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The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
They're also still letting him curl free kicks hopelessly over the bar. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Lots of chat about who we'd keep and where we need to strengthen but it was really significant for me that we had Smith, Bryden, Hewitt and McKenzie on the pitch at full time. Home grown players will always need to be a big part of the squad. Huge thanks should go to Davie White and Tommy Tait for the job they are doing bringing players through. With the structure we now have in place I'm hopeful this gets even better. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
There's definitely a player there. I thought last night he was really sharp in the tackle and with Maxwell being a bit more disciplined he got the chance to bomb forward. If we were able to hold on to both for next season I wouldn't be disappointed. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Thought Tomi's workrate be was excellent. He was dropping deep when we lost possession to help out the midfield. -
Honest Men vs. Harry Wraggs
edinburghhonestman replied to TERREGLES1919's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Agreed, but nice to see so many young kids. Hopefully they'll be back next season. -
Ayr v Ton 15-1-22
edinburghhonestman replied to The Ghost of B A R P's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Compared to last week when everyone stood up, too many below par performances for us today. Coupled with reverting to the long ball after the first goal, it was back to the Duffy days. Probably should have made the changes earlier as well. Plenty for Bullen to work on during the week. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
It's great that Bryden is getting his moment in the limelight. I imagine he's even more motivated to push on now, not that he seemed to lack desire. What I really like about the coverage this has been getting, though, is it sends a message to every young kid and, more importantly, their families. If you join Ayr's academy you'll be given every opportunity to make it and the club wil back you. If that helps us get even one young player who might have gone elsewhere and who makes the first team, it will have been worth it. -
Ayr v Arbroath
edinburghhonestman replied to Monkfish85's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Can't agree with that. I remember the Thistle game and I thought Moff really looked his age that day, but yesterday he did everything asked of him. In the first 30 minutes when we played our best football he linked up well with the midfield. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Thought that might be his best performance in an Ayr shirt. If the midfield work that hard, it takes the pressure right off the back four. Baird and McGinty looked to be really communicating about who would attack the ball. -
Ayr v Arbroath
edinburghhonestman replied to Monkfish85's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Not the greatest game of football but Ayr worked really hard. I thought the 5 across the middle really put in a shift. Murdoch in particular needs to be offered a new deal now. Having the midfield work so hard it just took so much pressure off the back four. Look like we can defend again. Even Baird and McGinty seemed to have an understanding. As for Arbroath, too reliant on Nouble and final ball abysmal. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Hopefully as long as it takes to get more than a stop gap in. If that's until the end of the season I'd pay him a bonus if he keeps us up. At least he'd put the best 11 on the park -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
No chance a Duffy-led Ayr will take anything from the next 3 or 4 games so this is the time to sack him. I don't even care who we get in as we've just had two of the worst managers in our history. -
Queens v Ayr
edinburghhonestman replied to Greenacres's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Why wait? -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Tend to agree. We are really missing Bradley and O'Connor who are both good going forward and we don't have cover. I suspect most sides have sparse cover for most roles. I think the other key point in your post is that it takes time to build up to £5 for a pie and Bovril and that is only sustainable with a degree of on field success. Both on and off the park need to be in sync to really build something. -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Agree to an extent. The Championship has invariably been decided by who has the biggest budget. There are sometimes exceptions when a manager is a clown (Grant at the Pars) or gets significantly more out of his squad (Campbell at Arbroath). Otherwise the higher spending teams tend to be at the top and the lower spending ones at the bottom. The challenge is to generate more income so you can increase your expenditure without going bust. I'm hopeful that's the path Ayr are on. It's just frustrating when the product on the pitch is lagging what's going on off it -
The Ultimate Super Ayr Thread
edinburghhonestman replied to D'Jaffo's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
And to use the term I hate when applied to football teams - that's a 'project'. And a project needs vision, as well as some stability. That's not Duffy. While he might be getting more out of a limited squad than Hopkin he's not the answer and at some point we're going to have to identify who is. -
Raith Rovers v Ayr United
edinburghhonestman replied to AUcal's topic in Scottish Championship General Chatter
Didn't think Bradley would be fit after Tuesday. He'll be missed.