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    in Scottish League 1 General Chatter

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    What sort o crowd will Falkirk. Raith and Airdrie bring to Broadwood....

    Personally looking forward to the away stand been open for the first time in donks and with the exception of Stirling albion a two sided atmosphere.. [emoji106]


    I imagine we’d bring between 250-500 depending on how we’re playing.
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    The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

    Posted

    So with the League Cup draw tomorrow lunchtime apparently.
    Who we looking for?

    First Seeds:

    Motherwell (8)

    Livingston (9)

    Hamilton Academical (10)

    St Mirren (11)

    Second Seeds:

    Ayr United (16)

    Morton (17)

    Partick Thistle (18)

    Dunfermline Athletic (19)

    South (Unseeded):

    Queen of South (21)

    Falkirk (22) 

    Airdrieonians (27)

    Dumbarton (28)

    Stranraer (30)

    Clyde (34)

    Edinburgh City (35)

    Annan Athletic (36)

    Queen's Park (39)

    Albion Rovers (41)

    Berwick Rangers (42)

    East Kilbride (LL) 

    I'd propose a group of:

    Motherwell
    Hamilton
    Airdrie
    Albion Rovers
    East Kilbride


    I’d be happy with any of the top seeds to be honest. Livi/ Hamilton/ St Mirren are all beatable and it would be good to get a derby with Motherwell.

    From the second seeds, you would expect Partick to be much stronger next season so would like to avoid them. Other than that, it would be nice to avoid the long distance games like Stranraer/ QoS/ Annan but not fussed generally.

    The new League Cup format has been a breath of fresh air IMO, looking forward to it!
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    The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

    Posted

    You see I read it a different way again.
    I looked at it like the players wanted away (maybe they didn't want to go full-time, or be part-time in a hybrid model where they might not be looked upon as favorably?) but Muzz rated them, and is reluctant to release them.
    As highly as I rate Stewart, I'm not sure any club is in a position to chuck any money your way. Unless it's something nominal like £500 - with that deducted from his wages for X weeks or whatever. 


    Yep, I would doubt any club would pay money for the players on that list. Taking some of them off our hands would be good enough for me.
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    The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

    Posted

    I read it as them not being in the plans but Airdrie not willing to give them the pay-off their contract will require, therefore they're free to find another club or continue picking up their wages.


    I would have come to the same conclusion, had the announcement not stated otherwise:

    “Defender Kieran MacDonald and midfielder Scott Stewart, although part of the manager’s plans for next season, have also been listed as available due to the pair entering the final year of their contracts.”

    Why would you be transfer listed if you were “part of the manager’s plans”?
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    The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

    Posted

    Wonder if the club have even made offers to Stewart and MacDonald to extend their contracts, like normal clubs do with players they want to keep, rather than just list them as available. Maybe they did and the players knocked it back. Of all the names given I'd have preferred Cairns and Stewart to have been kept. The rest are meh at best and at worst fucking atrocious.


    I found that part of the announcement very strange. Why would them being in the last year of their contracts (which most players are in League One) have any relevance to being transfer listed?

    Surely you’re either wanted by the club and therefore not available for transfer, or not wanted and on the transfer list?
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    The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

    Posted

    Oh I do love the close season. Folk losing the plot over Chris O’Neil leaving :lol:

     

    I suspect he was offered a deal that was reflective of his ability; which is a squad rotation player at best.

     

    If our ambition for next season is to get promoted, we can’t rely on players like Chris O’Neil as starters. While he put in some solid performances in the second half of the season (the game where he was forced to play on the right side of a back three at Raith after Page was hauled off seemed to be a turning point for him), let’s not forget he was at times a liability at RB/ RWB before that point.

     

    If we could get him on the cheap as a squad player, great. Anything beyond that would be bonkers.

     

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    The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

    Posted

    [mention=32530]Diamond Oracle[/mention] Not sure if it's accurate, but I read elsewhere that Crighton and Page from your list are signed for another year. The 12th might then be Scott Thomson who signed an extension before he went out on loan ( https://www.airdriefc.com/scottthomson-120119).
     


    Scott Thomson is signed, but I’m not sure if he’d be included in the 12. He signed a deal at the same time at Robbie Leighton, Grant Brennan, Lewis Gracie, Craig Truesdale and Scott Thomson at the start of last season for the reserve team.

    https://www.airdriefc.com/signings-050618

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    The Official Airdrieonians Thread - 2019/20 and beyond

    in Scottish Championship General Chatter

    Posted

    During a quiet afternoon at work, I’ve had a trawl through all the signing announcements posted on the website over the last year or so and the players that have been confirmed as signed on for next season are:

     

    1. Scott Robertson

    2. Joao Victoria

    3. Dale Carrick

    4. Ryan Conroy

    5. Kieran MacDonald

    6. Scott Stewart

    7. Dean Cairns

    8. Josh Edwards

    9. Cammy Russell

     

    In the article posted above, Stuart Millar states that there are 12 players signed up for next season. This means that three of following players must also be signed up (the rest were expressly announced on one year deals):

     

    Jonathan Page

    Sean Crighton

    Chris O’Neil

    Darryl Duffy

     

    I suspect Page, Crighton & Duffy will be the three signed.

     

    Assuming the above is all correct, I would hope as a minimum we’d be able to get rid of Conroy, Page & Duffy. I wouldn’t be fussed if any of Robertson, Carrick, MacDonald, Stewart, Cairns or Russell left.

     

     

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