rb123! Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 According to someone on the SRE there could be a signing today, get a feeling he was hinting towards Doolan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, rb123! said: According to someone on the SRE there could be a signing today, get a feeling he was hinting towards Doolan. Swap the lan for han and I'd be ecstatic !!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 So the height of your ambition is to finish 8th and presumably be the worst full time team in the league? Superb. The ambition should be to finish as high as possible, consolidate ourselves as an established Championship team and become as self sufficient as possible. That was the aim when McCall was appointed and I see no reason to re-evaluate expectations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: The ambition should be to finish as high as possible, consolidate ourselves as an established Championship team and become as self sufficient as possible. That was the aim when McCall was appointed and I see no reason to re-evaluate expectations. Having watched Ayr regularly for over 30 years and having been a season ticket holder for most of that time, I've honestly never been one to expect too much as I'm well aware of our limitations with regards to our finances, our support levels and of course the difficulty of retaining and signing players post Bosman. Like most fans It's a day out on a Saturday where we turn up at Somerset in hope rather than expectation, all we ask is for a bit of entertainment and playing the game in "the right way". We don't and never have done expected to win every game but at the same time we do expect maximum effort from the players and a good attacking style of play to entertain us. I never forget the words of super Ally when he talked about football being for the fans and providing entertainment being the sole purpose of footballers and as such it's why we always hope to see wingers such as Henry Templeton or Gary Teale or ball players such as an Alain Horace etc. Thinking back, we didn't have massive budgets when wee Henry was playing or when Alain Horace was entertaining us in the 3rd tier, however these are the players we all love and remember because they had that x factor where they could get you up off your seat. Who's to say we're not going to be talking about Luke McCowan in years to come ?? Anyway, I've been guilty of this myself recently but we all know football's not about budgets or players wages etc, otherwise Falkirk would probably have been promoted along with Dundee Utd and of course Ayr and Alloa might have found themselves back in league 1 next season. We can all speculate but nobody knows how it will all pan out once the season starts. We may have new editions who don't seem much on paper but they may turn out like another Lawrence Shankland or Michael Rose or even better. They may not be much in their own right but they may form great partnerships with our current players, who knows ?? That's exactly why Football is so entertaining and why I can't get a bloody coupon up, because come that whistle at 3pm on a Saturday, NOBODY knows what's going to happen and as I say that's why we'll all be turning up again at Somerset come the new season always in hope and rarely in expectation................ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 59 minutes ago, ayrunitedfw said: With the current squad I can’t see anything other than relegation. Agree but the squad isn't the finished article. We're going to make 6 quality additions. Trust Uncle Ian to lead us forward! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 As for talk of lower budgets and costs. My feeling is it is just rhetoric and an attempt to manage expectations as we overachieved last season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Estragon is a fud said: Got to fancy little Ayr United for the drop this season now Shankland's away 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hursty Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 13 minutes ago, Trogdor said: Poor guy - comes on here on a dreadful attempt at a wind up and all he will get is a bunch of Ayr fans replying to agree with him haha 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 Got to fancy little Ayr United for the drop this season now Shankland's awayPoor attempt but I’ll greenie you since I’m in a good mood. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Morton at Somerset. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-championship/scores-fixtures/2019-08 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Morton at Somerset. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/scottish-championship/scores-fixtures/2019-08In other news, Donald Trump has been elected as the US President and a man has landed on the moon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Away to Dundee Utd last day of season 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochwood Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Don’t get this at all crowds up must have made more money commercial take over of hospitality must have money league cup takings from rangers outweighing Scottish cup defeat which also had tv and a good crowd must have made money lost top earners at the club must have saved money 500 club putting more in than last year must have made money WHY DO WE NOTHAVE ABETTER BUDGET 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 Don’t get this at all crowds up must have made more money commercial take over of hospitality must have money league cup takings from rangers outweighing Scottish cup defeat which also had tv and a good crowd must have made money lost top earners at the club must have saved money 500 club putting more in than last year must have made money WHY DO WE NOTHAVE ABETTER BUDGETThe league cup takings from Rangers won’t have outweighed the Scottish cup defeat. It’s not hard to understand at all tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 minute ago, D'Jaffo said: The league cup takings from Rangers won’t have outweighed the Scottish cup defeat. It’s not hard to understand at all tbh. You got proof either way of this or you just happy clapping? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: The league cup takings from Rangers won’t have outweighed the Scottish cup defeat. It’s not hard to understand at all tbh. I'd be astonished if they didn't to be honest. There might be any number of reasons why your budget is down (if it really is) but the League Cup run making less than a potential Scottish Cup run isn't one of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 minute ago, D'Jaffo said: The league cup takings from Rangers won’t have outweighed the Scottish cup defeat. It’s not hard to understand at all tbh. Not really interested but there's no way we were budgeting for beating Talbot, might have hoped or even expected to beat them but there's no way Ayr United are budgeting on imponderables, you budget for defeat then increase as you go surely. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 You got proof either way of this or you just happy clapping? I don’t think disagreeing with those who are getting themselves in a state despite the fact that the situation has been clearly spelt out to them makes me a “happy clapper” but fire on if it makes you happy. Cameron claims that we lost out on close to 100K due to the Auchinleck shambles. I doubt we would’ve made that in a game against Rangers that wasn’t even televised. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkyshotton Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 29 minutes ago, UpInTheAyr said: Away to Dundee Utd last day of season Title decider imo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hursty Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 I don't really buy the whole 'crowds were up from the previous season so this years budget should be higher' argument either. Last seasons budget will have been set at a higher level than the 2017/18 one based in part on an assumption that the crowds would increase due to going up a league. So the only reason the budget would go up again based on crowds was if the actual crowds were significantly higher than what was budgeted for. Which considering the crowds were pretty pish even though we were flying (all the Friday night games etc not helping) i'd seriously doubt was the case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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