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38 minutes ago, ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds said:
Not a lady myself so I suppose it’s not really my place to decide what’s acceptable and what isn’t but the club’s “Lady’s Day” in hospitality comes across as a bit outdated, particularly the awards for best dressed presented by the man of the match. I think it’s a good thing to try to encourage women to come to the games, and I think the heart’s in the right place, but not convinced this event is the best way. Just seems a bit condescending with the focus on prosecco and dresses. Also seems a bit overpriced at £72 but I’ve never attended hospitality so I don’t know how good it is in terms of value.
Lady's nights, Lady's days are still quite popular, especially at horse racing but in the gender specific world we now live in i couldn't agree more that this is sure to offend, some!
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3 minutes ago, Jack Reed said:
Was not to happy we are out, we have managed to beat a poor Clyde team, in between 2draws and 2 defeats, must do better,
Me neither as it's the only cup we have any chance of winning.
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8 hours ago, Passionate said:
The witching hour of the loanee signing window is nearly upon us, we have repeatedly spouted all summer about quality loanees, a n d I have yet to see one...
We have 2 loanee signings left will be sign any, not heard any rumours...
Or do we go with an 18 man squad till January.....
Fair point, if you pick our strongest 11 just now, would any of the loanees be in it. Jamieson maybe?
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1 minute ago, diamondman said:
Sadly I am far from convinced about Wylie.
I am also doubting that Salim has the mobility required. Five minutes or so at the end of a game seems to mask that.
Wylie was disappointing along with McMaster and Devenny not much better.
Salim & Gal are a front 2 that was never going to work as both are out and out centre forwards with no pace who offer nothing in the wide areas.
The importance of Smith & Frizzell was highlighted tonight. Time for another loanee methinks!
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38 minutes ago, Right in the Stanchion said:
Liking that team, shows we have a bit of depth as it's still a pretty competitive XI but it also shows things are still tight. There's not quite two decent players for every position but it's getting there. Good chance for ATS and Telfer to get a bit more match fit too
Hoping that Ben Wylie shows what he's all about as he seems to have several doubters already. Interested to see how McMaster does as well.
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2 hours ago, Preston Diamond said:
Is the live stream available tonight irrespective of your location because it is not a Saturday 3.00 pm k.o.?
Yes it is.
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1 hour ago, Skyline Drifter said:
I'm not sure why this is a surprise. Alloa have always held Challenge Cup prices at League prices as far as I know. I don't really blame them for it. We used to do the same till about 3 or 4 years ago. Financially the attendance is relatively price inelastic. We dropped around 300 people last night from the same fixture last Saturday despite significantly dropping prices and letting kids in free. Yes, it's not on the season ticket, it's a school night, live international football on the telly, etc but fundamentally chances are if we'd left it at league prices we'd have dropped 350 people and been much better off. Barring the odd outlier tie, Challenge Cup matches largely border on losing money depending what you pay for stewarding etc.
Yes, understand your point that the challenge cup is generally a bit of a loss maker but charging £18 as VP of the SFA and in world having a cost of living crisis won't do much to promote and develop Scottish football.
£18 for the stream also!
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On 21/09/2022 at 10:59, Fae_the_'briggs said:
Aye, hard enough trying to keep fans interested in this trophy so you'd think a bit of sensible pricing would help. QoS V FC Edinburgh £12 or £6 concessions is no bad but not sure I'd pay much more.
Even worse that it is the SFA Vice President's club that's doing the fleecing!
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2 hours ago, She who dares gins said:
Ticket prices for Friday’s are a bit steep. Should really be reducing it for a challenge cup tie.
And £18 for the stream! Mulraney, Vice President of the SFA and pisssing over the fans!
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2 minutes ago, David Fernández said:48 minutes ago, Diamonds are Forever said:
If everyone is fit I'd be surprised if McCabe plays in midfield, we need Frizzell, and we need at least one player like Devenney who is a bit more athletic, therefore it comes down to Telfer and McCabe for the last spot.
If you look at McCabe's career path as a midfielder he has clearly been on the decline in recent years so although that is his natural position I'm not at all convinced he's our best option in there. He played there at the start of last season and was okay, but was a revelation at centre back. He's gone back into midfield this season but again he's been okay at best. He's comfortable on the ball but I think is too slow now for midfield, players run off him very easily. I'd have him centre back for a few weeks and see how he looks, and see whether it helps Fordyce at all. If he ultimately ends up as a squad player who is on the sidelines most of the time I don't think that's a bad thing.I think with McCabe taking the number 4 Jersey, I think his intention was to play at centre back and get Telfer in from June. But that signing has taking a lot longer than anticipated. 100% agree, with thag signing McCabe would be best placed at centre back.
