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    Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️

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    55 minutes ago, Diamonds_Are_Forever said:

    Aslong as we don’t sign Brody well he fine we were linked with Matthew Anderson Celtic youngster but he’s now on his way to Austria to play on Loan

    Had heard that also 

     

    Also had heard the Justin to Crystal Palace rumour but with him being loaned back. Maybe the reason he's had less mins is due to staying fit before a medical or something. Again pure speculation but cash from him and then cash from possible next round could add to that budget 

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    Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️

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    3 minutes ago, Passionate said:

    Decent game today, we competed well against SPL opponents,  Dundee were decent enough without really threatening,  The pace down the flanks caused us bother especially first half, Rudden was hopeless, seen the lad a few times and never been impressed.

     

    Airdrie had a gameplan and as long as Rhys is on the park he will stick rigidly to it,    was wondering why Devenney was missing again,  first I have heard of his potential move,  Aiken was very good  I thought, gets around the pitch well, reminds me of Stanway except better.   ATS and Fordyce again we're very good, just the one ball over the top caught us out with the predictable Rae foul to follow,  after his save the game really picked up with the ref losing the plot and any control he had..

    We are short though, take out 2 or 3 players and we are in big trouble ,  still plenty time though, been saying that for a while though..

     

    Leaders of men are few and far between these days,  Rhys McCabe is a true leader and his players give their all for him,   who is the last player we had to have such an impact on players round about him Paul Lovering....

    Great Post this btw

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    Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️

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    51 minutes ago, airdrieman said:

    Big club mate 😎

    From what I can find online Doncaster City are a new club and have a bit of money behind them to try climb the English pyramid. Signed a few players from tiers 5-7, including oor Jack McKay! 

    Can’t say I’m convinced, but all for a trialist from a nonsense level coming on board. He’s also Kosovan which is cool/another good reason to sign him. 

    I'm just happy there's games going on with trialists.

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    Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️

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    2 hours ago, Old Diamond said:

    Is £5 for a hot steak pie that dear? At Tesco, for example an individual steak pie costs £3.65, that needs to be heated, add staff costs at the kiosk and I think the club need to charge 20% VAT on hot food sales so I doubt if there is much profit for the club

    I think a fiver is pretty shocking,  I know it's probably just a knock on effect from suppliers prices than ruthless profiteering but I shan't be buying one at that price. 

    Tell you something though , if this is the negatively we get from a WIN, its going to mad next week if we get beat off a PREMIER LEAGUE team.

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    Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️

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    To be fair it's not just you. And I'm not wanting to make out like your a dick...

    I just want people to be a bit more realistic about our position as a club. We have a lovely strip out the now with new home tops touted for the end of July. It's a difference of a couple of weeks ? The club have been bringing in fans reps , did you apply ? Did any of the folk who love a good moan and cry foul play by the club apply ? 

    I get that it's rubbish when things are quiet but are they gonna announce we've sold 350 season tickets 3 weeks before the season  starts? Probably not. Are they gonna announce signing targets , of course not. So I just dont get the hate pointed towards the club. Im not clapping my hands and "la la la ing" I'm just calming the F down cause there's not much to get upset about. 

    11 minutes ago, cb_diamond said:

    You're trying to make me sound like a dick here,, so I'll bite.

    Yes, I am absolutely delighted we are finally out of the hellscape that is L1. Yes, I am hopeful that we will be able to strengthen our team beyond what we have now. Yes, I trust that Rhys has a plan and good ideas.

    However, I am a bit pissed off, as I was last year and the year before that that we get f#ck all info from the club, about pretty much anything. Year on year we ARE always last to get strips out, season tickets out etc etc. Those are valuable income streams that the club could be maximising by getting their finger out of their arses. So no, I won't be having a temper tantrum boycott because I don't know how many season books we've punted, but by the same token I won't clap my hands and go "la la la this is amazing, I'm so happy" when there are things that are a bit "tinpot"

    Seems reasonable enough? No?

     

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    Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️

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    3 minutes ago, cb_diamond said:

    It's not for celebratory or non celebratory purposes. I was curious and it struck me that it was another area where we are kept completely in the dark about.

