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I wouldn’t be hugely surprised if Mr McCall made a move . I’d be hugely disappointed , but McCall has form for this kind of move . If Cammy Smith came in the opposite direction it would ease the pain but realistically it’s more lightly to be a Ross McIver . Big Tomi comes in for some stick and he really needed to do better last night . However if he was to finish the season with 15 goals he’ll be hard to hold onto . Hopefully he stays for another season and improves like Rose , Harvie etc all did in their second season . The fact he’s not cup tied makes me a bit suspicious. Again he might be an asset to be traded for the greater good . Hope not though , we are developing a habit of letting our top goal scorers walk season on season : Shankland , Forrest , McCowan ...... On the Bradley substitution , it had to be McAlister hooked and Maxwell moved into left central midfield , but I get it that Reading was struggling . Incidentally I though Houston had a very solid game . Our window priority’s have to be left centre half , 2 x experienced midfielders and a new striker ,either at no 9 or no 10 ....If we are ambitious and aggressive in the market we should be ok . If we go down the youth loans path we struggle somewhat ....

Oh Tomi Tomi Tomi .......... Hopefully we have quality coming in after New Year . We are right in a fight for survival . It’s mission critical to have a better window than Accies , Morton and QoS , we simply must beat Queens next week . After that the really tough fixtures begin .....

Wee bit of mischief making there ....

Does anyone know if the club plans to run some buses out of the Hub for the Killie game ? Or are buses still in the bin due to the virus ? Think a few beers will be required for the New Year Derby ......

Aero has to go back to right centre half .

As much as I hope Smith will bring forward the summer plans by six months , I have a feeling he won’t and we’ll give Duffy the window and probably the rest of the season . If the rumours are true and it’s four in and four out in the window then the question would be who ? It certainly looks like a left sided centre half will be a priority . The rest are open to question . Obviously centre midfield needs attention, so one there, maybe two . Adeloye will have suitors , 8 goals in half a season isn’t bad . I wonder if un cup tied Tomi will be horse traded for the greater good ? Talking of horses , Afolabi can go , he’s poor and costing McKenzie development minutes . So our January team might be a fill in the gaps below unit : McAdams Houston Aero (New player) Reading Bradley Murdoch (New Player) O’Conner (New Player) (New Player or Adeloye)

It’s all about the window now , that and damage limitations in the games leading up to it . In an ideal world we’d be brining in two or three that would be seen as long term signings . Picked by our long term in coming manager . However that’s a lot of moving parts .... we’ll just have to hold our breath and see what happens . Maybe Reading or Adeloye will attract some interest and thus change the dynamic a bit ....

Love the way you brush aside the addition of a £200k bit of real estate, paid for totally by the Chairman . Real estate that will provide a facility that most fans have been wanting for years . Oh and the small matter of creating revenue for the football club . If you wanted to ,you could mention the re purchase of the car park or maybe even the purchase of the land behind the North Terrace ? Not that your going to do that either ,or even wonder why the Chairman would want to buy both parcels of land . I get that your not happy with the team , who is at the moment ? However the cycle off bleating and greeting is pissing everyone off . There is about six posters left on the Ayr United portion of this platform , all the moaning minis with not much else to say other than howling at the moon .

There are two types of loans really , rookie development, which has been discussed in the last few post but there is a second type , contract wind downs . There are quite a few players in the Premiership who are in the last few months of their contracts , they need to be playing football now with a view to getting a deal somewhere for next season . Ayr could do very well in this market if they choose to be bold . Names who may go out on loan include : Declan McDaid , Keegan Jacobs , Robbie Crawford , Lee Erwin to name but a few .

You never know it just might be . Most of our team are out of contract in May , it would be their interests to clock in as they’ll be needing a contract from somebody next season . However St Mirren are a proper Premiership team and will have too much for us in our current state I fear . Important think is we made the tie and will lift some cash . Hey St Mirren might even leave us Lee Erwin on loan for the rest of the season ...

St Mirren will bring a decent crowd down , hopefully we can match them . Could make about £50k out it , that would get us three players in the window till May . Get the tickets printed and out now , Christmas presents etc ...

