UpInTheAyr Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 I don't see the reason why any subs were made at all last night, I was pretty confident of a win until he started changing things. I thought for the last 10 or 15 it would have been better to just tell them to fire balls into Amartey's corner and let him run at them. I know Raith are last minute specialists but can't help but think we aided them quite a lot in that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, D'Jaffo said: The Amartey sub was strange but I get the impression Bullen does not trust him one bit off the ball. Ultimately in a game last night, attack in the best form of defence as both teams are going for it. McCall would never have subbed Amartey off but that’s where Bullen is a manager who thinks that games need to be locked down when a goal up. We don’t have the players to shut a game down though. January might end up being more about getting a bit of depth in areas we’re already strong in however I do think we need to get someone in who can start in defence. With McGinty out for two weeks and Musonda away in January at some point it’s going to be tight for a bit but I’d quite like to see if we can get someone in to start alongside Stanger when he gets back. All depends on what is available I suppose. Suspect the bigger issue might be who we're losing in January as opposed to who comes in. We could still bring players in and end up with a weaker squad than we have now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted December 23, 2023 Author Share Posted December 23, 2023 11 minutes ago, UpInTheAyr said: Suspect the bigger issue might be who we're losing in January as opposed to who comes in. We could still bring players in and end up with a weaker squad than we have now. I don’t think we’ll lost anyone we don’t want to. Dowds is staying and unless Dundee Utd have a change in manager I think we’ll hold onto Chalmers. Senga is an interesting one though. Before last night I would’ve been fine with him going back but there might be potential there for him at centre half. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyIncognito Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 2 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: I don’t think we’ll lost anyone we don’t want to. Dowds is staying and unless Dundee Utd have a change in manager I think we’ll hold onto Chalmers. Senga is an interesting one though. Before last night I would’ve been fine with him going back but there might be potential there for him at centre half. I've said this before but Reading might recall him with the view of bringing him into their first team if they see he's doing well up here due to their situation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrExile Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 8 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: I don’t think we’ll lost anyone we don’t want to. Dowds is staying and unless Dundee Utd have a change in manager I think we’ll hold onto Chalmers. Senga is an interesting one though. Before last night I would’ve been fine with him going back but there might be potential there for him at centre half. Can we not lose Dowds if someone else decides to buy him? Unlikely as it seems but he is currently a goal scoring striker and there aren't lots of them about 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyIncognito Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, AyrExile said: Can we not lose Dowds if someone else decides to buy him? Unlikely as it seems but he is currently a goal scoring striker and there aren't lots of them about Only if it's a team outwith Scotland as he's played for 2 clubs in Scotland already this season 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, AyrExile said: Can we not lose Dowds if someone else decides to buy him? Unlikely as it seems but he is currently a goal scoring striker and there aren't lots of them about He won't be able to play for anyone else this season. I don't see anyone else buying him in January if he won't be able to play for them this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peil Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 8 minutes ago, GuyIncognito said: Only if it's a team outwith Scotland as he's played for 2 clubs in Scotland already this season Worldwide I'm afraid, there have been similar situations crop up before with international transfers down south and they couldn't send them on loan as they'd made a 1st team appearance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, Peil said: Worldwide I'm afraid, there have been similar situations crop up before with international transfers down south and they couldn't send them on loan as they'd made a 1st team appearance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 hour ago, No_Problemo said: On a completely different note, and something I was thinking last night. I loved him but Dowds is a better all round footballer than Adeloye - so f**k knows what Partick were doing. We should be doing all we can to sign him on a multi year deal. He's been better than I anticipated and he really gives us a focal point. He actually presses pretty well, holds it up and brings people in and can finish too. A real all rounder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Trogdor said: We should be doing all we can to sign him on a multi year deal. He's been better than I anticipated and he really gives us a focal point. He actually presses pretty well, holds it up and brings people in and can finish too. A real all rounder. Aye, he is excellent and now allows us to play a system that suits the attacking quality we have. I just wish Bullen had realised that a bit earlier, instead of shoehorning a poor second striker in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 The league is so tight, if we can play like last night then we should be ok. A few injuries and we are fucked. On my shopping list would be another striker id look to keep rose and loan bryden however if we could add a 10 id be happy with rose going too. id look to extend young and senga’s loan (senga can cover a few positions so helps with depth). Id look for a centre back as we are short there maybe one that can cover right back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 13 minutes ago, Trogdor said: We should be doing all we can to sign him on a multi year deal. He's been better than I anticipated and he really gives us a focal point. He actually presses pretty well, holds it up and brings people in and can finish too. A real all rounder. I'd be offering him and Chalmers perma-deals as a matter of upmost priority. Also an additional centre-back would be good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 to be fair most teams in this league are a couple of injuries away from being fucked , 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 I was wondering who was sprinting down the touch line to celebrate with Rose at his goal - Franny, what a guy! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 58 minutes ago, No_Problemo said: I was wondering who was sprinting down the touch line to celebrate with Rose at his goal - Franny, what a guy! I am still fuming about him being subbed off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: I am still fuming about him being subbed off. Wait until he is back on the bench next week… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 1 minute ago, No_Problemo said: Wait until he is back on the bench next week… You know that person in every social group who needs supervised on every night out because they will do needless stupid shite? That's who Bullen is. In manager form. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Amartey needs to be starting games from here on in. We need to find a way of getting him, Chalmers and Murphy into the same team. Best way to do that is probably a 4-2-3-1 with Murphy the centre of the 3. I don’t really see us doing that much business in January. We all know the fullback areas remain a major issue but given we’ve waited for two years for it to be addressed I won’t hold my breath that it’ll be sorted in January. We’ll definately need to bring in a centre half due to Musonda going to AFCON and his injury record. On the loan players I wouldn’t be against keeping them all, Dowds and Chalmers obviously the crucial ones however Jack Young was our best player last night and I really like him, I really like Senga aswell. Ahui isn’t great but is an improvement on McAllister. if we do keep Young and Senga I’d look at getting Paul Smith out on loan. Same with Bryden if we keep Dowds (think this has already pretty much been confirmed?) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 8 minutes ago, ayrunitedfw said: Jack Young was our best player last night Totally agree 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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