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scotty · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 8905 Location: Almost Dysart.

Nice to see Ewan Murray still has his tried and trusted backing off at speed move down pat.
Really hope neither Varian nor Zanatta's injuries are too serious.

All of that should do wonders for our confidence.
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RealNotFizz · Joined: 28 Jun 2010 Posts: 1363 Location: Kirkcaldy

So if the final will be on the 2nd of April, does anyone know what the kick off time will be and if it will be live on BBC Alba?

Reason being, I'll be in London that weekend and already have a pretty full schedule for that day. Is BBC Alba available on BBC iPlayer from England?

Also, if RaithTV are allowed to do commentary, will that be available from England?

Oh, and excellent result tonight. Rode our luck on occasion, but deserved the win due to our tenacity overall I think.

Raith2020 · Joined: 02 Jul 2021 Posts: 117

Great to get any sort of a win - let’s hope the lads kick on from here 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Now, I got bit of an issue with John tonight.
He has a player on the pitch who has never missed a penalty in his professional career, who tonight picked the ball up to take the penalty and Bene told him to take it only for the order to come from the bench telling them that Bene is to take the penalty.
Talk about killing players confidence.
He moans that strikers are not scoring enough which they are not but when striker wants to take the penalty he doesn’t let him 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️
If Matej took that penalty he would’ve also scored that chance that he had in the last minute - you can tell his confidence is dropping.
Runt over!

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Castle · Joined: 24 Jul 2010 Posts: 4774

Hopefully they play the game on the Saturday. Even a 17:30 on a Saturday kick off is preferable to a Sunday at 16:00 in my opinion.
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Specky Ginger · Joined: 16 Jun 2012 Posts: 4100 Location: Dysart

I reckon Saturday tea time is the most likely.
I'm sure it was to be at that time two years ago.
Airdrie are away that weekend, so I'd reckon it's a decent shout for a venue.
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stan drew rover · Joined: 05 Jun 2017 Posts: 773 Location: Work it out!

Back to last night's match. Not having been there, my view was limited to what TV screen provided, so at the time, I thought Killie's penalty was soft and ours even softer. Having seen the incidents now from the other side of the ground, courtesy of RaithTV, both look to have been fairly clear-cut correct decisions.

On overall play, many of our players seemed to have their 'mojo' back - although we took risks playing such a high line at the back and, on another day, could have been made to pay for lack of pace 3 or 4 times. It was in midfield where we seemed to take control, for most of the game at least. And up front, we saw what an asset Varian can be when our team mixes it up a bit, and gets the ball forward more quickly some of the time. It took a while to adjust when Poplatnik took Varian's place early in the second half, but when Ross then joined the game, these two changes going forward meant that we got control back for the last quarter.

Let's hope we can make our re-found confidence count in the next nine league games. Well, at least on Saturday vs Ayr, to be going on with....

Gary Parker · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 11:25 am Post subject:

Great result and brilliant to come back from a goal down. Well done to the team. Great to see Arnott get his first goal.

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CALDERON · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 1714 Location: Aberdeenshire

The difference Varian has made in the past few weeks has been huge, certainly compared to Gullan chasing shadows. He isn't the answer to the goals, but unsettles defenders and creates openings for others.

Gary Parker · Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2022 12:32 pm Post subject:

wellyboot · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 2203 Location: Aberdeenshire

Varian harries and hassles but needs someone alongside him to convert those chances he creates. Gullan or Pops in two up front could reap rewards