D'Jaffo Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: Hypothetically if Bullen was to go, I don't think he will personally, who would people like to see replace him? Genuinely interested. It’s hard to predict as Bullen himself was kinda out of nowhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 9 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: Hypothetically if Bullen was to go, I don't think he will personally, who would people like to see replace him? Genuinely interested. Neil McCann would be my 1st choice but suspect it may be someone completely out the blue. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 15 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: Hypothetically if Bullen was to go, I don't think he will personally, who would people like to see replace him? Genuinely interested. Jack Ross 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 8 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: Hypothetically if Bullen was to go, I don't think he will personally, who would people like to see replace him? Genuinely interested. I think Bullen will be here next season, I think his lack of chat about making the play-offs or talking about next season at all makes me wonder though. I think we would have the same approach to be honest, youngish, untried coach. Cheap appointments, Kevin Thompson is still out a job but there must be a reason for that, Darren Young has now proved himself at a second club, albeit part time. Peter Murphy looks to have Annan in the play-offs again. Ian McCall would likely be favourite, Calum Davidson, the usual managers like Jim Mcintyre and John Hughes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 21 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: Hypothetically if Bullen was to go, I don't think he will personally, who would people like to see replace him? Genuinely interested. Jobbie Part 2: Electric Boogaloo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 11 minutes ago, ayrunitedfw said: Neil McCann would be my 1st choice but suspect it may be someone completely out the blue. Yuck 6 minutes ago, rb123! said: Jack Ross No chance of that happening. 4 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: I think Bullen will be here next season, I think his lack of chat about making the play-offs or talking about next season at all makes me wonder though. I think we would have the same approach to be honest, youngish, untried coach. Cheap appointments, Kevin Thompson is still out a job but there must be a reason for that, Darren Young has now proved himself at a second club, albeit part time. Peter Murphy looks to have Annan in the play-offs again. Ian McCall would likely be favourite, Calum Davidson, the usual managers like Jim Mcintyre and John Hughes Aye I’d imagine it’ll be someone coaching at a higher level looking for their first job as a manager. I wouldn’t touch Thomson now as I agree there must be a reason he wasn’t given a gig anywhere else. Wouldn’t touch any of the other four either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 1 hour ago, North British 2 said: Or finish 2nd 3rd or 4th and still not like it . Hell people on here would be in melt down if Real Madrid done us on penalties in the Championship League Final . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 6 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: Aye I’d imagine it’ll be someone coaching at a higher level looking for their first job as a manager. I wouldn’t touch Thomson now as I agree there must be a reason he wasn’t given a gig anywhere else. Not one to make judgements on people, but everytime he has done co-comms on games I've been watching, he has sounded absolutely blootered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGAYR Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 32 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: Hypothetically if Bullen was to go, I don't think he will personally, who would people like to see replace him? Genuinely interested. I am sure Lee is going nowhere soon. However if he did leave now we would get Marvin Bartley from QotS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 47 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: No chance of that happening. Depends how ambitious we want to be to achieve "something special" Pretty sure Mathie and Ross had a crossover period together while working at Hibs too so there's an immediate connection straightaway 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, rb123! said: Depends how ambitious we want to be to achieve "something special" Pretty sure Mathie and Ross had a crossover period together while working at Hibs too so there's an immediate connection straightaway There’s being ambitious and then there’s wasting time trying to get someone in who would have zero interest in us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 All this talk about Bullen "being in the bricks" is fantasy as well. He's been in the job for eighteen months and only about four of those have been successful. He has no ties to the area or the club, so this all hinges on him being thick as thieves with the board. Which may very well be the case but hardly gives him a job for life. I've said all along that he'd be here next season so long as the club stayed up and have no doubt that he's hit his own personal targets. And when the season ends, the work on the north stand begins, and the club makes a very healthy year-on-year profit, nobody drawing a wage in the back room is going to consider it a failure. 10 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: There’s being ambitious and then there’s wasting time trying to get someone in who would have zero interest in us. You have to assume that the grounding that the club is being put on will permit for the boat to get pushed out in future. If Owen Coyle was willing to step down to handle a bunch of mercenaries who don't even have their own ground then that suggests that other out-of-work managers are not out of scope. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 3 hours ago, D'Jaffo said: Falkirk was 1000x more annoying and painful than Talbot. Talbot game was embarrassing but it was helped by the fact we went and beat Dundee Utd the following week. The hangover from the Falkirk game still hasn’t worn off for the majority of the support and will always been looked back on as a massive chance blown. As for Bullen it wouldn’t shock me if he left. It was never going to be a hugely long term appointment given his age and the fact his family stayed down South. He’d be good enough to go and manage a Conference team if he wanted to. Probably doesn’t mean much, but there have been a few managerial vacancies coming up recently and Bullen’s name never comes up, even amongst the rank outsiders. I appreciate the Scottish media tends to punt the merry go round of usual suspects, but on the other hand, if Bullen is building a reputation as a manager, it doesn’t seem like anyone else in Scottish football has noticed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North British 2 Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 4 hours ago, eez-eh said: Are we just ignoring the numerous chances that Falkirk had? Apart from their penalty and the fluke deflection I don't recall anything on target from Falkirk . Plenty of crosses yes , which Sean eat up and some nice midfield play mainly from side to side . From us the penalty miss ofcourse , Dipo missed one hit the post with one and McKenzie pulled a good save out of their keeper . However fair play to Falkitk ,. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BukyOHare Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Thumper said: If Owen Coyle was willing to step down to handle a bunch of mercenaries who don't even have their own ground then that suggests that other out-of-work managers are not out of scope. Do not underestimate both the size of budget he'll have to work with and the fact that Haughey will have sold the new ground / long term plan to get him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 7 minutes ago, North British 2 said: Apart from their penalty and the fluke deflection I don't recall anything on target from Falkirk . Plenty of crosses yes , which Sean eat up and some nice midfield play mainly from side to side . From us the penalty miss ofcourse , Dipo missed one hit the post with one and McKenzie pulled a good save out of their keeper . However fair play to Falkitk ,. They must’ve hit the post about 3 times in the first half alone from corners. Chances aren’t just shots on target. After the first 20 minutes they were utterly dominant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 3 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: Do not underestimate both the size of budget he'll have to work with and the fact that Haughey will have sold the new ground / long term plan to get him. Surely Ayr's off field ambition and competitive playing budget should be appealing to any manager who's been fired from their past three jobs and isn't in the running for any of the three vacancies in the tier one above? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: Do not underestimate both the size of budget he'll have to work with and the fact that Haughey will have sold the new ground / long term plan to get him. Coyle had to go to India to get work because he was becoming a joke figure in football, lasting a few months at clubs including 5 months where he made a Ross County team worse. I am sure he wouldn't have been hard to deal with for most Championship clubs in Scotland at the time. Jack Ross is in the same boat, a good season at St Mirren was followed up with a downward spiral in terms of reputation, Maybe adequate at a basket case Sunderland, below average but not poor at Hibs and rank rotten at Dundee United. Maybe he needs another chance at success or another go to prove he's not really a good manager. I wouldn't be surprised if he ended up in the SFA setup at some level. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEHonestman1910 Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Just incase anyone never knew, Jack Ross is the head coach of Newcastle United's academy. I very much doubt he'll leave such a comfortable job to come to us. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 1 minute ago, THEHonestman1910 said: Just incase anyone never knew, Jack Ross is the head coach of Newcastle United's academy. I very much doubt he'll leave such a comfortable job to come to us. He’s only there until the summer I’m sure. Anyway I’m sure he’s after jobs down South rather than up here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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