Not averse to that but it no doubt means Watson would be on the bench as Ballantyne's got to be down the right. Lack of height would then be a problem and i'm unsure of ATS's aerial ability, for a big guy!
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Can rule out Josh Rae for a while.
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For a 5-0 win that was a strange performance with many players not at their best and we were really carried by Henderson, Frizzell, Telfer & Smith. ATS had a decent debut without looking like he's going to be big asset and Devenny was ok'ish but the rest were average to poor.
On the plus side it's always a good sign when you win when not at your best but that probably says more about Clyde than us.
McCabe stated in the post match interview that he had a migraine hence why he was on the bench so perhaps Telfer might not have started so it will be interesting how they both fit in the starting 11.
Overall this was a great fixture after the FC Edinburgh debacle.
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Surely Deveney won't come out for the 2nd half. A complete catalogue of errors!
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Just now, Jack Reed said:
Gal on the bench, McCabe on bench, struggling to know his best team,
In fairness, i'm not sure anyone does although McCabe would definitely be in mine.
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1 hour ago, Diamond Oracle said:
I wouldn’t start Jamieson and I don’t think Wiley should be anywhere near the starting 11. I’d go:
Henderson
Watson - McCabe - Fordyce - Deveney
Telfer - Devenny - Frizzell
McGill - Gallagher - Smith
If Telfer isn’t fit enough yet I’d move McCabe into midfield and start ATS alongside Fordyce.
After last season I hope we absolutely batter Clyde.
ETA: I’d like to see McMaster given some game time today as well. Looked really promising in early season before getting injured.Whilst Jamieson clearly has ability, we have only seen it in flashes, so i too wouldn't be surprised if he was on the bench and perhaps its time for ATS to get his chance.
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3 minutes ago, AndyDD said:
SPFL have announced they plan on games going ahead this weekend, so presumably Ballantyne serves his suspension for this game versus Clyde. You'd expect so, anyway.
Probably a good thing, as you would have thought he would be missed more at Montrose rather than a home game against Clyde.
Yes, i'm well aware that this might not turn out to be the case!
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It is hard to pick a best 11 as the likes of McMaster, Wylie, Taylor-Sinclair & even Salim are unknowns.
I don't see Sal starting many as i doubt he suits our style of play but if his fitness holds up i do see him contributing as a sub. An old fashioned number 9 who wants crosses in the box.
Taylor-Sinclair i expect to play as he seems to have played left back most of his career and at a higher level, well apart from Falkirk.
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29 minutes ago, ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds said:
Rae
Ballantyne Watson Dycey Deveney
Telfer McCabe Frizzell
Jamieson Gallagher Smith
That leaves Taylor-Sinclair, McMaster, Wylie, Devenny, McGill, and Kouider-Aissa for cover. As I’ve said I think we still need a centre half in as I’d argue Dycey is our only natural centre half with Watson being more of a natural right back who can provide cover for Ballantyne and at centre half (or be very useful in a back 3). If it’s 433 there’s three midfielders to cover our midfield three which is good cover and two forwards to cover the front 3 which is absolutely fine. Arguably the only players from last year who left that would start in the current squad are Easton and Paterson (and obviously McInroy but he was away midseason). Could argue for Kerr but he barely played last year, even if I felt he could have been used more. I’d agree that we’re probably a bit stronger overall this year but there will be times we’ll miss Easton’s magic or Paterson’s ability at left back. Hopefully Dunfermline aren’t as good as Cove.
It is definitely fair to say there is more competition for starting places this season as there must have been 5 or 6 who were never seriously considered last year. I was an advocate for the smaller quality squad, just not sure we have enough.
Hopefully one or two of the newbie's really come through.
Devenny has had a great start, looks a good athlete and can only improve.
McMaster we haven't really seen yet.
Wylie has had a slow start but the ability is there and i believe there's loads more to come from him.
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34 minutes ago, ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds said:
I’d say we’re now only a centre half away from respectable/acceptable squad depth. More would be nice for competition, but that’s probably all we need as a minimum requirement now.
And a left back.
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Just now, airdrieman said:
Telfer!
So he couldn't get anything better then
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Surely the Quitongo tribunal has been concluded and we are awaiting the decision? Anyone?
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1 hour ago, Heaton said:
Falkirk have signed more than us I think. I suppose you could argue that our players we had are playing closer to their potential now under a competent coaching team. So having higher standard of players already helps us. Wage budget will be up there based on the contracts given last season for sure.
Absolutely
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6 hours ago, Shandon Par said:
Really didn’t see us being contenders this season
Come on, biggest budget, bookies favourites and dropping a level.
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The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond
in Scottish Championship General Chatter
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Our loanees this season have not really been a success, yet. Not sure about Neill either although i do think a big "heed the baw" type wouldn't go amiss.