The New Raith Rovers Thread

[St. Starko]

Was signed on loan for a month to play in the Kidderminster first team and ended up playing just 64 minutes of competitive football on 12th March and didn't play again.

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Albeit, he did feature for Northampton for 45 mins in a friendly against St Mirren and 30 mins against Dundee United this summer. Can only assume he played well enough in those two short appearances for Murray to be convinced to hand a one year deal to him.

Full pre season or not, I'm not sure I'd want to chuck him into the starting line up against Cove though.

Edited July 29, 2022 by St. Starko

[RRFC_Liam]

9 minutes ago, St. Starko said:

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Right? He just came back from a long injury and he was never going to be upto speed in a short space of time, now he’s had a pre season and had a fitness build let’s see how he does for us 

[TxRover]

8 hours ago, Rovers_Lad said:

You must be one of the most negative posters on this thread.Your time seem to be spent crticising/picking faults

Hardly.

[Varna Rover]

is a striker to sign today7???? i hope so then we are hopefully complete to compete this term

[mealsonwheels]

21 minutes ago, Varna Rover said:

is a striker to sign today7???? i hope so then we are hopefully complete to compete this term

I believe so

[CountryBumpkin]

20 minutes ago, Varna Rover said:

is a striker to sign today7???? i hope so then we are hopefully complete to compete this term

I think we're still one natural centre half away from being complete but there is still a whole loan window to go 

[Jilted John]

39 minutes ago, Varna Rover said:

is a striker to sign today7???? i hope so then we are hopefully complete to compete this term

Someone on loan from Killie who Murray had at Airdrie apparently 

[Raith_Raver]

12 hours ago, Graeme57 said:

Young is one for the future get him in the team now 

[Been going too long]

46 minutes ago, Jilted John said:

Someone on loan from Killie who Murray had at Airdrie apparently 

Kyle Connell, scored 8 for a struggling east fife team last season on loan with a couple of good finishes, definitely got potential 

[Scary Bear]

10 hours ago, Ro Sham Bo said:

I've tried to look into his record a bit online. He got put out on loan to Kidderminster in March. He started the first match after he signed but was taken off after about an hour. After that he struggled to even make the bench, only being listed once and even then he was an unused sub. 

From that, to Raith Rovers saviour.

4 Championship level centre backs with plenty appearances out. 1 in who is unproven at Championship level with no appearances. 

You can tell we are so desperate for signing news that any signings seem like excellent news. Hopefully this guy is good enough and can stay injury free.

 

 

[Broken Algorithms]

Craig Cairns of the Courier saying it'll be Kyle Connell from Killie on loan.  Worked with Murray before. 

[Against The Machine]

Eight goals in 27 league games last season. Doesn't scream "worldbeater" but it's only one fewer than our two main strikers managed between them last year, and in a team that was relegated. 

With any luck, he can be the finisher we've badly lacked. 

[raith1974]

It's great to see some signings but I have to question the quality of players offered to the club if the best we can get is a 4th choice left back, a centre half no one has heard of and a striker that was last season on loan at East Fife. Hopefully they work out but I get the distinct feeling we are in for a long season.

Was hoping the rumour of Rooney was true maybe in his 30s but scores goals. Was hoping we would still try and get Ashcroft been there and done it at this level and higher. 

[CountryBumpkin]

7 minutes ago, raith1974 said:

It's great to see some signings but I have to question the quality of players offered to the club if the best we can get is a 4th choice left back, a centre half no one has heard of and a striker that was last season on loan at East Fife. Hopefully they work out but I get the distinct feeling we are in for a long season.

Was hoping the rumour of Rooney was true maybe in his 30s but scores goals. Was hoping we would still try and get Ashcroft been there and done it at this level and higher. 

The same Adam Rooney who scored 13 goals in the last two seasons for Solihull Moors? I'd have preferred us to make a bid for his strike partner Andrew Dallas, but he'd cost actual money.  I'm fine with the left back if he adds something that neither Dick or Young can offer right now, same at centre half. The last i'd seen of Ashcroft, you'd be better off dropping a traffic cone on the 18 yard line and putting a shirt on it, it would still hold a better line. 

