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8 hours ago, rb123! said:
Forrest is probably the one who has a big season to prove himself, last time in the championship he got bullied about the place.
He got played as a lone striker most weeks and got the ball hoofed to him!
1 hour ago, somerset_lad said:See Avci is away to Stranraer.
Called this. The writing was on the wall for him when Hare-Reid was signed and he got shipped out to Troon. Best of luck to him, never really got the chance. Have we another David Mitchell/Jackson Longridgde type of transfer from Ayr to Stranraer?
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On 11/05/2018 at 16:05, itzdrk said:
Saw him play against Morton 20s the other week, pretty sure he wasn't playing against Clyde 20s in the other game I went to.
On that night he was probably the worst on the park, everything was just kind of going wrong for him on the night so hopefully that was just a one off, can't imagine he would be a regular for them if that was standard fare.
I'm no taking any judgement from that and hoping someone like @callum-ayr will have something better to say
I’ll need to pass, I’ve not made many games this year due to work and this is his first full year at under 20s level so hasn’t seen much if any of him last year. More a ball playing centre half from the Little I know (probably more down to his height).
I would be surprised to see Ecrepont play this year in the league, he’s 16 this year, maybe get him game time in the Betfred cup, but championship with little to no senior experience would be tough.
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I’d be inclined to offer a lower basic wage and have appearance fees etc included to make it up for when he’s playing.
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I don’t think aiming to finish ourwith the bottom 2 shouldn’t not be our aim. Our last 3 visits have seen us finish 10th 9th and 10th. Yeah this is probably the best side we’ve came up with, however the strong possibility of having County, Inverness, Thistle, Dundee Utd, Falkirk then strong championship teams like Dunfermline, Morton and QOS means aiming for top 4 is very questionable. I’d bite your hand off for 8th just now and something tells me Morton are in for a tough year, so let’s just get the best squad we can, get into a position we’re safe and crack on from there.
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McCall is just making a rod for his back with they kind of comments. It’s great to show ambition, don’t get me wrong, but look at what happened the last time.
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4 minutes ago, Ro Sham Bo said:
I've seen a few references to Vaughan since we got Alloa'd. What's the story behind it all?
After the Raith 2-1 game he kept walking by the away dressing room shouting wooooo and started doing it in the first game at Somerset before getting scudded.
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Shankland will have last summer on his mind as well. He never got the contract till September. He’ll want a deal done early and get time off and have a proper pre season with a club*.
*Us
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That’s hearts signed 3 strikers and already have Lafferty so cant see Shankland signing there. One less team to tick off the list of potential suitors!
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32 minutes ago, ayrunitedfw said:
Adams isn’t interested in the sun. Farming is his life.
Crawford and Higgins also not there.
Higgins was there just not in that photo. Crawford couldn’t get permission from the other half I’m reliably told
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Home shirts a lot better in person than what it looks like in the photos.
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8 minutes ago, rb123! said:
Think I'd rather stick with Cameron tbf, could get a bit risky with fan/community involvement.
Out of interest is there any championship clubs who have fan/community involvement, think QOTS might.That’s the thing, no one who is going to buy us is. For all of Lachlans faults, he can keep us afloat, but it’s not going to help us grow. I really don’t know what the solution is, but maybe someone like Kirkwood along with good footballing directors with a good strong community backing is the future. A sustained season in the Championship is a must to get the fans on side.
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Kirkwood wouldn’t have the capital of Cameron, so there would be some sort of fan/community involvement if he was to.
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1 hour ago, AyrTroopMajor said:
Just hope training in Ayr full-time doesn't put players off joining. I think some players view partially training in Glasgow as a big benefit. I get what McCall is saying about being a real Community Club, but I hope we don't shoot ourselves in the foot with that one.
I don’t believe it will be that much of a problem. You’ve seen the likes of Shankland and Crawford commit this season and are both Glasgow based players. I think it’s more of a problem part time with other jobs, getting to Ayr on a Tuesday night after a 8 hour shift. However this is their full time commitment so I don’t see it being a problem and I think that’s what McCall will have found out from the squad this year and is why he’ll implement that idea.
