diegomarahenry Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 37 minutes ago, North Terrace Gazza said: Yes let Bullen go and bring back uncle Ian Alan Archibald has been seen watching us. Maybe McCalls eyes at the club for his return. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ott Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 8 hours ago, Ludo*1 said: Lee Bullen the latest to be rumoured to be joining us as manager. How would you lads feel about that? Gutted or indifferent? Nah not a chance. You’re getting Billy Dodds back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/ayr-united-legends-roll-back-30079838 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurph Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 52 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: Alan Archibald has been seen watching us. Maybe McCalls eyes at the club for his return. Archibald is now a coach* at Motherwell fwiw. I reckon he’s trying to distance himself from McCall and he’s got Scally anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 McCall had a rotten season with a very good Thistle squad. Shankland also said on Open Goal podcast that McCall isn't a tactical manager, which has been levelled at Bullen on here frequently. Time to move on lads. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, Jeff Venom said: McCall had a rotten season with a very good Thistle squad. Shankland also said on Open Goal podcast that McCall isn't a tactical manager, which has been levelled at Bullen on here frequently. Time to move on lads. Could that maybe be how Shankland became a better player? Having nobody to tactically hold him back? I know it's a rubbish comparison but The Moff was rapidly scoring goals under Mark Roberts (who we gathered isn't the worlds greatest tactician) but moved to Dunfermline and didn't score as many, due to having to play under tactics 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Roxanne's man said: Could that maybe be how Shankland became a better player? Having nobody to tactically hold him back? I know it's a rubbish comparison but The Moff was rapidly scoring goals under Mark Roberts (who we gathered isn't the worlds greatest tactician) but moved to Dunfermline and didn't score as many, due to having to play under tactics I believe most of the credit for McCalls success at Ayr was Scally and Stewart they took 99% of the training and were major players in the tactical side 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 8 minutes ago, Finlay21 said: I believe most of the credit for McCalls success at Ayr was Scally and Stewart they took 99% of the training and were major players in the tactical side It was a crime that Sandy wasn't given the job before kerr imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Smurph said: Archibald is now a coach* at Motherwell fwiw. I reckon he’s trying to distance himself from McCall and he’s got Scally anyway. I don’t think McCall fits the Ayr mould any more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 7 minutes ago, Roxanne's man said: It was a crime that Sandy wasn't given the job before kerr imo. Definitely 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, Finlay21 said: Definitely I think he’s more likely to be head coach than McCall nowadays 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hursty Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Finally decided to bite the bullet and buy the tickets and even the link from Twitter is telling me to piss off and don't be so stupid 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, Hursty said: Finally decided to bite the bullet and buy the tickets and even the link from Twitter is telling me to piss off and don't be so stupid This link works https://tickets.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/packages/LZEmOKzmpW/e/3RVaAkMGMd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hursty Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 10 minutes ago, ryanayr1987 said: This link works https://tickets.ayrunitedfc.co.uk/packages/LZEmOKzmpW/e/3RVaAkMGMd Cheers - original hint not taken, 6 tickets bought 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Uncle Ian's time has passed. He took us as far as he could. I think Bullen is similar tbh. I expect we'll see a change. Assuming Bullen wants to move on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Not a chance McCall comes back, nor would I want him too. If/when Bullen goes it will be someone in the same mould as him, a young, inexperienced possibly 1st time head coach. If that is the case I hope we can get an experienced assistant in beside him to assist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Ideally any new head coach can find the same success without such regressive methods. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 34 minutes ago, ayrunitedfw said: Not a chance McCall comes back, nor would I want him too. If/when Bullen goes it will be someone in the same mould as him, a young, inexperienced possibly 1st time head coach. If that is the case I hope we can get an experienced assistant in beside him to assist. I don't think McCall is the type of manager who would want to be given players to manage rather than source them himself. I also don't think he is the type that would pay attention to data analysis and pick a starting 11 based on that. There may be experienced coaches out there that would be willing to though. The success rate of plucking a fresh, untried manager that is any good is incredibly low. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 34 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: I don't think McCall is the type of manager who would want to be given players to manage rather than source them himself He had a good Ayr team, left for Partick and pretty much tried to build the same team with a few from that Ayr team.... Bell, Docherty, Geggan etc as they had won the league the year previous. I know McCall had dealt with some demons in Gambling addiction and I'm honestly glad he got that sorted. Ayr gave him the chance to get noticed again and did well enough to go back to his favoured club, Partick......who then sacked him. Do I see McCall back managing at Ayr? No. Do I want to see some players Ayr had whilst McCall was manager back playing for Ayr? We know the answer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted May 26, 2023 Share Posted May 26, 2023 33 minutes ago, Roxanne's man said: He had a good Ayr team, left for Partick and pretty much tried to build the same team with a few from that Ayr team.... Bell, Docherty, Geggan etc as they had won the league the year previous. I know McCall had dealt with some demons in Gambling addiction and I'm honestly glad he got that sorted. Ayr gave him the chance to get noticed again and did well enough to go back to his favoured club, Partick......who then sacked him. Do I see McCall back managing at Ayr? No. Do I want to see some players Ayr had whilst McCall was manager back playing for Ayr? We know the answer. He has always signed players he knows and trusts as the backbone of his squads but I think he was running out of useful ones after 20 years of managing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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