Official Tonight's game v Ross County is offski

[dougieb]

Demanding a small club travel down the night before an evening kick off and stay in a hotel at significant cost is Tim behaviour. That's before you even throw in the human element that yesterday was Boxing Day.

Ross County have done what just about every other club in this league would have done in this situation. Frustrating for us as fans and I do feel for anybody that has travelled here for the game but the risk is always there at this time of year.

FWIW, I don't imagine we as a club would have been very difficult to deal with here. No risks ahead of Saturday.

i assume you aren't aware of the wealth of their owner/chairman?

 

[deBoersHeader]

Derek Adams amateur hour.

 

[CraigMoore3]

We've got the league situation back to where it is while always having games in hand.

We have a top manager now who has shown emphatically he can deal with any situation.

What are we saying here? The manager that took an injury ravaged side to Betis and won to top the group, who won a cup final 3 days later and still hasn't lost is going to struggle to win a rescheduled home game against Ross County?

Any hysterics over this are an insult to the man.

 

[Trafalgar]

Not a fan of games in hand in the slightest. A defeat on Saturday puts the points difference back to what it was when Big Phil took over.

Games in hand mean %^*& all, would rather have the points on the board as early as possible. We lose on Saturday it’s back to 8 points meaning more pressure to win the games in hand and no further dropped points.

And if we won tonight and lost on Saturday the difference would be 5 points with 1 game in hand. Same difference.
I think some need to calm down and trust the the manager and players

 

[LizzyDrippin]

I don't really think that's an excuse

Was that not similar to our excuse for being late for the Dundee game?

 

[WATP1979]

That is why they should have either left yesterday or earlier today.

They should yes, but financially they struggle to

That’s the nature of our shitty wee league

County always travel on matchday, most clubs north of Perth do and always have

 

[The Goalie]

Dont talk pish. The most important things are points on the board at the earliest opportunity.

It will put more pressure on us especially if we lost on Saturday. If you can’t see that then i don’t know what to say.

If we want to be Champions, these are the kind of things we need to overcome .

Not interested in problems, only interested in solutions as a wise man once said.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

Just heard on sky on Saturday that he was a booking away from being suspended at the piggery. He will 100% pick up a booking at parkhead lol

Sky talking their usual pish then it seems mate. Any suspension for accumulated bookings does not take effect until 7 days after the 6th (or 12th) booking. Only way he was missing the DhimDome was a straight Red card against County or, unfortunately, injury against either of Motherwell or Ross County.

 

[bluebargain]

Bizarre post. Was glorious sunshine here yesterday and flat calm but since 4am it’s been fuckin brutal.

You do know that weather changes one day to the next FFS

When you say here you mean central belt I'm assuming???
Bizarre post ya trumpet.
Game was called off for travelling to Glasgow.
I stay here weather isn't bad and Ross County could have travelled last night..
Bizarre ffs

 

[giogaddi]

The fragility of a section of our fans never ceases to amaze me. There's no way they're going to enjoy a title race if the thought of a rearranged game with Ross County, at Ibrox, has them breathing into a brown paper bag.

 

[dh1963]

Just as well we won our European group and gave ourselves 2 free midweeks in February.

It's a game we will win whenever it gets played.

 

[Orange Peel]

i'm not sure if it would have made much difference in this instance but would it not make more sense to have Ross County having an away fixture in Aberdeen, Perth or Dundee at this time of year?
Rather than the longer trip to the west of scotland

Too sensible for these fuckers.

 

[bluebargain]

Not now according to the AA.

Not even on the same road.

 

[Eighteen Seventy Two]

Example number 8372 why Scottish football will never be taken seriously.

An absolute backwater. Ross County are a joke.

 

[Shengus Malengus]

Dont talk pish. The most important things are points on the board at the earliest opportunity.

It will put more pressure on us especially if we lost on Saturday. If you can’t see that then i don’t know what to say.

Games in hand certainly don't mean "%^*& all", Sir.

 

[giogaddi]

was is scoreboard pressure that caused the tims to slip up twice in a week?

He's all over the place.

Apparently 'scoreboard pressure' only applies to us on Saturday. If we win that game though it will stop applying despite us still being behind with games in hand and the league will be over.

Try work that one out.

 

[Mosschops]

Some people have no concept of scoreboard pressure and having points on the board mate. Pointless trying to explain.

Worst possible outcome for us this week.

