Ro Sham Bo Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 The fact that the left back we are after is clearly behind the one Arbroath have just signed in the pecking order at Aberdeen isn't exactly inspiring. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComeOnYouRaith Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 12 minutes ago, R.R.FC said: The guy Arbroath signed is a left back also although he may be able to cover at centre back. He played against us at left back on Sunday. 4 minutes ago, Hadji said: He's also a left back, he played against us on Sunday. Looked a good player too. Aberdeen website article describes him as a ‘left-footed centre back’. May be that he can also fill in at left back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baillieinleeds Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 9 minutes ago, The Derry said: I see you have put in a 5 figure bid for Lee Ashcroft this week. We rejected it though. You’re very welcome to keep him. Phew!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 28 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said: The fact that the left back we are after is clearly behind the one Arbroath have just signed in the pecking order at Aberdeen isn't exactly inspiring. If Aberdeen think he's one with a future, then maybe they want to keep him close by having him train with the Aberdeen first team for some portion of the week. Whereas our mooted one can waste away in the lower leagues at his leisure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baillieinleeds Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 2 minutes ago, renton said: If Aberdeen think he's one with a future, then maybe they want to keep him close by having him train with the Aberdeen first team for some portion of the week. Whereas our mooted one can waste away in the lower leagues at his leisure. Pretty much this, Arbroath and Cove are in the right catchment for Aberdeen’s up and coming youth. So stands to reason. Those respective teams are forward thinking progressive teams too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaithRyan Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) Don’t know about others thoughts ,but I just see a left back signing as totally pointless. albeit still a bit raw, I’d rather us play Greig Young to be brutally honest. He’s looked good in some of the games he’s featured in. Edited July 28, 2022 by RaithRyan 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raith1974 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 5 minutes ago, RaithRyan said: Don’t know about others thoughts ,but I just see a left back signing as totally pointless. albeit still a bit raw, I’d rather us play Greig Young to be brutally honest. He’s looked good in some of the games he’s featured in. IM maybe has plans to play the LB if signed and the way things are going its a big if as a striker. Our priority is not a LB but at least 2 CHs and a striker. Yet again lunch time Thursday and nothing announced. His 48-72 hours is fast becoming 96 hours. Two days till our first league game and we look like starting a midfielder and LB in at CH, quality from IM and the club. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 16 minutes ago, RaithRyan said: Don’t know about others thoughts ,but I just see a left back signing as totally pointless. albeit still a bit raw, I’d rather us play Greig Young to be brutally honest. He’s looked good in some of the games he’s featured. As @renton posted earlier, Liam Dick will be our new CB. So where the hell are these signings then? 50 hours until our league campaign kicks off... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFC_Liam Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Just hope we make at least 2 signings today to give the club and fans some optimism going into the first game of the season 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Been going too long Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) He keeps on dangling a carrot with recruitment and it’s been the same story for weeks, we have lost a major player for us this week and we need a cb in for Saturday even if he isn’t his first choice, very poor from Murray and not good enough Edited July 28, 2022 by Been going too long 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/sport/football/raith-rovers-seasoned-centre-back-christophe-berra-gave-some-thoughts-before-his-retiral-was-made-public-3785165 Doesn't sound like the words of someone who was on the verge of packing it in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, Been going too long said: He keeps on dangling a carrot with recruitment and it’s been the same story for weeks, we have lost a major player for us this week and we need a cb in for Saturday even if he isn’t his first choice, very poor from Murray and not good enough "Hopefully one or two by the weekend" is his latest soundbite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFC_Liam Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said: "Hopefully one or two by the weekend" is his latest soundbite. So what it really means is nae fucker is coming in and we’ll have the tea ladies starting at CH on Saturday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 3 minutes ago, CammyDick said: if RR fans are turning their noses up at players like Ashcroft to fill the void I expect they’re going to be very disappointed. getting ideas well above your station if you think you’re above him Is he a left back? No. Midfielder? No. He'll be no use to Murray at centre back then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 If this Aberdeen 4th choice left back is signing then I will really have no words. Prior to Spencers injury we already had a very good options in midfield to pick from, and attacking midfield options in Zanatta, Ross and Connolly yet Murray goes out and signs 2 midfielders! Where as in attack we had virtually nothing doing other than Gullan and some kids... we still don't. In defence we lost 3 central defenders and a right back, a new rightback came in but no centrebacks. To complicate matters further we then lose the only available dedicated and experienced centre back we have. What is Murray's apparent reaction to this calamity? Sign another leftback! Fair fucks we only had 2 on the books anyway. My concern like some others is that we come away with nothing from Cove or at home to Dundee and straight away we are looking up at the rest of the division going onwards. If there's a manual at Starks Park on how to make a small provincial club reasonably successful then I suggest they read it from P 1 to the conclusion not backwards! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Against The Machine Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 43 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said: https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/sport/football/raith-rovers-seasoned-centre-back-christophe-berra-gave-some-thoughts-before-his-retiral-was-made-public-3785165 Doesn't sound like the words of someone who was on the verge of packing it in. That's the FFP all over, isn't it? Got a fairly milquetoast interview out of someone and then when events render it totally meaningless, they just run it anyway, basically unaltered. Anyway, it looks like today has been the first proper flurry of Premiership loan signings, I've seen a few announced on Twitter across the lower leagues, but even if we do announce Ngwenya today you'd have to say that's an underwhelming bit of progress. Again, it would really clash with Murray's "the squad's too big" comments if he pads the one position outside of the midfield where we do actually have a natural replacement. As for the totally baseless rumour about Lee Ashcroft, I haven't seen him play in a while, but he's exactly the right profile for the kind of defender we need to bring in. There can't be many centre halfs out there who are (theoretically) within our range and have 200+ appearances at Championship level and above. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 12 minutes ago, CammyDick said: if RR fans are turning their noses up at players like Ashcroft to fill the void I expect they’re going to be very disappointed. getting ideas well above your station if you think you’re above him We are not in a position to be paying transfer fees, which is the more pressing issue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhnononoGeordieMunro Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Lee Ashcroft would header his gran. Very decent Championship CB. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon43 Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 We all need to stop wetting ourselves. Let’s wait to see what happens on Saturday: if we win great; if we draw great; if we lose then we can start wetting ourselves again. In the meantime, ssssssshhhhhhh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadji Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 12 minutes ago, OhnononoGeordieMunro said: Lee Ashcroft would header his gran. Very decent Championship CB. My lasting memory of that townie Cvnt is Chris Duggan absolutely bodying him, untill he was evenitably sent off. That being said I wouldn't say no to him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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