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4 hours ago, CapitalDiamond said:
latest podcast is up.
Thanks to Emma, Sean and Colin for coming on.
Good listen as usual folks, just want to add to a point made by Emma a pretty damning statistic that our midfielders Frizzell, Telfer, McMaster, Aiken, etc have not managed to find the net in 20 league games this season, We have 19 overall and lack of goals could eventually be our downfall, I would think on average you would be expecting 12 to 15 goals a season from your midfielders.... They on the whole have performed admirably this season, with Telfer continuing to be the pick of the bunch. Hopefully this will be addressed moving forward.
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2 hours ago, Diamonds on the Windshield said:
Thinking about how well a lot of the young players who have come in to the team are doing now. These are the "kids" who people were moaning about during previous transfer windows. Think back to the pelters Hancock was getting and McMaster and even Aitken when he was signed on loan. What do we think of them now after just half a season in this division? If we can stay in this league for next year and hold on to them just imagine how much better they will be with a year of playing in the Championship behind them. These "kids" are on the way up and not old jobbers seeing out their last few years and cashing in on former reputations.
Look at Devenney and his trajectory. McCabe has the superpower of bringing out the best in these youngsters and making them better players. The idea that we won't be good enough next season with this group of players is nonsense as at least half of the squad will better as they get into their 20's. In McCabe's superpower we trust.
Having said that it would be great to see a real quality signing come in and take us up a notch going forward.
Funny time to want plaudits for young players, lots of twists and turns to go yet, The moaners may well be right, who knows . But if you want a score card see below....
McMaster ... Good player, a little too safe with his passing at times..
Hancock.... Another impressive performer at lb, attacks well, probably better at going forward than defending..
O Connor.... Probably playing a league or 2 ahead of his ability at this time, Disappointing
G Gallagher.... Not played much due to his indiscretions, looks as if he could make it , yet again though a safe passing centre midfielder.
Dunlop ... Hard to tell, only seen him come on once..
Cassidy ... Played once at Univ cup tie and I thought he struggled, if he is our future, then we have to question do we have one..
Aiken... An energetic box to box midfielder, probably chases a game too much, One of our top performers prior to injury..
Onto the cup tie, is anybody slightly disappointed that we haven't done anything for this game, one off limited 1924 winners strip etc would have been nice(Partick did it a few years back). It could well be our last venture on the cup this season and I think we have missed the boat on this one, has anybody heard of anything else happening.
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50 minutes ago, The red diamond said:
Celtic woman and Rangers woman are playing at the stadium on Friday night in the womans scottish cup semi final, so hopefully the pitch should be OK for Saturday.
Whatever happens on Saturday Levein and all his media mates will be moaning good style about the pitch, to be fair you could record his interview just now....
The sport scene cameras will be there apparently, probably get a 2 minute highlight reel before they gush about the old firm again
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1 minute ago, moses1924 said:
I agree with this, and would add Arbroath in as well in terms of looking for signings in the same market as us, if we manage 8th it will be a great achievment with the current squad but I hope we're already looking at targets for next season as I can't see us getting away with this squad two seasons in a row.
8th yes I suppose is the target, we are currently 4 th on merit, why not strive for 4th place there is a difference of 140k between 4th and 8th, that would surely help with next season's budget or ploughed into the academy ....
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Do you guys think McGeady could back himself into the job, The high wage does nothing mantra sometimes ends that way...
I am still putting my money on McCall
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9 minutes ago, Kenny_m said:
Halfway through the transfer window and no activity.
Retaining Megwa seems to be the most talked about subject and surely Hibs will make a decision this week. Other than that there appears no rumours of us being linked with anyone on the socials.
Unusual or is it, McCabe on one of his recent interviews on DTV was very coy when mentioning he had a wish list for the newly opened transfer window. Since then nothing, I think we will announce Megwa in a big way till end of the season, (he is on a season loan anyway) it's all smoke and mirrors, Teams below us are panicking big style Ayr, Arbroath and QP all having new managers with Arbroath and QP strengthening and Ayr will probably have to do the same after binning Bullen..
This league changes very quickly , things have been very good recently, but the same squad issues remain the same.. Come the end of the season, we don't want to have any regrets and a couple of additional options this window, will certainly help us no doubt about it..
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Wouldn't be surprised if Ian McCall got the gig again, would imagine he would have a clause in his Clyde contract for a full time club etc, not to mention Mark Kerr has just been appointed 1st team coach at Clyde also, McCall it is guys written in the stars..
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I wouldn't be concerned too much although although United are rotten, I cannot see them dropping too many games second half of the season... It always looked to outsiders that Raith would internally combust eventually, wonder goals, late goals you must have picked up around 20 points doing that (well done etc). My main point is I think Ian Murray will now attempt to grind out results and play more conservatively, that's in his natural DNA, he was never a particularly positive or expansive manager and is probably out with his comfort zone,
Watching Murray take a meltdown last week yanking off Easton, Vaughn and Smith all top players and replacing them with Connolly, Hamilton and Gullan just shows the depth you have in those areas...
