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    The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

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    2 hours ago, Jack Reed said:

    Spoken like one of the management, 

     

    2 hours ago, CapitalDiamond said:

    Looks like this season might be null and void soon enough.

    To be sitting in 3rd 2 seasons running when the league is called would be unfortunate and I wouldn’t fancy owning a League 1 club at the moment given the hassle involved and seeing a model with limited cash flows being put under tremendous stress.

    I’d be all for a reset in the club/trust relationship at this point and essentially the begging bowl coming round to try and make us competitive next year.

    On recruitment, my view is that budget is the biggest issue.

    The safest way to get out of this league would be to identify players that excel in it or at a higher level and give them the financial incentives to join Airdrie.

    We saw it with Livi - who despite pleading poverty obviously could offer more than we could to Crichton, L*thgow, Watt and Cadden. It was similar when Ayr took Docherty and Boyle (club captain/player of the year so presumably happy with us - but money talks).

    I get the impression the takeover has increased the playing budget from the end of the Wotherspoon era but not to the extent we can sign the guys we’d like to. Stirling taking Ryan shows that.

    So you then have to come up with a strategy that you think might work which is going to be more risky. I don’t think Stuart Millar could have done anything else.

    We’ve been forced to take a bit of a punt on Robert, Stokes and Sabatini.

    Robert I’ve really enjoyed watching. He is raw and needs to be more consistent, but his contribution in November was amazing. I assume the club had and has exercised an option to extend his deal hence the revelation that his contract isn’t up at the end of the season. Even £100K for him might be vital at this stage in our history. Stuart Millar deserves credit for that.

    Sabatini made an excellent first impression. Like Robert a first season in senior football. You’d question his consistency, but I think he’s good and could play at a higher level if he improves by being quicker on the ball- he could argue that more ball players around him in midfield would help.

    Stokes has been a disappointment. He could point to having very little time to make an impression. The harsh reality is that he looks unlikely to have a career as a footballer at a good level. That must be hard to take when you were previously at Leeds and played at age level for RoI - but it’s a common story and I can’t draw any other conclusion.

    Third place as it stands. 5 points off Falkirk (with a game in hand) but also 5 points from Dumbarton in 8th (who have a game in hand over us).

    I’d imagine Jack McKay will be costing Airdrie nothing and just asking for a chance. The Club’s communication of the deal was awful (something they have previous for). Tell it as it is, if he’s desperate for a chance to show that he has something to offer say that. Don’t make him out to be a marquee signing. Find a fan you trust and bounce this stuff off them. Maybe.... I don’t know a rep from the Trust which owns more than 10% in the board and can tell you when something will go down like a cup of cold sick!

    I think we need to find a way for the hardcore of us that are left to try and help the club survive this awful time and come out in a position of relative strength when it kicks off again and if we can do that, we’ll have an advantage in recruitment.

    The trust are history.

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    The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

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    8 hours ago, Passionate said:

    Agree , we are in a better than most though in the strikers dept, we have reasonable depth and decent enough though,   in all honesty there are not many options out there,  if someone can name me 5 strikers available who can get 15 to 20 goals, you will be doing g well.

    8 hours ago, Passionate said:

    Agree , we are in a better than most though in the strikers dept, we have reasonable depth and decent enough though,   in all honesty there are not many options out there,  if someone can name me 5 strikers available who can get 15 to 20 goals, you will be doing g 

    The striker we sign will be from south of the border.

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