AyrExile Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 2 hours ago, North British said: Queens Park will be spending big this summer , they aim to put a real challenge in next season . With them and Cove up our division just becomes a much more difficult place to be . Seemingly they were pretty meh for much of this season although came good at the end. No doubt they will spend extra cash but it will need to be a ridiculous amount to challenge up top. Will be far from relegation fodder though and might cause us a few problems 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Terrace Gazza Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, AyrExile said: Seemingly they were pretty meh for much of this season although came good at the end. No doubt they will spend extra cash but it will need to be a ridiculous amount to challenge up top. Will be far from relegation fodder though and might cause us a few problems Nah unless there is a massive overhaul they will be cannon fodder 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Not in the least bit bothered about Muirhead leaving, Yes he could take a penalty and gave 100% on the pitch, however he was limited and could prove a liability at times as we all know only too well. I'd wish him well but won't be losing any sleep over him going. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Not too annoyed at Muirhead disappearing, though did think he'd stay as I'm certain he started his career here at Somerset. Rather Ayr got rid of all the centre backs from last season. Surely now Bullen has a Michael Rose type younger player in mind ... That, or we are completely F*cked next season with the same crap defence we relied on last season, which never looked good at any point. At least we won't have another shite game with Muirhead in midfield 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgreig Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 19 minutes ago, WATTOO said: Not in the least bit bothered about Muirhead leaving, Yes he could take a penalty and gave 100% on the pitch, however he was limited and could prove a liability at times as we all know only too well. I'd wish him well but won't be losing any sleep over him going. I think his versatility was his strength but I agree that generally I think we should be aiming for better. But it would be interesting to know whether we offered him a deal that reflected the fact that he would like not be a regular starter, or whether he was actually someone that Bullen was expecting to keep and to start. That would give us a clearer view of our ambitions for next season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Of those offered contracts I'm hoping we secure Adeloye & McInroy. I'm still on the fence with Reading (probably tending towards keep) Wrt. Baird, I'd prefer him to leave. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Can't say Muirhead leaving has bothered me too much. On his day, he was fine as a bottom 3/4 of the championship type player, but he was prone to losing his head and would regularly be quite happy to put his teammates under huge pressure just to make it look like he was doing something. The king of hospital passes imo. Most of the criticism I threw at him stemmed from the fact he was playing in CM a lot of the time, where he was truly shite. I guess that's not really his fault but I did feel that he sometimes got away with a lot cause he would occasionally put in a strong tackle or wind someone up. Often, other players got a lot of criticism that should have instead been aimed at him. Rumour is he is away to Queens so all the best to him there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 10 minutes ago, rgreig said: I think his versatility was his strength but I agree that generally I think we should be aiming for better. But it would be interesting to know whether we offered him a deal that reflected the fact that he would like not be a regular starter, or whether he was actually someone that Bullen was expecting to keep and to start. That would give us a clearer view of our ambitions for next season. I would have thought it would have been reduced terms as a squad player 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 hour ago, eez-eh said: I’d say that’s a generous assessment of their spending tbh. They’ve both definitely been splashing money about considering they were playing in League 1 level. Guys like Simon Murray, Mark Reynolds and Fraser Fyvie aren’t playing at League 1 level for the love of the club. Fyvie has a bad injury, Reynolds is 35 and Simon Murray has had a good 6 months in a 5 year career, My point was that not one of them was better than the lower end of the Championship so none of them will be on over 4 figures a week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Muirhead is a good Championship centre half and signing one you know is reliable is always a challenge. McCall always had one and Bell or Adams filling in. We signed him and he was the third best centre half at the club, He became the best because of the players round about him got worse. Him and Baird were rotten together, as were him and Roscoe. Nbada couldn't help them either. He's 31 and unlikely to get better but he is undoubtedly a safe pair of hands the majority of the time. He's not going to be the difference between Thistle finishing 4th and 1st though. Disappointed to lose him but I'll get over it quite quickly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Hopefully we get some news about Adeloye and McInroy next week would certainly help with ST sales and now the English lower leagues have mostly ended movement on new recruits 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinburghhonestman Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Good luck to Muirhead if he is going to Thistle on more money than Ayr. Doubt he's a regular starter for either but at this stage of his career it's natural he'd take the best offer out there.I'm hopeful we'll bring in someone with a bit more football in them as a replacement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North British Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 14 minutes ago, edinburghhonestman said: Good luck to Muirhead if he is going to Thistle on more money than Ayr. Doubt he's a regular starter for either but at this stage of his career it's natural he'd take the best offer out there. I'm hopeful we'll bring in someone with a bit more football in them as a replacement. Good luck to the big guy , over 100 games with us , deserves a bit better than he’s getting on this forum . Getting in a replacement that’s better and has a bit more football on our budget is a fair challenge . Another flip the coin loan or another from down south . Over to you Mr Glendinning...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Good luck to the big guy , over 100 games with us , deserves a bit better than he’s getting on this forum . Getting in a replacement that’s better and has a bit more football on our budget is a fair challenge . Another flip the coin loan or another from down south . Over to you Mr Glendinning......Hopefully Glendinning has a Franck Rolling up his sleave. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllySloan Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Anyone heard anything on the new home strip being released? I'm pretty sure the club announced two weeks ago that the following week they would release pre-order details but I haven't seen anything 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, AllySloan said: Anyone heard anything on the new home strip being released? I'm pretty sure the club announced two weeks ago that the following week they would release pre-order details but I haven't seen anything Been a delay on the sponsors logo , believe pre orders will be end of week or the following week Edited May 15, 2022 by Finlay21 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 58 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: Muirhead is a good Championship centre half and signing one you know is reliable is always a challenge. McCall always had one and Bell or Adams filling in. We signed him and he was the third best centre half at the club, He became the best because of the players round about him got worse. Him and Baird were rotten together, as were him and Roscoe. Nbada couldn't help them either. He's 31 and unlikely to get better but he is undoubtedly a safe pair of hands the majority of the time. He's not going to be the difference between Thistle finishing 4th and 1st though. Disappointed to lose him but I'll get over it quite quickly. He is definitely a safe pair of hands which is something we currently lack in defence. Won't be too fussed if we manage to sign a few good replacements though. Your first point is spot on and would have liked to see others arrive before we moved him on 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 minute ago, AyrExile said: He is definitely a safe pair of hands which is something we currently lack in defence. Won't be too fussed if we manage to sign a few good replacements though. Your first point is spot on and would have liked to see others arrive before we moved him on We didn’t “move him on” he was out of contract and has decided to leave. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munro7 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Superhursy7 said: Hopefully we get some news about Adeloye and McInroy next week would certainly help with ST sales and now the English lower leagues have mostly ended movement on new recruits Slightly concerned about Adeloye liking a post on Twitter with a poll asking which player they’d like to sign, think it was a lower league French outfit or supporters thereof. Suggests he’s very much keeping his options open. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North British Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 3 minutes ago, munro7 said: Slightly concerned about Adeloye liking a post on Twitter with a poll asking which player they’d like to sign, think it was a lower league French outfit or supporters thereof. Suggests he’s very much keeping his options open. After the Aero episode it seems prudent to assume all our unsigned players are having conversations with other clubs . None more so than Tomi . I think the French club may have been Nancy . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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