VinnyPar Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Any chance at all the game will be in doubt? Where's best to park near Somerset? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diege Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 3 minutes ago, VinnyPar said: Any chance at all the game will be in doubt? Where's best to park near Somerset? Not heard anything yet about the game being in doubt, best bet for parking are the grounds next to St John's primary just off Whitletts Rd 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Love these phone cases some cracking old ships you can get as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 77/138. Very frustrated at some I missed. Was completely lost for names before around 2005 when I started going along regularly. Some wild stuff in there I had forgotten about. Scott McLaughlin as our second highest goal scorer in 14/15 and Paul Cairney 2nd in 16/17. Yeesh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 The sum borrowed was actually in the region of £1.82m. For people of your mindset this is how real business works. You don't look a gift horse in the mouth, when offered a deal structured with such favourable terms as to benefit the business, you jump all over it. An interest free loan repaid at £91k per annum or £7k per month, over 20 years is as minimal a risk as it gets in relation to the turnover at Rugby Park. Even Motherwell FC, regarded as one of the top financially run clubs in Scotland, made a £1.5m profit the year previous but still borrowed £2.96m from Scottish Government, as shown in their accounts just released, such a no brainer business decision it was to make. It may appear like a massive risk to someone like yourself, devoid of simple business acumen, but in reality it's nowhere near it. People will always mock when they're faced with something they just can't quite compute.What was purpose of borrowing the £1.82m out of interest?I’d agree that interest free loans are as good as it gets if you want or need to borrow money but as with all debt there should be a reason for taking it on. I’m sure David Smith would have taken advantage of such a loan if it was available to us to build the Hub or acquire land round Somerset that was needed for any plans we have for ground developments as it would be a no-brainer to fund that with long term interest free debt.A 20 year facility is clearly long term debt which you’d expect to be for some form of capital expenditure. I know there was talk of portacabins being installed for offices in one of the stands at Rugby Park so not sure if the loan is being used to cover those works?If the loan is being used to fund wages in your current effort to buy your way out of this league as is clearly happening then that’s a strategy although a fairly high risk one as if it fails you’ve used a long term funding source for short term activities which is not a very clever move as the debt remains to be paid even if it is on favourable terms with no asset to show for it as the money will be sitting in the bank accounts of the raft of players you’ve brought into the club rather than in an asset that should have a purpose that caused you to take on the debt to find it in the first place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 34 minutes ago, Superhursy7 said: Love these phone cases some cracking old ships you can get as well. Do they do a Titanic one? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccurdieboy Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Struggled with the players between 2008 and 2013 but happy with that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayr23 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 I kicked myself for not getting Eddie Annand. My mind goes completely blank for things like that, think I got 60 odd. How on Earth did Eddie Forrest make the list? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 I couldn't remember most of the players from the 2020/21 season but remembered Andy fucking Ferguson and Graeme Brown. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Ayr23 said: I kicked myself for not getting Eddie Annand. My mind goes completely blank for things like that, think I got 60 odd. How on Earth did Eddie Forrest make the list? He scored a few goals. Some absolute screamers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hursty Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 The worst ones I missed was probably Wardlaw and Super Stephen Kelly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 I fucking loved Wardlaw. He was amazing. A kind of shite Michael Moffat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayr23 Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 He scored a few goals. Some absolute screamers.He also gifted many teams a few goals. A standout for me was Peterhead away during the Trust Bus days, when his spine left his body and he allowed a striker through on goal. A memory etched into my mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 minute ago, Ayr23 said: 5 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: He scored a few goals. Some absolute screamers. He also gifted many teams a few goals. A standout for me was Peterhead away during the Trust Bus days, when his spine left his body and he allowed a striker through on goal. A memory etched into my mind. Yes, I'd rather he'd scored 0 goals and kept more goals out. Some of those noughties and twenty-teens Ayr United teams were fucking awful. What happened to that Andy O'Connell that used to play for us? He was great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mccurdieboy Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 Wardlaw was 1 of a small amount that managed to come out the juniors and do ok for us but there were names I thought wow top 5 goalscorers 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 hour ago, VinnyPar said: Any chance at all the game will be in doubt? Where's best to park near Somerset? Yes, the game is in doubt. I doubt we'll win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEd Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 minute ago, mccurdieboy said: Wardlaw was 1 of a small amount that managed to come out the juniors and do ok for us but there were names I thought wow top 5 goalscorers He came from Burntisland Shipyard, who played in a Fife amateur league at the time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye the Gnu Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Superhursy7 said: This is a great initiative, far too many guys find it so hard to talk about issues such as mental health, hopefully this can give them a comfortable space to get help if they need it. What a great idea. As you said,, there is a huge vacuum in society for men to have somewhere to socialise without the expectation of having to drink alcohol. Great initiative. Well done A#r. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 What's the wind like in Ayr? I'm down at Turnberry and its blowing a hoolie. Surely the ref wont deem it playable 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 I am in Ochiltree and it's pissing down and windy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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