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44 minutes ago, ryanayr1987 said:
The guy checking out Browns arse 30 seconds in
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Today was the first day since Brown took over I was concerned by his line up.
Bryden was a gamble, Tomlinson deserves a chance but perhaps off the bench for now and having a team that can’t accommodate a player like Chalmers is set up wrong.
First half we dropped out of things for long periods and looked very flat, Murphy was the only creative force. We defended ok for the most part and the midfield put in plenty of graft but we didn’t look much like creating anything.
Chalmers coming on Changed things, Sanders made us better at the back as well. I hope it was more of a gamble by Brown rather than he believed Bryden and Tomlinson were the answer today. Both out of position and he made the changes early so I don’t want to be critical of Brown or the players but less of that please.We managed the game well after Airdries second goal and showed composure that was missing in the Bullen era, we’d have shat it when they went to 3-2
Sanders made a difference but I am not sure the Christmas loan players are much of an upgrade on the players we had.
Chalmers and Murphy’s inventiveness got us through today, along with Dowds finishing. Amartey was fine, verging on crap. Everyone else played well. We need to play Chalmers and Murphy every week. McKenzie and Dowds as well.
If we drag out results that keep up 3rd to 8th for the rest of the season and get some business done early, I’ll be happy enough. Dowds and Chalmers are a must and getting them signed up now would set us up well early for next season.
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Managed the game flawlessly after Airdries second.
All results went our way as well.0 -
2 minutes ago, Iain said:
Just have to hope this isn't a big knock for Tomlinson's confidence
He should never have started today, he did well last week but needed to be bled in to the position over a few weeks. f**k Sanders, if he’s shite he goes back in 3 months anyway.
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Been really flat going forward, Bryden hasn’t contributed much and Dowds, apart from the goal hasn’t held the ball up at all.
Plenty of energy but we don’t look like we are comfortable going forward at all.0 -
Michael Stewart just said the words "Tony Watt just got dick in the mouth there"
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2 hours ago, davidkennedyshand said:
St Johnstone game we were 2 up and Brian McGinlay absolutely lost the plot?
Gave St Johnstone either 2 or 3 penalties as well as that daft Bryce decision and had a masked mob waiting for him and he needed a police escort away from the ground.
Anyone remember J C O Hares inept performance away to Stranraer? Sent Cammy Duncan,Tom Woods and Neil McKilligan off. I remember Stainrod was absolutely losing the plot on the touchline
If I remember correctly, Darren Henderson was subbed/sent off and Tam Woods skelped him when he walked past the Ayr bench and got carded.
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3 minutes ago, Caledonian said:
The referee that day was Chris Boyle. He gave two ludicrous penalties just before the end and Eddie Forrest got sent off for complaining about the second one. I swear I have never been angrier at a match. The same Chris Boyle once gave Stewart Kean a second yellow card against Brechin City. His misdemeanour was going for the same ball as Craig Nelson. Kean then got a third yellow card because, on the way off, he lifted up his shirt to cover his face.
Tommy Bryce was sent off for making a glasses gesture at a linesman after he was flagged for offside well inside his own half
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15 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:
Two pens. Both scored by Bobby Mann.
I only remember because I was full of rage.
It’s hard to believe that Bobby Mann was that shape while a professional footballer in that picture and it wasn’t taken during an old crocks game some years later.
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1 minute ago, Richey Edwards said:
Are you talking about the game in the 2007/08 season were Peterhead had two late penalties?
Could be, I just remember Eddie being involved and Bobby Mann being involved.
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15 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:
Did he not also ref the LC semi final and missed a deliberate handball in the buildup to the goal?
Yeah, he’s never giving us the benefit of doubt on any decision.
During the Campbell money era, he spoke about two incidents with referees that always stuck with me.
One was at the old Love street, Stuart Kean was brought down on the edge of the 18 yard box in a last man challenge and the ref waved play on. Money went daft to the point the ref went over to speak to him. The referees explain was, if I’d given the free kick,I’d have to have sent the boy off.
The second was a ref who came in to the changing room before an away game against Dumbarton, he came in and asked Ayr to change out of their home kit to allow Dumbarton to wear their away kit which was white. I can’t remember why. Ayr were already stripped and Money told him not to be so daft. The referee shouted to him, you’ll get f**k all out of me today then and flounced off. He sent Barry Nicholson off for a last man challenge 10 yards in to the Dumbarton half.
He also refereed a game at Somerset against Peterhead, I can’t remember what happened but it involved Eddie Forrest and a penalty I’m sure.0 -
26 minutes ago, Trogdor said:
You have watched us with Steven McLean refereeing?
A reminder for the uninitiated, he has referereed 27 Ayr games and we've won 3! A whopping 11% win rate with him as referee.
