Beachbum

Vaughan's playing in his Raith position for Dumbarton today - on the bench.

It was about £60k if I remember correctly. What I will never forget is that shortly after your administration you ran up a debt of a quarter of a million pounds trying desperately to escape the third tier. Now f**k off Grunt.

Also, the 'things aren't falling for us in front of goal' quote is unbelievable. We create absolutely nothing. ETA Here's the full article.

It's hard to work out who is more at fault here- Gary Locke or Rovers' fuckin board. It's really hard to take that your own board would stab you in the back like that. I haven't felt this bad since they sold Stark's Park. c***s, all of them.

Wonder who Gary fuckin Locke will sign in the summer to keep the returning Vaughan out of the team?

I think Cuthbert's under contract until May 2018.

It's Hardie.

That deal with United is dead according to the Evening Telegraph.

About 5 mins 40

Locke will also have to make his mind up about Coustrain and there's still a question over why Crawford was signed, albeit on a short term deal.

Update in this week's FFP, with all the interesting stuff at the foot of the article.

Julian Broddle might be in trouble. What was he thinking?

The worst bit about that Courier article is the last sentence. "At the minute I’m delighted with the deal in place and the lads that have come from Rangers have been great. We’re over the moon with how well they’ve done.”

From today's Courier: Raith boss Gary Locke is hoping to welcome club captain Jason Thomson back to training today. The 29-year-old full-back has not played since turning out against Falkirk back on September 10. His long lay-off has been caused by a condition called tendinopathy, an inflammation of the tendon below the knee. The problem could not be cured by surgery with the club paying for Thomson to have shock wave therapy, a relatively-new treatment. Now, there is some light at the end of the tunnel for the player and his manager who has admitted in the past just how important Thomson is to the team. Locke said: “Jason Thomson is going to start training with the boys after a wee bit of running with the physio. It will be good to have him back.” Fingers crossed for him.

McManus has started every game (18 to date) since he arrived at Stark's, so it's unlikely he'll be dropped next week. Equally annoying is that Vaughan started all the early games including wins against Ayr, St Mirren and Dunfermline and the draw at Tannadice but hasn't had a start since the 3-2 defeat away to Forfar in early September. The midfield against United will be Matthews, Callachan, Thompson and Barr and the front 2 will be Stewart and McManus. We won't score because we won't have a single shot at goal. Put your money on it.

Remember that Cup gates are shared, unless we're away to the Townies. £80k each from the Beeb wasn't it? Still a decent pay day.

U20s v Stirling Albion tonight.

This article in the FFP confirms that Skacel's contract is for one year and that both he and McManus are sponsored.

Also on Rovers' site.