Any word on a pitch inspection given the heavy frosts we’ve been having? Hopefully there being no word of one means there is no risk.

We will be missing Carson tomorrow (I hope all goes well for his partner and their new arrival arrives safely) with Harper and Boyes doubts. We are a bit light at the back potentially so may have to go with 4 at the back again as last week rather than the 3 which seemed to be suiting us.

The club’s preview is here:

https://ictfc.com/match-preview-raith-rovers-h-02-12-2023/

Edited December 1, 20232 yr by Robert

15 hours ago, CaleyCanary said:

Would it not be better to have the rule amended so that any clear grass between the line and the ball means it has crossed the line?

That would only work if the ball was on the ground.  And you can't have one law for when it's on the ground and one for when it's in the air!

There are no easy answers - no cheap ones anyway.

10 hours ago, snorbens_caleyman said:

That would only work if the ball was on the ground.  And you can't have one law for when it's on the ground and one for when it's in the air!

There are no easy answers - no cheap ones anyway.

Even when on the ground, the length of grass and/or pressure of the ball against it would come in to play.

Referees are no better/worse today than they were before TV, they're just under infinitely more scrutiny post match.

Bring back the days before TV when things like this would be argued out in the pub based on where Bob or Jimmy were sitting in relation to the goal line.  Everyone would then agree to disagree and we wouldn't have pointless postmortems running on indefinitely based on dodgy video screen grabs that could have been from milliseconds before or after an incident and tell us nothing.

Ah the good old days before TV when you could go for a walk down the pub with yer Da and the dog and the dog gets in the warm while you're outside with yer crisps and lemonade 

Yep, can't disagree with any of the comments above, it was an impossible task back then and it still is now..

I see they're putting micro chips in the balls for Euro 24.

Sepp Blatter on the joystick at important times for that 🤣🤣

Don't tell Bobby Mann!!

Oh dear, I hope this is not a kiss of death: Manager and Player of the Month awards for Duncan Ferguson and David Wotherspoon:

https://ictfc.com/duncan-ferguson-named-championship-manager-of-the-month-for-november-2023/

https://ictfc.com/david-wotherspoon-named-cinch-scottish-championship-player-of-the-month-for-november-2023/

Edited December 8, 20232 yr by Robert