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The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
You can see the value in having an assistant. Whitaker was constantly taking notes and he and Brown were constantly talking throughout the game. They said they worked well together and although that's just the first match, you can see positive signs. -
The Spiders v The Honest Men
edinburghhonestman replied to spiders4ever's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Don't think you can appeal a yellow. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
It was tremendous! As a part time team in the top division we were afraid of no-one. It's difficult to imagine anyone from your time watching Ayr being capable of breaking in to Ally's team of around 1969. -
The Arbroath Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to Lichtie78's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Is there something you're doing in training that's contributing to the injuries? Or maybe more likely, something you're not doing in terms of injury prevention? I know you've got a part-time squad but maybe they should have a strength and conditioning program to do at home? Your situation seems so bad there's surely more to it than bad luck or coincidence. Best of luck going forward! -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Go big or go home right enough -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
But the last folk the football authorities care about are the fans. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
That'll help beat the train cancellations. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
I was initially for Courts, with Bowyer or Brown as alternatives. The more I've thought about it, I'm now in the Brown camp. If I was interviewing Courts I'd have been digging in to why he left both Kelty and Dundee United. Neither seems that straightforward. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
He managed Honved Budapest. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
4 of those 8 goals scored by the goal machine that is Mark McKenzie. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Reminds me of years ago (1990s?) we played Celtic at Parkhead. I think it was in the League Cup. After the warm up the referee ordered us to change out of our white tops and black shorts. The only other kit we had was all blue and when we ran out their fans went mental. Sadly, we lost. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
He took over a side that avoided relegation on the final day of the season and took them to 13th the following season along with their best ever FA Cup run where they beat QPR and Sheffield Wednesday. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Not keen on Gray but I'd be ok with either Courts or Brown. It's going to be a challenge to keep us up but if they can, I think either has a fair chance of building something over a couple of seasons. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Given that we're probably speaking to 2 or 3 folk on a shortlist we couldn't really have them all in the stand. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
31 bus for me, but that would be fine. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Nearly half of Mark McKenzie's goals must have come when Davie White was caretaker. What sorcery is this? -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Good shout. I haven't seen him but he gets a good press. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
I'd like to have seen Tomlinson and Watret a bit more involved from the bench or loaned out to League 1/2 at the start of the season. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
There's a bit of a lesson there for us in terms of player development. He'd had about 8 bit part appearances in his career and then gets a bit of a run with us. You can see how much he's come on in a fairly short time. We seem reluctant to give our Academy players the same opportunity in the team, or to fix them up with a decent loan that might challenge them. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Puts his tenure in to some perspective. He came in at a time when we desperately needed someone to keep us up after the Hopkin and Duffy fiasco and he did improve things. To be fair to Bullen he was prepared to give up a good thing in Sheffield to take us on and for that he has my thanks. After the high water mark of the home demolition of Queen's Park and a poor January window though, he's found things tough. Without Chalmers and with Mullin losing a bit of form teams found it easier to close down Dipo and we limped in to the playoffs. This season has been a bit of a car crash, though. The recruitment has been poor, there's been no discernable shape and he's been pretty random with the substitutions. We've been sliding back to where we were under the previous 3 managers so clearly time for a change. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Suggests the problems started with the Falkirk game. The reality is that we had a poor January window. Losing Chalmers and only getting the likes of McAlear when we were in a strong position to challenge Dundee was the start. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
At least snake oil contains Omega-3 and helps with arthritis. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
If it weren't so plausible you should be getting red for that. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Couldn't agree more. I went to my first game in 1963 and this is about the most depressed I've felt as an Ayr fan. I was slightly fortunate in that my kids were young during the worst of the Shanks/Connor/Watt years and I couldn't always justify coming through from Edinburgh but I'm pretty sure I won't be back now until Bullen has gone. Assuming I'm not alone in that feeling from what I'm seeing on here but it feels like no matter how many folks stay away the club are reluctant to act. Before we know it we'll be relegated and facing a drop in income of potentially £200k+ a season. That's going to be a tough place to build from.