ayrmad Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 5 hours ago, rw89 said: I think going into the end of the season, Ross County were the only team on better form than ourselves. We lost 4 games (Dundee at home to two late goals, Livingston at home and away, and Queen of the South away. When we went into our big games, we came through them. Ayr on the other hand completely bottled it, much like the time before. Just remembered we actually had Jamie Walker in that team too. Still not top five for ourselves though. I'd not be that daft. 02/01/2012 P W D L PTS Ayr 17 4 5 8 17 Raith 19 5 4 10 19 03/03/2012 Ayr 25 6 9 10 27 Raith 26 7 7 12 28 07/04/2012 Ayr 31 7 11 13 32 Raith 31 8 10 13 34 14/04/2012 Ayr 33 8 11 14 35 Raith 33 8 11 14 35 07/04/2012 Ayr 36 9 11 16 38 Raith 36 11 11 14 44 After Casaluonovo Ayr 19 5 6 8 21 Raith 17 6 7 4 25 Not really what I class as rampant. Here are our performances after Casaluonovo arrived. Results against the bottom half teams in that period P W D L PTS Ayr 6 0 3 3 3 Raith 8 4 3 1 16 Results against the top half teams in that period P W D L PTS Ayr 13 5 3 5 18 Raith 9 2 4 3 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Tony. Please stop posting broken tables, it's hurting my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 24 minutes ago, itzdrk said: Tony. Please stop posting broken tables, it's hurting my eyes. I think the bottom 2 highlight my point perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Algorithms Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Your point that Ayr should've finished top five, but it was down to their manager holding back. All we've established is that we hit an excellent run of form, Ayr signed dross like Kiegan Parker, while we made excellent additions. Ayr then were relegated to the seaside league and only just clambered their way back to obscurity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrmad Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 6 hours ago, rw89 said: Your point that Ayr should've finished top five, but it was down to their manager holding back. All we've established is that we hit an excellent run of form, Ayr signed dross like Kiegan Parker, while we made excellent additions. Ayr then were relegated to the seaside league and only just clambered their way back to obscurity. No, all we've found is that your definition of rampant and excellent is very loosely based as the figures below after Casaluonovo arrived show.. Ross County 43 points Dundee 25 points Hamilton 27 points Livingston 23 points Raith 25 points Ayr 21 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrWeGo Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 We also endured the longest winless run (9) and joint longest losing streak* (4) *Along with Raith/QOS/Falkirk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeathrowAUFC Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Well, on a more pressing matter, I spy with my little eye... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrWeGo Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 7 minutes ago, HeathrowAUFC said: Well, on a more pressing matter, I spy with my little eye... Imminent signing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeathrowAUFC Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Imminent signing? Sorry fella afraid not, I was just trying to change the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Craig Charles spotted in Ayr near Burns Statue Square. Possibly here for signing talks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 I've heard that McGuffie has signed an extended deal. Not sure on the length but good news in any case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Craig Charles spotted in Ayr near Burns Statue Square. Possibly here for signing talks? Discussing a loan move for one of those flippy things from Robot Wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALDERON Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Ayr were utter shit that season, as we were. To say they were good enough for anything other than relegation is daft. Still remember Chick Young touting them for the league that season on the back of beating a 10 men Rovers side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 So Moore is still out over a month after being being told he would be Back in a month. Which is fine; again his health is most important but an update would be good. If he's not going to be fit anytime soon then we need another striker in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrWeGo Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Confirmed McGuffie has signed a new 2 year deal. Good luck Craig, big future in the game if you work hard like you did this year. Well done Mr McCall on getting him tied down on a new contract. Many more to come from our Academy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 4 hours ago, No_Problemo said: So Moore is still out over a month after being being told he would be Back in a month. Which is fine; again his health is most important but an update would be good. If he's not going to be fit anytime soon then we need another striker in. No, we don't. There are already plenty of strikers/number 10s in the squad and McCall has so far only tried a handful of possible combinations of them. He'd be better off experimenting with what we have than signing an eighth player to compete for one of the front two positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 McGuffie is one I didn't think would be at Ayr for long for all the right reasons, as long as McCall gives him time in matches to develop he could go very far in the game. I'd say he has been a better all round player than Conway was in his time at Ayr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 25 minutes ago, Meathead said: No, we don't. There are already plenty of strikers/number 10s in the squad and McCall has so far only tried a handful of possible combinations of them. He'd be better off experimenting with what we have than signing an eighth player to compete for one of the front two positions. Well considering McCall doesn't appear to rate Thomas or O'Connell then yes we do. Assume you have just made up the eighth player part. We may have plenty of number ten's but Nisbet is our only current number nine though that McCall rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 13 minutes ago, No_Problemo said: Well considering McCall doesn't appear to rate Thomas or O'Connell then yes we do. Assume you have just made up the eighth player part. We may have plenty of number ten's but Nisbet is our only current number nine though that McCall rates. O'Connell has came off the bench in the last two games and looked impressive. Thomas admittedly hasn't done much. We have Nisbett who has done well and Harkins/Forrest combined pretty well up front in the last game. McGuffie can also play there. It's hardly a necessity that we sign another striker. Even if Moore is out for another month there are other areas (i.e. wide midfield and full back) far more in need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meathead Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 20 minutes ago, No_Problemo said: Well considering McCall doesn't appear to rate Thomas or O'Connell then yes we do. Assume you have just made up the eighth player part. We may have plenty of number ten's but Nisbet is our only current number nine though that McCall rates. I didn't make it up. We have Moore, Thomas, Nisbet, O'Connell, Harkins, Forrest and McGuffie all ideally looking to take one of the front two positions. If we sign another striker then on Moore's return we will be lumbered with eight forwards until Nisbet and Thomas' loans expire along with O'Connell's contract. We don't know that he doesn't rate Thomas and O'Connell. He could quite easily (and cheaply) cut his losses with both right now if he wanted to. We have no idea how Thomas would fare alongside Nisbet, or O'Connell alongside McGuffie, and in the likely event that a proven striker at this level or above does not become available prior to Moore recovering, we might as well try some combinations such as these rather than take a punt on another loanee or free agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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