placidcasual Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt but that's three shite appointments in a row as manager. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 I'm not happy with this appointment. To me, it screams that Smith hasn't got a clue. As long as we're not Relegated, I guess he'd do a job till the end of the season. I'd have waited till after the Patrick game minimum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Lets hope he can recapture his previous form noted circa 1996. I wonder how reaction to this will differ from today to 5pm tomorrow afternoon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 I’m fine with that until the end of the season. Stay up, get to the summer and reassess our options. There really won’t be much between him and the other free agent managers out there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: I’m fine with that until the end of the season. Stay up, get to the summer and reassess our options. There really won’t be much between him and the other free agent managers out there. anything below 8th and you have to think it's is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) October has just begun and the height of our ambitions appears to be staying up and then seeing what is happening next season. You can absolutely guarantee that pre season next year will be just as shambolic as this one with the lack of recruitment, and we’ll repeat this cycle again. As long as we aren’t in the bottom two it’ll be Duffy next season, it’s thoroughly depressing. If this is the extent of our ambitions I think I’ll be picking and choosing games next season. Edited October 1, 2021 by No_Problemo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Venom Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Is it Duffy plus the Hopkin boys? Sent from my LLD-L31 using Tapatalk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 You'd have thought Smith would lay back a bit on the dramatics after last time with Hoppy. At what point can we say he talks a power of shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Why are you trying to be Greenock Morton so much? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Well, at any other time, if a caretaker won 3/4 games and improved the playing style, they would be a certainty for the job. he’s here, he’s in place and we have to get on with it regardless. We know the limitations of the squad but also the capability. Criticism of Duffy should be limited to what he’s capable of changing and how the team performs as a result. if he turns out to be mince, or uninspiring then we and he’ll know that he’s away in June. I’m fairly relaxed about the situation now. It can’t be as bad as Hopkin or Kerr. For the last 3 weeks I have looked forward to match days. I am a realist though and I expect his first defeat will be in the coming weeks. But at least we will be beaten because the other team was better or an individual made a mistake, rather than god awful tactics 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk89 Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 End of the season is fine, so long as it is end of the season with a long term appointment announced either before or close to the end of the season. Have no issue with the job Duffy has done so far with us, but his recruitment elsewhere is worrying. Given we have a squad that will need a total overhaul in in the Summer I would be concerned if Duffy was extended in the managerial role. We need to do a bit of expectation management here, by no means am I not wanting us to be ambitious. But, our squad is pretty unbalanced to the point a couple of injuries could be crippling in certain areas of the park that are already patchwork. Anything between P5-8 would be a good season given how it has started at this point. Happy to give Duffy the benefit of the doubt until the end of the January window, if he makes no attempt at that point to rebalance then alarm bells should absolutely be ringing. So far he's miles ahead of Hopkin in terms of results, even when caveated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 That's us losing tomorrow then. Right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Hawk89 said: End of the season is fine, so long as it is end of the season with a long term appointment announced either before or close to the end of the season. Have no issue with the job Duffy has done so far with us, but his recruitment elsewhere is worrying. Given we have a squad that will need a total overhaul in in the Summer I would be concerned if Duffy was extended in the managerial role. We need to do a bit of expectation management here, by no means am I not wanting us to be ambitious. But, our squad is pretty unbalanced to the point a couple of injuries could be crippling in certain areas of the park that are already patchwork. Anything between P5-8 would be a good season given how it has started at this point. Happy to give Duffy the benefit of the doubt until the end of the January window, if he makes no attempt at that point to rebalance then alarm bells should absolutely be ringing. So far he's miles ahead of Hopkin in terms of results, even when caveated. Completely agree with all of this - as much as I believe he is our long term appointment (without there being a disaster) the proof of that is yet to come. January will be a good time to evaluate some of his recruitment. Fully expect us to go on a losing run and be pumped from Killie now though. Edited October 1, 2021 by No_Problemo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Unless there are Roberts style clauses in his contract, there will be no obligation to keep him beyond the end of the season if things don’t work out. if we finish in or just outside the play-offs for promotion and there is a feeling he can improve next season then he deserves to be kept on next year. if we struggle for a period and end up 7-8th then it is maybe better if we go with someone new. 9-10th then he’ll be gone regardless. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 38 minutes ago, UpInTheAyr said: anything below 8th and you have to think it's is. Anything above 8th surely has to be seen as a decent season I'd have thought ? Other than Arbroath who are excelling, then what do people really expect us to be doing with our size of club, our support and our wage bill ? As a supporter I want us to be as successful as possible and I always hope that this season will be our season as it were, however I really do think a sense of reality is required by some of us. Now, if we had a budget such as Dunfermline's and were performing as they were, then I'd rightly be very annoyed, however I honestly don't think we can complain about our current situation given all the circumstances. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 54 minutes ago, Roxanne's man said: I'm not happy with this appointment. To me, it screams that Smith hasn't got a clue. As long as we're not Relegated, I guess he'd do a job till the end of the season. I'd have waited till after the Patrick game minimum. I'd say the exact opposite, it appears to me that Smith wants a steady and reliable guy at the helm while he tries to build the club up from a solid infrastructure perspective. Now, had he bagged Duffy and brought in that Boxer punter or some other unproven chancer, then Yes I would have totally agreed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, UpInTheAyr said: That's us losing tomorrow then. Right? Have a go at our defence and you will win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 36 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: Well, at any other time, if a caretaker won 3/4 games and improved the playing style, they would be a certainty for the job. he’s here, he’s in place and we have to get on with it regardless. We know the limitations of the squad but also the capability. Criticism of Duffy should be limited to what he’s capable of changing and how the team performs as a result. if he turns out to be mince, or uninspiring then we and he’ll know that he’s away in June. I’m fairly relaxed about the situation now. It can’t be as bad as Hopkin or Kerr. For the last 3 weeks I have looked forward to match days. I am a realist though and I expect his first defeat will be in the coming weeks. But at least we will be beaten because the other team was better or an individual made a mistake, rather than god awful tactics Excellent post. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, WATTOO said: Anything above 8th surely has to be seen as a decent season I'd have thought ? Other than Arbroath who are excelling, then what do people really expect us to be doing with our size of club, our support and our wage bill ? As a supporter I want us to be as successful as possible and I always hope that this season will be our season as it were, however I really do think a sense of reality is required by some of us. Now, if we had a budget such as Dunfermline's and were performing as they were, then I'd rightly be very annoyed, however I honestly don't think we can complain about our current situation given all the circumstances. Purely based on budget we should be expecting to compete with QOS, Raith, Arbroath, Hamilton and Morton, so no seventh isn’t a decent season. There is no reality required to expect better than seventh, surely! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 3 minutes ago, Highlandmagyar Tier 3 said: Have a go at our defence and you will win. Draw then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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