Cantona Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 Hearing a wee rumour Lugar kicking Ayr Utd out at the end of the season, new man coming in and first signing is a local Ardagh group members goalkeeper ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 You been on the booze pal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappy Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 From what I hear Lugar aren't kicking Ayr United, Ayr are walking away at the end of the season due to a number of fallouts with the Lugar committee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappy Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 They could, especially as they tried Whitletts first before going to Lugar. It would only be one or two boys though? Whitletts are well run and can pick and choose which players they want rather than being dictated to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hosep Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 They could, especially as they tried Whitletts first before going to Lugar. It would only be one or two boys though? Whitletts are well run and can pick and choose which players they want rather than being dictated to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hosep Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Being well run and putting a winning team on the pitch are two totally deifferent things. If they have the chance of a few players pushing towards the upper end of the pro youth spectrum they will utilise this I am sure as Neil Duffy will know the quality that the player of this level offers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweep Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Listening to the talk at yesterdays game Lugar are not kicking Ayr out .Lugar want to take control of the team. There will still be an Ayr United connection with some players being farmed out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beenzon-Toste Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Hearing a wee rumour Lugar kicking Ayr Utd out at the end of the season, new man coming in and first signing is a local Ardagh group members goalkeeper ? So, you're making a comeback. Keith. Interesting, considering your past history (On here especially) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie2502 Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 At the time I heard it was only for a year till lugar sorted themselves out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gersglen Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 100% true that LUGAR are ending the relationship at the end of the season. Staff and players were told last week. Not sure who the committee are that made that strange decision, if there actually is a committee. One teams loss another ones gain for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 From the outside it doesn't seem very sustainable for the club's identity to put out a team almost solely comprised of teenagers belonging to another club. No continuity from year to year, no building for the future of the feeder club etc... For the parent club also, what's in it for them? The majority of the U20 group will be playing Junior anyway within a few years and anyone good enough for League 1 / Championship may already be in the 1st team set-up and players closer to that stage but not yet ready are likely farmed out to a bigger club e.g. Talbot, Cumnock, 'Ford, Glens. Players aged 16-19 at Ayr in 2012-13 (some older ones signed from elsewhere) and where they are now: Ewan Bain: ? Darren Brownlie: QOS Robbie Crawford: still at Ayr Dillan Dunn: Craigmark Marc Dyer: Craigmark Adam Hunter: out injured, at Arbroath in 2014/15 Jackson Longridge: Livingston Darren McGill: Glenafton Bobby McLatchie: Cumnock last season Anthony Marenghi: Stenhousemuir Andy Muir: still at Ayr Willie Muir: Queen's Park Alan Murdoch: Arthurlie, loaned to SBA Ryan Nisbet: still at Ayr, was loaned to Hurlford Roddy Paterson: Maybole Mark Shankland: Talbot Neil Slooves: ? Mick Wardrope: still at Ayr, loaned to Glens Aaron Wyllie: was at Troon earlier this season So 4/19 still there, maybe 4 out the game, another 8 or so signed as Juniors this season, a few playing at a higher or lower SPFL level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 TBH I'm an Ayr fan and I didn't know of this "link" until now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gersglen Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 From the outside it doesn't seem very sustainable for the club's identity to put out a team almost solely comprised of teenagers belonging to another club. No continuity from year to year, no building for the future of the feeder club etc... For the parent club also, what's in it for them? The majority of the U20 group will be playing Junior anyway within a few years and anyone good enough for League 1 / Championship may already be in the 1st team set-up and players closer to that stage but not yet ready are likely farmed out to a bigger club e.g. Talbot, Cumnock, 'Ford, Glens. Players aged 16-19 at Ayr in 2012-13 (some older ones signed from elsewhere) and where they are now: Ewan Bain: ? Darren Brownlie: QOS Robbie Crawford: still at Ayr Dillan Dunn: Craigmark Marc Dyer: Craigmark Adam Hunter: out injured, at Arbroath in 2014/15 Jackson Longridge: Livingston Darren McGill: Glenafton Bobby McLatchie: Cumnock last season Anthony Marenghi: Stenhousemuir Andy Muir: still at Ayr Willie Muir: Queen's Park Alan Murdoch: Arthurlie, loaned to SBA Ryan Nisbet: still at Ayr, was loaned to Hurlford Roddy Paterson: Maybole Mark Shankland: Talbot Neil Slooves: ? Mick Wardrope: still at Ayr, loaned to Glens Aaron Wyllie: was at Troon earlier this season So 4/19 still there, maybe 4 out the game, another 8 or so signed as Juniors this season, a few playing at a higher or lower SPFL level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gersglen Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 The club wouldn't have had an identity of this agreement hadn't been put in place. Maybe the club ending it just a wee bit too soon, but great that they are back on their feet and can get back to being what they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 The club wouldn't have had an identity of this agreement hadn't been put in place. Maybe the club ending it just a wee bit too soon, but great that they are back on their feet and can get back to being what they were. Not denying that but all I'm saying is it could only be a short term measure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 TBH I'm an Ayr fan and I didn't know of this "link" until now At least 12 of your U20 squad play Saturday footie at Lugar, then play U20 midweek. Another 5 or so have been loaned to bigger Junior clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzy Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Alternative --- Closure of Lugar Boswell Thistle Fc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 At least 12 of your U20 squad play Saturday footie at Lugar, then play U20 midweek. Another 5 or so have been loaned to bigger Junior clubs. Didn't know that. I obviously knew about the likes of Nesbit being on loan to Hurlford and the lad at Glenafton, but didn't know so many were at Lugar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmontheloknow Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Didn't know that. I obviously knew about the likes of Nesbit being on loan to Hurlford and the lad at Glenafton, but didn't know so many were at Lugar Just by looking at what AUFC U20 line-ups I can see (e.g. http://www.aufa.org.uk/2016/02/academy-20s-battle-to-stranraer-stalemate/) and the odd one I can find from LBT this season (e.g. http://www.ardrossanherald.com/sport/13808705.Saltcoats_Vics_battle_back_for_a_point/ ), names are: Kwame Antoine, Lyle Avci, Jamie Ballantyne, Stuart Faulds, James Hilton, Andrew Johnstone, Lewis Kerr, Luke McCowan, Stevie McCreadie, Sean McKenzie, David Waite and Gordon Young. no idea if they're all still there or even still AU players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 McKenzie has been used as a sub for the first team on a few occasions this season. When and how did this link come about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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