BukyOHare Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 3 hours ago, diegomarahenry said: They signed a lot of very good championship players that have never quite made it in the premier league, That was enough to get them promoted. They then added to that some players that had been there the last time they got relegated. The only people surprised that their season has ended up this way is their fans. On the flip side of what you've described, Ive always wondered why Daniel Armstrong never seemed to get a look in when they were in the Championship last, yet is one of the few shining lights in this seasons team. For perspective, he started 3 times in the Championship and played 344 minutes, left mainly on the bench as an unused sub. He seems to have become an important player in a very short time. A player who showed glimpses of ability at Raith but seems to have really kicked on this season. As we saw with Shankland, it can sometimes just happen for a player that he finds consistency and his overall game along with belief and confidence grows as a result. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 16 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: On the flip side of what you've described, Ive always wondered why Daniel Armstrong never seemed to get a look in when they were in the Championship last, yet is one of the few shining lights in this seasons team. For perspective, he started 3 times in the Championship and played 344 minutes, left mainly on the bench as an unused sub. He seems to have become an important player in a very short time. A player who showed glimpses of ability at Raith but seems to have really kicked on this season. As we saw with Shankland, it can sometimes just happen for a player that he finds consistency and his overall game along with belief and confidence grows as a result. It can also happen that a player has play because the rest of the players in that position are either injured or crap, leading to the un in the team they needed. Robbie Crawford was a prime example of that, had he came through at any other time in the clubs recent history, he probably wouldn't have made it. Stick him in a midfield with Davie Sinclair (where is ForzaAyr?) and Ryan McStay and he became an important player within a few weeks. Same with Luke McCowan. I bet Bryden wishes he had the same game time as McCowan did in his first season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 17 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: It can also happen that a player has play because the rest of the players in that position are either injured or crap, leading to the un in the team they needed. Robbie Crawford was a prime example of that, had he came through at any other time in the clubs recent history, he probably wouldn't have made it. Stick him in a midfield with Davie Sinclair (where is ForzaAyr?) and Ryan McStay and he became an important player within a few weeks. Same with Luke McCowan. I bet Bryden wishes he had the same game time as McCowan did in his first season. Bryden got way more game time in his first season and way earlier than McCowan did in his. Mccowan made 1 appearance in 17/18 which I'm happy to discount. In 18/19 McCowan made 7 appearances at 21 years of age In 21/22 Bryden made 11 appearances at 17 years of age. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 (edited) 55 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: It can also happen that a player has play because the rest of the players in that position are either injured or crap, leading to the un in the team they needed. Robbie Crawford was a prime example of that, had he came through at any other time in the clubs recent history, he probably wouldn't have made it. Stick him in a midfield with Davie Sinclair (where is ForzaAyr?) and Ryan McStay and he became an important player within a few weeks. Same with Luke McCowan. I bet Bryden wishes he had the same game time as McCowan did in his first season. Except that Luke McCowan was absolutely light years ahead of where Bryden is now that season - as was Crawford at that time. And as @itzdrksaid there is obviously the age thing too. Edited April 20, 2023 by No_Problemo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 McCowan has also physically matured by the time he was starting games. He wasn’t getting pushed around in the same way that Bryden is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 1 hour ago, BukyOHare said: On the flip side of what you've described, Ive always wondered why Daniel Armstrong never seemed to get a look in when they were in the Championship last, yet is one of the few shining lights in this seasons team. For perspective, he started 3 times in the Championship and played 344 minutes, left mainly on the bench as an unused sub. He seems to have become an important player in a very short time. A player who showed glimpses of ability at Raith but seems to have really kicked on this season. As we saw with Shankland, it can sometimes just happen for a player that he finds consistency and his overall game along with belief and confidence grows as a result. Armstrong looks a good player whenever I've watched Sportscene. Youre right in what you say, seems perplexing that he barely played in the championship yet is their main man in the Prem. An Ayr lad too I think 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryMc93 Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 McCowan was playing in the Ayrshire District League for Lugar at 18 and Annbank at 19 so Bryden isn't doing too badly by comparison. What he does need though is a loan to a L1-2 club in the summer for six months as he's one that's probably lacked enough playing time in the last 3-4 months to develop further. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 3 hours ago, itzdrk said: Bryden got way more game time in his first season and way earlier than McCowan did in his. Mccowan made 1 appearance in 17/18 which I'm happy to discount. In 18/19 McCowan made 7 appearances at 21 years of age In 21/22 Bryden made 11 appearances at 17 years of age. I’m not making comparisons on them as a player or their stage in their development. Bryden could easily have been playing regularly this season if his main competition for a place was Ashford and McKenzie. Neither are prolific. Assuming we had Dipo and he was scoring zip. We have Akinyemi scoring regularly though, and Bryden is quite rightly not playing in front of him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeDiego Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Any sign of this new jersey? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC 1910 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Sorry, couldn’t resist 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC 1910 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Also been a while since these days… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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diegomarahenry Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 1 minute ago, AUFC 1910 said: Also been a while since these days… We are sponsored by Jewson now, it would be painted on a builders hairy arse crack 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUFC 1910 Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: We are sponsored by Jewson now, it would be painted on a builders hairy arse crack 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Hype game is strong on the official social media today. Fair fcks to you if you're buzzing for tonight. I'm a bit meh about it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 9 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: Hype game is strong on the official social media today. Fair fcks to you if you're buzzing for tonight. I'm a bit meh about it I just bought tickets. Against my better judgement, because every game I have been to this season we have played shite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 3 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: I just bought tickets. Against my better judgement, because every game I have been to this season we have played shite. Aye I'm going. I think I've only saw 3 good games this season. Heres hoping this is the 4th 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Just now, Thereisalight.. said: Aye I'm going. I think I've only saw 3 good games this season. Heres hoping this is the 4th Only game I've actually attended that we've won this season was the Pollok game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkeye the Gnu Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 29 minutes ago, AUFC 1910 said: Also been a while since these days… Was that when you had two up front? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: Only game I've actually attended that we've won this season was the Pollok game. And what a grim win that was! Heres hoping you see a good game, plenty of goals and a home win tonight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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