    "Kept completely in the dark"

    The club isn't the CIA man , like I said just ask. I'll ask , and let ya know. 

     

    We seem to parkour from "clubs deliberately not recruiting players" to "Strips!!!! why don't we have strips this is tin pot" and now on to "season tickets numbers" 

    See if folk honestly think it's that bad,  don't give them money , don't go. This is the best the club has been run both on and off the pitch in a long time , we are In the championship,  we are starting the season with a decent squad that yes needs strengthened but we are starting from a good base. If all this comes at the cost of not being told the season ticket numbers then who cares. 

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    Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️

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    39 minutes ago, cb_diamond said:

    I'm not going to do that. To be completely fair most other normal clubs, including plenty in our own division just actively tell people these numbers.

    I'll ask then when the physical ones are available for pick up. 

    I don't see the drama if I'm honest. 

    If we are thinking it's maybe 500 there's no way the club are celebrating that. Easily one of the lowest in the league, but lets put it out that we are shifting a quarter of some other teams in the league becuase folk on the pie and bovril might moan. Opens the club up to ridicule when you have other clubs shifting 2k season tickets and we're celebrating something that would be on par with mid table league 1. 

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    Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️

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    21 minutes ago, cb_diamond said:

    I was working under the assumption it was 3-400 last season and would be in the ballpark of 5-600 this year.

    I'm not sure there would be much of a bounce . I saw someone mentioning they thought our home gates would be bigger this year but even with promotion I think our average home crowd will be about the same.

     

    But seriously,  try messaging the club, see if they get back to you. Or if you nip on to collect yours ask. 

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    Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️

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    1 hour ago, Diamonds are Forever said:

     

    Exactly. I'm not sure what people are suggesting. We are at the bottom of the pecking order in this league so we need to either live within our means and wait until every other club has turned down a player for us to sign them, or break the bank (in relative terms) to attract them here. It seems like we are doing the former (with a couple of exceptions), and without knowing the financial situation of the club it's hard to sit here and say we should just push the boat out. We have already have done so to keep Frizzell, McGill and (probably) to sign Todorov, there's only so many times you can push the boat out before you get into financial difficulties.

    It's been said a thousand times by fans on here, and now explicitly by Fordyce in the press, that we need more defensive players. I'm not really sure what fans like Passionate are suggesting we do other than chuck lots more money that we probably can't afford. Or sign guys who you know aren't good enough but still command a decent wage, meaning that if a better player does become available you then can't afford them.

    Agee with this.

    I also just don't get the weird vibe people put out suggesting the club are doing nothing. Do folk honestly think the club just want to go back down and aren't trying to get players in? I mentioned this last year and someone came back with a snarky "i dont pretend to know what the club thinks"  that's just the most bizarre mindset if you think the club is deliberately not signing players or not trying to bring in "quality". 

    And now you've got someone saying Fordyce is unconvincing in saying they are looking for quality. Madness. 

    The club will be trying in a very sparse market to bring in players that fit the system and can either add to the squad or be developed. We all want the same thing , the club want the same thing , Mccabe wants the same thing , we all want the club to succeed. Its not as simple as just bringing in players, wish it was. There's a pecking order and we are pretty far down it. 

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    Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️

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    42 minutes ago, Kenny_m said:

    Or take the leftfield Arbroath approach searching the English non league's albeit it's not been a huge success to date and their fans don't seem optimistic about their current crop of trialists.

    What I do like about our current set up is that you can see the team are all together in this. They all seem to have bought into this project and Mccabe which is good to see. 

    Either that or consilium are holding them all hostage...

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    Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️

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    15 minutes ago, Kenny_m said:

     

    Defence definitely the priority and note that another who has been mentioned, Darren Brownlie has signed with Dundalk.

    Mentioned by us though so it means nothing.

    We did this last year where folk would post a name , they would sign for another club and then folk would come on raging that "thats another one missed". The club will have targets , they won't be advertising them. Just got to trust the process we want players that fit into our system not players who have experience but need to be shoehorned into a system they aren't built for, you end up with Harry Maguire being a bombscare at Man United, obviously we aren't Man United but you get the analogy.

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