edinburghhonestman

I'm not one of those folk who's going to knock your style of play. That's what suits the players you have. However, it can be vulnerable to a good press as our first two goals showed. In the second half we improved our shape and you played in front of us a lot without troubling the keeper too much. I'd have been more concerned you'd been hitting the bye-line more.

I thought that was a decent performance from us. Great hat trick from Dowds, McGinty was excellent and the general shape when Airdrie had the ball was good and made it hard to play through us. What l didn't like was how narrow the full backs defended. That's clearly coached, but I prefer to see them wider, particularly if the opposition are going to hug the line Tomlinson made a mistake for the first goal but hopefully he'll learn from that as he offers a lot going forward. I didn't think it was a free kick for Airdrie's second but we managed the last few minutes really well. Clearly Brown is having an impact as before we'd tend to sit back.

Really positive update from Davie White on the Academy

On first viewing I thought Goldson's was a yellow but having seen it again, it's definitely a red. Silva's second was worse than his booking so should definitely have been a second yellow. Hilarious that Brown gets a booking for protesting it.

I've been pleasantly surprised by how quickly Brown and Whittaker have made a difference. Might be one win and two defeats but this team is way better than it was under Bullen. Great to see the faith in the young lads, too.

Sounds just like parts of Ayrshire

Don't agree with that view. Even when you had plenty of possession you were creating very little. Two shots on target the entire game.

I thought the shape out of possession was much better. Even when Queens were on top they struggled to break us down. Lots of folk complaining about Reading and McAllister not going out to the man, but they're clearly being told to defend narrow. I'm not a fan of it, though.

You can see the value in having an assistant. Whitaker was constantly taking notes and he and Brown were constantly talking throughout the game. They said they worked well together and although that's just the first match, you can see positive signs.

Don't think you can appeal a yellow.

It was tremendous! As a part time team in the top division we were afraid of no-one. It's difficult to imagine anyone from your time watching Ayr being capable of breaking in to Ally's team of around 1969.

Not read through the entire thread so apologies if it's been done, but can managers please stop taking about "this football club" and using it in every sentence. "This club" is fine. We know you're talking about football. It's crept in over the last few years and does my head in.

Is there something you're doing in training that's contributing to the injuries? Or maybe more likely, something you're not doing in terms of injury prevention? I know you've got a part-time squad but maybe they should have a strength and conditioning program to do at home? Your situation seems so bad there's surely more to it than bad luck or coincidence. Best of luck going forward!

Go big or go home right enough

But the last folk the football authorities care about are the fans.

That'll help beat the train cancellations.

I was initially for Courts, with Bowyer or Brown as alternatives. The more I've thought about it, I'm now in the Brown camp. If I was interviewing Courts I'd have been digging in to why he left both Kelty and Dundee United. Neither seems that straightforward.

He managed Honved Budapest.

4 of those 8 goals scored by the goal machine that is Mark McKenzie.

Reminds me of years ago (1990s?) we played Celtic at Parkhead. I think it was in the League Cup. After the warm up the referee ordered us to change out of our white tops and black shorts. The only other kit we had was all blue and when we ran out their fans went mental. Sadly, we lost.

He took over a side that avoided relegation on the final day of the season and took them to 13th the following season along with their best ever FA Cup run where they beat QPR and Sheffield Wednesday.

Not keen on Gray but I'd be ok with either Courts or Brown. It's going to be a challenge to keep us up but if they can, I think either has a fair chance of building something over a couple of seasons.

Given that we're probably speaking to 2 or 3 folk on a shortlist we couldn't really have them all in the stand.

31 bus for me, but that would be fine.

Nearly half of Mark McKenzie's goals must have come when Davie White was caretaker. What sorcery is this?