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The Lowland league isn’t that bad. You’ll get to hook up with Cowdenbeath and fun times all round.

This team !!!

Right lads get the Lino down!

Referee appointment for this one Referee:John Beaton AR1 Calum Spence AR2 John Stewart

Wouldn’t be against a £25 cap in the top flight for home fans but I do agree with the £20’s plenty for away fans as it obviously involves extra costs for fans travelling to games.

Why? Do they think you’re planning on winning the league or something , no no it’s fine we’re no doubt expected to mount our challenge in injury time so basically game 36 we’ll somehow come back from the dead to win it, it’s just what we do these days . Could be interesting to see if BBC decide to show Utd v Raith with the Scotland game on at the same time. Guess it’ll depend on our respective league positions come March as the game could be a nothing game by then.

Looking like the Shed will be full for this one and Dundee Utd are selling a decent amount if tickets for the home end. Absolutely buzzing for this one, a top of the table clash with a big crowd and hopefully a good atmosphere. Nicking top after the late goal in Arbroath is a massive plus as Utd will be obvious favourites for this one. Can we upset the odds? I’ve absolutely zero idea but we just need to go up there and play our game and see what happens. Amazing the start both teams have had this season and most seasons either team would be pulling away but we’re pretty much neck and neck going into this one.

Thought we were very underwhelming today, got the early goal and looked in control. Gave away the penalty and then looked very nervous. Second half Arbroath had a lot more of the ball while nothing seemed to land for us but absolute scenes at the end to grab that winner. Over all we really weren’t at the races today but credit to Arbroath for closing us down and forcing us to go long which without Hamilton we struggled with. We showed the odd good passing move but too many poor passes saw them then breakdown. Arbroath looked well organised but they don’t seem to offer much in the final third but early days for a new manager so perhaps he’ll improve them going forward. Arbroath are bottom now but from what I’ve seen there’s very little between 10th-4th with everyone beating each other on their day. Partick are a better team but blow hot and cold and ourselves and Dundee Utd seem to be grinding out the results. Where will Arbroath finish? Absolutely no idea plenty more football to be played before the end of the season.

Don’t think we’ve “won easily” in the league so far this season so no reason to think that’ll change on a cold windy night up in Arbroath. Yes they’re on a bad run but have just brought in a new manager so things can change with a team if he finds the right system. I’d expect Arbroath to play very much with a solid defence above all else as bringing back confidence usually starts by stopping the goals being conceded and then working on the attack. It’s likely the onus will be on our attackers to break them down. We’ll certainly need to ensure we don’t concede a goal and go 1-0 down and really could do with getting an early lead. Tough game, hopefully an away win and hopefully they’ve got Steak and Black pies left.

Standard question, where is good to park for the game?

Well that was a very enjoyable game of football and a great advert for the Scottish Championship. Thistle have a decent team but seem to blow hot and cold and certainly didn’t turn up until after H/T. Absolutely love this Raith team at the moment they just don’t give up 2-0 up and cruising and then an absolute disaster sees Thistle with their tails up and looking like they’ve destroyed us with 3 goals. Couple of changes and we come back to win it AGAIN! I don’t know if IM can somehow keep this run going but god it’s great to watch. If (always a big if) we can get a result up at Arbroath that’ll put serious distance between us snd 3rd place setting up a cracking game with Dundee Utd.

Should be a short stay with Dundee Utd home to Ayr.

Judging by our current squad and staff it’s basically whoever Airdrie or Kelty have available at the time.

Anyone know what tickets are allocated to the SSC members? Notice there’s obviously 4 different prices for different areas of the stadium but don’t see anything mentioning where our allocation will be, I’m assuming the official fans sections for each country are in a block?

More of a Queens Park type stripe than St Mirren.

It’s a conspiracy! Everyone knows all the referees in Scotland are known for frequenting Jackie-Os. It’s time they were all investigated for the amount of Linoleum in their houses.

Tough game, was at the reverse fixture where Thistle should have won but took their foot off the gas at 2-0 and were punished. Thistle seem to be blowing hot and cold but are clearly to me the other team who’ll be in the top four (DUFC, RRFC, PTFC and ???). We’re high on confidence but we’ll need to be at our best to win this one. I hope Brian Graham is out as suggested above as he’s a hell of a striker as we know at Raith. Any win here would be awesome.

Jesus a wee look on Twitter and there’s a few DABs embarrassing themselves with weird claims about late Rovers goals / penalties. Aye that’s right there’s a conspiracy by the SFA and SPFL to keep DUFC down and get RRFC up . I’ve no doubt some of our roasters were exactly the same during the Arbroath winning league 1 season.

This team

Na bud we’re just riding the wave right now, don’t think any of our fans seriously believe we can challenge Dundee Utd for the league but we’re enjoying the ride so far this season. Ultimately your strength in depth should be too much for the other 9 teams in this division and I’m sure you’ve got the resources to bring in a player or two come January if you’re not clear of us. Looking forward to our away day to Tannadice not been before and hopefully we’ll bring a good support up.

Missed the game today, listened on Raith TV. Sounded like a decent match Rovers doing everything but scoring, Caley hitting us with the sucker punch from a good cross, Caley turning the screw and big Kev saving us from 2-0 then the turnaround for us to sucker punch Caley. Won’t feel sorry for you lads as we’ve had more than our fair share of bad luck in this fixture over the past two decades with many sucker punches. Anyway great result for us to keep the pressure on Dundee Utd.

Must be Inverness’s turn to go two decades without a win in this fixture, it’s only fair. Tough one, we all know our record in this fixture speaks for itself but having finally gotten the win will the monkey now be off our backs? We’re flying in terms of confidence at the moment but this is a much improved Inverness team after changing manager who are on a good run themselves and have home advantage. Hopefully we’re a bit stronger at the back as ICT will surely offer more going forward than the Pars managed on Friday. Interesting to see how we line up for this one but if the team can put in a shift like Friday maybe we might finally leave the Highlands with the points. Hopefully the weather holds off until after this one but it’s certainly feeling like it’s coming soon.

Could be a few penalties in that game then.

Hope we don’t get the televised game this round as it’d probably be Monday night.

Assume it’s 4 televised games this round like last year? 1. Celtic v Buckie (Via Play) 2. Dumbarton v Rangers (Via Play) 3. The Spartans v Heart of Midlothian (BBC Scotland) 4. ??? (BBC Scotland)