Airdrie76 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, Raith25 said: Even Airdrie got £40K for Andy fucking Ryan That was cheap. Top scorer in the division last year. Young prospect etc. (Although it wasn't even £40k) Edited August 31, 2017 by Airdrie76 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambino7 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 He's a Jambo and he's off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithie Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Wish him all the best, some move for him. Matthews should be more than adequate at centre mid in this league and at least he's shown he can score from distance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McGuigan1978 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 There's a few folk on here who for ages have been claiming Callachan is hopeless, but are now saying we're not getting anywhere near enough money for him, which is strange. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastie Russell Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 5 minutes ago, McGuigan1978 said: There's a few folk on here who for ages have been claiming Callachan is hopeless, but are now saying we're not getting anywhere near enough money for him, which is strange. Hearts have probably bid £1,000 per Raith fan who doesn't berate him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ro Sham Bo Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 I think £35-£50k is probably a fair price but at the moment he is worth more than that to us. We have a miniscule squad as it is, we are now losing our captain (who seems to have managed to foster a togetherness that wasn't there last season) and at this late stage won't be able to get a decent standard of replacement in. The plus side is that there will be no more need to duck every time Callachan is ready to wind up a 30 yarder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Callachan has been absolutely fantastic this season, and this certainly harms our chances of going straight back up. However, out of Benedictus, Callachan and Vaughan if we had to choose one to leave it would be Callachan for me. We have some form of reasonable cover in midfield. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donny86 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 I really hope this frees up cash to bring in 2 players as the squad is very light 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael W Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 All good and well pointing out we still have Matthews, but CM was about the only area of the team you could point to when asked if we had a quality player on the bench. We need a replacement and have next to no time to get one, let alone a decent one. The loan market lottery it is, then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinglinGeordie Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 All good and well pointing out we still have Matthews, but CM was about the only area of the team you could point to when asked if we had a quality player on the bench. We need a replacement and have next to no time to get one, let alone a decent one. The loan market lottery it is, then. Let's just wait and see first before jumping to conclusions. Apparently this deal has been going on for a week, I'm sure the board and B. Smith will have a plan up their sleeves in terms of replacing Callachan/adding another player or two to the squad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.R.FC Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Agree with those saying if we had to lose one out of Vaughan, Bene or Callachan then it would be Callachan. He will be a big loss as he's been excellent this season but Matthews is a good player and should step up well. However, Matthews starting leaves us with no cover for central midfield but also takes away our first choice cover for wide midfield. If we could use the money to bring in a good quality central midfielder (Herron) and wide player (Willis Furtado still not got a club? Sure he was highly rated in this league last year) then it's not a total disaster. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brashy's Boots Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 The height and weight stuff is hilarious. Sets up the 'Not playing in the UEFA Cup' line perfectly The guy wasn't sacked, for that or anything else. I know, because I am the guy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 The guy wasn't sacked, for that or anything else. I know, because I am the guy. The programme was brilliant that season. Instead of doing a Q&A with the players it was done with their wives / burds / mums. The Geordie Munro column was superb as well, although he was slightly more censored than during his stint at Starks Bark. Woof! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brashy's Boots Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 The programme was brilliant that season. Instead of doing a Q&A with the players it was done with their wives / burds / mums. The Geordie Munro column was superb as well, although he was slightly more censored than during his stint at Starks Bark. Woof! Cheers fella 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostZapper Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Matt Elder has tweeted saying he expects the move to go through today 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 Fully expect Ross Matthews to step into the shoes of Callachan right away. More than capable of fulfilling that potential and is a few years younger, too. Would expect captaincy to go to Benedictus. All the best to Callachan, I wish him every success in his career. The term gets thrown around a lot but a he's been a fantastic servant. Joined aged 13, played right through the youth system and went on to captain the side (albeit short lived). A true product of Raith Rovers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Matthews is a great player and it's been slightly odd to have probably our best player from last season not playing in the league below. However Callachan is a real box-to-box player which Matthews at this stage isn't. Outside of him/Robertson we only really have Davidson to play CM (aside from Berry and any other u20's?) which is a million miles from ideal. Presumably we have a replacement at the ready. Good luck to Callachan who's got a great move. I'm not convinced he'll play much for Hearts but he definitely deserves the chance. Hopefully we hear the fee. Shite news though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renton Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 (edited) 1 minute ago, Paco said: Matthews is a great player and it's been slightly odd to have probably our best player from last season not playing in the league below. However Callachan is a real box-to-box player which Matthews at this stage isn't. Outside of him/Robertson we only really have Davidson to play CM (aside from Berry and any other u20's?) which is a million miles from ideal. Presumably we have a replacement at the ready. Good luck to Callachan who's got a great move. I'm not convinced he'll play much for Hearts but he definitely deserves the chance. Hopefully we hear the fee. Shite news though. There is every chance we don't, and Smith will get told to get on with it with only Robertson, Matthews and Berry. On the other hand, I think Matthews will adapt quite quickly to playing more as a box to box type player than just as a sitting type of player, he's been mostly forced into the latter because others have been first in line for the former duty. When he's played higher up the pitch he's looked handy enough. Edited August 31, 2017 by renton 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottydog Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Danny Handling hasn't featured much for Dumbarton, wonder if they would return the favour and loan us Danny for the season? After all we not only gifted them the means to stay up by loaning Vaughan, we also relieved them on Ryan Stevenson. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Who do we think will be captian now? If we are giving it to a defender, i would say benedictous, seems like he would make a good leader. Callachan is a loss as he was really starting to perform well, he was really good on saturday and the team seemed to be happy together, which partially comes from the captian. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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