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1 hour ago, 101 said:
The groundstaff - David Tennant and Micheal Sheen
Miller Fenton - Vinny Jones
Rhys McCabe - Martin Compston
Bene - James Mcavoy
Josh Edwards- Ewan McGregor
Lewis McCann - Tom Hardy
Chris Hamilton - Richard Madden
Dave McKay - Daniel Craig
The referee - Robert Carlyle
Martin Compston gtf. Rhys McCabe should be played by Sean Bean
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Just now, Passionate said:
Some nifty footwork , you must admit..
Enjoy your Saturday brers
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4 hours ago, Kenny_m said:
It's looking like strengthening is going to be extremely difficult given Rhys's comments in this article!
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/local-sport/airdrie-boss-looks-keep-up-31792420
I read that and i take all of McCabes interviews with a pinch of salt , we have had a great week 3 wins and gave ourselves a bit of breathing space over the bottom clubs, The facts remain we are the lowest scorers on the league away from home 6 goals from 9 games and 7 points from 9 games, so that needs to improve second half of the season our home record is actually better than Raiths and United big difference is goalscoring and their away records are top class (apart from playing us).
We are currently in 4 th place and the difference between 4 th and 8th in this league is about 140k, I would think it would be worthwhile to strengthen in the right areas and give ourselves a chance we are currently there on merit...
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22 minutes ago, moses1924 said:
Should add that this is not to take away from three great results over the last few weeks and a welcome change of formation from McCabe, a couple of quality signings for a team will make all the difference in this leage as shown by Wotherspoon at ICT recently.
Exactly, we have found ourselves 4th in the league, and our mindset should be changing slightly, 8th place has been the non club mantra all season, yes we would be happy with it, survival and all that. With a bit of ambition and get a couple of quality signings in this window, we could then aim to finish as high as possible.. The last 2 games especially have proven how good a side we can be..
Teams around us are and will strengthen this month, we must be active also..
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36 minutes ago, cb_diamond said:
Where's this?
When Megwa was signed it was stated that he was signed until the end of the season, I have not seen anything official to say that has changed.. It is clearly stated on the official website, The season long loans also include Murray Aiken and Josh O Connor..
What other positions do we need to strengthen IMO a left sided attacker in the mould of a Zanatta of Hamilton or Reilly of Dundee both would give us added options as scoring goals even after other recent performance needs to improve.. probably an additional Centre Half on loan wouldnt gonna amiss as cover and let Rhys play midfield where he can pull the strings...
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10 hours ago, airdrieman said:
Megwa might well be off to Dubai, I hope not of course. But even if he is I certainly wouldn't be taking what some 'halfwit pretends to be ITK type' on Twitter says to be gospel. Rhys McCabe told you personally did he aye? Load of bollocks. Even if he is, they're away on the 9th and back on the 16th so if he were to go and then return to us he'd potentially only miss 1 league game. Obviously, if they keep him, with Ballantyne out for another 4-6 weeks that's potentially a bigger issue but I think Watson would be 'fine' as a stand-in until Ballantyne gets back.
Let's not let the Megwa situation blinker us, even with Megwa in the side we still need a minimum of 2 January signings. In order for us to stay in this league, as last night showed anybody can beat anybody in this league and will be tight right to the last game IMO..
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That's good that David Hopkins influence is beginning to show on the field,
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2 minutes ago, Rael Rover said:
Cheers Ammo. Think I've used DTV before and it was good. We are a bit spoiled by Raith TV and as long as its not Arbroath Fermer level I'll be happy!
How many Raith fans making the trip, your travelling support has looked decent, what do you think 800..
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2 minutes ago, Kenny_m said:
Getting 100K for Paul Bonar who only played a handful of games for us was robbery. He looked a great prospect at the time especially with his goal at Pittodrie but his career sadly nose dived thereafter.
2 minutes ago, Kenny_m said:Getting 100K for Paul Bonar who only played a handful of games for us was robbery. He looked a great prospect at the time especially with his goal at Pittodrie but his career sadly nose dived thereafter.
I threw that name in, I am sure Raith signed Paul Harvey and Davie Kirkwood off us as well, good players, agree about Bonar he came through the ranks, but after his move he faded badly ended up playing for the Rovers and Rob Roy in the juniors..
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On 03/01/2024 at 11:20, Rhys McCabe Hype Train said:
I know we’re looking for squad additions this month but also think any extensions could be crucial too, as sides around us will be looking to make moves as contracts run down. Would be looking to tie Hancock, Rae, Ballantyne & McMaster down to longer deals as soon as we can - certainly all players that could move on to other teams at this level and above. And what about McCabe & Fordyce? Am I right in thinking the two of them are only contracted until the end of the season or is there a bit of “gentlemen’s agreement” about their situation do we think?
