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You’ve cut out my faither and half of Sluddy!

Very underwhelming. Long ball football galore incoming. Gets my support obviously but I’m surprised there weren’t better candidates.

The Coyle shout above is interesting and I loved Peter Murphy as a player so that ones also intriguing. I’m just thankful we have a fan in charge with David Smith because in another walk of life we could’ve ended up with the DKB Kenny Shiels. Wouldn’t thank you for Kettlewell and I think Stevie Robinson will be holding off for an opportunity down south in league 1 or 2 which will pay much much more than us. Would we be able to tempt the likes of McNally or Hartley away from their clubs further down the leagues? Or pay the compensation? Not keen on White being in charge for more than a few weeks so hopefully we move quickly.

Too easy

Got it now, had to log out on other devices but though closing the tabs would’ve done that...

Can’t get on, trying multiple devices. Got “season error” on the live streaming link page and it’s not allowing me to click the link to move to the next page.

Big Jamie btw. What a man

Yassss! Was certain that was going to freeze there! Great pen.

When the sound started mine was auto muted so had to switch on. This lagging is doing my head in though.

No sound and freezing every few seconds....

Trying to get on to pay for game but giving me a server error? Anyone know what’s going on?

Totally agree with all your replies to my post. Attractive football and success brings the club through the door and I for one want him to stay, I'm just playing devils advocate by looking at it from the club's commercial side, especially when we know our already tight budget will drop significantly next season. To be honest, all we need is one televised cup game, ideally one against Killie so the crowd is decent as well, and then hopefully some extra from the 500 fund and through the gates would make any short fall. I'm also optimistic the likes of Rose, McDaid and Crawford will stay as D'Jaffo says. But I know from speaking to Stevie Bell a few months back that he was unsure about whether his legs could play championship football again, and with Mark Kerr's age, both could leave next summer and head down a tier, which could affect us if we also have others moving up a tier. Another pro for keeping Shanks is a higher league finish will make us more attractive to potential new recruits should we have to bring a few bodies in next year. Plus he needs a hattrick against Killie before he can go anywhere!

We would be daft to accept 100k, but 250k is a different story... I'd hate to see Shanks leave but 250k is a lot of money. Consider this scenario: We sell Shanks for 250k, use 50k towards player budget plus whatever Shankland's wage is to sign another striker and possibly another player, we then bank 200k. The rest of the squad are good enough to stay up (he may be good, but Ayr are not solely the Lawrence Shankland show these days) so say we finish 8th, and we get 190k of league prize money. So we start next season with 390k in the bank. 2nd scenario: Shanks stays. Has a glorious season, Ayr finish 5th, narrowly miss out on a play off slot, fans are elated. Shanks leaves on a free, leaving great memories behind. Ayr scoop 230k (ish) for league prize money. Our budget for next year is potentially 160k less than what it could be. Now we know that next season, Lachlan is no longer topping up our playing budget, so long term financial stability and securing funds and income for the future is a massive thing for us just now. This is why we've secured a two year deal with McDonalds Ayr as we need to secure income for next year as well as this year. Now I'd love us to finish 5th and beat big teams along the way, but as we'll be facing 2019/20 without Shankland regardless (and likely that Mark Kerr and Stevie Bell will be the same) then I'd rather have more funds available to keep ourselves up again and really cement our place in the division. The questions on top of this are: a) do you think the Ayr squad w/o Shanks but with another lesser striker are good enough to finish 8th? Or, b) do you think that with Shanks, we'll have a good cup run to bring in extra revenue, and on field success will increase crowds to a level that will cover what we would get from his sale. It's a tough question and one the club are no doubt trying to work out. I reiterate, I'd hate to see him go, but for 250k, we most definitely need to consider the pros and cons along with our long term plans.