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Raith Rovers
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Inverness CT
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Appearances & Goals To Date
Starting Lineup
| Youngest Player: | Johnny Hayes (22 years 225 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Grant Munro (2011 years 198 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 27 years 134 days |
| Domestic Players: | 11 (100.00 % of starting eleven) |
Matchday Squad
| Youngest Player: | Johnny Hayes (22 years 225 days) |
| Oldest Player: | Adam Rooney (2011 years 198 days) |
| Average Player Age: | 27 years 134 days |
| Domestic Players: | 16 (100.00 % of matchday squad) |
First Team Debuts
Milestones
After the cup game, it was back to league duty at Starks Park today and in the end it was a convincing victory for Inverness.
Goals from Adam Rooney, Jonny Hayes, Nauris Bulvitus and Daniel Stratford saw the CaleyJags run out 0-4 winners.
Maryhill has it covered:
That was another excellent away day. The result isn't really a reflection of the whole game though. As a few people have mentioned, the first half was dreadful: although we probably had more of the ball, I don't recall us creating a single decent chance. There was far too much long ball stuff from Munro and Golabek, and we missed Sanchez' composure and eye for a clinical pass in the middle. Eric Odhiambo couldn't get into the game at all - he wasn't helped by a succession of passes that seemed to land just behind him - and Hayes was double-marked and therefore much less effective than usual. Just as in the previous game here, Raith looked well-prepared and well organised, but very lightweight. They did, however, produce the best chance of the first half with Esson making a decent save from a downward header.
We started the second half more brightly and it looked like Butcher had told the players to be more aggressive. Russell Duncan in particular had a storming second half and got all over the pitch: you can forgive him the odd misplaced pass when he drives the team forward like that. Odhiambo had a couple of decent runs on goal, but seemed a little too keen to pass when he might have been better shooting. When he was hooked for Sanchez, the game did turn, but Sanchez didn't seem to influence it directly. The opening goal looked a bit fortunate - Rooney appeared to control the ball with his hand before finishing well - but as soon as it had gone in, Raith collapsed completely. Nice turn and finish from Hayes for the second, Bulvitis forced the third over the line from fairly close in and Stratford knocked in a nice diagonal shot from a loose ball around the edge of the box for the fourth.
The positives were the obvious determination of the players to keep going for a win when nothing was coming off for them early on, the performance and influence of Russell Duncan and a very solid performance from Bulvitis, much needed after last week's mistake for the first Killie goal. Slight concerns are that despite his obvious talent, we still don't seem to know how to use Odhiambo, and that left back will be a vulnerable area for the rest of the season: Golly did far better than Lionel did last week, but his lack of pace and hasty distribution might be problematic against more effective attacking sides.
Impressive ICT support, by the way - more than 200, I'd say - and good and vocal throughout. Hope we can keep this up throughout the run-in.
We're coming for you Dundee....
Match report written by tm4tj