Clement deserves a knighthood if we win on Saturday now as they’ll be baying for blood and an 8 point lead.

You appear to have no concept of a few extra days off for an injury depleted squad is a positive. We will smash County at the later date so all your panic about scoreboard points in nonsense

 

[148bear]

I cant make tonight at work,but still rather we played this tonight and won it means less pressure points on the board are better than games in hand.

 

[King Richard Gough]

Not a fan of games in hand in the slightest. A defeat on Saturday puts the points difference back to what it was when Big Phil took over.

Games in hand mean %^*& all, would rather have the points on the board as early as possible. We lose on Saturday it’s back to 8 points meaning more pressure to win the games in hand and no further dropped points.

Easter Road I accept the argument, Ross County at home who have never left Ibrox as far as I’m aware with even a point is not one to concern ourselves with.

 

[TheScotty]

Feel bad for the fans that have distances to travel and will be negatively impacted. It’s frustrating, disappointing and annoying.

However some of the panty wetting going on about the title race being over again is laughable. No surrender eh!

We carry great momentum into Saturday and should be looking to win.
The fact we can’t mathematically top the league yet won’t matter too much. Beat them and the damage will be the same.

 

[Phil'ieve]

I'm no usually a conspiracy guy but our game being called off, stopping us going top of the league if we win on Saturday, while Motherwell can still travel to Aberdeen seems a bit odd?

 

[bobby robert russell]

https://x.com/rosscounty/status/1739967465583689985?s=46&t=XM3Rn6i6jfr-i3VNnfJ0lA

 

[Kentbear]

Do we get compensation for all the food that had been ordered that now can’t be used.

The PRW pubs The Louden, NEH all losing loads if dough today, cafes, chippies bookies, Programmes printed etc etc.
A big knock on for shit preparation by RC.

 

[Dean Learner]

i assume you aren't aware of the wealth of their owner/chairman?

I am but that's completely irrelevant.

By that logic, our board of wealthy investors should blindly bankroll everything until their money runs out.

 

[Robert Prytz]

Back to the Highland league with them.

 

[Bannerman]

 

[Theknight]

There were guys all over the post about that mob having more rest time than us before the OF game lamenting that fact, and here we have 9 pages of moaning about it being off now.

Positives are no new injuries ahead of Saturday and we can start focusing on that right now. Negatives are obviously for the Bears who have already travelled for this match. Hopefully the club can help them out.

 

[Ray Von]

He insisted the game would be on and mocked those who said it could be in doubt.

Yeah that was because people were wetting themselves about the weather near the stadium, as usual. Again, it has nothing to do with the weather in Glasgow.

 

[Jon Snow]

You appear to have no concept of a few extra days off for an injury depleted squad is a positive. We will smash County at the later date so all your panic about scoreboard points in nonsense

I think people are over exaggerating how much a few days extra rest helps. Pretty certain come Saturday with 60,000 fans behind them, they’ll not care they played a few days ago and neither would we if roles were reversed.

They’ll be more driven by being able to restore an 8 point lead than they will be bothered about having played a few days earlier.

 

[tr0211]

Bit of an over reaction to the news that the game is off on here tbh. My thoughts do go out to those Bears who have travelled from afar. Understand County electing to travel down today as the players probably trained Christmas and Boxing Day morning and the club probably wanted to give them the rest of both days with their families.

Any other time of year, they probably would have travelled down the day before and stayed in a hotel. There are rumours doing the rounds that they did travel and are staying in Cumbernauld, but that's just through Whatsapp so not sure if that's true.

 

[Theknight]

The fragility of a section of our fans never ceases to amaze me. There's no way they're going to enjoy a title race if the thought of a rearranged game with Ross County, at Ibrox, has them breathing into a brown paper bag.

It's unreal lol

 

[Cooper's left peg]

When you can't afford an overnight stay, you really shouldn't be in the fucking league.

Tinpot embarrassment.

 

[Dean Learner]

"Ross County should have stayed in a hotel and should be hammered".

How far in advance of the game do they need to be holed up in a Glasgow hotel? One night? Two nights?

The game is off because of the weather. End of.

They should need to spend the entire season in the central belt, just in case.

Who cares how they get back north after the game?

 

[Clementime]

OK, the bottom line is the match was postponed so we can get players back from injureez.

It's a comspurency

 

[CraigMoore3]

That'll be the bookies paying out on Liverpool winning the EPL as well seeing as Man City have 2 games in hand.

