Raith Rovers: Manager Ian Murray seeking improvement in club's medical department infrastructure over summer to avoid repeat of this season's injury hell

Ian Murray has had to cope with a horrendous injury list in recent weeks (Pic Simon Wootton/SNS Group)

After a traumatic season blighted by injuries to several of his key players – some of whom have required more than one operation - Raith Rovers manager Ian Murray has outlined his determination to oversee an improvement in the infrastructure of the Kirkcaldy club’s medical department.

With Rovers' 23-man squad frequently having been decimated in the final weeks of the season - sometimes being reduced to only having only one or two outfield substitutes – to effectively ruin their play-off prospects, Murray is keen to avoid such a scenario next season in a bid to mount a sustained push for the top four places.

"It's not getting the chance to add new bodies during the summer transfer window that gives me the real excitement," Murray said. "I think it's a reset we need because we've worked really hard this season.

"We've had numerous injuries, illness and other things going on.

"So I think a little reset, a little refresh and a little beak for everybody's going to be brilliant.

"It's more about sorting the infrastructure internally in terms of our medical department, to see if we can get fitter than we are this season.

"And then obviously you add players who you think will fit into your model and try and push on a little bit.

"So there's no doubt a little bt of freshness is going to give us all that little more drive over the summer, enjoy our break and then when we get back we're fully focused on the next 10 months and try to improve on where we are this season.”