Rossco500
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6 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said:
Robbie Fraser is a young left back at Rangers and is also their under 20s captain. Contract expires in the summer as well so could be an option if Reading is out.
Yep I’m imagine it’s going to be him if anyone
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1 hour ago, Thereisalight.. said:
Last days of domestic loans today, aye? We expecting any Thursday excitement?
Probably going to be a lb. Young lad from rangers would be my guess
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4 hours ago, Nelson said:
Honestly can’t think of any period in the last 40 years when the club paid for supporters buses. I do remember at least one occasion during the Bill Barr years when it happened as a one off to mobilise the support for a big game (the relegation decider against Partick in 97), but otherwise it was always done by volunteers through supporters clubs. The demand for buses seems to have dwindled through the years, perhaps because they’re being policed more closely now with more enforced restrictions on alcohol meaning guys would rather make their own way on trains etc. Or maybe there is still a demand and we just don’t have enough people willing to do the organising anymore.
Whatever the case, I think the criticism of the club around this is plain ridiculous. As has been explained ad nauseam, it puts the club in a difficult spot if there is bother on an official club organised bus.
Queen of the south away couple seasons back was last time I think the club paid supporters buses. Didn’t help that some Ayr supporters were involved in an assault and can remember all the buses being stopped by the police.
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2 hours ago, No_Problemo said:
I guess it would be good to know if they are looking for a “Head Coach” again or a manager…
Club has already stated they are looking for a head coach
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17 hours ago, Trogdor said:
f**k me, if that's the case my self imposed exile could last a while. This is the hill I die on.
The cup game will be a stark reminder to management. Every season ticket holder I've spoken to isn't going. If the crowd is in three digits it sends a pretty powerful message.
Surely true fans would still go the game regardless to cheer on the honest men.
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21 hours ago, No_Problemo said:
Daniel Harvie, Michael Rose, Luke McCowan and Alan Forrest would suggest otherwise. They were all very talented but moved up the way under him.
I’m not sure how we wouldn’t get him back given you could extend his contract before sending him out on loan.
Our young players need more experience, and that one seems an obvious move.
In the case of bryden especially, not long left on his contract. Send him to league 2 and if he scores a barrelload we extend his contract but if he goes there and doesn’t score many then we don’t extend his contract. Simple. We shouldn’t keep players on the squad who have come through the academy if they just aren’t good enough. McKenzie should have been gone ages ago.
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3 hours ago, diegomarahenry said:
Mathie and Bullen have both said nothing will happen unless players leave. So we can try and convince them to go on loan or they can want to go out on loan, or they might want to leave altogether.
Ecripont has gone but it’s probably not going to cover a full, experienced pro’s wages. We may even be topping up his wage until the end of the season.
I would expect that Young and Senga will depart next week, but we may not have been picking up a full wage from them. So we’ll maybe have the wage for one player by next weekend.
The money from the player fund will cover a signing on fee.
The club has been far from engaging to the fans to try to get them to buy in to what they are doing. Putting out hashtags and saying at every opportunity that they are close to the community doesn’t mean they actually are. Getting fans buy in and making them feel like they are part of the journey helped us pay to keep Shankland & Moore.
The engagement is shocking, it builds up to a point the club has to do a Q&A or Mathie does a recorded interview. Player availability is non-existent week to week. Everything feels scripted when we get the weekly soundbites in the Post and Advertiser. Since Robbo took a vow of secrecy, we get nothing out the club that reassures people. They bring it on themselves.
Thought McCall might have come in for bryden or mckenzie on loan
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19 hours ago, Thereisalight.. said:
Aye, definitely a sign of getting old! When Josh O'Connor was listed as a sub v us recently I felt so ancient, as I was quite a Garry O'Connor 4 Scotland!!!! fanboy back in the day
anyone who watched that game on Saturday against Inverness would know that with no signings, Ayr will either be relegated or in the relegation play off. We’re just lucky Arbroath are rubbish this season however I can still see Arbroath winning on Saturday
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2 hours ago, ayrunitedfw said:
We really are up shit creek without a paddle at this point. We’re already over a week into the January window without even the hint of players coming in. Even if Bullen was to be sacked after Saturday, which I highly doubt btw we’re going to be scrambling about for a manager and players. Could a new manager* turn this bunch round? I’m not convinced. He should have been sacked long before now.
* I know Bullen is classed as a head coach but given he has final say on transfers I’d describe him as more of a manager. That model really needs sorted out aswell, we need to decide whether we want a manager (responsible for signings etc) or a head coach (Purely responsible for taking training, picking the team based on the players given to him)
always thought Scottish football teams are better with ‘managers’ and not ‘head coaches’
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53 minutes ago, Nelson said:
McKenzie managing over 100 games for the club says much about the lack of direction. The excuses people make for him are astounding. No matter where he plays, it’s not his position. We’ll find life on mars before we find this mythical position in which McKenzie is alleged to be effective.Ecrepont was watched by 4 different managers and convinced none of them he was any better than Reading, which is damning. Smith is another who has had plenty of chances and not delivered - he works hard but there is simply no part of his game that is good enough to sustain him at championship level. You got no sense the club saw him as a solution to our midfield injury crisis at the start of the season and is now lower down the pecking order than Syla, Senga and Young, none of whom have been particularly impressive.
The simple answer is there are just so many of the current squad who bullen relies on even as squad players who just aren’t championship level quality. Smith/bryden/mckenzie/Mcallister/ecrepont/reading. Of the squad of players on Saturday there I’d keep mutch/stanger/Dempsey/chalmers/young/Murphy/dowds/albinson/amartey. Everyone else quite frankly can get in the bin. However the fact the club is in this situation isn’t just down to bullen it’s down to this muppet so called ‘head of recruitment’ and however much influence Mathie has on signings. Do you think we would have had any interest in signing McGeady if Mathie wasn’t the managing director? I doubt it.
