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    The Burns battle - Ayr v Queens

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    13 minutes ago, rgreig said:

    I'd like to see Ayr's "goal" that was disallowed for offside again. It was admittedly hard to tell from where I was, but it didn't seem offside.

    I've stuck the disallowed goal in the highlights but (as usual) it doesn't show anything definitive - it does look close. Perhaps the QOS highlights will have a better view as they are from the hospitality/NT side.

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    The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread

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    32 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said:

    The fact that clubs are doing it doesnt automatically mean the majority of fans prefer it though. They do what the have to do to get in. Or they get someone else to do it for them. Or they stop going. Thats not a free choice. 

    This is the crux of it. I am amazed how difficult some clubs are making it for their "customers" to give them money. "Cashless" and non-PATG systems are a nonsense for a variety of fans. At Ayr is it possible to get in if you don't have a smart phone or access to a printer, for example?

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    The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread

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    4 minutes ago, Hursty said:

    Going back to yesterday- I'm one of his many biggest critics but I love Salkeld laying the ball off in our right back position inside the box then sprinting the length of the park to finish the move with a lovely header.  

    Hard not to like, not much football-wise but an athletic trier. I'll be interested to see if Bradley improves - looks skillful in moments but aimlessly jogging about for much of the game and looks like a youth player thrown into a different kind of game.

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    The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread

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    23 minutes ago, BukyOHare said:

    Why exactly? It's 2021 and we're supposed to be a full time professional club, I'm genuinely interested.

    Good point. I wrote the original post rather reflexively. My sympathies have been with people at the club who are simply doing the best with the limited time and resources available to them (and I'm biased).  A "lean management structure" means that employees will probably not have time to do everything that needs doing. Volunteers are not the solution because they can take up an inordinate amount of time (not always).

    That doesn't mean Ayr shouldn't be doing better at basic stuff, but as @Thumper has alluded to, where's there a pound in that?

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    The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread

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    1 hour ago, rgreig said:

    I hope they manage to find someone who is stronger on leveraging and driving the digital channel. I don't know the previous incumbent but I think it's fair to assume that aspect wasn't his strength.

    To be fair to the previous incumbent, my impression is that responsibility for the whole "online presence"-thing at the club has been shuffled around between different directors and employees for years. I have quite a lot of sympathy with the club on this despite having been repeatedly frustrated over the years. Did any of it (beyond the club shop) actually generate income vs. "a nice thing to have but..."

    Lockdown etc. obviously changed the potential for income and we have been found wanting. A new broom would be welcome and if it sweeps me away there will be no hard feelings on my part.

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    Next permanent Ayr United manager

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    33 minutes ago, HMIP said:

    Don’t know if he was worth persevering with, but Kerr had a lot to cope with as a rookie manager.  A major rebuild after the break up of McCall’s team, Covid, no fans and a change of ownership mid season.  And we were 5th in the league a fortnight before we gave him the bullet.  This is probably all revisionism, but it’s a measure of the lack of confidence in Hopkin that I’m beginning to think Kerr was hard done by.

    This pretty much sums up my thoughts. Results were not great under Kerr but there were extenuating circumstances if you were minded to see them. I was bemused by his sacking as much for how precipitous it seemed - Kerr wasn't Smith's appointment so could almost be allowed to fail. Instead we will never know. 5th in the league seems like cloud-cuckoo land at the moment.

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    The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread

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    18 minutes ago, Trogdor said:

    However, I expect any game where Hopkin thinks we are weaker or the underdogs it will be a bit like Monday night. Resolute defensively and then shell it long.

    I agree. Concede one goal and we are stuffed. "They shall not pass" has never been a particularly successful slogan even when the intention is good.

    Unrelatedly, are people content with Hopkin getting the first round of league games before passing judgement? A 2-year deal suggests we might be in it for a long time, not a good time.

     

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