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CALDERON · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 1723 Location: Aberdeenshire

Thought we did fine yesterday to be honest.

It was a scrappy game, which was played more like a derby or cup tie. Thought Herron did as well as he could there, but playing two centre mids out wide didn't work out.

Difficult game as Ayr came to kick us off the park, and did so. The boy Adams was really lucky not to see red, red bottled it in my view.

Staggering to see Ian Mcall question another clubs professionalism, considering his telling contribution to the game is doing a jobby in someone's shoe.

Good reaction to get the equaliser, and as the game went on it became more open and it became more important not to lose the game. Sometimes it's not the worst thing to take the point and move on.

Worth noting that Ayr have averaged 3 goals a game away from home this season. I think a 1-1 draw where we were arguably the better side isn't the worst result in the world.

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embow · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 12:44 pm Post subject:

Watched our highlights and seemed a decent game given its League 1 standard in Scotland and not La Liga or wherever else.
A wee word or two for whoever is doing the editing. Thank you.
Your efforts are much appreciated. The only thing I missed slightly was the slow mo blow up of an incident like ..was it a penalty or not, or maybe handball.
Anyway, congratulations on stepping into big hard shoes to fill. Very Happy

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pinky · Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 509 Location: isle of south uist

Unexpectedly able to get to the game yesterday. Enjoyed the match although disappointed not to win. Agree with most of the other posters re performances etc but I feel I need to make comment regarding Tam’s ‘negative’ post. I agree with others who say sometimes expectations can be too high. However some of the points that Tam made were highly relevant. For a long time now there has been a lack of variety or initiative with throwing and free kicks. By and large opposition suss them out quickly. Yesterday we were slow to put a boot in to clear the ball resulting in further pressure. For a while in first half especially in defence we hung off opposing players too much. These are all things which are basic and can be addressed, no matter what level we play at. And any aspirations to be a higher league team will be defined by our ability to improve on those and other weaknesses.
I am in agreement with Tam - there is room for improvement, but accept that at the level we are at, it has to be taken in context.
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Biggles · Joined: 15 Jul 2008 Posts: 2181

Match report

https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/sport/football/raith-rovers/raith-stay-top-after-battling-draw-with-ayr-1-4660924

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embow · Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:01 pm Post subject:

You're right.
We're all miserably happy and are awaiting Armageddon any time we take to the field. If we cannae win by three clear goals playing silky soccer it's a disaster. Wink

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Burnside · Joined: 28 Apr 2012 Posts: 749 Location: East Neuk

Another strange tactic we seem to accept as normal is the keeper kicking out from a goal kick and we see 20 outfield players move over to one side of the pitch.
Let’s surprise the opposition by Smith kicking up the empty side of the park and our outfield players breaking from the pack.

Castle · Joined: 24 Jul 2010 Posts: 4940

I would imagine that tactic has been gamed in countless training sessions by countless teams over the decades. It isn't unique to Raith keepers taking goal kicks and would imagine there is a very good reason why the keeper doesn't just kick in into the empty side of the field.
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badpress139 · Joined: 19 May 2015 Posts: 2637 Location: Glenrothes

Just watched ayrs highlights of the game. Found them on YouTube, through their Twitter.

In think we got lucky in that Ayr were not awarded a penalty from a Davo challenge in the first half. It may of been soft but Davo clearly hits the player rather than the ball. We might of found it hard to come back from 2 down had then been awarded it and then scored.