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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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1 hour ago, airdrieman said:
f**k Willie Haughey, f**k the new money c***s, f**k the Old Firm, f**k Ruari Paton, f**k the bohemian south side and f**k the Spiders Talk Podcast
Disappointed you never mentioned Simon Murray (I know it's in the past(
So f**k Simon Murray ginger diving b*****d
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What a weird game, we looked like an average League 1 side again first half, with a poor Queens Park side looking the much better side, Airdrie play better on the front foot with a fast tempo far too often we let games drift away like the first half today, Second Half was more like it, first to the ball, wanting second balls and more importantly having a purpose to score goals, Telfer was again outstanding, Hancock his usual solid shift, Todorov has scored in this league before, he isn't pleasant on the eye, but caused the queen's defence numerous problems, took his deserved goal well and a very important 3 points looking at the scores again today. Big question was Gallagher injured or just yanked at half time inorder for the match winner to come on..
Any signing rumours, still think we need 3 players although been saying that every January window for years now..
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How are the roads around Hampden, travelling from North of City roads still pretty bad round here, nobody out due to some game on the telly..
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6 minutes ago, virginton said:
Surprised at the tone of the criticism as I didn't think Airdrie looked dreadful today. The attack would obviously be disappointing but on the other side of the park you've tightened things up considerably - which I and probably everyone expected would be your downfall after shipping 124 goals last season at a lower level.
Whatever 'football philosophy' seemed to be in place before was not really evident though. To be dominated in terms of possession alone (in my judgment - stats may disagree) by a Morton team that normally plays directly and creates quick turnovers was surprising and raises a question about what type of game Airdrie plan to dominate in the second half of the season. Being a jack of all trades side is not actually going to deliver many wins at Championship level, without a degree of individual quality that you can't afford.
Pretty fair assessment, I think McCabe for the first time in his tenure doesn't have any answers, today it looked like hunting an early goal, if we got it, all well and good if not , see out the game, we weren't far away at the cup tie at Cappielow, we didn't need tinkering it was working, but the more we tinker the.bigger the problems it is unveiling and now we are struggling badly.. IMO we need to get back to the quick passing game that has disappeared over the last couple of months and stick with it ..
For what it's worth Morton look a stereotypical championship team to me and 7th or 8th place should be gotten with ease I would think....
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Good travelling noisy support up from Greenock today, looked round about 4oo ISH, don't know the attendance it was announced but it was muffled on our state of the art pa system..
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26 minutes ago, Kenny_m said:
So you think someone will pay money for Todorov or McGill? I know there is rumours about Raith for Gabby but i would be astonished if that was true.
The crazy thing is McGill would probably be effective on a dominant team, I E like Raith, he offers nothing to a poor patched up League 1 side playing in the championship and again today it showed...
To be fair to Todorov what did he have to work with nothing, you took Gallagher and McGill off they had nothing to work with either, McCabe must play midfield, Telfer struggled all game is he fit. ? Frizzell has been found out and the galling thing is he knows it as well, Walking Football was his contribution todqy, and please someone defend McStravick he is miles off it and is just a playing as a lost boy , but to be fair he is not ready for this league like the rest of them.
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Never mind the bolloks, did any United fans take up the invite by Goodwin to meet him outside...
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15 minutes ago, diamond_for_life said:
No idea if signed for anyone but was Danny Handling decent for Edinburgh? I know he scored a few against us last season
Also John Robertson was decent for them against us and has been released by Linfield.
Just throwing 2 random attacking options out there
Handling ha signed for Brechin city agree good player, Robertson is a wrong un and will probably end up at EK, don't think many clubs will touch him.
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2 hours ago, David Fernández said:
Agree with the post about Charlie Reilly being a very good loan signing if that was to happen.
With Edinburgh City's financial problems another former player who I think would be a decent signing is Innes Murray.
From his stats his goals and assists contribution is pretty good. Always liked him at Edinburgh and I think he'd be better than the options we have out wide. In comparison to the wide men we have he can actually put a decent ball into the box which is something we've been lacking.
Probably seems unlikely he'll sign for us anyway but imagine he'll not be short of a few offers.