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Just now, SuperHans said:
I'd agree that a one off final game is a good idea. I'd imagine that the issue is then where is the game played i.e. a neutral venue? Problems with that is at what point will the SPFL be able to designate a stadium suitable when it's still unclear over what teams may or may not be involved in playoffs?
At this level and League 2, with the teams involved they could surely have 3 or 4 nominated stadiums. The likes of Stirling, Livi, St Mirren, Patrick would be ideal and for the Premiership play offs you can look at the likes of Hearts, Hibs, Motherwell, Killie.
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Hearts with Lafferty, MacLean and the guy from Cambridge already. Shankland would be a big gamble. Think we’ll see a few of these stories after the season he’s had.
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Contracted - Geggan, Bell, Moffat, Higgins.
Keep - Hart (maybe not first choice), Rose, McDaid, Crawford, Kerr (player/coach), McGuffie, Forrest, Moore, Shankland
Away - Reid, Boyle, Adams, Ferguson
Not sure - Docherty and whatever youth players are retained.
What we realistically need? 1 GK, 3/4 defenders, possibly 2 midfielders and 1 striker. All dependent on who goes/stays.
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4 minutes ago, Michael W said:
The extra £19k (over 3rd place) is a lot of money, particularly in the event of another play-off failure.
You also, in theory, get an easier semi-final in the play-off and home advantage in the second leg.
Only if you don’t play 9th from the Championship.
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8 hours ago, Grant228 said:
Lachlan in the past has had no qualms with posting substantial losses, can't see Sims doing that. Seems fairly obvious from the outside looking in that you're spending more.
We have only 5 senior defenders in our squad, down to 4 now Higgins is out till December. That will tell you how tight a budget we are on in terms of it being a FT budget. I’d say both our squads are top heavy with our quality higher earners in the forward areas.
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I don’t buy this whole Ayr have a bigger budget talk. The likes of Vaughan, Spence, Barr, Buchanan, Matthews, Benedictus will be top earners and take a large chunk of the Raith budget. As said, I think Smith has taken the approach where he hoped they’d be scoring the goals that we have been doing.
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Has McCalls words of war after the game last week had a bit of the Jose Mourinho mind game effect? Not had a chance to read your match thread or watch your highlights so not sure if it’s a case of not being able to score or just a bad game. Next week is very interesting now, pressure pendulum has swung round back on Raith after the defeat and with your next 2 games being away, where you have only won 4/10 away league games, do the players have that sitting in the back of their heads?
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Van De Pas > Price
Van Den Bergh > Smith
Kyle Anderson > Whitlock
They would have been my picks. Can’t stand that c**t Gurney so big Hendo for him.
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You’d imagine the Austin deal would be subject to Vaughan moving on. Austin, Vaughan, Spence and Buchanan would be some artillery on paper, but can you afford all 4? Did Smith have Austin at EF?
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22 minutes ago, BigFatTabbyDave said:
The Ayr fans really ought to just agree on a list of things they feel entitled to and post it before every match. Would save everyone a lot of time and effort.
3 points for a kick off.
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5 minutes ago, Coventry Saint said:
He's played a few games and most fans want to see him kept on as he still has something to offer. Word is the relationship between him and Jack Ross isn't the best. He's been rumoured to be leaving us all summer - at this stage, with nobody else coming in, I'd rather we kept him.
If he does leave, though, it must not be to a league rival, so perhaps Ayr would make sense.
Like I said, just a rumour. Someone on an Ayr Facebook group claiming to be ITK said we'll sign an experienced centre forward on loan from a club in the league above. So naturally Suttons name has popped up.
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The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
in Scottish Championship General Chatter
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Agree, I’d be more inclined to see someone like Leon Murphy go on loan. An as an example, sure McCall could speak to Murphy and look at one or 2 going there to develope. Plus Leon has family there, so would get good support.