No_Problemo Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Just now, Hursty said: Didn't say he was. He has the ability to at least make a yard and stick a decent cross in so would have been better than what we did bring on. If he had to make the subs he did, then Daire should have played off either McKenzie or Ashford, as opposed to just playing two players with no technical abilities up front. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calayrdonia Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 3 hours ago, No_Problemo said: This seems very much like playing the player, as opposed to the game. Other than being turned early on, Houston had a good game. If there is anything to comment on, it was the absolutely horrid performance Reading put in. It’s not something you say often at all, but Reading was fucking horrendous today. They got joy down our left all game long. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuffster Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 16 minutes ago, ayrunitedfw said: From what I’ve seen Daire O’Connor isn’t great Neither are McKenzie and Ashford but they certainly get a lot of minutes to run about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 1 hour ago, WATTOO said: Dipo was clearly struggling with a knock and limped off and as for "taking a hiding from Thistle", you do know that they were just scudded 4-0 at home by the same side we slaughtered 5-0 just a couple of weeks back ?? I think some of you just try too hard to talk the team and the Manager down........ Is Dipo actually injured.... 1 minute ago, Calayrdonia said: It’s not something you say often at all, but Reading was fucking horrendous today. They got joy down our left all game long. What's the script with Ecrepont? Can't get on the bench due to the size of the squad and i'm pretty sure he hasn't gone out on loan. If he's still as highly rated as he was a few years ago surely he should be getting his chance to compete with Reading?? Safe to say also Reading is never going to reach Harvie levels that we might have hoped seen as Reading was also a regular in the Scotland U21 squad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 3 minutes ago, Calayrdonia said: It’s not something you say often at all, but Reading was fucking horrendous today. They got joy down our left all game long. Yeah - it was an absolute nuke of a performance. Just horrendous at basicslly everything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibuya Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 It was a brilliant through ball for their second goal, to be fair to Paddy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 32 minutes ago, No_Problemo said: If he had to make the subs he did, then Daire should have played off either McKenzie or Ashford, as opposed to just playing two players with no technical abilities up front. 100% this. Bringing on Ashford and McKenzie to play as an upfront pairing was utterly bizarre. They are pretty much the exact same type of player. I was expecting a change in approach - ie maybe playing it out a bit but we stuck to kick and rush where they had no chance of winning a high ball against the Cove centre backs. You could sense the underwhelming nature of that change. Did anyone believe we could win the game from that point? I was more worried Cove would score tbqh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 13 minutes ago, Shibuya said: It was a brilliant through ball for their second goal, to be fair to Paddy. It brought me flashbacks of his backwards header against Morton at Cappielow when Kerr was the gaffer. I still suffer PTSD from that one. He literally could have done about 10 other things which wouldn't have resulted in that delicious though ball for the opposition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 24 minutes ago, Trogdor said: Did anyone believe we could win the game from that point? "Eh, are we playing for a draw here?" Was my immediate thought. I'm not sure what effect that would have on the team with that kind of change. Bit deflated I would have thought. Be interesting to see how he lines up on Tuesday if that's his game management against a team at the bottom of the table. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Is Albinson our second best player of the season? He has pulled of some pretty vital saves so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 33 minutes ago, UpInTheAyr said: "Eh, are we playing for a draw here?" Was my immediate thought. I'm not sure what effect that would have on the team with that kind of change. Bit deflated I would have thought. Be interesting to see how he lines up on Tuesday if that's his game management against a team at the bottom of the table. That was my thoughts as well. Got quite annoyed tbh with you, even more so on checking the stats afterwards. 24 shots, 11 on target. No disrespect to Cove but I had Ayr absolutely trouncing them in my head before kick off. I'll be the first to say that I hope Bullen brings in a defender or two in January, as that was anything but solid at the back today 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaisayr Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 The problem is not the defenders. It's that we have four very attacking players and even Murdy and Ben like to try join in as well. Whenever we lose the ball we are wide open. I would probably sacrifice Brad Young and try get a tighter hold of games. That is by no means a criticism of Young who I think has done really well. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATTOO Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 12 hours ago, kaisayr said: The problem is not the defenders. It's that we have four very attacking players and even Murdy and Ben like to try join in as well. Whenever we lose the ball we are wide open. I would probably sacrifice Brad Young and try get a tighter hold of games. That is by no means a criticism of Young who I think has done really well. 100%, that's the trade off when playing the type of football that we do as far as creating chances and attacking football is concerned. Charmers doesn't do much tracking back at all, however I like him for what he brings to the team in an attacking sense but it does make us far more open. It is what it is and personally I'm really enjoying the games this season as we're being entertained which ultimately is what it's all about. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATTOO Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 I don't think we should lose sight of the fact that we go top of the league if beating Thistle on Tuesday night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the west curve Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 8 minutes ago, WATTOO said: I don't think we should lose sight of the fact that we go top of the league if beating Thistle on Tuesday night. I think that’s more to do with the poor standard this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placidcasual Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 21 minutes ago, the west curve said: I think that’s more to do with the poor standard this season. Compared to the fantastic standard last season when part time Arbroath were 20 minutes away from winning the league. Hear this pish take year after year. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 The problem is not the defenders. It's that we have four very attacking players and even Murdy and Ben like to try join in as well. Whenever we lose the ball we are wide open. I would probably sacrifice Brad Young and try get a tighter hold of games. That is by no means a criticism of Young who I think has done really well.Aye you’ve got a point there. Very reminiscent of McCalls team in League One where we’d essentially be playing 4-2-4. You’re always going to gift chances regardless of how good your defenders are. Wonder if Bullen will be so ballsy on Tuesday night or will he reintroduce Ashford on the wing and move either Chalmers or Mullin behind Akinyemi. Smith might be worth bringing back as well and go to a 4-3-3. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 No surprise to see AU media bottle asking Bullen any form of question about the substitutions. They don’t even need to do it in a negative manner - “Chalmers was fantastic today - was he carrying a knack and that’s why he came off…” etc and include Dipo. It very much sounded to me that Kirk will drop out on Tuesday night, which I won’t be happy with at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munro7 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Yeah, after listening to that I have the fear McGinty will appear instead of Kirk on Tuesday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death in Vegas Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Why the f**k would he do that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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