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Surely the recruitment from a club like ayr, the first thing you to is get the best out of contract players from The league below i.e stanger. Then see who in Scotland wasn’t offered a new contract i.e Jacubiak/Wotherspoon etc and then go from there. See what the old firm have loan wise, then head down south for all these random players we pick up.
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1 hour ago, Nelson said:
Senga had a positive 45 minutes in the first half up at Dunfermline but has otherwise done nothing, I’m not sure what to make of Syla. He appears incredibly limited, but it was astonishing how our midfield fell apart in the 2nd half against Queens Park after he went off. Maybe he’s better than I think he is, or maybe the alternatives are just even worse than I think. I expect Young will go in January and Paul Smith probably needs to be loaned out ahead of his release in the Summer.
I still rate Dempsey, even if he hasn’t been great since the turn of the year - I can’t help wondering if he’d been carrying an injury for a while before his recent absence.
On the best analysis, our existing options are far too similar with none of them doing much in the attacking third. It’s basically all on Chalmers to set up the goals. If he goes in January, then things could start to get really grim. (More grim).
Our rubbish season all comes down to the shocking recruitment in the summer. Mathie says Bullen has final say yet at the q&a I’m pretty sure bullen said he wanted full backs and he never got it. Since glendinning started, out of all the players we have signed (which has been quite a lot) only a handful have been successful. Recruitment in football is not an easy task, however when McCall was manager, pretty sure we had far more success with signings.
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1 hour ago, D'Jaffo said:
Yeah that’s pretty much all the deadwood gone and then you’ve got Reading slowly getting a wee bit better although you’d hope we’re still looking at improving that position if Ecrepont goes.
Hopefully a signing tomorrow or Friday before the game on Saturday.
Bryden out on loan jacubiak in. Decent squad player for Championship. Ideally we should push the boat out and bring in a proven goalscorer. Need a brick shithouse of a defensive midfielder (Liam Bridcutt), and a box to box attacking midfielder. That would see us well.
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I reckon smith and pendlebury with a Jamie Adams type hard man behind them would be a very good midfield.
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1 hour ago, Jazzar said:
He's been a colossus without question. Can't think of an AU centre forward who's avoided injury the way Dipo has - possibly Dixie but that's a long time ago and the physicality now is at a different level. Reckon the big man has dished it out to and one or two CHs have bounced off him which is a brilliant sight. What a signing he's been.
We rely on Dipo the same season we relied heavily on Shankland. We would have stormed the league that season had shankland not been out for a sustained period and lost his form when he came back
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What’s been annoying all season is communication with the club about injuries and how long players have been out for. Yes you can’t tell exactly how long a player is out for but useful for fans to know. Take O’Connor for example, went off injured a month ago and nothing said whatsoever.
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1 hour ago, Nelson said:
Come on Partick, turn off the undersoil heating. Seriously can’t be arsed struggling up to Firhill in arctic temperatures to watch our makeshift defence get found out.
We’re you not watching the Raith game?
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2 minutes ago, ayrunitedfw said:
Are you local? Ship inn are running bus, it is full but I’d imagine you will be able to put on as a reserve.
Stay in troon mate. I’d imagine the reserve list has a fair few on it already. Quite last minute plan to go up to cove hence why I didn’t already get seat on bus
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Anyone driving to cove with a spare seat? Don’t mind contributing to food costs. Just realised trains are on strike
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1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said:
He has been much improved to be fair to the beautiful big b*****d.
Mcginty had an alright game and a cracking goal but does it not frustrate you how 9/10 times when he gets the ball it’s just booted straight up top.
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On 06/08/2022 at 11:43, motley123rock said:
I was there and would disagree with his thoughts on Ashford.
I would also disagree with bullens thought on ashford. He’s pretty much done nothing since he scored on his debut against accies. He very rarely jumps for the ball and spends most of his time rolling on the ground. But he runs about a lot so that’s why he starts. Credits to Musonda he had a very good game as did Macalister
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1 hour ago, honestly united said:
Just looking at purely numbers of players if you take out Moff and the youngsters (but include Hewitt, Smith, Ecrepoint and Bryden as likely to be first team) we are sitting at 20 players, we lost 10 players over the summer and replaced with 6 new signings, however as McAlister and MIller were out on loan thats maybe only a difference of 2 or maybe 3. As the 2 we have not replaced are McInroy and Adeloye surely there is money in hte budget for at lesat 2 dcent signings.
IF we get some of the fringe players out on loan that would maybe boost numbers also
I think it’s true we need to get out the fringe players and get in new signings with quality either on loan or permanently. Everyone can see that team needs at least 2 quality signings. If we offered Mcinroy and Adeloye decent money then that money must still be available. With the best will in the world McAllister/Hewitt and Mckenzie are currently not championship level.
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What are the opening times of the club shop? Need to pick up season ticket
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12 minutes ago, Calayrdonia said:
Human nature is unless people have a family connection to a club, they generally want to support teams who win most of the time. That’s why you see kids running about with Barca, Man Utd, Man City replica shirts more than teams from their own country.
The fact that Rangers and Celtic are based 40 minutes away from Ayr doesn’t help and the fact that the media in this country, TV/Radio/Papers pretty much tells you only 2 teams exist doesn’t help either.
If your ever on a Glasgow train on a Sunday morning with a game at ibrox you’ll see why ayr haven’t got a particularly large support.
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The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
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I reckon mutch was signed with the intention of being the no.1 keeper next season as albinson wasn’t going to sign another deal