D'Jaffo Posted December 2, 2022 Author Share Posted December 2, 2022 Two or three games with this back four… f**k me!See tbh defensively it doesn’t worry me too much which might come as a surprise. McAllisters lack of height may come to be an issue but he dealt with Polloks long balls all night on Monday. It’s when the ball is with either of the two centre backs that I foresee issues. I’ve said it before but with Kirk and Musonda it was so much easier to try and play out from the back. That’s not to say we didn’t go long a lot but even their long balls were generally played with some idea in mind of starting an attack. With McAllister and McGinty I don’t see much coming from the pair of them. McAllister in particular was fairly guilty of putting players under pressure with under hit passes or just plain stupid passes to Houston when he had a winger on him. Reminds me a lot of Muirhead from last season. Dempsey and Murdoch are going to have the added responsibility of making sure they are available for a pass when the back two have the ball or it’ll just be an afternoon of aimless punts up the park to no one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Just now, D'Jaffo said: See tbh defensively it doesn’t worry me too much which might come as a surprise. McAllisters lack of height may come to be an issue but he dealt with Polloks long balls all night on Monday. It’s when the ball is with either of the two centre backs that I foresee issues. I’ve said it before but with Kirk and Musonda it was so much easier to try and play out from the back. That’s not to say we didn’t go long a lot but even their long balls were generally played with some idea in mind of starting an attack. With McAllister and McGinty I don’t see much coming from the pair of them. McAllister in particular was fairly guilty of putting players under pressure with under hit passes or just plain stupid passes to Houston when he had a winger on him. Reminds me a lot of Muirhead from last season. Dempsey and Murdoch are going to have the added responsibility of making sure they are available for a pass when the back two have the ball or it’ll just be an afternoon of aimless punts up the park to no one. I think the bigger issue might be their lack of ability on the ball, and they might actually deal with any long ball football from Raith to a better extent but they are both still a drop off defensively too. I imagine it will be an afternoon of aimless punts up the park, interspersed with giving the ball to Paddy to do something stupid with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 20 minutes ago, No_Problemo said: Two or three games with this back four… f**k me! These next 4 games against Raith/Partick/Dundee and Morton will probably define our season. It's either gonna go one of two ways, we'll either come out of them unbeaten and still up at the top of the league. Or we'll win none and the wheels will have well and truly fallen off. I hope it's the first thing i said... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said: I saw a post on Twitter asking for the best Spanish player your club has ever had. Have Ayr United ever had any? I cannot remember us having any. I checked the list of players who have appeared for Ayr. We've had Canadian, Swedish, Slovakian, French, Faroese, Australian etc.... But no Spaniards. So I guess it's now, who came from the closest to Spain? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 14 hours ago, Roxanne's man said: I checked the list of players who have appeared for Ayr. We've had Canadian, Swedish, Slovakian, French, Faroese, Australian etc.... But no Spaniards. So I guess it's now, who came from the closest to Spain? I thought Castilla was Spanish because of his surname, but he's French. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEd Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 14 hours ago, Roxanne's man said: I checked the list of players who have appeared for Ayr. We've had Canadian, Swedish, Slovakian, French, Faroese, Australian etc.... But no Spaniards. So I guess it's now, who came from the closest to Spain? We very, very briefly had a Portuguese player during the Stainrod era. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam_O_Shanter Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 16 hours ago, Richey Edwards said: I saw a post on Twitter asking for the best Spanish player your club has ever had. Have Ayr United ever had any? I cannot remember us having any. We've had a player who played for Barcelona and Espanyol, that's the closest connection i can find. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye the Gnu Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 17 hours ago, Richey Edwards said: I saw a post on Twitter asking for the best Spanish player your club has ever had. Have Ayr United ever had any? I cannot remember us having any. Juan Fuckall? Just jesting folks. Delighted for you and your start to the season and hope to see again you next year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 13 minutes ago, Hawkeye the Gnu said: Juan Fuckall? Just jesting folks. Delighted for you and your start to the season and hope to see again you next year. What division? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Hawkeye the Gnu said: Juan Fuckall? Just jesting folks. Delighted for you and your start to the season and hope to see again you next year. Someone has used that joke already, when I suggested Kilmarnock were signing German starlet Jurgen Doun in the summer of 2021. Edited December 3, 2022 by Richey Edwards 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye the Gnu Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Juan Kerr was some player but I heard he went blind… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Just now, Hawkeye the Gnu said: Juan Kerr was some player but I heard he went blind… I've been mistaken for him a few times because people have insisted that I'm him. I am short-sighted though, so easy mistake to make. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye the Gnu Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Heard he was once sent off for a deliberate hand ball. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Makeshift defence did fine. Think we will be ok until musonda is back if they continue to play like that. Felt we lacked control in the first half today but wouldn’t say that wasn’t really anything to do with the centre backs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calayrdonia Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 McAllister was absolutely outstanding today. Deserves a hell of a lot of credit. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzar Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 1 minute ago, Calayrdonia said: McAllister was absolutely outstanding today. Deserves a hell of a lot of credit. Totally agree - the guy's attitude is terrific and I'm pleased for him. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Well played the back four, particularly delighted for McAllister and Ecrepont. McAllister was imperious. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 @Nick_McAllister cheers for the humble pie bro. Much appreciated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Who needs a Spaniard in this team? Absolutely fantastic! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Terrace Gazza Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 If Mullen hadn’t scored 2 goals then MOTM was a toss up between MacAllister & Ecrepont, both were exceptional 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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