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Jim: Beeb’s loss to miss our clash
DUNDEE UNITED boss Jim Goodwin believes Scottish football has missed a trick by not televising their topof-the-table-clash with Raith.
BBC Scotland has decided to show ayr v airdrie tonight instead and the good thing in Goodwin’s opinion is their clash remains a 3pm kick-off tomorrow.
The issue the broadcasters have is they have an agreement for a maximum number of home games per Championship club and they are keeping one tannadice game up their sleeve for the title run-in.
Goodwin said: “I know the BBC have a certain number of games that they can choose over the course of a season.
“It would have been a good one for TV.
“No doubt it would have been a great advert for the Championship – two good, attacking sides.
“It would have been a good game to broadcast but it is what it is.
“I prefer to have it on a Saturday at 3 o’clock anyway.”
Rovers have been labelled as the surprise package in the Championship, as they have pushed United all the way and are just a point behind with a game in hand.
Goodwin, however, reckons with the increased investment that the new owners have put in since the summer they were always going to be a force.
He said: “Raith have done brilliantly, recruited really well and with a good injection of finance. they’ve been able to bring in a good quality of player.
“We were always going to be everybody’s favourites because of the size of the club. Raith are no mugs.
“We didn’t underestimate them. I saw the players they were signing, the increase in their budget and I knew they would be a decent team.”