Michael W Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 8 hours ago, Enigma said: Could be that we’ll be getting some funds in from selling Vaughan? I can only hope that our board would not be so fucking stupid, tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Smith going down the 'hopefully we can just outscore the opposition' route if we did sign Austin I'm guessing. It's not exactly worked out for the likes of Buchanan who most folk thought would score a shedload for us this season. If it's true that we're somehow offering 'substantially higher wages' than Livi for Austin then I can only assume we have a set price for Vaughan or the deals already done. How we can go from being unable to sign yon Dundee boy on loan due to medical bills then suddenly be flush with cash to outbid a Championship team for a player is beyond me. Unless Sim has dipped into his pocket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 8 hours ago, Rovers1992/1993 said: According to twitter, Hearts are set to sign Vaughan? Surely not? They were the only team I would have said he would 100%,not, sign for.. January really is gonna be just as nerve-wracking as the summer was, isn't it? Who on twitter said that? We sold Callachan, and our performance dropped significantly - however we are still, somehow, barely making a race of it with Ayr. Sell Vaughan and we are as well getting the boys onto college courses now 'cos we'll be part time in league 1 next year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers1992/1993 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Who on twitter said that? We sold Callachan, and our performance dropped significantly - however we are still, somehow, barely making a race of it with Ayr. Sell Vaughan and we are as well getting the boys onto college courses now 'cos we'll be part time in league 1 next year. It looks like the Vaughan to Hearts has turned out to be shite now. A few Dundee fans acting as if they've already signed him now though. It's to be expected though for our best player in January. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 From Fantalk: "Celtic coaches saying their U20's "attacking midfielder" Regan Hendry has agreed to sign for Raith on loan until the end of the season" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 You’d imagine the Austin deal would be subject to Vaughan moving on. Austin, Vaughan, Spence and Buchanan would be some artillery on paper, but can you afford all 4? Did Smith have Austin at EF? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, callum-ayr said: You’d imagine the Austin deal would be subject to Vaughan moving on. It has to be if the rumours are true about us outbidding Livi although Austin could realistically sign for ICT and Vaughan could leave putting us in a bit of a pickle if Smith has his hope set on Austin as a replacement for Vaughan in some capacity. As I mentioned above we couldn't bring in the Dundee centre half on loan as we had to fork out for medical bills....now we're somehow outbidding a Championship team for a player. It's either Vaughan is moving on or Sim has loosened the purse strings. Or the rumours are all bollocks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Could also be perhaps Livi are just running things on a really tight and sensible budget? I’d have Vaughan over Austin any day of the week, and would rather we concentrated on other areas of the pitch. If we were to do that, and bring in Austin then that’s fine – but that will almost certainly not happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostZapper Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Looking at the conditions over the past couple of days, and forecast for later today and tomorrow, surely the common sense approach would be to call our game off with Stranraer either later this evening or first thing tomorrow morning if there is any doubt what so ever? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Granted I'm not down there, but looking at the temperature forecast, surely their shouldnt be much doubt for the game? Looks to be consistently above freezing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 The only questionmark I could see may be a waterlogged pitch with the snow turning to rain. I would expect it to be on though. The money from Stranraer's travelling army will be crucial in concluding the deal for Austin I expect. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Given the covers are down and temperatures aren’t meant to go below 1 or 2 degrees tonight, unless the rain tomorrow morning is torrential (like Stranraer in October) the game will be on, surely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostZapper Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 the pitch was frozen when they put the covers down on boxing day. At what point will it have thawed out? Also - given the amount of snow they have down in Dumfries, they should be taking the travelling team/support into account. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Did the game down at Stranraer that got abandoned pass a morning inspection? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 6 minutes ago, Raithie said: Did the game down at Stranraer that got abandoned pass a morning inspection? There was no inspection, the chairman was content with conditions and said the earliest inspection would be 13:30 when the match referee arrived. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 23 minutes ago, GhostZapper said: the pitch was frozen when they put the covers down on boxing day. At what point will it have thawed out? Also - given the amount of snow they have down in Dumfries, they should be taking the travelling team/support into account. Of course they should, but its almost 24 hours until such a call will need to be made - during which there is to be decent temperatures in Kirckaldy and the snow is due to stop today in Southern Scotland - theres not a huge amount of pressing urgency today. The club havent had a home game for 3 weeks, they cant afford to call games off early that might well easily go ahead, just to convenience people. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostZapper Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 10 minutes ago, CALDERON said: Of course they should, but its almost 24 hours until such a call will need to be made - during which there is to be decent temperatures in Kirckaldy and the snow is due to stop today in Southern Scotland - theres not a huge amount of pressing urgency today. The club havent had a home game for 3 weeks, they cant afford to call games off early that might well easily go ahead, just to convenience people. That's fair enough, but money shouldn't be put ahead of peoples safety. Like I say, a decision should be made early. Either later this evening, or 8am tomorrow morning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basher brash Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Regarding Vaughan and the Austin rumour mill, Why do you think Vaughan would be away? Considering he has been playing behind Spence and Buchanan in midfield at the moment, We could keep Vaughan in midfield / out wide and play Austin still? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 8 minutes ago, GhostZapper said: That's fair enough, but money shouldn't be put ahead of peoples safety. Like I say, a decision should be made early. Either later this evening, or 8am tomorrow morning. To a certain extent, but I think that people have a degree of responsibility for their own safety. Stranraer should be able to make a call themselves if its safe enough for them to travel to Kirkcaldy or not, thats not the responsibility of RRFC. Similarly with fans. As the surrounding area outside the ground is safe and the pitch is playable, the club cant do too much. If Stranraer think the weather isnt safe to travel in, they can make that call. It's not up to us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Just now, basher brash said: Regarding Vaughan and the Austin rumour mill, Why do you think Vaughan would be away? Considering he has been playing behind Spence and Buchanan in midfield at the moment, We could keep Vaughan in midfield / out wide and play Austin still? Because unless we have an injection from cash somewhere (ie transfer fee), then its hard to believe we are outbidding a Championship club, when we couldnt afford a 28 day emergency loan earlier in the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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