ComradeDiego Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Hopkin will be out the door by Xmas at this rate, send it on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) I genuinely think we need to cut our losses now. I felt sorry for Adeloye, held it up time after time but was surrounded by utter shite. Everyone knows what the excuse will be tonight, but that wasn’t the reason we lost. ETA, does the club want to let us know how long the players are isolating for so we know whether we will still be putting up with that useless p***k McGinty at left back next week. Edited August 21, 2021 by No_Problemo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 We are terrible 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinburghhonestman Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 You could maybe just about make an argument that the players are making more effort than last season, but on the whole we've gone backwards since Kerr's time in charge. Hopkin's record is a disgrace in the league. I'd be giving him from now until the end of September to prove he has what it takes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placidcasual Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Nothing to see here. We once beat Edinburgh City in the league cup and we also managed to give Dundee Utd a game. Just f**k off Hopkin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC 1910 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 I still believe we have a team out of that squad. Unfortunately, I don’t think the manager is the one to pick it. 2 more losses and I think he has to go. My only worry with that is - who next? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 You could maybe just about make an argument that the players are making more effort than last season, but on the whole we've gone backwards since Kerr's time in charge. Hopkin's record is a disgrace in the league. I'd be giving him from now until the end of September to prove he has what it takes. Aye they are making more effort that just means we get pumped 1-0 instead of 4-0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Absolute shite. I’d get rid fairly sharpish before we get left cut adrift and make it impossible for the next manager to keep us up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 If we lose to Raith next week he needs to go, at least that way we have to the 11th of September to get someone in (not counting the colts in the diddy cup) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMIP Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Seriously, look at the starting line up and ask yourself how many assists or goals you would EXPECT it to generate over a season. Bringing on Salkeld when you need a goal and have Michael Moffat on the bench is a total embarrassment. The Covid players won’t be back for next week so hard to see what’s going to change. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Preview of today's post match interview... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 I'd fully expect Hopkin to be given at least the first round of games as the argument right now would be that we've played the two hardest away games where we were unlikely to take anything and the fact that we had at least 3 starters missing today due to Covid another mitigation, especially when only just failing by the odd goal in a pretty even game. I'm not defending Hopkin and I completely agree that our tactics are horrendous on the eye, however I'd say he's a LONG way from being bagged and that's unlikely to change unless we lose to the likes of QOS and Morton and find ourselves detached. Personally I believe the league will be the same as usual with teams cutting each others throats on a weekly basis and so long as we don't lose 3 on the bounce, then I'd expect him to get until Christmas at least. I'm not saying I'm happy about it but that's what we took on when giving him the job I'm afraid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) I could post the same as I've posted after almost every game this season because it would be word for word but I can't be arsed. Roll on Rampant Raith at fortress Somerset. Where we haven't won a league game for 7(Seven) months. Edited August 21, 2021 by diegomarahenry Shite maths 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BukyOHare Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 9 minutes ago, WATTOO said: but that's what we took on when giving him the job I'm afraid. A growing number might argue that there were plenty of warnings or question marks from his previous roles. Certainly enough to have given the board strong indications that he wasn't the right man for a team with apparent ambitions of building momentum towards promotion to the top flight. We're averaging less than 3 shots on target in our league games so far. Call me revolutionary but how in gods name is a team at any level of the game going to meaningfully compete, and dare I say even win a match, with this kind of output? The largely dreadful recruitment carried out up until now causes the dire product and to a lesser extent formations on the field that we're currently seeing in the league games. We're Ayr fans, we don't expect to win every week, but please give us a team that shows a willingness to compete, show attacking intent, alongside fight, hunger, desire and a willingness to run until they drop each and every match. This bunch represent an honest, hardworking community and fan base that have been starved of continued success for too long. Football all over the world is littered with stories of teams who've defied uncertainty and the odds to overachieve. They're led by Ally MacLeod type visionaries, they don't accept being second best and largely outperform the odds against them each and every week. They come up with inventive moves from open play, setpiece routines and a tempo and purpose to their play. They aren't led by a "negative first, let's not get beat" type of approach. That gets you nothing but mediocrity, that's exactly what we're getting at the moment. As I've said previously I don't expect to win every week and I'm not precious about the formation or style of play we adopt. But let's go out on the front foot, let's bloody the noses of the opposition and perhaps take the same from them but above all else let's win or lose with a bit of a fight. My growing anger is due shifting from Hopkin to the board if they continue watching what the rest of us are watching. If it isn't for changing for the better why even give him a set number of games? It only decreases the number of games available for his replacement to right these terrible wrongs. Just out of interest, I'd be interested in hearing from anybody backing Hopkin as to how exactly they expect the desired level of improvements to actually occur? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) Is Black & White TV working? I can see a post match interview but can't seem to get it to play. I'm a glutton for punishment. Edit - I've got it working in Firefox on my phone but it won't work on Chrome. Edited August 21, 2021 by Trogdor 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 I wonder how many players we will lose out on this coming week to ensure we laughably still don’t have any new signings in time for next week... I won’t be paying the AU 500 fund much longer if that shitshow continues - am I f**k contributing to wages for these absolute clowns. It’s hard enough to accept that I’ve wasted money on a season ticket, never mind adding another £250 to the damage. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Post match interview was frankly a bit delusional. Should have been 2 nil up at half time and we should have scored 2 or 3 in total. I must have been watching a different game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Just now, Trogdor said: Post match interview was frankly a bit delusional. Should have been 2 nil up at half time and we should have scored 2 or 3 in total. I must have been watching a different game. Hahaha what, I don’t recall us having a scoring chance or even coming remotely close. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevep56 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) Just watched the interview with Hopkin following todays game. Some very odd comments - we deserved to be 2-0 up at half time, ICT could not get out their half in the first half. The ball did not come off Walsh for ICT to score, Sean hit the ball on to his own face and into our net and we could have scored 2 or 3 in the second half. I honestly don't remember all these chances where would should have scored and someone corrected me that it was Baird and not McGinty that hit the ball off Walsh. Just wondered of anyone saw the same game that Hopkin watched? Edited August 21, 2021 by stevep56 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 2 hours ago, ComradeDiego said: Hopkin will be out the door by October at this rate, send it on. FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.