itzdrk Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 I've not gone to many games this year nor got overly positive about what I have seen but I think we are two fullbacks and a goalkeeper short of romping this league. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Need to get the highlights package sorted out this is no good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 7 hours ago, itzdrk said: I've not gone to many games this year nor got overly positive about what I have seen but I think we are two fullbacks and a goalkeeper short of romping this league. Think Albinson has been decent this season. Fullbacks need competition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk89 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, UpInTheAyr said: Think Albinson has been decent this season. Fullbacks need competition. Looks about 2 foot taller than last year, admittedly I've only seen him a couple of times via a screen this season. But, looks far more confident than he was under Hopkin/Duffy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted October 26, 2022 Author Share Posted October 26, 2022 I don’t get the criticism of Albinson. He’s came on leaps and bounds from last season and is going through a spell where he’s making at least one or two big saves per game. He’s by no means perfect but I’m happy with him. Houston and Reading could both do with better competition and back ups. Both are good players but are very liable to give goals away and Reading in particular has a horrible habit of getting caught under the ball. McAllister and Ecrepont aren’t going to push them further so I’d be looking to address that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utdtillidie2 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Albinson is a good keeper, great shot stopper but doesn’t fill me with much confidence when it comes to crossing and could boss the box more. Maybe that comes with different centre halves in front of him most games. When Thistle were throwing ball after ball into the box in last 10 mins the crowd seemed to be holding their breath every time. Whether that’s due to keeper or the amount of goals we concede from crosses. Houston seems to be coming onto a game. Reading had an off game last night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 I definitely rate Reading but there’s no doubt he’s had a couple of iffy games. That said, I think Graham is a really clever striker and was looking to drop off a bit at cross balls to use his physical advantage against Reading. Fair play to Bullen who recognised that and put McGinty on, though ironically McCall Immediately subbed Graham - can only assume he was injured. Don’t get the criticism of Albinson - he’s barely put a foot wrong all season and made yet another outstanding save low to his left at 3-2. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzlemanizzle Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Having seen the goals back I actually didn't appreciate at the time on the stream how well worked they were. I had in my head direct lumps and getting second balls. It's pretty clear 1/3 of the season in that when we play quickly and move the opposition about no team can really live with us. A lot of top performances last night notwithstanding the hair raising defensive stuff, but a big shout out from me for Josh Mullin; he's sometimes unglamorous but his propensity for quality at the right time is terrific. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 8 hours ago, itzdrk said: I've not gone to many games this year nor got overly positive about what I have seen but I think we are two fullbacks and a goalkeeper short of romping this league. I agree with the fullbacks but Albinson has been fantastic. I'd also be willing to give Ecrepont a try. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Interesting to hear Mullin talk about how much he enjoys playing in the current formation. It's definitely one that will lead to opposition chances, but so long as we can keep scoring one more than we concede it will be entertaining. One-third of the season gone and things look generally positive. It's crazy that nobody in the division has managed more than six wins from 12 games though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrmai Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Noticed Dylan McGeouch was on VftT last Friday, without a club, if we lose Dempsey or Murdoch to injury is he a possibility to come in? Would have been on high wages at Aberdeen but perhaps a shop window for half a season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk89 Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Roxanne's man said: I agree with the fullbacks but Albinson has been fantastic. I'd also be willing to give Ecrepont a try. He could probably do with being loaned out to a league 1 or 2 side to get some game time under his belt. He's still pretty young, but feel like he's been around forever now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugbypark Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Under 2800, with a big Partick support. Must be disappointing when you’re doing so well and getting no response from the Sevco dominated town. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrAtlanta Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 30 minutes ago, Rugbypark said: Under 2800, with a big Partick support. Must be disappointing when you’re doing so well and getting no response from the Sevco dominated town. Must be disappointing somehow managing to have 20% of your season ticket holders not go to the games. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATTOO Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 12 hours ago, itzdrk said: I've not gone to many games this year nor got overly positive about what I have seen but I think we are two fullbacks and a goalkeeper short of romping this league. Albinson has arguably been in our top 3 most important players of the season so far and has pulled off umpteen wonder saves so I'd definitely not be swapping him / dropping him for ANYONE in this league, that's for sure. In fact I'd be getting him in ASAP in order to try and extend his contract !! Reading has also been pretty good up until the last couple of matches but I would agree that RB remains our weakest position. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirepud Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Big thing for me last night was that we actually won an important game at home. Too often a decent crowd turns up at Somerset and are treated to a shambolic performance but it had a different feel to it last night. Rode our luck at times but some good old fashioned no nonsense defending and having the balls to throw players forward got the job done. Been critical of McGinty in the past but I thought he was excellent last night and shored up the defence when we needed it. One clearance from almost under our own crossbar was exceptional. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATTOO Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, yorkshirepud said: Big thing for me last night was that we actually won an important game at home. Too often a decent crowd turns up at Somerset and are treated to a shambolic performance but it had a different feel to it last night. Rode our luck at times but some good old fashioned no nonsense defending and having the balls to throw players forward got the job done. Been critical of McGinty in the past but I thought he was excellent last night and shored up the defence when we needed it. One clearance from almost under our own crossbar was exceptional. Ironically it was probably our worst performance of the season, however this team seem to be made of stern stuff and instead of folding they managed to knuckle down and grind out the win which we probably didn't deserve. That in itself speaks volumes and is completely different from any Ayr side that we've had in years. People can say what they like about Bullen but his man management skills are excellent as he's kept virtually the entire squad involved so that even the fringe guys must feel like they're really involved and have played a part in our relative success to date. I honestly don't think there's many squads with as much strength in depth as ourselves and Bullens strategy of rotation and using all our subs should pay dividends when the inevitable injuries and suspensions kick in over the Winter months, but the fact most of our squad are fully match fit should really benefit us. Hopefully we can keep up the good work at Arbroath on Saturday and then at home to Morton as it really does feel that this squad could do something special for us this season.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AYRSHIRE_ANGUS Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 The goals from Saturday are 2:48 in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Take it there won't be any highlights from last night since the stream broke 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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