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10 minutes ago, buchan30 said:
Watching the highlights, Vaughan and Rudden seem to be striking up a good partnership.
Rudden is turning out to be a great signing. I didn’t think he’d do a better job as a ‘9’ as Hamilton but he’s looked very good so far.
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I think Ro Sham Bo has cast the bait and had a fair few bites. Thank god he didn’t post a clip of a keeper getting slide tackled!
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41 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said:
I think we should just terminate the loan and get someone else in this week. Can't be carrying any more crocks in the run in.
Is that even an option?
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Well Murray’s comments on Ashcroft don’t fill me with confidence
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Was trying to remember the last time I went to a game at Ayr and saw us win… pinned it down to a 0-1 with Ansah Owusu who was on loan from Wimbledon scoring for us. Googled him only to see he’s dead!
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We were meant to sign Ashcroft at the beginning of the transfer window, it was apparently all agreed however Liverpool recalled Beck and then another of Dundee’s defenders got injured. This forced them to keep him until they got bodies back. That’s obviously now happened so he’s coming to us. If you boys tried to persuade him at the last minute to change his mind then fair enough but I’d say that anyone thinking it was a done deal that we was heading to Dunfermline is miles off.
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13 minutes ago, Broken Algorithms said:
We've got Keith Watson back now, and added a player who can play across the back. It's been dispelled numerous times but contrary to popular belief we've got a wage budget which I'd expect is fully utilised now. I can't imagine we'd be looking to add another centre half in.
I think he’s probably meaning that it’s strange that we went for Brown if Ashcroft was available. Even given Watson being back, I’d put Ashcroft ahead of Watson/Murray in terms of fitness and ability.
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28 minutes ago, Specky Ginger said:
I can understand why the railway stand was taken out of use, but absolutely no excuse for the state of decay it was allowed to get into.
What is the state of play with it? I know it’s not been used for years but is the building itself an issue?
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15 minutes ago, FitbaSupporter said:
This push for a Singing section feels like a bit of a distraction. No one was complaining about the atmosphere when winning earlier in the season. If the performance is there on the pitch the atmosphere at Stark’s is fine. It’ll be the same tomorrow night. If we do well whole stand will be bouncing, if we don’t then the singing section will probably be as quiet as it was against Airdrie.
I disagree, I think the atmosphere at Starks has always been pretty flat except in the bigger games. Tomorrow will take care of itself but against teams like Morton, even when we were winning, it was always dull. A singing section/better atmosphere won’t fix performances in itself but it’ll definitely lend a hand!
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What an effort on the ticket front for Friday given our recent form and the fact the game is on TV, especially for the Dundee United fans. There’s maybe a joke to be made about folk from Dundee not having jobs to try and get away early from but I’ll refrain
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What a load of nonsense. If Murray has deemed Millen not good enough to be in his long term plans (which include us getting promoted to the premier league at some point) then he’s correct. He’s not at that level. If Millen has thrown his toys out the pram at that then it’s on him.
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2 hours ago, itzdrk said:
I heard last week that someone accessed a laptop.
Let’s hope they didn’t let their kids stream football on it!
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Is Ross Matthews the new Joel Coustrain? He suddenly becomes the answer to all woes when he’s not playing.
As much as I like Matthews, he’s not better than Brown or Byrne. He wasn’t better than Brown or Spencer last season and he wasn’t better than Tait, Spencer or Hendry in seasons gone by either.
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While Liam Dick was undoubtedly out of position, he’s certainly not the only one to blame for conceding that goal. Murray, Watson and even Millen all had a part to play.
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1 hour ago, Aufc said:
This is just my view from the games I’ve seen against you. Raith have got an abundance of attacking options but Murray’s tactics seem to be put 6 of these options on the park and see what happens. He doesn’t seem to build the team from the back. You seem to lack shape? Your defence is very average compared to your attacking options. We should have scored another 2-3 goals tonight.
It’s very difficult to argue with any of that.
The lack of shape has been a common issue for the last few weeks whereas before Christmas we looked like a well oiled machine, shape wise.Our excellent attacking options papered over our defensive cracks and it’s only now, while our creative players all seem to be off form, that these defensive frailties have been massively exposed. Even with Watson returning last night we still looked weak at the back. Anyone that thought Murray and Watson would cure all ills are well off the mark. Watson is one of the slowest players I’ve seen while Murray can’t win a ball in the air.
I feel like we won’t be able to turn a corner until the back 4 gets sorted out. Thankfully we still have time to bring in loans/free transfers. Whether we will or not remains to be seen.
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3 minutes ago, Michael W said:
Even taking that into account, season ticket income and gate receipts are well up.
This was always my fear, season ticket numbers well up but how many were ‘free’, meaning no extra actual income. That’s been well and truly put to bed now.
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I did like Iain’s piece on it. We all sit around moaning that home games are dull so we have a chance to actually do something about it.
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35 minutes ago, SerieA said:
Expecting Murray’s strongest fit 11 with Stanton on the bench.
Anyone that doesn’t want us to reach a cup final -likely against Falkirk need to have a word with themselves.
A week off before the United game as well.
Win for Raith on Friday and Ayr to take points off United on Saturday-happy days
I agree with the strongest 11 thing. We need a win and the confidence that comes from it.
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2 hours ago, TxRover said:
Murray has never been a Captain type
He captained Killie when they won this league
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Where is the evidence that Liam Dick is even remotely confident at CH coming from? I remember the guys on the podcast talking about that a while ago. While I think he’s a reasonably adept left back, he’s nowhere near strong or physical enough to be a centre half for a side looking to go up to the Premier League!
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7 minutes ago, RAITHROVERS84 said:
Really not enjoying the Rovers at the moment.
Honest opinion is Id happily punt Easton if it meant getting a top quality CB. He’s been honking for weeks and far too much of the show pony nonsense.
Murray simply must change the formation and make us harder to beat. Whilst Stanton’s out he needs to get Matthews on the pitch.
That back line needs an overhaul. I don’t rate any of the back 4.
Funnily enough we didn’t do badly when we changed to a back four.
As for Easton, and Connolly, now we play with a front two rather than a three, they are very ineffective. Starting too wide rather than either side of a main striker.
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Absolutely shambolic today. Particularly in that first half. Our next two league games are against Partick and United.
For all the plaudits Murray got pre Christmas with his bold selections, he’s completely messed it up since.
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Tx, can you draw up a formation that includes a front three of Vaughan in the middle, benefiting from the knockdowns from Hamilton and Rudden? Ideally with Masson and Corr delivering pin point accurate long balls from the back?
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Raith Morton: let's be having you!
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Not really sure where the line that Morton are ridiculously over physical comes from. I remember a bit of bad temper from them following on from a dodgy penalty award in the first game at Starks but haven’t really seen much else, particularly in the game at Greenock. They have a direct style of play with physical players up top but I don’t see anything wrong with that.
I think this will be the game where we win by more than a single goal. 2-0. Rudden x2