Reilly on paper could be decent, he banged them in a bottom League 2 side, asking a lot to score the goals to keep a struggling side in the championship, Innes Murray is a League 1 player as his career has dictated, we sign these players and that is where we will be, don't really know the answers except we need better than we have, not convinced we will get it...
Hypothetical question if we were in League 1 with our current squad, where would we be at this stage of the season, I would say a distant third behind Hamilton and Falkirk, scary stuff... On the positive we are in the championship and by hook or crook we must stay there..
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10 minutes ago, airdrieman said:
Is Kurtis Roberts still kicking a ba'?
Aw FFS, don't get them started, he has found his level thankfully in League 2..
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18 minutes ago, Mr November said:
Has Todorov shown that he can get goals here though? He’s had some great chances late on in games, Queen’s Park and Partick Thistle particularly, and hasn’t taken them. I think he played fairly well when he started against Dundee United and Raith to be fair to him and have him credit at the time. I’ve always said I don’t think his hold up play is that great (Chris Hamilton beat him to every header recently) but if we had wide players who could get crosses in he’d be a real threat, unfortunately we don’t really have them. I’m not desperate to get rid of him, just don’t think he fits how we play and McCabe doesn’t seem keen to adapt for him, rightly or wrongly.
We are asking a lot from Todorov and McGill to an extent, McGill got slated after the Thistle game, his first League game in weeks and gets dropped the next, Todorov comes in against Dunfermline does alright and gets dropped again, We are looking for the silver bullet upfront and not getting it, are we giving it enough of a chance though, how about judging Todorov after 3 starts in a row not after 75 minutes, we aren't scoring just now anyway...
Nothing will change unless we change our shape, Rhys knows teams will run through us if he does, you either drop McMaster or someone and play a 2 up front, our midfielders aren't physically strong or quick enough to play that regularly....
Personally don't think who we sign if anybody up front will make a great deal of difference, but we need a lot more productivity and goals from our wide players and Frizzell and Telfer if that clicks and we get ahead in games, our strikers will have more chances late in games....
Nothing is easy in this league, and we are in a battle , next 2 games are must not lose territory IMO
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12 minutes ago, Mr November said:
I think those are the obvious three. I don’t think there’s too much wrong with the rest of the squad, just lacks a bit of quality overall.
McGill to Raith would be a bizarre move, he just hasn’t got going at this level and Murray seemed to suggest he wanted pace out wide which he doesn’t really bring. I think he’d be a better fit in Murrayball than our patient style at this level but even so, it would be a strange signing. I’ll always be fond of him for last season but he must be on a very good wage and he hasn’t justified it unfortunately.
I do think Todorov hasn’t been helped by our style of play but even then, he hasn’t really taken his chances when he’s had them. Another probably on a decent wage who hasn’t justified it.
I doubt O’Connor is costing us too much but probably best for everyone that he goes out on loan to a League One/League Two team.
MCgill I agree , he was very effective in the last 2 seasons, Technically a mess, but his reckless direct style seemed to work in League 1, he would probably do a turn for Raith due to their open attacking style..
Todorov is proven he can get goals, he has been unlucky, what do you want him to do in 8minutes or whatever at Ayr, a more positive attacking approach to scoring goals is required and a physical midfield player to give us a different option than the dot to dot safety first passing...
O Connor has pace to burn, which we need, but little else, probably League 2 is his level at this moment in time..
Falkirk signed the lad Shanley from troubled Edinburgh, he is a good forward player that was available, hopefully we can get some business done, although recruitment is still a major issue under this regime...
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9 minutes ago, RRFC_Liam said:
So with the January window coming up what do you think we will do? Obviously there will be your usual rumours but does anyone think we will sign 1/2 players or just mainly focus on extensions? (Know you can sign an extension at anytime) but I think maybe 1/2 might be announced then imo
There is a rumour at our end that Gabby McGill will be signing for you guys in m January, personally think it is a lot of pish, I know Murray is a big fan, but to be fair to McGill , our new style doesn't suit his reckless style, but has showed virtually nothing all season probably a league too high for him,
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Airdrieonians 23/24 Championship Thread♦️
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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..