UpInTheAyr Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Bullen will be at Ayr next year no matter what happens between now and end of season , he is part of the rebuilding strategy and will get the players that we so badly need Strategy is completely out the window if we go down, no? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) It is a difficult one with Bullen, he has clearly made mistakes and IMO has underachieved with the players he has at his disposal. Reading, Murdoch, McInroy and Adeloye are all good to very good championship players. I think O’Connor could be too under the right manager. Maxwell and Muirhead are competent enough at this level too. Bullen should have got more out of that group of players - particularly in home games. His use of our squad in home games has been disgraceful. At the same time, you can see a better organisation and he seems to have a decent man management approach. We can’t continue to change managers constantly, unlike Duffy and Hopkin there is at least a slight something there where you could argue he should be allowed to build something. I think I’ll accept it either way, but I probably wouldn’t buy a season next season until assured by his signings/style of play in the early cup games. Edited April 17, 2022 by No_Problemo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevep56 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Finlay21 said: Bullen will be at Ayr next year no matter what happens between now and end of season , he is part of the rebuilding strategy and will get the players that we so badly need I thought that must be the case after I heard his interview on the Dunfermline page. Will we be able to get the players that we want if/when we go down a division? I can see season tickets, sponsorships, etc. being affected by relegation and it is doubtful whether our better players will want to stay. Edited April 17, 2022 by stevep56 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgreig Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 39 minutes ago, rb123! said: Just watched the highlights and we looked fucking brilliant for most of the game until McAdams makes two howlers. I'd go same again team selection wise for next week, wouldn't be at all surprised though to see Muirhead dropped Yes, to be fair to Bullen yesterday's defeat was different from almost any other this season in the sense that we played really well for 80 minutes of the game. The last time we played really well was also in Fife - against Raith - and that day we came away with a 4-0 victory. With two games left he has to just keep the same approach and formation and hope that we take our chances and/or get some better luck. Also there is no way McAdams would lose the plot again. As someone else said, we are lucky Partick need to win next week. We also need QoS to lose midweek of course. If we could go into the Partick game needing a draw where they don't need anything then I think we could do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, stevep56 said: Will we be able to get the players that we want if/when we go down a division? No. Unless we overpay them and that would just muck the squad up more. Entire transfer plan would have to be re-done. 8 minutes ago, stevep56 said: and it is doubtful whether our better players will want to stay. Course they won't. We will be stuck with the dross, again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 We need a re-build regardless of what division we are in tbf. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Terrace Gazza Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 I actually was really impressed with us yesterday for most of the game. We dominated, created loads of chances and defended pretty well. Most of our big players are now fit and performing well. I am confident we can go to Dumfries and win and hopefully Thistle can help us out. Then a draw at home against a weakened Thistle will keep us up. If this doesn’t go to plan I still think we have the quality to take care of Airdrie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muZZa__44 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 I dread who becomes Ayr Manager if Bullen goes, who would want to join us when we’ve lost three managers in one season and just got relegated (worse case scenario) we’ll end up with Moffat as Manager 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 1 minute ago, ayrunitedfw said: We need a re-build regardless of what division we are in tbf. If we stay up we possibly have six starters already if they all want to stay, which I guess is doubtful (McAdams, Reading. Murdoch, Dempsey, McInroy, Adeloye) You could potentially add O’Connor and Ashford to that depending on continuing form and Ashford being played out wide. If we go down we will likely have three starters - McAdams, McGinty and Houston - depressing stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 35 minutes ago, No_Problemo said: If we stay up we possibly have six starters already if they all want to stay, which I guess is doubtful (McAdams, Reading. Murdoch, Dempsey, McInroy, Adeloye) You could potentially add O’Connor and Ashford to that depending on continuing form and Ashford being played out wide. If we go down we will likely have three starters - McAdams, McGinty and Houston - depressing stuff. Probably the right level for houston and mcginty 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 1 minute ago, ryanayr1987 said: Probably the right level for houston and mcginty McGinty most likely, Houston will have to up his game consistently tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 16 minutes ago, No_Problemo said: McGinty most likely, Houston will have to up his game consistently tbh. Is ashford not on an 18 month deal too? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Just now, ryanayr1987 said: Is ashford not on an 18 month deal too? I think he might be - remember there was some confusion at the time around that. McKenzie obviously here too, but shouldn’t be a starter in league one either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 If we go down, we will probably lose Adeloye Reading Murdoch Muirhead Baird Fjortoft O'Conner Albinson We will have no chances of keeping McInroy, Dempsey or Maxwell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliayr76 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Thay have only won 1 game at home since Jan a 1-0 win against Arbroath. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Cryptic tweet by Gondoh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hursty Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Ah to hell with it. 8.22am train to Dumfries on Saturday. Might as well make a day of it. Same starting XI hopefully and take our chances. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North British Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Hursty said: Ah to hell with it. 8.22am train to Dumfries on Saturday. Might as well make a day of it. Same starting XI hopefully and take our chances. Absolutely. This is what following your team is all about . Hopefully O’Conner can get nearer to 90 mins before his tank is emptied . Also I doubt Tomi will miss chances like yesterday’s again . Hopefully Inverness can beat and exhaust Queens on Tuesday .... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 As much as the collapse was gutting yesterday at least we looked like a team that could do something, all we can do is keep on supporting them and what will be will be I'll be there Saturday roaring them on. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Each to their own but I'll be nowhere near Palmerston. I'm not a masochist. I'll probably buy a stream but that'll be it for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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