Phuckin gutted. RR were poor but we paid the price once again despite being the better team - possession counts for feck all.
Tbf Murray had no choice but to change it, they were stinking for 25 mins second half, sure the subbie that scored only came on cause of an injury.
In the case of Docherty though, how can you rely on a guy that is never fit? If it was a recurring injury you might be able to get to the root of it, but if it is series of injuries, then it starts to become a wider/Peter Pawlett issue. Harsh as it sounds, if Docherty had been on a one year deal, I'd seriously consider consider cutting our losses in the summer if it was to continue.
I dont think Raith were stinking for that 25 minutes, they just sat in and soaked everything up until all their subs were on. By that time, we were suckered in and Raith just upped their game while we waited far too long to make any changes. One of those changes, Greive, is he really a footballer?
However, while times are unstable just now, there is no need to change the manager, and certainly no need to threaten us with fecking Lennon!
One of the best posts after the match, summed it up
RR jammy again, offside goal, wonderstrike, woeful pitch, we still dominated, especially second half, they didn't really do any more after the subs, a couple corners and a free kick that was it, we were not clinical enough and that is what ultimately cost us, definitely not a game we deserved to lose
We just need to use it as motivation to get back on track, then give them an overdue beating at Tannadice, when they won in Dec they were in a better position than they are now, 5 pts ahead albeit with a game more played
I don't put much notice onto possession statistics, it's what you do with the ball that counts but if you're going to quote statistics to put a better look on a piss poor performance at least get them right. I agree about the offside goal and the wonder strike but the possession was 48% RR 52% us, both teams had five shots each on target. We had more off target but a fat f*ckin' lot of good that is. The only plus point from tonight is that Raith are honking too and that we'll probably fall over the line to the title but if we want to be better sure then get shot of that charlatan Goodwin now and appoint someone, anyone who can read a game and sort out tactics.
I did not think there was that much in it , united few really good chances so did they overall, prob united couple more, still for me launch ball in box hope for the best few them, imp, 20 mins to go JG take the draw RR thought we can sneak this.. still not convinced JG never was ever right man, he be here the end of the season at least no matter what. JG is not very good at the tacticts to say the least.
I disagree, thought they were poor, I don't think this any great masterplan like at Tannadice when they sat in with a clear game plan, they were just humping the ball up the park and giving possesion away cheaply tonight, they soaked up our pressure because we weren't doing anything with it. I don't know what the changes should have been tonight, sometimes they are obvious, but it felt about 15-20 mins into 2nd half we had to drive home that dominance, show some urgency, be more direct, lost count of the amount of times we broke puprosefully, Watt mostly, then ran out of ideas, and just passed it out wide to Middleton. Maybe change the players around on the park or put someone in the hole like Cudjoe that can unlock a defence.
Moult was knackered so Grieve was obvious replacement if like for like, as he has some enerrgy (not much skill by the looks of it), Wetherspoon I'm assuming was fitness, but he put on Mochrie as opposed to Tilson which suprised me, so i think the manger was still thinking of winning it. even if he wasn't coming up with anything different. Let's be honest Grieve is another Tilson, I don't mean that as a criticism, but bought for a specific purpose/role in mind that is missing in the squad and provide some cover, but very basic overall level. It's like having a blocked drain, and only having enough money to get poundland drain unblocker.
However, while times are unstable just now, there is no need to change the manager, and certainly no need to threaten us with fecking Lennon![/QUOTE]