Kitty_Boy
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#WeAreUnitedIfYouCanMakeYourOwnWayToInverness
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On 08/03/2023 at 19:47, rb123! said:
I take it just like the FA cup down south even at this stage of the competition you're left with this nonsense of the "big clubs" games having VAR and then likes of ours and Inverness v Killie not having it. Which is massively unfair IMO...
I don't get this argument on the simple premise that a VAR decision, or the absence of VAR, could equally work in your favour as work against you and it is the same for each team in that specific fixture. Just don't see how it is unfair. Preferable, perhaps, but not unfair.
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1 hour ago, Lochwood said:
I’m thinking he has been approached by a club without telling thistle, and they have found out, after all that’s what he did to get back to thistle.. Sneaky character, and would never work under the Smith/ Mathie regime.
Even if another club was interested in McCall, which I seriously doubt, why would Thistle sack their management team and give up the potential for compensation?
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43 minutes ago, ryanayr1987 said:
Is it you that does the twitter announcements?
Not any more. I'm sure its a much more professional job these days.
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22 minutes ago, THEHonestman1910 said:
Lee Bullen has not been backed at all here from the club.
Furious with this
Premature Indignation.
Come back at midnight tomorrow and let us know how you feel.
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12 hours ago, Halbeath Raith Rover said:
If true then a disgrace.
How is it taking 4 hours for this guy to get from Fife to Ayr?
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52 minutes ago, Iain said:
Shouldn't be losing to 9 men, but glad to be out of the tournament. Not sure why we threw all our starters on at the end. An unnecessary gamble.
"Losing to 9 men" is a bit of a stretch when it was on penalties and we had a one man advantage for approximately just four minutes more than Morton did over the 90 minutes.
Any word on why Kirk didn't play on Saturday and wasn't even on the bench last night?
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7 hours ago, Finlay21 said:
I hope we will sign someone soon that won’t split the fans and strengthen our team
Unlikely...
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Only fair to point out that the person/people who are now doing social media are relatively new to it. From experience, it takes a wee while to find out what works/what doesn't. It's hard to judge the right tone and develop an 'style' for the account that works and doesn't annoy people.
I remember sending an ill advised tweet when we were getting pumped at St. Mirren in April 2017 - something along the lines of 'Comeback is on' when we scored to make it 5-1 - that a prominent poster on here took exception to. He was probably right and I learnt from that.
Also, fans obsession with signing new players is a bit weird. Maybe chill out on that a wee bit?
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1 hour ago, Finlay21 said:
I don’t get the point a number of fans are saying we need someone who has been a manager , our best performances in recent years was down to how players were coached during training sessions , they were taking by 2 good coaches in Scally and Stewart , McCall very rarely took anything to do at training , he got the players to fit his way of playing and left it up to the others to do the coaching , Mathie will likely be taking over some of the roles McCall made off the pitch and give the new coaching team the player’s they want to suit the style of football and let then do similar to Scally and Stewart
Where is the man management - arguably McCall's biggest strength - coming from?
That's the biggest risk/unknown for me.
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7 minutes ago, Lochwood said:
I would just get rid of the whole back room crap we have which will cost the club and let Davy White run it till end of the season can’t see there being money for a new set up, and Hopkins cronies (Timmons)that’s left aren’t gonna walk without a pay out we may be progressing off the park in facilities for fans but what a state we are in and without doubt the worse I have ever seen at the club.
C'mon mate.
Nine years ago we were part-time in League 1 and getting beaten by Albion Rovers with a back four of Kyle McAusland, Marc Twaddle, Austin McCann and Darren Brownlie playing in front of Ally Brown.
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44 minutes ago, ayrunitedfw said:
Communication has got even worse in recent weeks/months. To not even have a match preview is simply unacceptable
I have written the match preview for several years and sent it to the previous Commercial Manager on a Thursday evening/Friday morning to add team news and quote from the Manager and post on the website.
I recently advised the club that I was struggling to find the time to continue and, hence, there hasn't been a regular match preview in recent weeks.
Is that unacceptable, pathetic? That is a little extreme but I do think it is unarguable that the club could vastly improve its output/communication in this regard (social media, website, 'TV' channel). Hopefully the new Commercial Manager can address this.
The Chairman has on many occasions spoken that, off-the-field, Ayr United is a 'lean' operation. It relies on volunteers - like Robbo, AU Media etc. - to operate they way fans seem to expect. I'm not alway sure that is appreciated. Every penny spent on someone run the Twitter account, post content on the website, create videos etc. would be a penny less spent on the first team. It's a difficult balance.
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It has been a tough run of fixtures where we've played the top five in consecutive games, taking one more point than we did in the first quarter. Clear improvement under Duffy despite missing some key players.
I don't expect Dunfermline will end up the worst of the bottom-five but predict an away win on Saturday.
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On 28/09/2021 at 13:31, Bishop Briggs said:
Our defence has been a shambles in recent weeks. We have been missing Brownlie (out for most of the season) and Bell at the heart of the defence. Since they got injured, McCall has played defenders out of position - McKenna CB to RB, Holt LB to CB and Foster RB to LB.
