Imrie to Raith

[RossMcC1874]

Will be sad to see him go like others have said considering it was his first proper job in management and the mess we were in he has done some job.

That said he wasn't going to be here forever however moving mid season when there is still a slight possibility given how tight the league is we possibly could still make the playoffs is a bit of a kick in the nuts especially to a team who we are competing against.

Davies in charge from the rest of the season though doesn't fill me with hope. 

[Jamie_M]

10 minutes ago, dazza said:

Ross County, St Johnstone and Dunfermline will have larger . Partick reduced their budget this season and it was reported that Ayr did as well.

We have been given a budget to compete for 4th place. 

Partick reducing their budget by 20% from their negligent over-spending levels does not necessarily equate to being lower than ours.

Not a chance Ayr have reduced theirs.

[Chicken_Soup]

30 minutes ago, dazza said:

Ross County, St Johnstone and Dunfermline will have larger . Partick reduced their budget this season and it was reported that Ayr did as well.

We have been given a budget to compete for 4th place. 

Wise that you’ve now stepped back from your earlier claim of us having “a top 4 budget”. Unfortunately the first paragraph is a total fantasy. 
 

Our players must get wind of this type of stuff and piss themselves laughing. 

[GiGi]

1 hour ago, Cat10 said:

If Imrie does leave then good luck to him. Morton have been good for him and Imrie has been good for Morton.

no issues with him wanting to take next step in his career.

I don't mind Imrie leaving but I do mind the state of affairs that the likes of Raith and Inverness (who were headed down the tubes) are seen as a step up. 

56 minutes ago, dazza said:

Ross County, St Johnstone and Dunfermline will have larger . Partick reduced their budget this season and it was reported that Ayr did as well.

We have been given a budget to compete for 4th place. 

This is a significant shift of the goalposts, but Imrie has not done that well at building his squad this season. 

[irnbru]

14 minutes ago, GiGi said:

I don't mind Imrie leaving but I do mind the state of affairs that the likes of Raith and Inverness (who were headed down the tubes) are seen as a step up. 

 

It's definitely a worry that we'll have no actual manager and no general manager. 

Assuming it will be Davies but a club essentially run by volunteers isn't going to be appealing to some other managers out there. 

[vikingTON]

1 minute ago, irnbru said:

It's definitely a worry that we'll have no actual manager and no general manager. 

Assuming it will be Davies but a club essentially run by volunteers isn't going to be appealing to some other managers out there. 

How is the club 'run by volunteers'? Last time I checked, the 'adults in the room' either representing or handpicked by Dalrada have an equal say in running the show - and back a chairman who turns responsibility for club affairs on and off like a tap. 

[Mr.Blue]

If Imrie goes he will go with my best wishes. If he is still applying for every job going in the league then it's clear he doesn't want to be here. Good luck to him and thanks for everything but he's not Greenock Morton. 

As others have said Billy Davies as manager doesn't instill me with confidence. I'd much rather someone like Rhys McCabe or Ian Murray come in although I doubt Murray would be interested.

[irnbru]

15 minutes ago, vikingTON said:

How is the club 'run by volunteers'? Last time I checked, the 'adults in the room' either representing or handpicked by Dalrada have an equal say in running the show - and back a chairman who turns responsibility for club affairs on and off like a tap. 

Probably better put that it's all people with unpaid roles and other jobs (as far as I'm aware) with a couple of admin roles. On the other hand, Raith seem to have people in full time roles running more of the day to day stuff.

Not having this kind of thing is place must raise alarm bells with potential managers. 

[vikingTON]

4 minutes ago, irnbru said:

Probably better put that it's all people with unpaid roles and other jobs (as far as I'm aware) with a couple of admin roles. On the other hand, Raith seem to have people in full time roles running more of the day to day stuff.

Not having this kind of thing is place must raise alarm bells with potential managers. 

Do they, aye?

https://www.raithrovers.net/directors/

They've got an ex-Kelty guy, an assorted money man, and a child 'digital director' on board - having sacked their own CEO in February and deciding not to replace them. 

I think people are being very complacent about Imrie departing and us being fine afterwards - but Raith are really not some well-oiled professional outfit than an exasperated Imrie could only dream of working within either. 

[HamCam]

If true that is very disappointing news. I guess loyalty may not be a two way street. Leaving us with a dinosaur in the hot seat is not a cause for optimism.

Edited November 24, 2025 by HamCam

[DaftTon74]

3 hours ago, TopCat said:

This feels as good a point to part ways with Imrie as any to me. 

The main target of mid-table safety has been achieved, and this season looks like turning out much the same. That's decent enough for us in the grand scheme of things, but the tendency to cling on to what you have rarely works out in football.

