'cos he gifted you two penalties!!!

Jeezo man he had 5 decisions to make regarding penalties in that game and somehoe managed to get every one of them wrong!!!

That was one of the worst pieces of officiating ever. Ranks alongside the disallowed goal at the Partick v Dundee Utd game about 15/20 years ago.

You still greetin about that? I wouldn't mind, only you're laughably wrong...

Very tough game this. A draw wouldn't be a disaster, but we have to look for the win. Not very confident about getting it, mind. We need to play a lot better than we did on Saturday, or we'll certainly lose. We were shown in March what happens when you don't play from the first whistle at Brechin, hopefully McGlynn hasn't forgot about that.

I'll go for a 1-1 draw, but it wouldn't surprise me if Brechin won.

My guess is it'll be tough, McGurn must be back in goals. O'Connor doesn't fill me with a lot of confidence, and our strikeforce is very weak. Brechin will exploit this to the max, but you never know.

I never mentioned why I thought he was good!

He was good though.

Cant wait, Glebe Park is a great day out.

Im pretty confident about this game tbh. The first hour of the EF game and the first 15 mins against Stirling saw us play some fantastic stuff. If we can get rid of the "panic" element of our play (those long balls) then we will cause teams like Brechin problems.

Big game for Weir. His link up play has be superb so far, but he just cant find the killer touch. Once he gets that goal however, the rest will flow!

This will be the defences biggest test so far though. Brechin are a very tidy outfit and will certainly cause us problems. If we can maintain the composure at the back, and focus on playing our passing game in the midfield, then im confident we can win on Saturday.

What a difference for us to get some respect from opposing fans. I think we have proved that we are a good side and deserve to be near the top of the division.

Hope it's as good a game as at Somerset on Sunday, which should make an exciting spectacle for everyone.

Would be even better if we won though!

Good to see you're back on the dark side again

So far Ayr have said every team theyve played this season look better than us - Ive lost count of how often these Ayr hoors judge us on the first game of the season when they were just as bad and the fukkin home team.

Maybe you'll find out how good we've improved at going forward when you kunts visit shortly.

I'm confident of a Brechin win. Hopefully we go 2-0 up before Raith have barely left the dressing room again!

Perhaps.

Who did you last beat by 4 goals, and who was it? And when did we last lose by 4 goals to Brechin?

Perhaps you'll get more than your hedge trimmed this weekend

Arbroath, 20 days ago.

When did we last lose by 4 goals to Raith?

Err, you've kinda turned the reasoning on its head there boy

I'm just genuinely interested to find out...

Ive no idea when we last beat Brechin by a big score. Games between us the last few seasons have been close scorewise. I expect saturdays to be the same, and low scoring. Mainly because we've a strong defence to keep charlie king et al out and powderpuff forward line thats unable to score from anything more than 2 yards out.

i think its your midfield you should be concerned with for this game...

why?

How do you work that out, our midfield is really good this year. It's the striking option's we have to worry about

Away day to tough opponents in Brechin?

Oh my, it must be time for my inexplicable confidence again. Every time we go there I'm confident. Every time we go there Brechin prove my confidence is overstated and either beat us or at the very least give us a tight game.

Still though, I'm confident the points are ours.

Who can forget John Suttons 3 goal salvo up their on the first day of our first season back in the heady heights of the first division? Everyone except me it seems....

I still fondly look at that match as one of my favourite away days - another one being our 2-1 win there in 06/07, when Hislop done a forward flip celebrating the winner in front of the delirious cowshed.

I really like Glebe Park, cracking wee ground. Not sure I'll be there this time (no-one to go with ) but it'll be enjoyable for those that do make the journey!

That doesn't matter. I see it as we are unbeaten, playing at home to a team below us in the league.

I actually think it'll probably be 5-0 not 4-0 as previously stated.

I'm 99% certain that I'm going up now. Come in my car if you like? I have an extra guaranteed space if anyone else is interested?

I think Brechin will get a 2-1 victory. I can see Rovers once again making a confident start but Brechin will get the first goal .From then on it'll probably a very close match and Brechin will h'edge it.

I'm sorry but the second penalty was as stonewall as you will see. Wardlaw went looking for it but the keeper took him down. First was very soft though.

Anyhoo back on topic and I see this as our toughest match so far. Games against Brechin are always tight and I expect this to be no different. Simply because I'm Mr optimism this season I'll go for a sneaky 2-1 Rovers win.

I see you read the words that preceeded that statement about brechin looking superior going forward.

I can only go by what I've, actually, ach forget it *thuds head off table repeatedly*

in previous posts emphasis was put on your good defence, but i think we will dominate the midfield and chances will stem from there

I think it's going to be a very tight game. I wouldn't settle for a draw at home against anyone in the league however, and anything other than 3 points will be a disappointment.

Really looking forward to this game. In fact, I've been fairly looking forward to every home game thus far this season: the, ahem, upstarts East Fife, first league match Stirling, the team that pumped Aberdeen - Peterhead, another crack at knocking out an SPL side Kilmarnock, w00t, a local derby against Arbroath, now a match against the pre-ordained, champions elect, cream of the crop, king of the hill, Raith Rovers.

It seems to be one cracking match after another to look forward to. Something to whet the appetite each time. This season's fakkin ace

Yea, youve seen fukk all apart from the opening game. We've been looking very good going forward the last few games - best for a long time. When we get our forwards fit again some team is in for a hiding.

The thing is mate we have been saying that for the past few seasons........

What a fanny.

This is the first time Ive encountered a Brechin fan with straw sticking out his lugs

This is shaping up to be the best 2nd division season for a long time.

Yep, at least five teams are more than capable of winning the league, not sure I fancy it going to the final day thro.....

Sure is.. nearly every game has an edge and a significance