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I certainly don't agree with some of the lazy revisionism regarding the last few managers. Kerr? Who's to say? He had a better record than his replacement who left... and an easy appointment was made. Why people think there is a long-term plan on the football-side of things is beyond me.

I would love a copy but not on FB. I enjoyed the few that were available to download from the SomersetRoadEnd forum but recent matches not on there.

I enjoyed "Mr 50 year-old Stone Island" having a pop at Ayr's attendance. All those crowd-w*nk cliches are true!

I've stuck the disallowed goal in the highlights but (as usual) it doesn't show anything definitive - it does look close. Perhaps the QOS highlights will have a better view as they are from the hospitality/NT side.

I missed one of the goals, struggled with focus on a new camera and used the wrong LUT (so it was kind of dark)! A bad day at the office all around...

Great

(I assume next year = next season) I will have a £10 bet on that. My charity is the Howard League.

Great. Long may it continue.

This is the crux of it. I am amazed how difficult some clubs are making it for their "customers" to give them money. "Cashless" and non-PATG systems are a nonsense for a variety of fans. At Ayr is it possible to get in if you don't have a smart phone or access to a printer, for example?

Hard not to like, not much football-wise but an athletic trier. I'll be interested to see if Bradley improves - looks skillful in moments but aimlessly jogging about for much of the game and looks like a youth player thrown into a different kind of game.

Biggest Ayr cheer of the night i think!

Good point. I wrote the original post rather reflexively. My sympathies have been with people at the club who are simply doing the best with the limited time and resources available to them (and I'm biased). A "lean management structure" means that employees will probably not have time to do everything that needs doing. Volunteers are not the solution because they can take up an inordinate amount of time (not always). That doesn't mean Ayr shouldn't be doing better at basic stuff, but as @Thumper has alluded to, where's there a pound in that?

To be fair to the previous incumbent, my impression is that responsibility for the whole "online presence"-thing at the club has been shuffled around between different directors and employees for years. I have quite a lot of sympathy with the club on this despite having been repeatedly frustrated over the years. Did any of it (beyond the club shop) actually generate income vs. "a nice thing to have but..." Lockdown etc. obviously changed the potential for income and we have been found wanting. A new broom would be welcome and if it sweeps me away there will be no hard feelings on my part.

Burninating, obviously!

I said it at the time. It wasn't good but I was optimistic. Now?

This pretty much sums up my thoughts. Results were not great under Kerr but there were extenuating circumstances if you were minded to see them. I was bemused by his sacking as much for how precipitous it seemed - Kerr wasn't Smith's appointment so could almost be allowed to fail. Instead we will never know. 5th in the league seems like cloud-cuckoo land at the moment.

It will though. SD is correct, while it is occasionally convenient for a vocal minority of fans, clubs will lose money. I'm surprised it is still allowed this season (although I understand why it is).

Christ, you've changed your tune. Things must be bad.

Are the highlights stopping early for anyone else? They were unusually long (12 mins) but on B&W TV they are stopping around 8 mins.

I agree. Concede one goal and we are stuffed. "They shall not pass" has never been a particularly successful slogan even when the intention is good. Unrelatedly, are people content with Hopkin getting the first round of league games before passing judgement? A 2-year deal suggests we might be in it for a long time, not a good time.

1. Kilmarnock 2. Raith 3. Hamilton 4. Partick 5. Dunfermline 6. ICT 7. Ayr 8. QotS 9. Morton 10. Arbroath

You come across as gleeful which is piss poor. “Surprise surprise”

McCall is an irascible old so-and-so and he said in Partick's interview that Smith chose PTFC for footballing reasons or some such. Love it!