AyrTroopMajor
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7 minutes ago, Finlay21 said:
You would think the SFA would want to make a decision before Arbroath leave around 3pm ,
I'm afraid I know for a fact they don't work like that. They operate very much on a 'give the game every chance' basis.
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2 minutes ago, Iain said:
Some of my favourite football memories are of games played in abysmal conditions at Somerset Park, but would agree that an early decision would only be fair on the Arbroath fans.
The 4-4 draw against Dumbarton on Christmas Eve 2016 was some laugh tbf
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There is not one single person on this earth who wants to attend Somerset Park this evening to watch two pretty dreadful football teams booting a ball into 70mph winds.
Get this game off right now.
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2 minutes ago, Roxanne's man said:
Something I've always wondered about the interviews is why don't they ask what everyone is actually thinking, instead of this pussyfooting around nonsense.
I think the last ten games under Bullen, he was given the opportunity to give a shite excuse every time, we want someone who will shut someone like that down verbally and let them know the feelings of the support, instead of letting them babble a load of shite like Bullen did.
That is precisely the problem when the only interviews we ever get are effectively an extension of the official club media rather than the actual written media. The club are in control of the narrative and I would assume pretty clear about what is allowed to be said and what isn't.
I would also have my doubts as to whether the interview hosts even actually attend games, although I may be wrong
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2 minutes ago, Stan Quinn said:
The facilities up at UWS are excellent for training and are way ahead of all previous options. Yes it would be nice to own our own facilities but the training facilities can’t be faulted and are very close to Somerset.
Having been the one that brought up the training facilities in the first place, I do agree with the above. However as I said, in the medium-long term, finding our own facility should be on the agenda.
I am all too aware there isn't a magic money tree and David Smith deserves a huge amount of credit for the infrastructure he is putting in place, but a decent training facility is something which could very well be the difference between a player signing for us and signing for someone else. Players want to feel like they are working in a professional environment and the stadium/training ground is a big part of the player's first impression.
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3 minutes ago, Ayr23 said:
Somerset Boab needs to tone it down. Also, the other week when McGeady scored, he missed the goal, and was running around asking everyone who scored. You have one job, and that’s to watch the game and announce the scorer!
The halftime 'penalty shootout' is painful as well.
"Right Ollie, on ye go pal. Aw sorry, Aidan. Was that in? AH CANNAE SEE".
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1 minute ago, Shibuya said:
Where are they meant to train?
Fair enough I pretty much just listed various things that irk me about the club, one of which being the fact we train in public. It's something we should be looking to change in the medium-long term
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If it does end up being someone like Scott Brown, then I would hope that he would try to raise the standards a bit. And by that I don't just mean getting the players performing on the pitch, I also mean stuff like the nonsensical 'press conferences' held in the UWS canteen etc and holding training sessions on their astro pitch.
I.e. start behaving like a professional football club. And while we're at it, a new matchday announcer please. ASAP.
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Incredibly sad news from Hertha Berlin
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A manager whose strengths and admirable qualities were in every area bar the dugout.
Wish him the best of luck and he deserves to go with everyone's best wishes but that article is laughable, bizarre propaganda.
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56 minutes ago, Roxanne's man said:
It's most definitely not the fan base, think it's mostly a fabrication to be honest. Yes, I went to shout at Bullen last Saturday, however there's a massive difference between telling him that his team are shite and getting personal.
As stated on here, he comes across as a decent guy and this will have hurt him more than any of the fan base.
In fairness, you could *probably* construe this tweet as being ever so slightly abusive
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Just made the mistake of venturing onto Facebook.
'Hopefully the Bullen haters are happy now' etc etc.
Some people are so utterly moronic. In football, there comes a time when a managerial change is needed and that time is now. Voicing this opinion doesn't equate to being a 'Bullen hater' nor does it constitute 'abuse'. I'm sure there has been some abuse that was too far, however I agree that it was far more toxic at the end of Hopkin's reign. What I've seen recently was pure apathy and boredom.
