ryanayr1987 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 See the fact that this has been posted he’s definitely not going today 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanky Highlander Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Aye, Bullen's going nowhere. And the 'quality dressing room' patter in the article doesn't reassure that much will change during the Jan window either. Seems to be saying that the existing folk just need to up their game. (Altho tbf he's hardly like to say otherwise in print and his job here is to deliver a motivational puff piece...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeDiego Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 14 minutes ago, Highland Exile said: Seems to be saying that the existing folk just need to up their game. Ahh the old ‘run harder’ routine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 If we brought out a kit with flames on it then the players would be able to run faster. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) 14 minutes ago, ComradeDiego said: Ahh the old ‘run harder’ routine Do you think he's ever done this with them? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/sport/football/46405477.amp Spoiler "The van doors opened, guys with masks rag-dolled us out, head-locked us, flipped on the floor. We were blindfolded with ear muffs on. They were dragging us about rooms bouncing us off walls in total darkness." ... One player ran off into the hills and was hauled back by four soldiers. Another broke down in tears. It was a team-building exercise that pushed them to their limits. This is what happened when the SAS "kidnapped" the Partick Thistle squad. Edited January 8 by itzdrk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkyshotton Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 (edited) 16 minutes ago, itzdrk said: Do you think he's ever done this with them? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/sport/football/46405477.amp Hide contents "The van doors opened, guys with masks rag-dolled us out, head-locked us, flipped on the floor. We were blindfolded with ear muffs on. They were dragging us about rooms bouncing us off walls in total darkness." Partick Thistle are second-bottom of the Scottish Championship. Their bleak start to the season spelled the end for boss Alan Archibald but under his successor, Gary Caldwell, the Firhill side have failed to win any of their five matches. Caldwell decided to do something different - radically different. He arranged for his team to spend a day with the British Army's Parachute Regiment based at Garelochhead in Argyll and Bute. One player ran off into the hills and was hauled back by four soldiers. Another broke down in tears. It was a team-building exercise that pushed them to their limits. This is what happened when the SAS "kidnapped" the Partick Thistle squad. If they are gonna get kidnapped (including bullen)can we just not pay the ransom? Edited January 8 by malkyshotton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Just now, malkyshotton said: If they are gonna get kidnapped (including bullen)can we just not be pay the ransom? Ive not put my new balaclava to good use yet, so I'd like to nominate myself as the kidnapper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-ish Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 5 minutes ago, itzdrk said: Ive not put my new balaclava to good use yet, so I'd like to nominate myself as the kidnapper. You've kind of made the balaclava a bit redundant now to be honest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Bullens interview with the VOR today has a touch of the Hopkins prior to the “must win” game up there when we were handed our collective arse by half time. Load of meaningless fluff about a dip in form and needing a wee run. He says playing Arbroath this week is ideal because they know exactly the challenge we face and we’ll be ready. if we are 3 down by half time, he should be made to make his own way home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeDiego Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 That’s 4 articles in 4 days related to the current form/mentality 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 5 minutes ago, Scott-ish said: You've kind of made the balaclava a bit redundant now to be honest. It's still nice to look the part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkyshotton Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 4 minutes ago, itzdrk said: It's still nice to look the part. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Smith and Mathie have clearly decided they can live with relegation if it comes to that. Still no sign of any clarification on whether Bullen will be here next season either way (I’d say a contract extension would have happened by now if it was going to) - would be nice if there was an actual journalist out there who would ask the question. The most charitable interpretation is that they’ve decided to back Bullen and there is money to make significant moves in the transfer market. a) I doubt it b) Bullen wouldn’t have a clue what he needs if there is money c) Even if he got what he was after, he wouldn’t be able to use it properly anyway. Mark Kerr must be shaking his head given he was essentially sacked on the basis of 3 consecutive home defeats. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrTroopMajor Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Load of blustering nonsense from McGinty and Bullen. Absolutely scunnered with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 I reckon we’ll make a signing this week. Loan from England. Lose on Saturday and he’ll go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Just now, D'Jaffo said: I reckon we’ll make a signing this week. Loan from England. Lose on Saturday and he’ll go. Sounds like a refreshing change. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegetableman Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Was going to ask how Stanger is doing but probably not a good time ..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 In a just world, if someone says that if a game is a must-win, the interviewer should immediately ask what happens if the game is not won. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I keep frequently checking on here to see if Ayr are going to be signing anyone. I actually had the very scary thought that Ayr could go through the whole of January without signing anyone, with Bullen giving the same excuse for a loss every week until the end of May. Nightmare fuel. @D'Jaffo do you know any more on the loan from England? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I have seen Ayr relegated a few times, but the worst side not to be relegated was Stainrods, after he decided that there was an untapped market in junior football. He was a dreadful manager and filled the team with dreadful players who were part time and god awful. Roberts team is second, again, part time but he had no clue how to build a team and he got steadily worse over 3 years. I have seen us relegated a few times as well, mostly down to a lack of investment or being the only part time team in a full time league. We are full time, have paid money to entice players to move to Scotland, have more first team support staff than Daziel had assistants in his time as manager, and are still failing. Teams with a smaller budget, with injury problems meaning they only have a squad of 13 to chose from….we have played teams with a defence made up of midfielders and dropped points. We are an absolute shambles. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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