[Been going too long]

5 minutes ago, CountryBumpkin said:

The same Adam Rooney who scored 13 goals in the last two seasons for Solihull Moors? I'd have preferred us to make a bid for his strike partner Andrew Dallas, but he'd cost actual money.  I'm fine with the left back if he adds something that neither Dick or Young can offer right now, same at centre half. The last i'd seen of Ashcroft, you'd be better off dropping a traffic cone on the 18 yard line and putting a shirt on it, it would still hold a better line. 

The signing especially of Nolan does reek a bit of BRS, hopefully the guy has just had a run of bad luck and will in time get up to speed, think it will be a back line of millen, brown, dick  and ngwenya on Saturday and Nolan on the bench , connell if true looks ok tbh and is young with potential to improve but these signings of everyone is honest are plan B or C and definitely not first choices 

[renton]

15 minutes ago, raith1974 said:

It's great to see some signings but I have to question the quality of players offered to the club if the best we can get is a 4th choice left back, a centre half no one has heard of and a striker that was last season on loan at East Fife. Hopefully they work out but I get the distinct feeling we are in for a long season.

Was hoping the rumour of Rooney was true maybe in his 30s but scores goals. Was hoping we would still try and get Ashcroft been there and done it at this level and higher. 

4th choice at Aberdeen, 19 years old and rated by his parent club with even an international cap.

A centre back that no one has heard of but at least had previously shown good promise at youth level.

A striker who was on loan at EF, who were struggling and got relegated but he still managed a 1 in 3 return.

You aren't wrong that we are signing relative unknowns. That isn't necessarily the same as saying we are signing terrible players. Let's face it, we've been let down a good number of times by better kent faces than that.

There has been very few high profile signings at our level this year. I suspect that might add a degree of unpredictability to various team performances.

[Been going too long]

3 minutes ago, renton said:

4th choice at Aberdeen, 19 years old and rated by his parent club with even an international cap.

A centre back that no one has heard of but at least had previously shown good promise at youth level.

A striker who was on loan at EF, who were struggling and got relegated but he still managed a 1 in 3 return.

You aren't wrong that we are signing relative unknowns. That isn't necessarily the same as saying we are signing terrible players. Let's face it, we've been let down a good number of times by better kent faces than that.

There has been very few high profile signings at our level this year. I suspect that might add a degree of unpredictability to various team performances.

Can only hope so and your right about previous signings keatings cough cough . On paper the players aren’t upgrades but hopefully tomorrow we show what we are about at cove, despite them driving me mad all week or so wish I was going but unfortunately working , can’t wait for Dundee at home thou 

[RRFC_Liam]

Let’s give both players a chance to kick a baw for us before judging them this fan base does it all the time judge players before they’ve played a game for us 

[RRFC_Liam]

4 minutes ago, Been going too long said:

Can only hope so and your right about previous signings keatings cough cough . On paper the players aren’t upgrades but hopefully tomorrow we show what we are about at cove, despite them driving me mad all week or so wish I was going but unfortunately working , can’t wait for Dundee at home thou 

We do need another CH to play alongside Nolan preferably before the dundee game (I mean a proper CH) No of this square pegs round holes pish like Brown or Dick at CH 

[renton]

4 minutes ago, Been going too long said:

Can only hope so and your right about previous signings keatings cough cough . On paper the players aren’t upgrades but hopefully tomorrow we show what we are about at cove, despite them driving me mad all week or so wish I was going but unfortunately working , can’t wait for Dundee at home thou 

I suspect with the way Murray wants to play that someone like Nolan would appeal If he's more used to playing the ball out through the back than someone who has 15 years experience of defending an 18 yard line.

End of the day, I think it's more that Murray has a particular way he wants to play and has struggled to find the right guys to fill those slots than it is, simple blind panic. My opinion on this is subject to change based on how poor we are tomorrow, obviously 

But in theory at least, an aggressive high pressing, direct Rovers team should be something good to watch, distinct in its own way from McGlynn's expansive, open abd possession based side.