| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
Strathallan Rover
Joined: 29 Nov 2014
Posts: 611
|
 Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 6:20 pm Post subject: Raith v QoS |
 |
|
| Just incase anyone is unaware the match can be streamed for £10 by using the Raith TV option on the website. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Heilan Rover
Joined: 24 Dec 2018
Posts: 534
Location: Lorient
|
| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 5:12 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Looking forward to tonight's Game. The team looked sharp enough on the RTV highlights against Dunbar, but tonight QOS will be a tougher test.
I am looking forward to seeing the new guys settle in with the existing squad and I am very interested to see the Manager's new style of attacking football taking shape. It will also be good to see Dave McKay play at Starks Park again, and I hope our fans give him a good welcome and send off. I don't think I can be alone in thinking he maybe should have still been pulling on a Rover's shirt tonight? I genuinely believe he would have come on leaps and bounds playing alongside the likes of Berra?
Interesting times lie ahead for our team, and hopefully for all the right reasons this season. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Crazy Englishman
Joined: 12 Jul 2008
Posts: 6534
Location: sunny varna on the black sea coast
|
| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 8:36 pm Post subject: |
|
|
aq very poor first half for the rovers
_________________
now enjoying my fishing time, at peace with nature. but being a avid radio ham my global contacts have increased. any hams around call me lz2csk on 14200 or their aboyuts |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Crazy Englishman
Joined: 12 Jul 2008
Posts: 6534
Location: sunny varna on the black sea coast
|
| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:36 pm Post subject: |
|
|
pathetic
_________________
now enjoying my fishing time, at peace with nature. but being a avid radio ham my global contacts have increased. any hams around call me lz2csk on 14200 or their aboyuts |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Strathallan Rover
Joined: 29 Nov 2014
Posts: 611
|
| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| I didn't attend tonight, can't be bothered with friendlies. However, we need to accept we are at least four players short, two defenders and two strikers. It's all match fitness and results shouldn't be taken seriously. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Burnside
Joined: 28 Apr 2012
Posts: 738
Location: East Neuk
|
| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:02 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| No more players in from Seaside Leagues please. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
badpress139
Joined: 19 May 2015
Posts: 2395
Location: Glenrothes
|
| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:28 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Friendlies for me are about getting minutes into players legs. I never take anything else from them. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Neil M
Joined: 16 Aug 2008
Posts: 2479
Location: Aberdeen
|
| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:40 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Burnside wrote: | | No more players in from Seaside Leagues please. |
Agree completely! They may be very good, in context, but tonight put that context into perspective. They may well improve with the right team in place. That might include one or two players who would not look out-of-place in the Premiership.
The last while has felt almost dream-like - the assertions, the vision, the signings and then the Dunbar result. Tonight was a big come-down - a reality check. Losing to a relegated side that we thrashed in a cup final a few months ago is not too a good sign, in the moment, but the team IS still very much a work in progress.
Anyway, kudos to IM, not just for arranging friendlies in the first place, but also for doing everything he can to iron out any weak-patterns, before it even matters that much. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Gary Parker
Moderator
Joined: 06 Jul 2008
Posts: 1778
Location: About half way between the place I was and the place I intend to be
|
| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:20 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Feel like we learned a lot tonight about the team and players. Easton is very good with the ball at his feet but very wasteful with passes. A few times he hammered the ball at a team mate putting them under pressure that wasn't needed. Brown looks tidy, presses well and likes a tackle. Millen is again good on the ball, but isn't quick. Ross looked way off the pace first half, a half yard short but came onto a game in the second half whilst Zanatta was almost like playing with a man short for the majority of the game. Every touch from him feels lazy, we need to get the best out of him consistently.
I felt for Gullan, four or five times he pulled away from his marker and made a great run only for his team mates to not even bother to find him.
From the subs, the triallist looked busy but very raw, he's a young lad though so if we sign him, he's one to work on, not one to depend on. Mitchell and Arnott look good though, need them to push on this year, same with Greig Young, absolutely night and day since his debut in last season's friendlies. Masson looked comfortable but he's almost as tall as Connolly which is not great for a centre half.
Disappointments for me were Berra and Dick, slow, disjointed and just not a pairing we can rely on and Stanton who just looked off it, poor decision making most of the game. Sooner we have Brad back, the better.
There are positives to take, there is work to be done, I'm not worried. We won't go down but we won't be pushing to go up either right now. We need a centre half in to compete and improve the back line, ideally someone with pace and comfortable to play either left or right in the back line.
I don't understand however, why we had a triallist on the bench and didn't give him minutes to see how he fits in during a game. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
CALDERON
Joined: 14 Jul 2008
Posts: 1717
Location: Aberdeenshire
|
| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:52 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Burnside wrote: | | No more players in from Seaside Leagues please. |
The two players signed from the "Seaside League" were absolutely fine last night, Brown probably being the standout.
Its a glorified training session, that highlighted what we already knew. We have nothing up top (sticking a No 9 on Gullan's back and hoping for the best wont cut it) and we need strengthening at the back.
The season doesn't really start for another month, zero need to panic. I'd like to see some signings come in quickly, but at the same token, if you sign players for the sake of it you end up with the likes of BRS or Mendy. Happy to trust the manager.