We might appoint a complete dud next, or someone with a lesser work ethic, but I think it's fair to say that the summer transfer window was Imrie's least successful. That can't continue, otherwise we'll end up in the same position as Ayr, Raith, Dunfermline and Partick: wasting a fortune on a bloated mess of a squad while achieving nothing.

I am not so sure of that yet. Both QP and Airdrie have looked slightly less awful in the past month and we have massive games against them next month. Lose them and we are back in the mix with them.

[TopCat]

16 minutes ago, DaftTon74 said:

I am not so sure of that yet. Both QP and Airdrie have looked slightly less awful in the past month and we have massive games against them next month. Lose them and we are back in the mix with them.

I was meaning previous seasons there, but agree that we're not out of the woods yet.

My gut feeling is that losing Imrie mid-season will be the difference between a comfortable 6th place and a nervy 7th/8th. Not a disaster, but another lukewarm campaign to be followed by high player turnover.

[CM48]

The turnaround when Imrie arrived was remarkable and the momentum generated took us to within 5 minutes of the play offs in his first full season.
There’s been ups and downs since then but I’m still happy to have him in charge of the team, despite the frustrating change of style over the last season or two. 
A lot of people concentrating on his signings that have been poor but he also brought in the likes of Grimshaw, Oakley, Wilson, Mullen, Ballantyne and Lyall (who were great last season) and vastly improved Muirhead and Blues. So considering the budget he had for previous seasons pretty good I reckon?
As for possible replacements McCabe seems a reasonable shout. Or Naysmith who’s done well at Stenny?

[TRVMP]

3 hours ago, CM48 said:

The turnaround when Imrie arrived was remarkable and the momentum generated took us to within 5 minutes of the play offs in his first full season.
There’s been ups and downs since then but I’m still happy to have him in charge of the team, despite the frustrating change of style over the last season or two. 
A lot of people concentrating on his signings that have been poor but he also brought in the likes of Grimshaw, Oakley, Wilson, Mullen, Ballantyne and Lyall (who were great last season) and vastly improved Muirhead and Blues. So considering the budget he had for previous seasons pretty good I reckon?
As for possible replacements McCabe seems a reasonable shout. Or Naysmith who’s done well at Stenny?

McIndoe is worth an interview to hear how he would adapt to the full-time game. He's worked wonders at Edinburgh.

Wouldn't say no to hearing from Naysmith either.

McCabe hasn't done enough for me.

This is assuming it's even true that Raith are in for Imrie and he's looking to move on, no idea if it is or not.

Realistically it'll be Davies though.

Edited November 25, 2025 by TRVMP

[Mr.Blue]

3 hours ago, TRVMP said:

McIndoe is worth an interview to hear how he would adapt to the full-time game. He's worked wonders at Edinburgh.

Wouldn't say no to hearing from Naysmith either.

McCabe hasn't done enough for me.

This is assuming it's even true that Raith are in for Imrie and he's looking to move on, no idea if it is or not.

Realistically it'll be Davies though.

More experience than Imrie had when he was brought in.

[SpoonTon]

In a certain sense, it would look like an odd time for Imrie to leave. He's finally had a bigger budget to spend and the opportunity to progress at Morton. And after a rough start to the summer, he's had plenty of scope to build a squad. It would show that, for all the talk, he still doesn't believe he can progress at Morton. On the flip side, if he stays then maybe he really does believe in the project here. 

I didn't see this coming, tbh, and the funny thing is that I had started to think that Partick had been better off by Imrie turning them down. 

[SpoonTon]

The Sun reporting that,

"Andy Millen, Imrie’s former Ton No2 and an ex-Raith player could join him as assistant manager at Stark’s Park."

If true, what happened at Raith which cost Millen his job at Morton but not a job at Raith? Or is the Sun just making things up?

[TONofmemories]

Its done. Shame it ended this way, but getting some compensation compared to nothing in the summer is a sensible move. 

 

 

[dunning1874]

10 minutes ago, SpoonTon said:

The Sun reporting that,

"Andy Millen, Imrie’s former Ton No2 and an ex-Raith player could join him as assistant manager at Stark’s Park."

If true, what happened at Raith which cost Millen his job at Morton but not a job at Raith? Or is the Sun just making things up?

The incident was reportedly with Andy Barrowman, who Raith have since sacked themselves, so maybe they're not arsed.

[SpoonTon]

7 minutes ago, dunning1874 said:

The incident was reportedly with Andy Barrowman, who Raith have since sacked themselves, so maybe they're not arsed.

I was never sure who the incident was meant to be with. It did certainly feel like there were those at Morton who were more bothered by it than anyone else.