AUFC 1910 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I'm actually quite happy Gilly has resigned. Can pass a ball and hopefully McCall will get the best out of him. Devlin is the key off season signing. He leaves on holiday tomorrow so the clock is ticking. Let's man the airports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honestmen Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Let's man the airports Sexist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestJohn Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I'm actually quite happy Gilly has resigned. Can pass a ball and hopefully McCall will get the best out of him. Devlin is the key off season signing. He leaves on holiday tomorrow so the clock is ticking. Anyone know where he's off to? Are the players still training tonight? If so you'd imagine a few breaking stories will emerge tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Anyone know where he's off to? Are the players still training tonight? If so you'd imagine a few breaking stories will emerge tonight. Turkey, I think. For every passing minute it becomes less and less likely that he will stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actionaufc Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Anyone know where he's off to? Are the players still training tonight? If so you'd imagine a few breaking stories will emerge tonight. I believe he will be leaving us unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I'm not a huge one for Twitter but his chat in the last week or so seemed largely positive about ayr next year was continuing to have a bit of banter with supporters. Of course, it could be that he's sub-sequentially been offered something else which he is considering. Though as has already been pointed out, we appear to do a lot of our business on a Tuesday/Thursday evening. Either way we'll know by the end of the week. I see a few Livingston players were released; Walker, O'Brien, Rutherford and McKenna and Praprotnik. Could any of those be on McCall's radar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 For the bulk of the team to be offered new deals means either McCall has lost the plot or a few that we don't want to go will be moving on elsewhere. The team can't progress without new signings and don't think we have either the budget or space to offer everyone deals whilst bringing in new additions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 We cleared some out in January and brought in loan players, Robertson was the only player to sign and he was free'd so at the moment the only senior pros we have are Donald and Gilmour, Campbell is pay per play and potentially Murphy, Devlin, JPM and Blakeman Crawford, Forrest and Nesbit have stepped up from the Academy, It was either six or eight full time contracts at the club, Campbell is part time as is Murphy and JPM, So I think there would be room for half a dozen new players to come in, maybe more if any of the current squad knock deals back. Assuming all re-sign, we need at least one decent center-half and maybe try and bring on McArthur and Muir, with both Donald and Blakeman, would there be any point paying for someone else to play at left back? Midfield could be overloaded in the wrong areas but we need a ball winner We only have two under 18 players signed as forwards and maybe a third if Preston returns, I would be delighted if we had a successful season with only those three up front but I would prefer a couple of more experienced options. Oh aye......and a goalkeeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibuya Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I reckon he needs to sign a real tough tackling enforcer to help get the best out of the flair players. We don't have this type of player at the club at the moment so hopefully it gets addressed. As for a keeper I'd happily take Cuthbert or Martin back, no surprises there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Emma Glover please We could lose every week and it would be ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Muir, Donald and Blakeman can all cover at left back if need be, but none of them are a natural in that position. We definitely shouldn't be relying on any of them there. Also, for what it's worth, Preston will only be a few months off 20 by the time the new season comes around. I know that's not saying an awful lot, and it's far from certain that he'll be back, but I've seen his age understated a few times now. Having a more experienced striker in the squad as well wouldn't go amiss, but Preston's at an age now that he doesn't need to be treated with kid gloves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Muir, Donald and Blakeman can all cover at left back if need be, but none of them are a natural in that position. We definitely shouldn't be relying on any of them there. Also, for what it's worth, Preston will only be a few months off 20 by the time the new season comes around. I know that's not saying an awful lot, and it's far from certain that he'll be back, but I've seen his age understated a few times now. Having a more experienced striker in the squad as well wouldn't go amiss, but Preston's at an age now that he doesn't need to be treated with kid gloves. I think Preston is a standout at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Yeah I'm a big fan as well. I just hate seeing him lumped in as 'one of the kids'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Muir, Donald and Blakeman can all cover at left back if need be, but none of them are a natural in that position. We definitely shouldn't be relying on any of them there. McCall looks like he is going to stick with his 3-5-2 switching to 4-4-2 which would suit Donald and Devlin out wide or at full back, although I don't think Donald is a particularly good fullback. If we do sign another left back it would likely mean dropping one of the other left sided players and he's already offered Blakeman a contract, even if he was to play him in the middle, we have plenty of cover there. I've been surprised by some of the offers that have been made, we aren't a club that can afford a depth of squad and any experienced pro signed should be playing every week. It could be that there are moves behind the scenes on a couple of the younger players or McCall thinks that 1-2 will reject new deals and it will all make more sense, but he has 6 months to put his grand plan in place for next season and he seems more organized than Roberts so hopefully we wont start our first pre-season game with a team full of trialists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 It doesn't look like Devlin has signed. This is not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 To be honest, I think we've over hyped him a lot. I'd like him to stay, but it's becoming apparent he probably won't. Don't get me wrong, he was our best player last year, but that's not really saying much. We'll see soon enough, i wouldn't lose sleep if he leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I'd be far more concerned if we lost Forrest/Crawford/Nisbett. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Well, that's him away. So either he's not signed, or he has and he's been told not to say and he along with the others will be put up on the website together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecocme Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 To be honest, I think we've over hyped him a lot. I'd like him to stay, but it's becoming apparent he probably won't. Don't get me wrong, he was our best player last year, but that's not really saying much. We'll see soon enough, i wouldn't lose sleep if he leave. This, would like him to sign as he is a good player but not exactly a disaster if he doesn't imo Also rumour on BBC that Alan Martin will sign for Hamilton Accies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munro7 Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Whilst it may not be a disaster, if the likes of Gilmour are signing on again and the likes of Devlin aren't, then it's far from good news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.