AllanJM

It has the feel of a good pre-season friendly. Interested to see how we set up and how the players perform but ultimately I see it as a game to get out of the way before the real stuff (i.e. the play-offs) starts.

I'm pretty much in the same boat. Was going to go to this but spending around £100 for a game that's on the tv, and giving myself a 3 hour drive home down the A9 at that time of night, seems less worth it now. Was always going to struggle with the Morton game as I get back from Benidorm that afternoon. Don't get me wrong, my flight lands at Glasgow at 2:30 so I would've been abandoning the rest of them at the airport to leg it to Cappielow for the second half if there was more riding on it. Absolutely going to the Arbroath game though and will be at all 4 (hopefully) of the playoff games.

Good point. They would of course have to move it if Aberdeen were in both though. If the final was put back a week, I still think they'd go with the semi being Friday/Friday rather than Tuesday/Friday so may still be the reason for not announcing yet.

I assume it's because the 2nd leg of the final is likely to take place the day after the Scottish Cup final so they'll need to move the dates if Aberdeen win on Sunday. I suspect we would switch to the semi-final being Friday/Friday like it was last season (the premiership finished later due to the world cup break).

Yeah, I think we need to accept that one comes with the other in this league (United obviously the big exception to this but that should always be the case with their budget). To be fair though, I would absolutely bite your hand off right now for four 1-0 Rovers wins in the play-offs. In fact I'd be happy with two 1-0 wins and two 0-0 draws. I'm sure the TV audiences would prefer 4 high scoring thrillers (well 6 really but I only care about the last 4) but I'm not sure my heart could take that......

Funnily enough, it actually isn't. Only United, ICT and Airdrie have conceded fewer goals than Rovers (Airdrie 4 fewer and ICT 5 - United are miles ahead). Morton have conceded the same and everyone else is worse.

They were announced on 3rd May last year so would expect confirmation in the next couple of weeks. My guess would be: QF - Tuesday 7/5 and Friday 10/5 SF - Tuesday 14/5 and Friday 17/5 Final - Thursday 23/5 and Sunday 26/5 Above assumes Aberdeen lose the Scottish Cup SF on Sunday. If Aberdeen win: SF - Friday 17/5 and Friday 24/5 Final - Thursday 30/5 and Sunday 2/6 The semi-final was Friday/Friday last year but I think that was a result of the late finish in the Premiership due to the world cup break.

If it makes you feel any better, we want you to win too..... The title's gone so it doesn't make any difference but it would be funny to see United fans start to worry a little.

I'd be surprised if they didn't have any questions submitted about Millen to be honest. I'm sure Niall just chose not to ask them. He was also clearly ready with the mute button on the second part like when he muted the guy while Ian Murray did his best to politely answer the question about subs (a fairly ridiculous one considering we've made subs ad HT in our last 2 games).

In fairness, these types of question really highlight how far we've come as a club. If we'd done one of these 2 years ago, can you imagine the questions they would've been asked????? The fact that things are going well and supporters are able to use their one chance on a question like this speaks volumes.

TBF I think that may have been the question where Andy unmuted himself to follow on from John's initial answer but Niall moved on to the next question without giving him a chance. Edited to add: that wasn't a dig at Niall btw just an observation. Thought Niall did a great job.

I enjoyed that and found it useful. The football side takes care of itself and I'm just glad nobody asked about Ross Millen (well they probably did but Niall did well to ignore them). The main football things we'd want to know are who are we looking at for next season and they're never going to answer that anyway. It was really reassuring to get another demonstration of how positive they are for the future of the club. I've seen plenty of people on here talking about how we've blown our chance this season. The clear message is that we're on the up as a club and the aim is to keep challenging at this level and beyond.

That's actually the way we've been playing recently. We've conceded far fewer goals during that time (apart from against Airdrie but we just can't seem to play against them), but also score fewer too. Not sure how we'll approach this one. The only thing we really have to play for is finding some form/confidence.

Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 - 1 Raith Rovers Arbroath 0 - 3 Greenock Morton Dundee United 4 - 0 Ayr United Dunfermline Athletic 2 - 1 Queen’s Park Partick Thistle 0 - 2 Airdrieonians

I suspect most of the South Stand probably heard me shouting "Shut the f**k up!!!" to Easton after picking up yet another booking for dissent. He is easily the most frustrating player in our team. When he's on his game, he's practically unplayable at this level. Sometimes though he really needs to just play the simple pass and build from there. You don't always need the little flicks or to take on 3 defenders. One massive positive about his performance on Saturday was his work rate. Yes, we'd all prefer to see him attacking but he was always back helping the defence when needed. He will be far more frustrated than any of us are about his form over the last few months but I really think that, if we're going to get through the playoffs, we really need an on form Dylan Easton.

I'd definitely prefer the SF 2nd leg to be on the Saturday. Afternoon in the pub watching the results come in (we know sky don't care about bottom 6 so all of the games will be 3pm KO's. Then head to Stark's for a 5:30 KO. Would be a very fine way to spend my birthday (as long as we win of course).

I think fans are a factor in why certain teams in the championship have a better away record. Our away crowds are generally noisier and far more patient. At home the atmosphere is usually pretty flat and it takes something happening on the pitch to get us going. I suspect alcohol plays a role in this to be fair as people tend to make more of a day of it for an away game. Another issue (as mentioned by a pars fan for them last season) is that some teams will sit in and defend when you're at home and it can be pretty hard to break down a stuffy defence. Away you tend to get more space as they come at you a bit more.

I really like Connolly and he definitely has a part to play for us over the rest of the season. My biggest issue is with his inability to cross with his right foot. There were so many times last night where there was an obvious pass through the channel between LB and CB for him to run onto then get a cross over. However, he stayed short and wide every time so he could then try to cut back on to his left. We knew he was going to do it and so did the Airdrie defenders. I don't really blame him if he isn't confident in his ability to put a decent cross in with his right foot (surely he'll be working on this in training though) but it just baffles me why we almost never try playing him on the left.

Morton 0-3 Dundee Utd Airdrie 4-1 Dunfermline Ayr 1-0 Arbroath QP 1-1 ICT Rovers 3-1 Thistle

I stopped on the way home last night to get a coffee and looked at the twitter post for the final result. There were 78 comments and I only saw 1 from a Rovers fan.

I really wasn't impressed with them when we played them. The game came during our really poor spell and I honestly think that if we'd played them at any other time of the season we would've won. I expect them to lose a fair few players in the summer and without the Celtic, Rangers, Hibs and Hearts fans filling their stadium for them they'll have an even lower budget next season. I think it's a safe bet that the run of relegated teams going straight back up will come to an end and I actually think they might go down 2 seasons in a row.

After reading through the complete bollocks on here from some of our fans, I wasn't sure I could be bothered actually giving my opinion on the game. Thankfully, you've basically said exactly what I though about the game so no need to.

A draw in this game guarantees second which then lets us focus on finding form, and our best starting 11 for the playoffs. Murray has to come back into the defence to allow Brown into midfield. I'd be probably have Turner in there with him as he looked good when he came on last night. I'd also bring Smith in for Easton and Mullin for Connolly. Would also be tempted to play McGill at RB as I think he'd overlap well with Mullin. We all know the issues with Millen but it's no coincidence that we don't score as many goals now without an attacking full back in the team. We've tended to bounce back well from hard defeats like last night this season and I'm hoping we can do the same again. Of course, the game takes on a completely different context (and some added pressure) if United drop points on Friday but I'm going on the assumption that they'll win comfortably.

It really isn't. I honestly couldn't care what happens with them. I love beating them, and of course enjoy being above them in the league, but I would take absolutely no consolation in how a defeat for us tonight affects them.

Anyone know if the Orrock Quarry road is still flooded?