renton Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, Broken Algorithms said: Two we got our pitch, from what I remember, which is Vaughan and Aaron Lennox. Vaughan's previous 3 were Starks on grass, Forfar (where Regan Hendry also got a serious injury) and Brechin in winter. McGurn got one at Stark's on grass. Cuthbert had an injury he never came back from up at Tannadice. Thomson did his at achilles at Ochilview. There'll be others I'm forgetting. Wasn't Vaughan's first one at Starks when it was still grass in 2015. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Absolutely miserable news for Vaughan. Poor b*****d must feel utterly bereft. Fingers crossed he has a strong support system around him and can come back from yet another setback. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR #1 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 That news is just the worst. Absolutely devastated for Lewis. Rest of the season is going to be grim if we are going to be relying on Poplatnik, Keatings and Varian in the forward positions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Wasn't Vaughan's first one at Starks when it was still grass in 2015.Aye, so you've Vaughan's 4th ACL injury and Lennox. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embow Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Words fail me. This is so horrible for Lewis. Sure it's a big blow for the club and the team but for Lewis it's totally devastating. I hope he's able to come back from this, yet again, but I've serious doubts that this could be the end of what should have been a stellar career. Can only wish him the very best wishes for a full recovery going forward and hope he's still able to turn out for the Rovers in the future. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rovers_Lad Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Meant to add If anyones deserving of a benefit match its wee Vaughan 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 That’s utterly heartbreaking for Vaughan. If football doesn’t work out for him I hope he goes on to have a very happy and successful career in anything so that he doesn’t spend his life wondering what he could have achieved. Good luck to him. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev23 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 I don’t think I could imagine liking football enough to have to go through the whole process of getting fit over 8-9 months again. I’d love to see him make a recovery and go again but a part of me would rather he looked to the long term and looked after himself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Not sure what to say about that. Devastating news for Vaughan and the club. Hopefully he gets the help he needs. Total shame for him. Can’t help feeling we’re a bit fucked now. No Hendry and now no Vaughan. Need some of the squad to really step up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frankly, Mr Shankly Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 13 minutes ago, smpar said: That’s utterly heartbreaking for Vaughan. If football doesn’t work out for him I hope he goes on to have a very happy and successful career in anything so that he doesn’t spend his life wondering what he could have achieved. Good luck to him. If he retires, Rovers fans and especially Lewis will spend the rest of their lives thinking what if. Lewis is a special player, and we’ll never see anyone close to his ability at Stark’s again. I don’t think other clubs realise how much he means to the club, and I think the feeling is mutual after these last few years. There’s not words in the dictionary to describe how he must be feeling. To come back from one ACL rupture takes amazing determination. This boy has done it three times to do what he loves to do, and I’m sure if safe he’d do it again. But I hope he doesn’t for his sake. If he is done, me and every Rover fan in the country owe him a thank you for the joy that lads brung us, and hope as @smparsaid, he has a great career and life beyond football. Theres only one Lewis Vaughan 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
We Are Pars Fans! Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Feel for the lad. Really talented player that would be playing at a higher level if he didn’t have these terrible injuries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Not much to add to what has been said really. The one chink of light for him is that it's now two on each knee rather than three on one knee. He's just one of the few players at our level who makes you want to go and watch football. The sort of player who is well worth the entry fee on his own when he's on his game. Gutted. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevoraith Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Not much to add in terms of how gutted I am for a lad who seems like one of the nicest guys in football. On the positive side for Lewis, he knows what it takes to come back from this injury and he knows he can come back from a second injury in the same knee. He also has the financial security of knowing that he’s contracted for another year so he doesn’t have to worry about the club letting him go at the end of the season. From a Raith Rovers point of view…. Last season we had a squad full of good players and two absolutely outstanding ones. We have now lost both of the outstanding players for this season. If we manage to match the achievements of last season it’ll be an incredible effort from all involved. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pub car king Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 It's an absolute shiter alright. I think the boy needs to think long and hard about where he goes from here. He is undoubtedly a class act and had he kept fit he'd have been gone a long time ago. However can a person keep putting themselves through the ringer on an almost yearly basis to keep playing in the Scottish championship on what will be a reduced basis? Just to play devil's advocate (expecting pelters) how long will the club support this for what us a limited return? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 hour ago, lichtie23 said: How many since the artificial got installed? The numbers overall suggest fewer total injuries on artificial surfaces, which was mindboggling to me, but the figures hold up. The caveat to that was an increased rate of certain knee injuries (PCL and ACL), however those only showed during competition on artificial surfaces versus no statistical increase during practices. Note that the most comprehensive studies on this are done by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and use American football as the sport most studied. There is data on “soccer”, field hockey, baseball, etc that matches the findings and injury rate data. The significance decrease in lower body injuries, excepting those noted above, is part of the reason the artificial surfaces have become popular. Studies also note that show/cleat selection and techniques are significant influences on the injury rates. On the whole, I don’t think we can pin Vaughan’s latest couple of injuries on the turf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank conner Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, pub car king said: It's an absolute shiter alright. I think the boy needs to think long and hard about where he goes from here. He is undoubtedly a class act and had he kept fit he'd have been gone a long time ago. However can a person keep putting themselves through the ringer on an almost yearly basis to keep playing in the Scottish championship on what will be a reduced basis? Just to play devil's advocate (expecting pelters) how long will the club support this for what us a limited return? It's a fair question giving him a 3 year deal was a massive gamble. Realistically we can't afford to do this but there might be clauses etc and if you factor in medical costs it's madness. It's a damn shame for the guy but we cannot sustain this forever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 9 minutes ago, pub car king said: Just to play devil's advocate (expecting pelters) how long will the club support this for what us a limited return Doubt they could release him without coming to some kind of payout, which might not be that affordable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRFC1989 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Doubt they could release him without coming to some kind of payout, which might not be that affordable.I would imagine given his injury record that a clause would have been in place for such an incident as this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevoraith Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 I would imagine given his injury record that a clause would have been in place for such an incident as this.Hopefully in the form of some sort of insurance policy rather than a simple release clause. I wouldn’t like to see us simply drop Lewis, and to be honest I doubt we would. I think both parties have enough history and affection for the other that neither would do the dirty. Both sides would have known the risks when a long contract was signed, I’m sure both sides will be content with what happens now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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