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wellyboot · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 2088 Location: Aberdeenshire

Home tie to Stirling Albion. After the performance against Peterhead I’m hoping for more of the same. Quick tempo and high press should give us a comfortable home win.

Gary Parker · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 10:03 am Post subject:

I'd like more of the same from Wednesday as well, 6 points from two home games sets us up well given the results from the rest of the group with away games to come next week. Hopefully we'll see the same line up and hopefully Arnott back on the bench alongside Zanatta now he's served his suspension.

Great that streaming of the games are allowed for the group stages, but I wonder if the price of £10 is good reason for people to just stay home and watch for cheaper than attending?

bistogravy · Joined: 27 Jan 2022 Posts: 65 Location: Glenrothes

is there pay at the gate? i have a homer tomorrow but will hopefully be finished in time to get down to Starks for the game
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happy days · Joined: 07 Mar 2022 Posts: 203 Location: Kirkcaldy

Ticket only I think if your earlyish you should manage to buy one from the office or do it online just now.

bistogravy · Joined: 27 Jan 2022 Posts: 65 Location: Glenrothes

cheers
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happy days · Joined: 07 Mar 2022 Posts: 203 Location: Kirkcaldy

Looks like we have no new signings for today might get one or two for mid-week or next Sunday we wait in patience.

Castle · Joined: 24 Jul 2010 Posts: 4739

Another hefty win today would be good. Keep our attacking players full of confidence. Last home game for three weeks so would be nice to see a crowd over 1300.
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Armagh Rover · Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 5399 Location: Nottinghamshire

I can see us conceeding a goal today with the chances Stirling are getting

And right on cue we score to steady the ship

Armagh Rover · Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 5399 Location: Nottinghamshire

Thats been coming, maybe the wake up call required

Heilan Rover · Joined: 24 Dec 2018 Posts: 435 Location: Lorient

Not a great first half. Stirling pressing high has put a bit of pressure on both our midfield and defence.

Maybe just the way the game is being played, but Dario is having a very quiet game? Very different to young Mitchell last week.

Connolly's goal was really well taken.

The referee is utterly terrible.

COYR for the second half.

Gary Parker · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2022 3:58 pm Post subject:

Quite possibly the worst refereeing performance for a long time today. No pass marks for the team today, too slow, unable to pass the ball quickly all game and clueless forward play at times. While Easton is good in spells, he was poor throughout but not aided by poor movement around him. Again the defence weren't really troubled for the majority, a few long balls and a bit of switching off hoping for a foul at the goal aside.

The ref though, a red card that wasn't and a few bookings that should have been alongside some general "I'm the main attraction, look at me" moments, has to be reviewed and reprimanded for that.

StarksBarmy · Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 3706

Back down to Earth with a bump.

Hope we are moving forward quickly on the recruitment front

embow · Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2022 4:27 pm Post subject:

A really big wake up call.
We've a long way to go but results like this are better out of the system this early in the season.
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Cuparman · Joined: 12 Jul 2008 Posts: 1557 Location: Irvine

Funny how we view things differently.
Whilst it was not as good as Wednesday, this was a far stronger Team we were up against and physically a lot bigger.
I thought we played the first half very much in the same style as we did against Peterhead, we however did not make the most of our chances.
We past and moved well throughout I thought. The difference however was in the failing to convert our opportunities.

We never seamed to have the clinical edge today.
I still thought we played well though. The effort from the players was good to see and the work rate was good.

We had a lot of possession in the first half and the team were always looking to move the ball on......not sideways.

I thought we also had the best of the second half. The binos’s created very little in the way of chances.
Lastly, the Referee was, pretty poor. Many mistakes And I would hazard a guess that the linesmen were briefed to leave “ fouls” up to him alone.

One final point to which I don’t know the answer.......did we choose the end to take penalties and they were given the choice to take first or second shots.

The reason I mention this as most teams nowadays opt to shoot first if they have the choice.

The reason is statistically that 60% of shootouts are won by the team goes first. This was a large talking point prior to the last euros. All to do with going second invites more pressure. Also, the advice to takers was after the Ref blows, that the shooter should take 5 to10 seconds to compose themselves before starting the run up.

Lastly.......the last two matches on Raith tv have been poor picture quality.

Seamed like picture often went out of focus to the point we couldn’t read team sheets/ subs. Also the picture was a fraction “jumpy” as opposed to smooth.

We have same telly as last year......wondering is it something wrong our end or raith tv end?
Anyone else effected? Crying or Very sad

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CALDERON · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 1704 Location: Aberdeenshire

Didn't learn anything today we didn't already know. We are in real need of an actual centre forward.

No need to panic though.