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Post by fergie on Feb 3, 2024 18:40:28 GMT
Neil summed it up well , Poor game, baltic and money wasted attending the match . Another public park and the grass looked like it hadn't been cut for some time. They were up for the game from the kick off and we looked like we didn't want to be there . Rovers treated the game like the meaningless cup tie it was. Fagan,Joseph and Reidy were rested. Fagan and Joseph came on second half. Only plus point Bright scored two and got 90 mins. Arnie and Scott Dunn had bad games in defence and Duncan and McMahon are too small and lightweight in Midfield. Rovers struggled to keep possesion. Big changes will need to be made to the squad in the summer as the current one will never get us promoted. Glad to be home with heating on . Have a great night guys.
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Post by arfcdm on Feb 3, 2024 21:18:06 GMT
Neil summed it up well , Poor game, baltic and money wasted attending the match . Another public park and the grass looked like it hadn't been cut for some time. They were up for the game from the kick off and we looked like we didn't want to be there . Rovers treated the game like the meaningless cup tie it was. Fagan,Joseph and Reidy were rested. Fagan and Joseph came on second half. Only plus point Bright scored two and got 90 mins. Arnie and Scott Dunn had bad games in defence and Duncan and McMahon are too small and lightweight in Midfield. Rovers struggled to keep possesion. Big changes will need to be made to the squad in the summer as the current one will never get us promoted. Glad to be home with heating on . Have a great night guys. Glad I was working
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Post by chris on Feb 3, 2024 21:27:18 GMT
I don't understand where this idea that this cup was pointless comes from
It was a winnable tournament
If people think concentrating on the league is the priority they need a reality check. We aren't going to do anything in the league, we will struggle to finish in the top 8.
In the league there is no difference between 2nd and 17th, not even more prize money.
Correct there is no prize money for the league cup but at least you get a trophy for winning it. It's 4 wins in this cup to win it.
But yeah hey ho, let's make sure we concentrate on finishing 10th
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Post by fergie on Feb 3, 2024 22:11:06 GMT
I don't understand where this idea that this cup was pointless comes from It was a winnable tournament. If people think concentrating on the league is the priority they need a reality check. We aren't going to do anything in the league, we will struggle to finish in the top 8. In the league there is no difference between 2nd and 17th, not even more prize money. Correct there is no prize money for the league cup but at least you get a trophy for winning it. It's 4 wins in this cup to win it. But yeah hey ho, let's make sure we concentrate on finishing 10th Sandy said after the gala game in an interview that today's cup wasn't an important as some other cups Chris and I agree with him. I have just watched his interview from today and he said he rested players with an eye on this Tuesday's league game. The lowland league cup isn't important to me and i'm sure there are a few others who agree with me. Espcially a lor of regulars who didn't attend today. The cup we got knocked out by Kilwinning Rangers .the winnrers only get £1500. It's too many games mate and we won't be won't be winning silvirware anytime soon with that squad.
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Post by Prof on Feb 3, 2024 22:17:20 GMT
Agree, very disappointing performance today, especially after last Week.
Anyway, big thanks to everyone who travelled on the Millers Luxury 29-Seater today.
Onwards to Dumbarton!!!!
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Post by arfcdm on Feb 3, 2024 22:19:04 GMT
Can barely win a game never mind silverware
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Post by sam on Feb 3, 2024 22:52:31 GMT
I’m with Chris. I don’t get this ‘it’s not important’ even if it is a Mickey Mouse cup we would be crowing about it if we won it. Confidence is everything in football so I’m afraid that inept performance today wouldn’t have done anyone’s confidence any good. The chances of getting out of this league disappeared early on so the only real chance of glory was the Mickey Mouse stuff
If we learned anything today it was that Scott Dunn and Arnie cannot play together as centre backs and, if we needed to be shown, Michael Paton is not someone who you would play wide right. Also If it was considered to be ‘meaningless by the management then why was the new lad not given a start rather than getting brought on when the damage was done or start our ‘replacement keeper’ assuming we have one.
Can only hope this selective performance will be forgotten when we ‘blitz’ BSC into oblivion on Tuesday night….
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Post by jordancampbell on Feb 3, 2024 23:04:32 GMT
A really difficult afternoon in horrendous conditions and on an awkward surface.
It was really nice to be there “just as a fan” for the first time in over three years. I felt for the boys, there was no lack of effort, but the Strollers clearly knew how to play in the conditions and on that surface.