Mitchell looked very useful when he came on, hopefully this manager will give him more game time than the last - as he has impressed me every time he played. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
CALDERON
Joined: 14 Jul 2008
Posts: 1717
Location: Aberdeenshire
|
| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 9:53 am Post subject: |
|
|
| Neil M wrote: | | Burnside wrote: | | No more players in from Seaside Leagues please. |
Agree completely! They may be very good, in context, but tonight put that context into perspective. They may well improve with the right team in place. That might include one or two players who would not look out-of-place in the Premiership.
The last while has felt almost dream-like - the assertions, the vision, the signings and then the Dunbar result. Tonight was a big come-down - a reality check. Losing to a relegated side that we thrashed in a cup final a few months ago is not too a good sign, in the moment, but the team IS still very much a work in progress.
Anyway, kudos to IM, not just for arranging friendlies in the first place, but also for doing everything he can to iron out any weak-patterns, before it even matters that much. |
What did last night put into context about the 2 players signed from "the Seaside League"
The players who stood out as being poor were largely those already here last season. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Northern_Rover
Joined: 15 Jul 2008
Posts: 2673
Location: Granite City
|
| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:04 am Post subject: |
|
|
I didn't watch or follow the game last night. I've seen enough pre season matches to know that either way they tend to mean hee haw in the grand scheme of how the season ahead shapes up. Equally given the experimental nature of these games they should be free to supporters at the game and online.
However I could have foreseen we'd be inadequate in defence having let Frankie, Dave Mackay and Bene go and replaced them with a pairing of Dick and Berra. Presumably Ian Murray has a grand plan in place yet to materialise because that ain't it.
Up front the no.9 squad number will never make Gullan a main striker.
All the inadequacies we all know about appeared to have been exposed last night.
Hoping for quite a bit of positive signing news in due course. Three weeks into pre season with two games behind us and an understrength squad is making me a bit twitchy. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Neil M
Joined: 16 Aug 2008
Posts: 2479
Location: Aberdeen
|
| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:48 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| CALDERON wrote: | | Neil M wrote: | | Burnside wrote: | | No more players in from Seaside Leagues please. |
Agree completely! They may be very good, in context, but tonight put that context into perspective. They may well improve with the right team in place. That might include one or two players who would not look out-of-place in the Premiership.
The last while has felt almost dream-like - the assertions, the vision, the signings and then the Dunbar result. Tonight was a big come-down - a reality check. Losing to a relegated side that we thrashed in a cup final a few months ago is not too a good sign, in the moment, but the team IS still very much a work in progress.
Anyway, kudos to IM, not just for arranging friendlies in the first place, but also for doing everything he can to iron out any weak-patterns, before it even matters that much. |
What did last night put into context about the 2 players signed from "the Seaside League"
The players who stood out as being poor were largely those already here last season. |
What I mean about context is that a few of us, including myself, were inspired by the moves in the Dunbar game. Last night put that into perspective - losing at home against a League 1 side. Nobody on the pitch could turn it around. I am not saying Brown, Brody and Easton were they culprits. They will improve. I would like to see Brody signed. I am saying that we will also need some new players, experienced at the level we are aiming for, not just entirely players making the step up from the lower leagues. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Vinnie
Joined: 12 Jul 2008
Posts: 7997
Location: None Of Your Business
|
| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Northern_Rover wrote: | I didn't watch or follow the game last night. I've seen enough pre season matches to know that either way they tend to mean hee haw in the grand scheme of how the season ahead shapes up. Equally given the experimental nature of these games they should be free to supporters at the game and online.
However I could have foreseen we'd be inadequate in defence having let Frankie, Dave Mackay and Bene go and replaced them with a pairing of Dick and Berra. Presumably Ian Murray has a grand plan in place yet to materialise because that ain't it.
Up front the no.9 squad number will never make Gullan a main striker.
All the inadequacies we all know about appeared to have been exposed last night.
Hoping for quite a bit of positive signing news in due course. Three weeks into pre season with two games behind us and an understrength squad is making me a bit twitchy. |
Very much all of this
Believe one of the trialist on the bench didnt even get on
Dont get that
_________________
THERES FIVE OF ME |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
spot on
Joined: 15 Jun 2015
Posts: 370
|
| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2022 1:59 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| Neil M wrote: | | CALDERON wrote: | | Neil M wrote: | | Burnside wrote: | | No more players in from Seaside Leagues please. |
Agree completely! They may be very good, in context, but tonight put that context into perspective. They may well improve with the right team in place. That might include one or two players who would not look out-of-place in the Premiership.
The last while has felt almost dream-like - the assertions, the vision, the signings and then the Dunbar result. Tonight was a big come-down - a reality check. Losing to a relegated side that we thrashed in a cup final a few months ago is not too a good sign, in the moment, but the team IS still very much a work in progress.
Anyway, kudos to IM, not just for arranging friendlies in the first place, but also for doing everything he can to iron out any weak-patterns, before it even matters that much. |
What did last night put into context about the 2 players signed from "the Seaside League"
The players who stood out as being poor were largely those already here last season. |
What I mean about context is that a few of us, including myself, were inspired by the moves in the Dunbar game. Last night put that into perspective - losing at home against a League 1 side. Nobody on the pitch could turn it around. I am not saying Brown, Brody and Easton were they culprits. They will improve. I would like to see Brody signed. I am saying that we will also need some new players, experienced at the level we are aiming for, not just entirely players making the step up from the lower leagues. |
A bit rough to bring Brody into it, he wasn’t even stripped last night🤷🏻♂️
_________________
Davie McGurn gone but never forgotten! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
