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We don't know that he did apply though, it was a throw away comment with nothing to back it up. Think back to McCall, he went along to Falkirk for a free lunch. I'd imagine most manager who are ambitious would go along and hear clubs out to be polite and not burn future bridges.

It is when the Hibs job inevitably comes up that the fear will hit a number of championship fans including our own.

With the money St Johnstone have (and Falkirk don't) they could easily send him to Turkey for a couple of weeks.

This game has both teams to score written all over it, going with 3-2 Ayr.

Somewhere in the 1000-1200 ballpark is probably where we'll land, never much in the way of appetite for the challenge cup. It is even more boring this year with the removal of "foreign" teams.

Both sides with injury woes going into this, hopefully an opportunity to get minutes into the legs for our fringe players. If we go through then great but interest will likely be low in this one.

When it hit £15k last time did they not run a random draw of members instead of hoping someone matched?

Buzzing to find out what the line painting robot is called, only thing the Pablo reference can be.

The highlights of the Raith game were a bit better than the Hamilton games. The main obstacle is currently only have the central mounted cameras on the main stand. It would take a bit of investment to allow for behind goals cams and something on the new NT for better angles. Given how much the club is currently pumping into other infrastructure it will probably come over time but won't be top of the list.

It'll be a wee surprise for the people who aren't as digitally engaged outside of the official channels, I don't mind keeping it consistent.

To be fair there is no reason a new manager can't come in and get Raith into the playoffs, there are a number of clubs in the league having their own meltdowns which are potentially more damaging in the long run. This season 2 or 3 results strung together here and there will probably catapult teams up the table as the chasing pack will be tight. Ayr and Falkirk getting business done early and off to a good start bodes well to keep away from the nonsense which Raith will need to try climb away from as well, which with the squad they have and a semi-competent appointment shouldn't be an insurmountable task. They are only 1 point off 4th and 2 from 3rd, so it is simply 1 good result at present with 33 games to go. I'd be far more worried if I was a Partick or Dunfermline fan.

Glad I've read the comments before even thinking about listening.

The problem is very much short termism, which will never really go away in football unless there is a radical rethink. I don't know what the solution is but, when managers are always looking over their shoulder fearing being sacked they will be less inclined to go for a young player who may struggle for consistency over an older player where they think the know what they are getting. Without getting into a league reconstruction debate, of which there are around 15 million threads, something clearly isn't working just now. Ayr seem to be doing pretty well with the youth players in recent years with some of them getting decent moves, Watret has already been mentioned above. The club putting him on a new 3 year deal after a year on loan at East Stirling where he bulked up and came back sharper with a full season under his belt is a master stroke. We've also got Ollie Ecrepont (GK) back out on loan at ES this year where he is yet again receiving rave reviews from their fans. So we clearly have a couple of very bright prospects in the current crop. Obviously keepers have a longer path to take but, it feels like the club is instilling in players that getting minutes even out on loan is far more important that sitting on the bench. It obviously won't work for all players as everyone has their natural ceiling but, it feels like if they are getting a few minutes off the bench here and there clubs should be actively sending them out on loan for regular game time.

This game give me the trap fear as well. In my 2 decades of supporting Ayr I've never seen a team that looks so confident, assured and well drilled as this one. Reckon we'll make heavy weather of this and come away with a 1-0 win as it looks too easy on paper with both clubs current trajectories. Hope to be pleasantly surprised.

He was clearly a recommendation from someone that thought Bullen had shat in their cornflakes.