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Hursty

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  1. So after last season we now have Robbie Crawford earning a move to a higher level than Lawrence Shankland haha.
  2. Considering that was the Celtic lineup I don't think being involved in the games in this tour is particularly worrying re: Doohan not being loaned out.
  3. I think we maybe played Coventry at Somerset in the mid 90's and they had a few 'names' playing - got a vague memory of being at it and some of their players seeming like absolute giants! More recently I think we playee Bolton at Somerset but I didnt go to that. Pretty sure my last friendly was that Man U game as well. With the Betfred starting so early and having a generally pretty mixed standard of opposition I think its a bit of a piss take for clubs like us to be charging admission to see games v the likes of St Mirren and Motherwell so im glad we don't bother anymore.
  4. I'm going for three. Doohan and one other loan signing and one actual signing.
  5. Hopefully someone has a stormer and they dive in with a £100k offer again like last time.
  6. Wouldn't surprise me to see a couple of trialists on Tuesday, that's what happened with Andy Murdoch last year. As a few folk have said Doohan would be a last minute job after Celtic are home from their tour i'd think - he only signed on the Thursday just before the Betfred started last year so would expect Hare-Reid to play the friendlies again. Assuming Doohan does sign i'd give Hare-Reid the Tunnocks Cup as well - surely after the last 2 seasons efforts we will use that to play a youth / reserve side to see what they can do.
  7. Might simply be a case that the bigger teams were put off by the post injury form - he only scored 2 goals from open play from Xmas onwards I think.
  8. I see Dundee Utd sporting director confirmed they are in talks with him (according to The Sun anyway)
  9. Stolen from twitter - Ian McCall aka Mike Myers from So I Married an Axe Murderer is the best lookalike ive seen in a long time.
  10. 100%. Doolan is only 32 as well and I have a feeling that he will be looking at next season as being a massive 'point to prove' scenario. I hope we get him.
  11. Out of sheer boredom i've just sat and watched the highlights on Youtube from the 4-1 v Dunfermline, 5-1 v Morton and 5-0 v Dundee Utd games from last season. Struggling to think of many league games i've enjoyed more in the last 15 years.
  12. Seen him outside Tennents on Byers Rd in his crocs a couple of times. A modern day icon.
  13. Fair enough - maybe seemed bigger on the opening day as I was in the town for a few beers pre game and Thistle fans were everywhere - made an impression after the season in League One where most of the time you couldn't spot an away fan if your life depended on it! Tam o Shanter beer garden was jumping!
  14. Are there attendance stats available that only show home crowds? Would be interesting to see the first half v second half comparison for home fan only to see what the actual drop was once we turned a bit pish. Early season we had Partick bringing over 1000 on the opening day and pretty big crowds from Dunfermline and Dundee Utd that i don't think were anywhere near as big when they came later in the season.
  15. I've had two different people message me today both saying that there will be a new signing on Monday so my hopes are officially up. Edit: that's 3 folk now and they have all named Kris Doolan so must be something in it.
  16. I notice Lachlan mentioned a sizeable cost going on Project Brave - I have to admit i've never really paid any attention to it and assumed that was money coming in rather than going out.
  17. I don't really buy the whole 'crowds were up from the previous season so this years budget should be higher' argument either. Last seasons budget will have been set at a higher level than the 2017/18 one based in part on an assumption that the crowds would increase due to going up a league. So the only reason the budget would go up again based on crowds was if the actual crowds were significantly higher than what was budgeted for. Which considering the crowds were pretty pish even though we were flying (all the Friday night games etc not helping) i'd seriously doubt was the case.
  18. Poor guy - comes on here on a dreadful attempt at a wind up and all he will get is a bunch of Ayr fans replying to agree with him haha
  19. Did you read what I said? I wouldnt deem 8th as a successful season, no. But you constantly giving it the 'woah is me' patter and predicting that we are definitely finishing bottom behind some other skint full time teams and 2 part time teams is getting really boring. The opening game is 6 weeks tomorrow.
  20. It's this pish I just can't get my head around. There's zero chance that by 3pm on the 3rd of August that we won't have signed a single player. Absolutely zero. So you are predicting us to come bottom of the league based on absolutely nothing. Nobody knows what quality the 5 or 6 signings that QoS will make for example. My oponion for what its worth, once we add a goalkeeper and 2 or 3 others the squad should be more than capable of finishing 8th and anything otherwise would be a failure from McCall. I agree totally with Ayr Exile in that an 8th place finish for example isnt a 'succesful season' but also isn't relegation - its not a case of one or the other.
  21. Think he is on holiday. Also seems very likely its sunderland he will be off to but they have a takeover in the offing currently. Maybe waiting till that's done before the singing. With all the holidays he has been on he's going to be the size of a hoose by the time he starts training with someone haha
  22. Arbroath away on 28th September. Delighted to get an away day there before winter kicks in. Also interested to see our home game v Dunfermline in November is on at the same time as the Cyprus v Scotland qualifier - would be a good day out if our game got pushed back to 5pm or something.
  23. To be fair it's not actually that many folk panicking I don't think, just the same few folk bangjng on about it constantly and looking for a negative spin on every single story / comment.
  24. Aye that's what i'm not getting and it's the big question I think. . Is the budget reduced compared to what it was as of this time a year ago? If that's a yes, then i'd say that is pretty concerning and throws a bit of doubt onto the sustainability of full time football on current crowds (which if im honest i've never been totally convinced by, but that's possibly just the accountant in me). If it's just a 'reduction' based on the final budget of last season, ie the pre Betfred Cup budget plus the net cost of Smith signing in August plus Muirhead and the 2 loans in and out in January then that makes perfect sense and isn't really a big issue for me. We seem to have always worked this way - last few seasons we have seen Harkins / Balatoni / Shankland and Smith all come in after the season started.
  25. £12, £6 and free for u12's for the home games in the Betfred Cup i see.
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