super_carson Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 How many players have we re-signed that have actually ever worked out? Not that many who stick out in my memory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Surely we are not attempting to resign Adams, Cairney, Docherty,, Rose, Gilmour(already signed I know) and Crawford. Six central midfielders straight away! Docherty, Cairney, Rose and Crawford at the very most, with Crawford probably better wide right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumbartonTheSons Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Wouldn't take Andy Geggan at Ayr in League 1 Have a word with yourself. I believe that was sarcasm at its best/worst, whichever way you look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Somewhere tae train ....get them running up the carrick hills wae lead boots oan ....ally style They should be up there pulling mccall on a sledge in January I've found him, everyone!! I've found John Hughes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honestmen Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Will Forest fill his potential this cominv season? Running out of patience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 9 hours ago, Honestmen said: Will Forest fill his potential this cominv season? Running out of patience Big season to prove his worth because he definitely got found out in the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Big season to prove his worth because he definitely got found out in the Championship. To be fair to him he played the majority of the season out of position as a lone striker with nothing but high balls being knocked up to him. I think some fans forget he's only 20 because he's been with us for so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 10 hours ago, No_Problemo said: Surely we are not attempting to resign Adams, Cairney, Docherty,, Rose, Gilmour(already signed I know) and Crawford. Six central midfielders straight away! Docherty, Cairney, Rose and Crawford at the very most, with Crawford probably better wide right. According to the post, yes. Don't think Cairney was mentioned though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 10 hours ago, Honestmen said: Will Forest fill his potential this cominv season? Running out of patience He's never been given a consistent run in any position by McCall, and he wasn't by Roberts either. He'll never be able to establish any consistent level of performance unless McCall gives him a proper run of games in one position and gives him the freedom to take his time adjusting to it. He's not a natural winger and he'll never get used to playing out wide unless McCall stops chucking him in there once every few games and then hooking him after an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joma Boo Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 49 minutes ago, Meathead said: He's never been given a consistent run in any position by McCall, and he wasn't by Roberts either. He'll never be able to establish any consistent level of performance unless McCall gives him a proper run of games in one position and gives him the freedom to take his time adjusting to it. He's not a natural winger and he'll never get used to playing out wide unless McCall stops chucking him in there once every few games and then hooking him after an hour. The thing is, what is his actual position? I think that's his problem. He was an exciting young player who scored goals, but has he developed at all? What do we do with him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1nickydevlin Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 The thing is, what is his actual position? I think that's his problem. He was an exciting young player who scored goals, but has he developed at all? What do we do with him? Get him on the roids bulk the boy up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 6 minutes ago, Joma Boo said: The thing is, what is his actual position? I think that's his problem. He was an exciting young player who scored goals, but has he developed at all? What do we do with him? I think his best position would be as a 'number 10' behind the main striker. Unfortunately I think that's also McGuffie's best position, so at least one of them would need to go out wide. McGuffie is the most intelligent player in the team and I think he really needs to be allowed to dictate through the middle, and Forrest is the far quicker of the two, so him going out wide would seem to be the logical choice to me, provided the full back on that side is able to provide some width. No doubt Harkins will still be kicking about next season anyway and force them both out wide. Forrest hasn't developed much recently, but, to flip it round, how can we reasonably expect him to have? He's a young player at part time level, he's been in and out the team and has played four positions this season (right, left, behind the striker, striker). Nobody would fare well under those circumstances. The only way he'll ever progress is with a regular run of games in whatever position McCall decides he wants to use him in. I think it'd be important for him to know that it doesn't matter if he has a poor game, because he'll be in again the next week. Obviously a string of poor games is a different matter, but having the manager show some faith in him is likely to have a particularly positive impact on a young creative player who's always likely to have a few poor games. To be fair to McCall I can appreciate that the manager of a struggling team probably doesn't have the luxury of perservering with an inconsistent young player, but next season is a perfect opportunity to give Forrest a real try and see how he gets on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mgc1910 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Forrest has developed into a link man playing behind a centre forward. To some degree that means you have to build a team around him playing that position and I'm just not sure he's quite good enough. Alan Trouten had the same problem at Ayr playing at right midfield all the time. Forrest definitely isn't a wide midfielder given his total lack of defensive capabilities and no one plays out and out wingers anymore. I think we can all agree he isn't a centre forward! Crawford has much the same problem - he isn't good enough at any one thing to let him pin down one particular position so he gets shuffled about all over the midfield which in turn impedes his development - vicious circle. I think his best position is probably the furthest forward in a midfield 3, but again, we'd have to build the team around him to accommodate that approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckfast Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 We are keeping the Docherty, Gilmour, Crawford and promoting 2 midfielders from the youths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted May 12, 2017 Author Share Posted May 12, 2017 2 minutes ago, Buckfast said: We are keeping the Docherty, Gilmour, Crawford and promoting 2 midfielders from the youths. Where'd you see this? If true the 2 youths will be Balfour and Faulds I'd imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 I'd expect us to keep Adams for another year as well. Cairney is a strange one but I'm sure he signed a two year deal but his name hasn't been mentioned anywhere. Gilmour can leave as far as I'm concerned and I can see Wardrope leaving if we're bringing through more academy boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Tbh I never thought Gilmour was anything near a good enough player to be in an Ayr shirt. I'm kind of excited about seeing Harkins a league below where we can dominate games. Think that's we were missing and hopefully we get a striker that can put the ball in the net at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 5 hours ago, Meathead said: Forrest is the far quicker of the two Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 26 minutes ago, eez-eh said: Forrest is deceptively quick, but I wouldn't say it's a particular strength of his. McGuffie is pretty slow though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Big Dean Keenan just tweeted that we've made a "huge signing" but now looking at his page it appears he's deleted the tweet.Dunno what's happening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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