The Lowland League Cup offers no serious financial incentives and finishing as high up the table as possible come the Spring should be the main focus. Sandy is an experienced coach and, during my time working with him as a member of the Board, I was astounded at just how good he is as a man manager. There’s no doubt in my mind he is the man to take the Club forward (and upwards!)
With a full summer to rebuild, and with a new scout already recruited to identify key targets, I am hopeful we’ll start to see tangible progress in the coming months and over the course of the year.
This was never going to be a quick fix.
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Post by fergie on Feb 3, 2024 23:20:11 GMT
I’m with Chris. I don’t get this ‘it’s not important’ even if it is a Mickey Mouse cup we would be crowing about it if we won it. Confidence is everything in football so I’m afraid that inept performance today wouldn’t have done anyone’s confidence any good. The chances of getting out of this league disappeared early on so the only real chance of glory was the Mickey Mouse stuff If we learned anything today it was that Scott Dunn and Arnie cannot play together as centre backs and, if we needed to be shown, Michael Paton is not someone who you would play wide right. Also If it was considered to be ‘meaningless by the management then why was the new lad not given a start rather than getting brought on when the damage was done or start our ‘replacement keeper’ assuming we have one. Can only hope this selective performance will be forgotten when we ‘blitz’ BSC into oblivion on Tuesday night…. Just to clarify , getting back into the second divion in my opinion should be our priority and i do realise it might take a wee while to do it but it should be our priority in the next few seaons, I think the scottish cup and league cups are important as we can always get a decent draw in them but the others as Jordan rightly said in his post ,have litlle finacial reward. I agree with you Sam about all 3 players you mentioned.
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Post by chris on Feb 4, 2024 0:04:41 GMT
The spfl league cup and spfl challenge cups we don't go in next season. So those cups are gone and
The south challenge cup and lowland league cup we have a genuine chance to win,
It's about watching rovers win a cup.
We genuinely don't get anything extra for finishing 8th compared to 15th
So we either go for it in 4 cup games and win a cup, no matter how small a cup it is
or we go for it in the league and get the glory and memorable finish of 9th rather than 11th, with no cup at the end
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Post by tommysermanni on Feb 4, 2024 8:32:15 GMT
100% agree with Chris.This is a competition we should have been trying to progress in.
The league was over for Rovers last September.
It's been a turgid season and progress in a Cup(any cup),would have given the fans some respite.
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Post by arfcdm on Feb 4, 2024 9:59:44 GMT
I think there's a balance to all this. At the start of the season I doubt anyone would have wanted the LL cup to have been the main focus of the season.
However with our 'attempts' in the league and more meaningful cups this was something that may have led to at least a day to celebrate something but it seems we downed tools yesterday also confirming the season is now 100% finished.
Like fergie said we need to be making serious attempts this time to at least look like we want to challenge for a league next year. Deep down I think it's probably fanciful but personally I think we need tonnes more hope than what's been dished up this year.
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Post by k70 on Feb 4, 2024 11:13:49 GMT
Get used to it. ARFC.....Also Ran Football Club.
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Post by fergie on Feb 4, 2024 14:49:05 GMT
Sorry didn't mean to upset anyone with my comments last night about the lowland league cup not being important to me. Of course every cup is important and I for one would be delighted if we won a cup in the next few years to add to the others I have been lucky enough to see us winning in my lifetime. My earliest memory as a young rovers fan was winning the 1986/87 Lanarkshire cup amd even though there was only 4 teams in it, it felt extremely important at the time and i was over the moon. Then we went on to win the league in 89 and of course in more recent times, with the play off win under Paul Martin at Anann to clinch promotion and the champinoship a few years later with Darren Young and Sandy. These were all great occasions which will live long in the memory.
All I was meaning was I don't want to see us stuck in the lowland league forever. And if the lowland league cup was so important to Sandy and he really wanted to win yesterday then he wouldn't have rested Reidy, Fagan and Niyah for the match. I thought we sat very deep in the first half yesterday for a team that wanted to win a trophy and strollers were far more up for the game in that first half. We improved in the second half but the damage was done in the first 45. Hopefully next season we will be better in all competitions. Onwards and Upwards!
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Post by Rovergrant on Feb 4, 2024 14:55:40 GMT
Get used to it. ARFC.....Also Ran Football Club. Sadly I think you are right......been down hill all the way since our last season in League One
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