LongTimeLurker Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Chris_the_rover said: ...We played them in the Scottish cup a couple years ago at Cliftonhill, they ran out comfortable 3-0 winners It's not clear how keen they are on promotion though so Buckie are the opponent Club 42 would likely most want to face. Spartans and Brechin City would be 100% gung ho about going for it. Edited April 9, 2023 by LongTimeLurker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawheadrover Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 On 06/04/2023 at 14:15, SlipperyP said: bye bye rovers, been swilinging the dreges for 30 years, Blimey: who taught you English? Rovers have had two title wins, three promotions, a 7-2 win v Airdrie, relegated Forfar in Coatbridge, a challenge cup semi and a Scottish cup quarter final. Yeah, really bumping around at the bottom indeed... 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawheadrover Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Just now, Shawheadrover said: Blimey: who taught you English? Rovers have had two title wins, three promotions, a 7-2 win v Airdrie, relegated Forfar in Coatbridge, a challenge cup semi and a Scottish cup quarter final. Yeah, really bumping around at the bottom indeed... Oh, and a wee win v Motherwell in the cup. Shocking. Relegate us now. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofixedability Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 36 minutes ago, Shawheadrover said: Oh, and a wee win v Motherwell in the cup. Shocking. Relegate us now. Ignore him, this Forfar fan hopes Rovers stay up, if you keep Reilly and Bevan fit ( really impressed me last week) then you have a great chance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_rover Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 On 09/04/2023 at 10:45, Shawheadrover said: relegated Forfar in Coatbridge Fun Fact, Darren Young was our manager that day, his brother Derek was playing for Forfar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternapper Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 With the latest skullduggery in the LL difficult to know what the ugly sisters will decide what to do with club 42 or league clubs in general 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 6 hours ago, peternapper said: With the latest skullduggery in the LL difficult to know what the ugly sisters will decide what to do with club 42 or league clubs in general "Albion Rovers? They come from near Glasgow. Keep them in. Stranraer? Handy for our fans coming across the water. Keep them in. Elgin City? Bunch a' teuchters. Get rid" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawheadrover Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 The whole thing is absolutely horrrendous: the bigot twins will be in League 2 soon enough. Disgusting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted May 7, 2023 Author Share Posted May 7, 2023 Updated to add Albion Rovers finishing bottom this season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted May 8, 2023 Share Posted May 8, 2023 Ain't over till the gender neutral person sings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdinburghBlue Posted May 20, 2023 Author Share Posted May 20, 2023 So the answer was Albion Rovers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Every year posters on P&B line up to proclaim "nah SPFL2 club will be too strong this year"... but that's now 4 consecutive losses, with 2 being hammerings (Berwick + Cowdenbeath) and only Albion Rovers this year within 1 goal. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RateofKnots Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 15 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Every year posters on P&B line up to proclaim "nah SPFL2 club will be too strong this year"... but that's now 4 consecutive losses, with 2 being hammerings (Berwick + Cowdenbeath) and only Albion Rovers this year within 1 goal. You realise there will come a time when that is right, though? And this year was probably the tightest in terms of ability levels. Unless you think 30+ sides are going to get flung out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 1 minute ago, RateofKnots said: You realise there will come a time when that is right, though? And this year was probably the tightest in terms of ability levels. Unless you think 30+ sides are going to get flung out. Of course but for now it does indicate an over-confidence IMO. Nobody who has come up has finished bottom either (indeed only Edinburgh City have finished below 8th IIRC). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RateofKnots Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Just now, HibeeJibee said: Of course but for now it does indicate an over-confidence IMO. Nobody who has come up has finished bottom either (indeed only Edinburgh City have finished below 8th IIRC). Over confidence maybe. I'm not sure anyone was boasting about East Stirling or Cowden, and many thought Brechin should go down for the cowardly way their committee engineered avoiding a play off. Albion got 39 points this year, had probably the Stand out player from the league and most thought (myself included) they would have enough. They came up just short, and I congratulate Spartans for the achievement. However, as Rose found out, it can be a tough gig. And just as you suggest that SPFL2 sides may be overconfident about winning play offs, Pyramid winners will eventually fall back, such is the law of averages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greendot Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 25 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Every year posters on P&B line up to proclaim "nah SPFL2 club will be too strong this year"... but that's now 4 consecutive losses, with 2 being hammerings (Berwick + Cowdenbeath) and only Albion Rovers this year within 1 goal. It's almost as if confidence plays a big part in the results. A team languishing at the foot of the table bereft of confidence fails to overcome a team at the top of a table / beating the other top of the table team flying high on confidence. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 46 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Every year posters on P&B line up to proclaim "nah SPFL2 club will be too strong this year"... but that's now 4 consecutive losses, with 2 being hammerings (Berwick + Cowdenbeath) and only Albion Rovers this year within 1 goal. Maybe I'm having severe memory issues but I doubt many people in their right mind thought Bonnyrigg wouldn't beat Cowdenbeath, Kelty wouldn't beat Brechin, and Cove wouldn't beat Berwick. I think you're completely making this up and are just a wee bit upset that the prevailing opinion was that Albion Rovers would win this one. Regardless of the result today, Albion Rovers were by far the strongest of the last four SPFL clubs to enter the play-offs. The other three were dogmeat who got bodied around League Two before they finally stopping stinking it out. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Did anyone not have Albion Rovers on the top 5 of SPFL clubs most likely to drop some time soon? With the best will to their fanbase right now, it's hardly the earth-shattering consequence of the pyramid system HJ is claiming here. Bonnyrigg will kick on if they can convert their gate revenue to squad improvement, but there's every chance that it'll be Spartans v Brechin/Fraserburgh/Tranent in 12 months time. Which is what a stabilising pyramid system is supposed to look like. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 There's also the glaringly obvious - that Cove and Kelty can't be held up as the typical example of pyramid champions going into the play-off. Both had the finances to build squads that were well beyond the level they were playing at. Bonnyrigg and Spartans are probably more representative of what we'll typically see from now on. It'll likely average out to a 50/50 split between pyramid champion and club 42. The existence of the trapdoor has definitely improved the bottom of League Two, partly because some dross has been moved out and replaced with stronger clubs. Elgin are probably the only semi-perennial strugglers left in League Two, finishing in the bottom half in 6 of the last 10 seasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWeatherFan Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 11 minutes ago, Gordon EF said: It'll likely average out to a 50/50 split between pyramid champion and club 42. The existence of the trapdoor has definitely improved the bottom of League Two, partly because some dross has been moved out and replaced with stronger clubs. While they go through 2 rounds to make it a harder comparison. I don't think 9th place in the Championship & League One have a 50/50. Both lean to relegation. You're typically looking at a part-timers having a good season v. bad season over two games. The good scraping past the bad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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