Raith Rovers’ boss Ray McKinnon admits that the postponement of Saturday’s clash with league leaders Rangers may have been a bonus from football point of view however, he admitted the call-off was a negative in terms of the financial impact it will have on the club.
The Stark’s Park manager had admitted prior to the game that he was struggling to put out a team against Mark Warburton’s side because of a crippling injury list.
That crisis has now eased slightly ahead of Friday night’s game against Queen of the South although it has now been confirmed that skipper Jason Thomson will not return to the team until next year at the earliest after fracturing a bone in his back.
McKinnon said last night: “Jason is now looking at six to seven weeks out which is the worst-case scenario.
“Mitch Megginson (medial ligament), James Craigen (calf) and Lewis Toshney (hamstring) did not train today.
“However, Ryan McCord, Kyle Benedictus and Grant Anderson who had all been carrying injuries, have recovered and trained.
“We would have been really struggling to put out a team against Rangers on Saturday so from a football point of view, it was probably a blessing in disguise that the game was called off.
“I honestly thought the match would have gone ahead as 90% of the park was fine it was just a bit down the side of the Railway Stand that was the problem.
“So the positive is that we will have a few players back for Friday night’s game against Queen of the South.
“However, the negative is that the postponement of the Rangers game has had a big financial impact on the club.
“We had been looking forward to a bumper crowd just before Christmas but the weather conspired against us.”