As others have said, I would love to know exactly what depths we need to plumb in this division before these people realise that Bullen's time was up.
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'Lee embodies the #WeAreUnited'...
Absolutely cringing at that.
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Correct decision, imo 2 games too late, he should have went after Morton.
Good luck to Lee Bullen.
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2 minutes ago, mugen_power said:
Jordan Boyd lighting it up for Whittlets
I say he's the next Michael Moffat, get him signed
Tbf he's already appeared in the video for Somerset Boab's utterly honking new song, so he's already halfway there.
Albeit the picture was supposed to be of Fraser Bryden, but let's not get unto the finer details.
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One win in eleven.
GET HIM OUT SHARON.
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Absolutely affronted that Akheem Rose is paid to play football. Whoever is responsible for bringing him in should be catapulted over that stand into the North Sea.
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On 20/11/2023 at 11:34, AyrTroopMajor said:
Some very interesting points raised. It may be an obvious and slightly lazy example but I thought very much along the same lines as VT a couple of years ago regarding the 'best part-time vs worst full-time' debate when Arbroath were flying high at the summit and we had about 8 of your (full-time, woohoo) rejects signed by Hopkin.
We are very similarly sized clubs with comparable budgets, crowds and facilities. Traditionally we would be your competition for those duds that nobody else wants, however we have done a 180 and now target random players from England instead. For every gem we unearth like Akinyemi, we unearth 3 or 4 horrifying jobbers. I'm not sure if what we are doing is 'better', but what is definitely true that there are a hell of a lot of good players down there who are begging for a chance of full-time football to showcase what they can do, and if the alternative is plucking Kirk Broadfoot from the 5th tier and hoping for the best, then it is surely a route worth exploring.
Lol, get it right up me. We are utterly tragic and I think its only fair that I acknowledge this mess of a post.
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Load of blustering nonsense from McGinty and Bullen. Absolutely scunnered with it.
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18 minutes ago, Rodders1910 said:
Am I correct in thinking recruitment is part of Mcgeady's role as technical manager? If so it'll be interesting to see if there's a difference in this transfer window compared to last (probably not)
He's maybe involved in the conversation but we do have a specific 'Head of Recruitment', who btw should be feeling pretty twitchy right about now too
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4 minutes ago, Trogdor said:
That's better than I thought it would be tbf.
Four out of the five wins were only by a 1-0 margin and the only time we scored more in a win was against an utterly honking Cove Rangers, which ended 3-0.
Any time we do score more than a goal at home, our defence caveat that by chucking them in at the other end.
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Just in case anyone was dying to know, and because I have very little else to do in a Sunday, here is our home league record (including playoff) in the past year, from 7th January 2023 to 6th January 2024:
Played: 18
Wins: 5
Draws: 5
Losses: 8
Goals For: 17
Goals Against: 28
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7 hours ago, AyrAtlanta said:
What’s the opinion of how this season has been approached? In my opinion it’s going pretty much exactly to plan for the higher-ups (minus this terrible run). An uneventful season where we tread water until the new stand is open.
Think it was approached the same way as last season. Sign a load of randoms from England and hope for the best. You can't argue that it hasn't been reasonably successful but the inevitable moment they failed to unearth an Akinyemi/Adeloye, we were always going to be in big trouble.
I understand that Smith and Mathie like Bullen and I know he works very hard etc, but the nature of football is that sometimes you just need to change, the players need a new voice, new direction etc because its gone stale. If what we're watching right now doesn't convince Smith and Mathie that things have gone stale then I honestly don't know what will.
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1 hour ago, Ayr23 said:
I don’t think messaging our Twitter porn addict SLO will do anything. Vote with our feet, commenting on social media posts, and replying on here will be enough. I guarantee Smith, Mathie, and Bullen will be on this thread tonight.
Glad I'm not the only one that's noticed his extremely suspect follow list
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Arbroath v Ayr battle for the bottom
in Scottish Championship General Chatter
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If both teams agreeing to postpone due to the forecast is sufficient as it seems to be for Stirling and Montrose, then this game will surely follow the same path.