grumswall Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 That also didn’t help, but I’m not sure whether to blame Bazza for that one.I actually remember a fair few in our support thinking it was a good thing at the time... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers_Lad Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Good to hear that a Bairdy rates Davo also,a player who gets a hard time from our own fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanElderRRFC Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 Danny Lennon scored in injury time to give Raith Rovers the win against 10 man Kilmarnock.Both sides missed good chances to win as Hearts and Raith played out a goalless draw at Tynecastle.Danny Lennon scored a late penalty to rescue a point for Rovers against Aberdeen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 It's a real shame that Baird didn't get the chance of a proper farewell. I've not watched the interview yet but I hope he gets the chance to come back for the half time draw at some point in the future. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebanda's Handyman Services Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 9 hours ago, Broken Algorithms said: It was incredible the number of goals we lost from individual errors that season. Stuff like Smith away to Albion Rovers. I was watching the updates on holiday at Disney when he did that. Saddest I've ever been whilst taking a selfie with Goofy. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted June 5, 2020 Share Posted June 5, 2020 28 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said: It's a real shame that Baird didn't get the chance of a proper farewell. I've not watched the interview yet but I hope he gets the chance to come back for the half time draw at some point in the future. Can't imagine we'll keep Grant Anderson either which would be pretty brutal given the circumstances he left before (after the Championship playoffs left to wave goodbye warming up as a sub). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true_rover Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 For me this is a key factor in killing that season for us. Vaughan was on fire and scoring for fun. Hmmm says Baz, let’s see if he can play a holding midfield roll instead. I can’t remember why that happened. I seem to recall we were short in midfield, but still. It’s not peculiar to Barry Smith. Ray McKinnon and loads of other Scottish managers seem to want to take this approach and put players in unfamiliar rolls. Not sure why. He could have been our Lawrence Shankland. In fact, he was our Lawrence Shankland. Losing the league title on the last day of the season was horrible. Vaughan hitting the post in the 89th minute is one of those moments the fan base will always remember. In summary: f**k Bazza Smith, the useless c**t.It was less that we were short in midfield, more that we were short in defence after Benedictus got injured against Ayr. Scott Robertson dropped back into centre half and Vaughan dropped into his role. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 For me the defining moment of that season was us blowing our lead at Cliftonhill in the last minute with Jason Thompson giving away a needless penalty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 14 minutes ago, Enigma said: For me the defining moment of that season was us blowing our lead at Cliftonhill in the last minute with Jason Thompson giving away a needless penalty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 3 hours ago, Enigma said: For me the defining moment of that season was us blowing our lead at Cliftonhill in the last minute with Jason Thompson giving away a needless penalty. The defining moment was hitting the post in the 89th minute of the last game of the season. I wonder what would have happened if we had got McGlynn back instead of giving the job to Barry Smith. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) Smith signed Buchanan and Spence, despite Vaughan being the better of the 3 he shoehorned him into a woefully deficient midfield rather than drop one of his signings. Classic mark of a manager that cant admit to a mistake. I often wonder where we'd be if they'd given Jack Ross the job instead of Locke. Edited June 6, 2020 by Scottydog 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 23 hours ago, Roath Raver said: Here is a (socially distant) interview with John Baird. As it is an extended interview (53 minutes) we will also be putting it out as a podcast soon. So Shaun Dennis, Laurie Ellis, John Baird and maybe Marvin Andrews are named as the only players to have had three playing spells at Raith. Am I wrong in thinking Jason Dair did so? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 31 minutes ago, Yoss said: So Shaun Dennis, Laurie Ellis, John Baird and maybe Marvin Andrews are named as the only players to have had three playing spells at Raith. Am I wrong in thinking Jason Dair did so? Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Dair 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoss Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 18 minutes ago, Zen Archer Esq. said: Yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Dair Yes he did or yes I'm wrong? I'd forgotten the third spell was only as a trialist, right enough. Maybe they discounted it for that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 Smith signed Buchanan and Spence, despite Vaughan being the better of the 3 he shoehorned him into a woefully deficient midfield rather than drop one of his signings. Classic mark of a manager that cant admit to a mistake. I often wonder where we'd be if they'd given Jack Ross the job instead of Locke.Hard to know. He could have easily been another McKinnon, taken us to the play offs then buggered off. I doubt he would have stuck around Stark’s Park any longer than he needed to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevoraith Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 The defining moment was hitting the post in the 89th minute of the last game of the season. I wonder what would have happened if we had got McGlynn back instead of giving the job to Barry Smith.I wonder more often what would have happened if we’d scored in the 89th minute and gone up as champions. How long would we have had to put up with Smiths boring football in the championship? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 7 minutes ago, Enigma said: Hard to know. He could have easily been another McKinnon, taken us to the play offs then buggered off. I doubt he would have stuck around Stark’s Park any longer than he needed to. True, but we would have been spared the Gary Locke experience. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 True, but we would have been spared the Gary Locke experience.Yes, almost no doubt we’d be in a better place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 I wonder more often what would have happened if we’d scored in the 89th minute and gone up as champions. How long would we have had to put up with Smiths boring football in the championship?He’d have been gone before Christmas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted June 6, 2020 Share Posted June 6, 2020 So Shaun Dennis, Laurie Ellis, John Baird and maybe Marvin Andrews are named as the only players to have had three playing spells at Raith. Am I wrong in thinking Jason Dair did so?Regan Hendry is in his third spell, albeit I’m not sure if we’re counting loan deals here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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