Maybe Jamie Ness worth a shot , if he could stay fit , currently at Forfar

Was Inness Cameron injured yesterday or are Killie not wanting him cup tied ?

Watched them train on Monday for a little while at Cambusdoon . Looked to me like Moff was training on his own . Team we’re doing shuttles at the clubhouse end , keepers were at the other end goals , Moff was in the middle going through a routine with one off the coaches . There might have been a perfectly good reason for this , but that’s what I saw . Im not in the camp that says Moff is the answer to all our Championship woes , but against Albion Rovers on Saturday I’d play him up top with Tomi all day long . On all the flack getting dished out in the direction of Smith , give it a rest . He’s in the early days of his tenure , he’s here for the long haul . Plenty of good times ahead .

Winning this game could pay for our entire window . Maybe time for Moff and Tomi up grown and Aero at centre half .Loads on here tempted to not bother going but it’s too important a game for that .

The team is rotten , they have chucked it . New staff required now . Five or six senior pros required in the window . Most of that team are L1 material . Big job ahead . It’s over to Mr Smith now !

It is what it is , we’ve been doing band aid fixes since McCall left . We need a plan and I have no doubt there is one . However the roof is on fire and we have to react . Everyone knew how yesterday would pan out . The dressing room has gone , the team don’t give a f**k . So either we regroup in the summer in L1 . Or we stand a fight right now . Don’t know which is the best economic model ., but as a fan of our towns club I’d be in the stand up and be counted group ! We’ve been here before and it can be turned around . Anybody Willie Jamison and co arriving ?

Hate seeing the club in this state . Duffy is a good guy and deserved his chance , which also bought the club time to get plans in place for the future . Maybe the club planned the big switch , manager , coaches and players in the summer ? Well results (or lack of them) dictate the timetable . So I reckon those plans need to be brought forward . Christmas time is a possibility but I’d be inclined to change things now . If we were waiting for a target that is in a contract at the moment either managing or playing , then bin it and get the available candidates interviewed now . A new appointment for the Albion Rovers game would be perfect , giving the manager a pretty easy game to get his feet under the table . Hopefully we’d get a new boss bounce for the next three critical games . Failure in these pre Christmas games would pretty much consign us to the Seaside League , it would just leave us too much to do after Christmas . So Messers McIntyre , Levine , McCann etc get your interview suits looked out ....

Coercion of any kind is illegal regarding medical procedures . Set up after the war in the Nuremberg Code . Just saying . I’ll let you all get back to klicking your jack boot heels . Ta ta .....

They were keen on Reading.

Dundee United have flogged their left back Robson to Lincoln . They are now looking for a replacement. Been busy down our way . Might be nothing but though I’d put it on here to see if anyone knows more .....

Take that elastic band of your sac m8 .

Hopefully Robbo is right and there is nothing in this , however there are one or two factors that can’t be ignored. 1. McCall needs a centre half . 2. If there is a fee involved it would give us budget to get two in , assuming we have two targets identified. 3. We have plenty of centre half’s , two just in plus Baird (former target of Hopkin). Only leaves Aero . 4. Aero was benched for the Arbroath game . Issue with lack of training . For me it’s an absolute no no . If it’s a budget thing then surely we can peddle Chalmers and perhaps Miller down to L1 . Even if we paid part of their wages until May . Might allow us to get one in . Can’t see us being strapped though ...

The above point is the crux of the matter . There are a pretty sizeable number of Ayr fans who yearn for a return of the McCall years , well the last couple anyway . However despite having the best centre forward in our history (probably) and one or two other players of real quality we couldn’t finish above fourth . Our beautiful passing game died in the winter and teams like Ross County crushed us on their way to the title . All that as well as the fiasco in Auchinleck . This is the main conundrum even with our improved budget it’s highly un lightly that we’ll be able to pass our way to the Premiership . So we either look at a style that has worked and we can afford like Livingston’s or find another manager who will play a nice style of football but in the Championship . For the record I do think we haven’t found the correct balance yet , we are too predictable . A central midfielder is a must , also the bullet needs bitten and two strikers played , at least at home .

Fluke yes yes like the draw with Dundee United and the victory at Hamilton . All flukes .