But I mean that's absolutely worthless so may as well just call it now.

 

[bobby robert russell]

https://x.com/rosscounty/status/1739967465583689985?s=46&t=XM3Rn6i6jfr-i3VNnfJ0lA

Not making excuses for county but think police would have made the decision to postpone the game but dhims will be all over it .

 

[Dean Learner]

The point everyone is missing here is the gap could be wider by the time they are played. That’s where the added pressure comes from.

But we'll more than likely have more of a squad available to us(and the gap could be less than it is at the moment, if we're dealing in hypotheticals).

You can choose to look at it as a good or a bad thing. There are arguments both ways.

 

[No.8MK2]

The A9 is completely closed.

I was driving down from the highlands to Glasgow and police asked me to turn back

There is a scheduled flight Inverness to Glasgow this evening! I’m sure there would have been one earlier in the day or yesterday!

There is no excuse for this as the adverse weather was forecast! That’s the end of argument! Penny punching by County has cost Rangers supporters money. Cost the catering suppliers money.

As far as the travelling County fans. Ffs really? All 20 of them!

 

[Craigie]

It's official. They are Masonic weather patterns at work.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1739999195292127693

Pesky masonic mother nature.

This is Drumochter on the A9.

 

[WATP1979]

When you say here you mean central belt I'm assuming???
Bizarre post ya trumpet.
Game was called off for travelling to Glasgow.
I stay here weather isn't bad and Ross County could have travelled last night..
Bizarre ffs

No FFS! I live in rural Aberdeenshire!!!

There’s a world outside the central belt yknow

 

[BFOne]

I get it but Ross County and the country knew this weather was coming today so should have travelled yesterday. I was going to come up from Bristol but glad I chose Kilmarnock game instead. Unfair on all those from down here and Northern Ireland who have already travelled that a professional team were not organised enough to get to a game!

I just don't think RC and many other teams can afford to pay for hotel rooms, grim as that sounds.

 

[Cliffger]

Yeah that was because people were wetting themselves about the weather near the stadium, as usual. Again, it has nothing to do with the weather in Glasgow.

There's no hope for you.

 

[Sh3230]

When will the re arranged game be? Are we allowed to use the midweeks between St Johny even though it's CL week?

 

[ascender]

i'm not sure if it would have made much difference in this instance but would it not make more sense to have Ross County having an away fixture in Aberdeen, Perth or Dundee at this time of year?
Rather than the longer trip to the west of scotland

The problem with that is our weather is so unpredictable and there's not a lot of teams up there, so you'd run out of fixtures very quickly and we could have bad snow any time from December through to the Spring.

I'd much rather have the points in the bag than games in hand, but I do feel much more confident about us picking up points from those games in hand than I have done in a long time. Plus, if we do beat that lot at the weekend, the way they're playing, it might be enough to really knock them for six, regardless of the points situation.

 

[Blueranger45]

I don't think they will be fined because it's the SPFL amateur hour but if they had to reimburse opposition fans, you'd think it might put them out of a bit more money than they would have been for a overnight stay in Perth/Stirling/Glasgow?

 

[gordon_blue]

Does anyone know the procedure with Rangers TV?

Do we get the card refunded or is the payment held in credit?

 

[the architect]

Crying about “score board pressure” after we’ve potentially turned around an 8 point points swing is the most shitebag of shitebag comments I’ve heard for a while on here.

If you fear going to Celtic park at the weekend stop watching rangers.

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

Gutted the game is off as I was looking forward to it tonight. But the positives are we will have no new injuries and a day extra rest for the OF. Another positive is that this rearranged game will likely be at the end of January/ start of Feb so will give any new signings or players coming back from injury another game to get used to how we play/ get more match fit etc

 

[G42Bear]

I thought a lot of players looked shattered come the end of the game on Sunday.

We've been relying heavily on guys like Sima, McCausland, Tavernier, Dessers a lot recently. A wee rest and they can start the preparation for Saturday today.

Due to their lack of game time over the season so far, I'd have been concerned with Dowell and Sterling having to put in another 90 minutes tonight as well.

 

[steve84]

I just don't think RC and many other teams can afford to pay for hotel rooms, grim as that sounds.

I agree it is really Grim that we have professional clubs who can’t afford a hotel for the night a couple of times a season during winter. Sums up the league really.