Third Lanark

I think our interest was with a pre contract for next season though I suspect if they wish too Raith will be in the driving seat with that

They are doing fantastic well done to the ladies and Brian and the coaching staff

I’m sure I talked to Susan a couple of times at Firhill. a lovely woman who will be sadly missed RIP Susan

Excellent points. I remember a good 20 years ago there were a bit of a promotion of the club at Glasgow Uni for instance when i attended. I was already a long term supporter by that point anyway but it was a good way of attracting potential new supporters. Alas my uni days are long behind me so i have no idea if there is stil much promotion of the club at any of the cities Universities or colleges. Completely agree with you as well about the toilet facilities etc too

I’d say Ashcroft is a better player than Carson

Is he signing for Raith Rovers or just going on loan as he is already on loan there?

The difference between second and fourth is £150,000 at least- that’s a lot of money

Still would like to see Queen’s Park relegated- if they are in the same division as us they will just overspend massively

A very good point

It’s ok he will be rewarded with a new 2 year contract

Mcbeth has just been signed from a team sitting 10th in a lowland league. Understandably will probably take a good while for him to get up to speed

Technically we still have several in our team but

It almost feels that Raith is making offers to any player they consider there rivals to be interested in - we have at least been paper linked with Shaun Byrne, Lee Ashcroft, Dom Thomas - they appear to be linked with them. Whispers that they are after Tiffoney as well

I think that’s why we are trying to sign Shaun Byrne mate Good to have you back

Hamilton is on a 3 year deal at Raith which was a good move by them. They have offered Byrne a permanent contract for the summer as he is unlikely to have much of a future at Dundee. Agree with you about the players we lost although would he intersting if we could monitor what’s happening with them for next season. Turner is only on loan to Raith, will Tiffoney want more game time than he is getting at Dundee. Big if but if united don’t go up will they have to do a massive release of players or will the American owners just carry on paying extortionate wages and racking up huge debts

With the squad Raith have assembled I think they will finish at worst second this season and if they are still in championship then second next season as well

Murray has just signed a 3 year deal at Raith. That doesn’t suggest to me in any way he is running out of time. Let’s face it if Raith don’t get promoted this season they will likely be favourites next season. if anyone is likely to be on borrowed time by not getting promotion then it’s likely to be Jim Goodwin

Neilson is away in the summer and both Ashcroft and o Reilly are upgrades on Muirhead and Williams. Muirhead was signed purely as backup but necessity has meant we have to play him. O Reilly is possibly a replacement for him. I could see Ashcroft as someone in for Williams who may want away or is not someone that Doolan thinks is good enough to be challenging for promotion. I’m sure Ashcroft can also cover at right back - we could lose other defensive players in addition to Neilson out of contract eg McMillan not signed a new deal, someone bidding for Milne etc As I say for me O Reilly is an upgrade on Muirhead and Ashcroft would be one for Williams

Ross County might well have told raith they can only have him for 6 months as it’s a loan

We do have a problem scoring against Dundee United. it’s only a loan to Raith and several of our midfield are out of contract in the summer so maybe if he’s available in the summer we can enquire

Hopefully we can sign Byrne which would definitely help address that problem

Given he is better than any midfielder we have- he is what we needed. I understand it’s only a loan though so hopefully their money bags run out before then

He s far better than all the current midfielders we have

Kyle Turner heavily rumoured to be joining Raith Rovers. Disappointing if we miss out

The Sun reporting that we are one of the clubs trying to sign Shaun Byrne on a pre contract