Arrivals… well we definitely need wide players and I think another striker wouldn’t hurt if we’re going about thing with two up front now. Maybe even a forward thinking midfielder if we can, but don’t think there’ll be a wealth of options for any of those positions.
Firstly the performance from Airdrie against ICT was excellent, and as big Duncy said a good technical side..
Recruitment and resigning,, firstly recruitment if Megba goes to the Hibs camp, we always have a chance of getting him back late in the window, but we have big games coming up this month can we wait for Hibs to decide, or do we act now, probably yes we need to source additional players to supplement and improve our weak spots, we won't push the boat out, i am confident of that, i expect other teams below us to "go for it" signings wise..
Resignings... I thought it was interesting that Raith gave Murray a contract extension, Raith know that Murray will be on the radar for another raid on the Premier League, they will get well compensated if and when that happens... Rhys McCabe is not at Murray's level of experience that won't stop Raith taking him off us for example if they want him, for minimal compo, The club has to be more forward thinking with all signing deals, one year offers just let teams like Raith take players off us, Easton and Smith the latest, Paul Bonar if you want to go back a few years..
Under JB he got stung giving Kenny Black a multi year contract, and then decided to slash his budget dramatically and couldn't afford to pay him off.. IMO the club now have to be proactive and keep their prize assets for as long as possible and if they do go on to bigger clubs which is fine we get decent compensation for them..
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54 minutes ago, Diamonds are Forever said:
That's got nothing to do with the point though has it? You said you'd think he would show more commitment. Firstly he is a loan player so has no real say if Hibs want him back anyway, he has to do what his employers ask him to. He is a Hibs player and part of the deal with getting him is that we get a good player and Hibs get him out playing games. And he is extremely committed on the park, he's won 2 of the 3 available POTM awards since he has been here, so to try and make out that him potentially being recalled is a lack of commitment to Airdrie is absurd on numerous levels.
Personally think he will return to Hibs after today's game, go to dubai for the training camp, good chance Aiken will be be away as well, and will probably loan us him back at the end of the window, that happened last season to a player in League 1 last year, i think he played with Dunfermline (??)
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9 minutes ago, ++Ammo - Airdrie++ said:
100%
It's a speculate to accumulate season, there's not a lot between the sides in the league at all as other results prove.
All teams will try to improve their sides, and no doubt have to push the boat out, the finances between championship and L1 are massive , our recruitment continues to be sketchy at best, Rhys having a wish list is great, getting the business done is the hard part, injuries aside we still need at least 2 starters... Not heard any rumours although the Consilium list will be getting carefully followed.
Onwards and upwards
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9 hours ago, ++Ammo - Airdrie++ said:
No parking restrictions at Lidl (and a Starbucks there now to!) If yer struggling there's plenty parking straight across from the stadium, it's the parking for the 3 grass football pitches across the road, entrance can be accessed from HOLLY STREET, literally straight across from the stadium.
Don't think it will be too long before Lidl has the cameras installed, I got stung at Broadwood Farm recently picking someone up and got a nice Euro Car Parks ticket in the post for my troubles,
Everywhere is exploiting this now, thankfully we only charge 3 quid for a square of tarmac, Falkirk having been charging a fiver to park in a puddle for years
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How the f**k did you guys end up in this state off the park,, did you see this coming or did the blazers blind you with full-time football, training ground , SPL etc, to me Haughey and Dempster are the organ grinders and the blazers are the safe in position puppets with no relative power or heart to challenge "the man"..
How far are you guys prepared to go to get your club back...
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3 minutes ago, an86 said:
They’ve been asked questions before. It doesn’t matter. The structure of the club is utterly absurd in 2023. The only reason to retain the status quo seems to be “it’s the way we’ve always done it.”
I’ll be voting for a couple of new faces, but ultimately we’re kidding ourselves if we think we can continue to run the club like this and expect anything to change. We have lurched between disaster and shambles off the pitch for the past few years. Haughey’s money has acted as a sticking plaster for some utterly spectacular mismanagement.
How much influence does Haughey have, is it his way or the highway or is he just the money man and let's be honest if there is nothing in it for Willie he will scuttle it, it's what he does..
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Airdrie v St Johnstone
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I don't agree with this, but just heard due to a ' big club' coming to town, we are hoping to coax as much money out of our visitors as possible, probably due to Perth and surrounding areas being one of the most affluent in Scotland..
Parking is apparently being priced as 5 pounds per car, 7 pounds if you rock up in a tractor.. and also 5 pounds if you have a Tory supporting sticker on your car window,(seems fair enough to me)
Once you enter the stadium and you manage to avoid the bird shit stained walls (don't want to damage the tweed remember) why not queue up for an eternity to buy a reasonably priced steak pie at 5 pounds, washed down by a variety of hot drinks(bring your own salt though). After that please take to you preheated seat and enjoy the game...