D'Jaffo Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 Well yes obviously this is a result of Brexit but that’s the much wider picture and you can debate for days about the stupidity of that and the people that made it happen. I’m focusing on the actual signing David Bangala and pointing out that it’s no one’s fault he hasn’t joined up the team. I’m not quite sure why people are using it as a stick to beat the club with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Even if Bangala were here we still need signings. That's near universally accepted amongst the support. Where are the signings? When are they coming in? We heard nothing on that score from Mathie other than we only want players who want to be at Ayr. More worringly, Bullen thinks we performed well in the League Cup but didn't get the results. Which begs the question - are we actually going to make more signings or is Bangala it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: I’m focusing on the actual signing David Bangala and pointing out that it’s no one’s fault he hasn’t joined up the team. I’m not quite sure why people are using it as a stick to beat the club with. Think it's more that Bangala has actually signed and the club's severe lack of signings. He's been put on a pedestal because of it and is largely expected to be a good player, due to the time it's took. The lack of signings does cause slight anxiety before the season has started, due to last season. It's a shame for Bangala as it's nobody at the club's fault but some people need scapegoats Edited July 30, 2022 by Roxanne's man 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, Trogdor said: are we actually going to make more signings or is Bangala it? Didn't Bullen say he was hoping to add to the attack with someone experienced in Scottish football? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted July 30, 2022 Author Share Posted July 30, 2022 Even if Bangala were here we still need signings. That's near universally accepted amongst the support. Where are the signings? When are they coming in? We heard nothing on that score from Mathie other than we only want players who want to be at Ayr. More worringly, Bullen thinks we performed well in the League Cup but didn't get the results. Which begs the question - are we actually going to make more signings or is Bangala it? Mathie and Bullen have both said they want more signings so I see no reason why we’d settle with what we have as soon as Bangala gets into the country. You can’t really give an update on signings unless there is something genuinely imminent. Clubs can’t make them go any faster as it’s all down to the players. Much like Bangala and his visa, it’s a waiting game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazka6 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Think it’s basically that the standard of player we want doesn’t want to come to Ayr, and understandably we don’t want to break whatever the wage structure is in place to get them. What that’ll cost us in the long run who knows. It’s a fairly odd situation having biggish teams in L1 and new money in the Championship. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Surprised we haven’t been linked to Gozi ugwu. I know he wasn’t prolific at Morton last year but I think he ragdolled our defence in a couple of games last year and would maybe do better than what we have up top 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Feel bad for Bangela because he's this kind of mythical figure just now some folk will be turning him into the new N'Golo Kanté in there heads, if the poor guy does not hit the ground running they will turn on him just as quick. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 1 minute ago, D'Jaffo said: Mathie and Bullen have both said they want more signings so I see no reason why we’d settle with what we have as soon as Bangala gets into the country. You can’t really give an update on signings unless there is something genuinely imminent. Clubs can’t make them go any faster as it’s all down to the players. Much like Bangala and his visa, it’s a waiting game. I get what you are saying about it taking how long it takes. However, what players are we actually looking for? Is it a striker, a right back, a creative midfielder? Details are thin on the ground. Telling us what they are looking for doesn't compromise the search. The lack of specificity and the spin about the League Cup has me a little worried. P.S. Also acutely aware of bazka's point, competition is fierce for the same pool of players. There are a lot of clubs on the up chucking money at it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Completely agree. The only people who are to blame are the English for dragging all of us out the EU and Westminster who should have negotiated a better brexit deal I didn’t realise Mcglashan from Absolutely posted here.Wales voted for Brexit too I think you’ll find. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgreig Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 33 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: Well yes obviously this is a result of Brexit but that’s the much wider picture and you can debate for days about the stupidity of that and the people that made it happen. I’m focusing on the actual signing David Bangala and pointing out that it’s no one’s fault he hasn’t joined up the team. I’m not quite sure why people are using it as a stick to beat the club with. I don't want to get into any of the politics but I did say on this forum that based on my experience (I have hired a large number of skilled workers this year) it takes around 3 months. I am not hiring footballers so maybe there are some differences but I would not expect a big delta on that timeline. Given that Bangala was announced on 11 June I would therefore be penciling in late August to early September. But as I say I have not hired footballers nor do I know anything about his circumstances. I think the club could have managed expectations better but perhaps they naively believed the time lines quoted by the home office. But as I said earlier this is not something the club can control. Also if you are hiring someone on a two year deal I doubt you would change that decision based on a delay of 4 to 6 weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC 1910 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Pulled this from their Facebook page 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1nickydevlin Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Haha I love the menu. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayr23 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, AUFC 1910 said: Pulled this from their Facebook page No chips cheese curry or Capree Sons? I also see they do proper stone oven pizza, would be class to get a slice of that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1nickydevlin Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 About time football clubs served healthy food rather than the shite burgers and hotdogs they usually sell. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk89 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 9 minutes ago, 1nickydevlin said: About time football clubs served healthy food rather than the shite burgers and hotdogs they usually sell. Absolutely buzzing to be fighting off seagulls trying to batter into some Korean beef mid November with an actual Capri Sun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 That’s brilliant I normally don’t eat at the football as I am a fat c**t and generally do SlimmingWorld to stop my weight getting out of control. I’d eat that though, I do think some people might not want to eat it though as they “don’t like that healthy muck” and surprised they’ve done away with pies entirely 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, 1nickydevlin said: About time football clubs served healthy food rather than the shite burgers and hotdogs they usually sell. Healthy food comes at a cost. Can't see many waiting 10 mins for a spinach and kale topping. Will ne interesting to see if they have something different for football fans that can be served quickly that is also affordable Edited July 30, 2022 by AyrExile 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 57 minutes ago, ryanayr1987 said: Surprised we haven’t been linked to Gozi ugwu. I know he wasn’t prolific at Morton last year but I think he ragdolled our defence in a couple of games last year and would maybe do better than what we have up top His main reason for leaving was that he wanted to go back to England as he's just became a father. Apparently the rumour of him being on trial at Falkirk since then was shite on the part of tabloids, so I'd be surprised to see him turn up at a Scottish club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 Wonder if they will have bottled water available as I am fed up smuggling stuff in too. I’d rather the club got my money than Tesco or sainsburys 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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