Match Thread (League Cup) Raith Rovers 2 - 1 Aberdeen

[Ohjimmyjimmy]

Get the game won comfortably in the first half with a strong team and then make your subs to manage your top players for Europe was the approach that should have been taken.

 

Glass got this one wrong.

[Sonoftherock]

We’ve got major issues at the back I’m afraid! 
 

disaster if Hayes and Hedges are missing for Thursday!

[WesthillWanderersFC]

Absolute fucking shambolic 2nd half.

Defence is a fucking disgrace & if Glass doesn’t rectify it, we’ll leak goals. 

Gurr is way out his depth. 

We never had a shot in the 2nd half.

Looks like the squad is nowhere near as good as Glass thinks. As it also looked at Livi.

50% of our chances of winning a tournament gone in 45 horrible minutes. 

[Kelvin]

After being so dominant in first half, that’s an appalling performance in the second. Squad certainly not strong enough. Need a few more bodies in.

[frankie_mac's_4]

Let's be honest, there wasn't too much wrong 1st half and it looked comfortable going in at HT - read the comments back on here.

2nd half was simply a fucking disgrace. Unprofessional IYAM 

[Ten Caat]

7 minutes ago, Millertime said:

Can't be, mcinnes teams didn't go out of the cup at the first attempt to lower league opposition 

Hibs were in the Championship and put us out the League Cup at the same stage as today

[Stoneybloke]

The Glass bubble has burst. Back to the old reality now. Who were we kidding?

[afc1903mad]

1 hour ago, Millertime said:

The fact you're adding things there shows you I didn't say anything wrong

Jenks has zero pace, mclennan is an idiot and Hayes is stinking 

Yep

Problem?

No problem, it just sums you up. We dominated the first half and all you can find is negativity. You must’ve loved the 2nd half

[jamiesd]

Absolute horse.

 

[wee jock poo-pong mcplop1]

I was told it was going to be different!!!

[super_al]

I am in shock, mainly because we created nothing. I got up at 4am to watch that performance.

[sooth_stander]

Thankfully not all of us got carried away with the early season stuff so this is not that big a surprise, albeit still hugely  disappointing 

Fucking miles away from being a decent side.

[fine-n-dandy]

5 minutes ago, Dynamo said:

This is a really really pathetic performance.

Making 7 changes as well is ridiculous. Was Glass not taking this seriously? We are 6 games in to the season, if players can't cope with a run of games what on earth are we signing them for?

We're nowhere near as good as people think we are. Desperate for a defender and attacker who are both starting 11 standard. 

 

 

Canny even make excuses for it either. Not like it was just a couple of fk ups for 2 goals. Raith had best play. Best drive. Best attack. Worryingly best defence also. 
 

Fk you Glass. You’ve earned credit for ‘results’ even though a lot of that through rose tinted glasses but you have to 100% accept the stick for this. No blaming players. All on him & especially his complacency to defence.

Group stages my arse. 
 

That’s 9 goals shipped in 7 games now. If you can’t see this as urgently requiring sorted you should give up now

[Ernie McCracken]

2 minutes ago, Millertime said:

Did we, at the first round for us?

When?

Hibs. But even that's not comparable to today's shit show. 

[AllyDon]

Sad thing is nobody is really that surprised by the result. Angry, pissed off but not surprised. 

Strength and depth of our squad sadly lacking. 

Corrmack and Glass have a lot to do to improve that squad!

[Ohjimmyjimmy]

3 minutes ago, Sonoftherock said:

We’ve got major issues at the back I’m afraid! 
 

disaster if Hayes and Hedges are missing for Thursday!

Hedges yes, Hayes no.

Worse than a man down. Not the player he used to be.

 

”Oh and it’s another poor pass from Hayes” - how many times did we hear that this afternoon? 

[TynesideDon]

Should have had the game won by half time so only ourselves to blame there. Aside from that it shows what we all knew which is that, away from the first XI the squad is pretty thin on quality.

Annoying because that's our best chance of silverware gone by mid August.

[Durrant Dived]

Gurr gives me Jackie McNamara vibes. Fucking never want him to see him in red again. 

[super_al]

Ferguson looked uninterested when he came on.

[donswin1983]

11 minutes ago, caledonia said:

Need to play your best team so they can gel with maybe an odd change now and then.

we are not Barcelona or Man City

If you don't show the opposition respect with around 8 changes you get what you deserve.

Bang on. So many on here said Win the game and then make the changes. That was poor. Don’t recall their goalie making a save in the second half. That’s all on Glass. 7 changes. Fuck me.

And Gurr. What the fuck. You’re coached from about 5 years old to check your shoulder, but that clown doesn’t and is actually moving away from the ball as it comes towards him. Fucking idiot. 
Arrogance personified to think that team was good enough to win against a determined team..

[WesthillWanderersFC]

Hedges & Hayes fucked too. 

[Tommy]

What the actual fuck went wrong in the second half? From playing quality football to change into a shambles. That’s a real wake up call.

[Joe pike]

7 minutes ago, Ohjimmyjimmy said:

A week is a long time in football.

 

Out the cup, papped out of Europe and a couple of top players heading out the door is our standard.

Take your tablets and cheer up you fanny.

[donswin1983]

Just now, Dynamo said:

Did Hibs not beat us 2-0 at Easter Road in the last 16?

Yes

[Dynamo]

5 minutes ago, Millertime said:

Did we, at the first round for us?

When?

Did Hibs not beat us 2-0 at Easter Road in the last 16?

[super_al]

Raith the best team we have played this season?

[buchanskii]

Gurr looking very much like a 25 year-old thats only played 20 odd first team games.  Bizarre signing

[Dynamo]

Just now, super_al said:

Raith the best team we have played this season?

No they're the shittest team we've played this season.

[Stoneybloke]

It was all a delusional fantasy. Nice while it lasted. Now we will really see what Glass is capable of.

[Ten Caat]

I'll take us going out here as long as Glass and the board now fully understand the necessity to bring in a dominant (ideally younger) CH and a back up striker for Ramirez (who is good enough to possibly turn Ramirez into the back up fairly quickly)

I certainly wanted Brown, Ramirez and Ramsay rested for for this, all for different reasons. And wouldn't have complained if we had chosen to give Woods 90 minutes to keep his eye in. But 7 outfield changes really is taking liberties. We got away with similar last week at Livi. At least we know for sure now Gurr isn't up to the job. The arse cheeks would have a field day against him. 

McCrorie has also shown conclusively that he isn't a centre half. And Gallagher better shrug off his ring rustiness pdq too.