Not only is that a statistical anomaly but he is a certified DKB to boot.
You could discount any in the last year, we barely won any regardless of the ref.
The first game I remember him officiating was the play-off game against Airdrie when he sent off Longridge after 20 minutes for his first challenge that looked a yellow but he was straight out with the red as quick as he could.0 -
1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said:
Unpopular opinion but who the referee is makes minimal difference.
Depends. You get referees like Stevens that manages to ruin every game. You also get referees that are so naive that they ruin a game by giving free kicks every time a team asks for one. They are almost always the new batch we get every year.
You’ll always get mistakes made by referees and you have to accept that but some just don’t help themselves.
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1 minute ago, Curmudgeon said:
Maybe Bullen will recommend to Sheffield Wednesday that they put in a bid for the Ginger Giroud.
Offer £1.5m and we can open negotiations.
Maybe he can stitch up the c**t that sold us Bangala and get him back
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9 minutes ago, rgreig said:
Yes I really can't see why anyone would have an issue with this. There is nothing snide in his comments, and it just shows Bullen as a decent person who genuinely cared about the young players who worked for him. It is not uncommon in other areas of work for people to congratulate former colleagues on promotions or new jobs (typically on LinkedIn) so I don't see this as strange behaviour in any way.
He also gave Bryden his debut and mentioned him in almost every interview
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Bullen set up home here and immersed himself in the club and it was whipped away from him quite quickly so I have sympathy for him wanting to keep involved in the social aspect of it. Probably a lot of players and staff are still in contact with him. If you’ve ever been made redundant and all of a sudden don’t see folk you spent 8 hours a day with every day, it’s a bit weird.
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On the QOTS child hooligan. There has been a rise in these tadgers in recent years and as someone who is old enough to remember the last wave of casual culture…..they can f**k off. All it will do is stop families going to games and stop older children in their formative years being allowed to go with their pals
A bunch of 16 year olds, coked up while cosplaying as a football hooligan is fucking tragic. Even worse when it’s a guy in his 50s or 60s battling with them.
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46 minutes ago, Peil said:
You reckon he's going through the 5 stages of Somerset Boab?
He’s done the embarrassing singing bit
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1 hour ago, Richey Edwards said:
Yer Da taking the divorce badly vibes.
He is going through the stages of loss. He's a week away from posting "ungrateful c***s" or "Shite club shite fans" under club posts
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Amartey is a bit like Steven Bradley, you can see what he offers in spells but he hasn’t played enough to be annoyed that he gets shifted on.
I think he is an upgrade on dross like JML and Gondoh( having a jersey hung on a broom would be an upgrade on Gondoh) maybe even on O’’Conner and I think he’d be useful to bring on if Chalmers or Murphy aren’t getting any joy.
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2 hours ago, Iain said:
I have no context to know whether that stat is good or bad.
69% of statistics are made up
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5 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:
I heard them praised for "sticking to their style of play". I am not convinced that's something worthy of praise though. Is it a good thing or is that indicative of a lack of ability to change their style up?
If you have a style of play and you are really good at it, it’s up to the other team to counteract it and not switch off. It works for teams with limited resources that are short on quality so focus on working as a unit. Morton are probably the best example of it just now.
If you start getting pumped however, there’s no way back.
Bullen had the measure of Airdrie pretty much, one of the only teams his style of play worked against. We haven’t changed style that much under Brown but are carrying it out better and players look like they know what they are supposed to be doing. Individual errors are still killing us though.
2-2
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8 minutes ago, Thumper said:
Interesting in the post-match that Tomlinson's move to right back was on the urging of McGeady.
Play the boy who's a better winger than me at right back Scott
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Just now, Trogdor said:
I thought that was a decent performance today. They were always going to have more of the ball and the majority of play. I feared the worst when we conceded so early but the team stuck to the task.
I believe you can see the difference versus Bullen. I think we're on an upward trajectory. I still worry about McAllister at right back and would like to see someone else brought in.
I thought our fans were magnificent, singing throughout! Well done all.
A proud honest man.
When McCall took over from Roberts, the results didn’t immediately improve but we just looked better.
We are doing a lot of things right under Brown than we did before under Bullen but still making a lot of individual mistakes. A bit more coaching and a few more transfers and we will be in decent shape1
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
in Scottish Championship General Chatter
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I see Willoughby as a straight swap for Dowds rather than McKenzie although I’ve not seen enough of him to base that on anything. Looking at his scoring record, he seems more of a centre forward who hits purple patches rather than a forward who does the shovel work like McKenzie.
With two in the Middle, McKenzie does a lot of helping out, especially with Chalmers and Murphy.