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The fact they swapped Amartey and McKenzie so early suggests whatever the plan was, it wasn't working. They've worked a few two on ones down the left especially, but the midfielders aren't gambling on crosses coming in. Set pieces look like our best shot to score.

Stirling seem to be targeting the wide areas with early balls. Ayr seem to have no discernible strategy at all. Frustrating when Smith is showing for a simple pass from the keeper and Albinson shells it long to the Stirling defenders instead.

He's certainly been available in attack

Paul Smith looks well ahead of the rest of our team, if we're looking for positives

McKenzie and Amartey have swapped positions, not sure it will help

Hahaha what a terrible goal to lose

Individual error count from our defenders already creeping up

Nice to hear the racist song at the start of another season

Does anyone know who I need to speak to here at Forthbank to get my "Am a real/better fan" badge?

A sad day.

I'm surprised at reports of explicit criticism of players. Less political than I'd expect.

"Many of you will be familiar with my next song, 'We Are Ayr'. For those who aren't, the lyrics are now on the big screens."

You'd think they'd have thought about this possibility before making their big announcement and hoovering up the good press.

This is actually good news because [insert credulous gibberish].

That's interesting. My recollection is that the club had to prise their current guy away from Hamilton? Would've thought that came with a certain price tag. Happy to be corrected.

It's true that not every player will work out, but if you're paying a significant wage to a recruitment expert you'd expect to see a better hit rate than if you weren't. Otherwise why have the role at all?

Not sure that's the bar we should be aiming to clear

It's a polite way of calling supporters who want more than they're getting unrealistic.

Can we see them play a couple of games first?

If you look at it from a certain perspective the five figure investment in the pitch could be seen as equivalent to signing a new player.

How many of them are actually having the best player taken out of them the day before the season starts though?

It would be fun to try and predict some of the questions. I'm going with: "How does it feel to know you're creating a lasting legacy not just for the club but for the town?" "Are there any plans to commemorate last season's historic second place finish?" "I'd like to nominate the chairman and manager for the club Hall of Fame, what's the process for that?"

I think they have 'young people' doing social media stuff

The commercial manager role brings in revenue that can be directly attributed and measured. Marketing and digital marketing in particular is seen as fuzzy and if you only look at direct attribution then arguably costs money rather than making it. That's obviously the wrong way to look at it, but not all old dogs can learn new tricks.

What are the chances they'll get all the right names on it though?