This sounds very familiar.
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3 hours ago, Finlay21 said:
The way things are progressing and the current availability of a decent manager surely the right thing to do is keep Duffy in job to end of season , what does he have to prove to get job? so far 3 wins and a draw , you can bet your bottom dollar if he had lost a couple of them fans would be screaming for his departure and asking why we did not appoint a new manager sooner , for the club it’s a no win situation currently
It's a no-win situation full stop.
Appoint Duffy and results start to go against him and he becomes "the cheap option", "a mediocre manager", "short-term appointment", tainted by Hopkin's failure and his good results seen as fluke.
Appoint someone else and if results go against them, its "should have appointed Duffy" - just as people said Sandy Stewart should have got the job when Mark Kerr became a bust.
I think Duffy alongside an exciting, younger, high profile manager is probably the best way forward but perhaps if Duff has got the taste for being his own man again that won't interest him.
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I mean this has clearly been done to death, blown out of proportion and positions entrenched along petty tribal lines but why on earth - in 2021 - should Ayr United be expected to sell and post physical tickets to customers of Partick Thistle in the first place? I'm sure our staff and volunteers have enough to do for Ayr United.
Your game, your tickets, your money. Relying on somebody else's good will to sell to fans is embarrassing. You can't turn this on us.
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On 09/08/2021 at 11:58, Granny Danger said:
Are Ayr broadcasting this?
Are Ayr TV broadcasts decent quality?
Answers and any links would be appreciated.
No streaming available - not permitted by the SPFL / Broadcaster.
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26 minutes ago, ayrunitedfw said:
In the squad picture David Sargeant posted yesterday there is 24 players however I’d expect Ecrepont, Smith, Jeanes and Bilham* to all go on loan. Possibly Hewitt too however given his age I’m not sure there is a benefit in this. This would take us to a squad of 19/20. With one or two coming in from Burnley this would take us to 21/22 which seems about right to me. Starting 11, 7 on the bench and a few in reserve for injuries/covid related issues.
*Think he has already went on loan to a junior side.
Aye, Bilham is at Irvine Meadow.
When Kerr left in February we had a squad of 23 (excluding Ecrepont, Skeoch, Love and L. Miller). Hopkin added Barjonas, Todd and Morrison but Hare-Reid, Sinisalo, McGavin and Cammy Smith left before the end of the season.
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3 hours ago, BukyOHare said:
What's happened to Michael Miller, is he injured at the moment? He seems to have drifted right out of the picture.
He missed the Killie game with tonsillitis.
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1 minute ago, 1nickydevlin said:
Anyone know if programmes will be issued today .my 2yr olds first game today .I'm quite excited and I'm pretty sure he is aswell .
No programmes.
Duncan Carmichael has done a bootleg version you can get (electronically) for free.
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59 minutes ago, No_Problemo said:
He’s a loan player, that has went to Hamilton. If Hopkin is prioritising a very good central midfielder, I’m fine with that though.
I’m not sure what relevance the second part has to my post!
Loan players aren't free - you still need to be able to afford the agreed percentage of their wages within your overall wage budget.
It didn't have any direct relevance to your post - more a general comment on squad building.0 -
51 minutes ago, No_Problemo said:
Brilliant signing for Hamilton!
Theres been a few cases of players leaving Livingston, whether on loan or permanent, who are very good players - and Hopkin either hasn’t been interested or hasn’t used his contacts very well.
Or been able to afford them.
BTW, can you imagine what it would have been like on here if Hopkin had not brought in Adeloye a month ago and instead waited until today to bring in Mullen?!
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One thing that has impressed me from what I've seen this season is how good - and flexible - our shape has been.
It mostly hasn't been a back four but when we're defending but Muirhead can drop in and the wide players cover the full-backs and as a result you can see we are going to be difficult to break down. When we've got the ball, the wide players get up and support Adeloye to make a three. We are going to need O'Connor and Maxwell to get us up the park and both do like to run with the ball.
There is no doubt that our 'traditional' midfield options are poor but we've got solid options for the back five (or back four with Muirhead in-front); and an okay, if not unproven front three - perhaps that middle two isn't as important in Hopkin's system?
Defensive shape is apparently Jim Duffy's strength - so perhaps it's his influence - but I don't really see Hopkin getting any credit for it with all the focus what players we have or need.
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28 minutes ago, No_Problemo said:
Did anyone seriously think we would be going into a new season with the exact same central midfield options... bearing in mind it was an absolute abomination last season and one of our major issues.
I guess that's what happens when your midfield options are on two-year contracts.
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The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
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Posted · Edited by Kitty_Boy
I don't think we need to worry about how much of the budget the McGeady is eating into... he's got a multi-million pound property empire and 20-years at a decent level of football under his belt - he's essentially here for work experience for the next stage of his (non-playing) career not one last pay check.