UpInTheAyr Posted Sunday at 11:25 Share Posted Sunday at 11:25 Brown better turn things round sharpish cause that Hibs job should be available soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Farter Posted Sunday at 11:26 Share Posted Sunday at 11:26 3 minutes ago, Rb123 said: Probably the best performance we've had in a while, arguably since we lost dowds. Only thing lacking was a finisher in final third and still the odd brain fart at the back which we were deadly punished for. Apart from that there was really nothing in it. Felt with Dowds we could go toe to toe with Falkirk and Livi but without I've a gut feeling they're both slightly ahead and 3rd is best we can hope for. Make or break January to get us a proper replacement for Dowds I've only seen a small sample size of Ayr this season so could easily be wrong but I felt the Dowds injury was especially unfortunate. The attack which began the season firing so impressively was structured so Dowds could excel. I imagine that's partly why Brown went for 4-4-2 (Livi and Falkirk both only play with one striker who doesn't score often). So it wasn't just losing a really good player but also a player that was key to the tactical set up. This slight dip in results could just be a period of re-calibration since the Dowds loss. Brown will soon find the best way to compensate. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rb123 Posted Sunday at 12:32 Share Posted Sunday at 12:32 1 hour ago, Freedom Farter said: I've only seen a small sample size of Ayr this season so could easily be wrong but I felt the Dowds injury was especially unfortunate. The attack which began the season firing so impressively was structured so Dowds could excel. I imagine that's partly why Brown went for 4-4-2 (Livi and Falkirk both only play with one striker who doesn't score often). So it wasn't just losing a really good player but also a player that was key to the tactical set up. This slight dip in results could just be a period of re-calibration since the Dowds loss. Brown will soon find the best way to compensate. He'd tried changing to 4/2/3/1 on a couple of occasions since losing Dowds but yesterday was a 4/4/2 and it showed that it suits us best IMO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rb123 Posted Sunday at 12:34 Share Posted Sunday at 12:34 14 hours ago, UpInTheAyr said: We'll sign another keeper in January... Hearts will recall Stone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muZZa__44 Posted Sunday at 13:13 Share Posted Sunday at 13:13 We won’t sign another keeper he’ll just bring Mutch back from his loan and he’ll be the next keeper 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted Sunday at 13:24 Share Posted Sunday at 13:24 anyone know how Ollie is getting on at east Stirling? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muZZa__44 Posted Sunday at 13:50 Share Posted Sunday at 13:50 (edited) 27 minutes ago, ryanayr1987 said: anyone know how Ollie is getting on at east Stirling? Kept 2 consecutive clean Sheets in his past 2 games, 3 in total in 12 games also got a straight red card in one game for taking a player out mainly due to poor defending Edited Sunday at 13:51 by muZZa__44 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted Sunday at 14:01 Share Posted Sunday at 14:01 My fitba da opinion is just put whoever the best finisher is up front alongside Oakley, and let Oakley focus on occupying defenders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted Sunday at 14:09 Share Posted Sunday at 14:09 If we’re being totally honest we have too many players who aren’t good enough starting regularly to mount a title challenge. Players like Russell, McKenzie, Reading and McAllister should be nowhere near the starting 11. Stone hasn’t been great however is quite clearly a better option than Russell. Not seen enough of McIntyre to really make a judgement on him. He played against Thistle done okay and hasn’t been seen since. I think it’s playoffs at best for us now, I expect Falkirk and Livingston to pull away. With the squads Thistle And Raith have they are surely going to improve at some point too. All a bit scunering after what was a really positive start. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sortmeout Posted Sunday at 14:09 Share Posted Sunday at 14:09 On 29/08/2024 at 22:08, Rb123 said: They're all taking it line, bait and hook too. Some clown saying about mind the gap, that the massive 1 place in the pyramid currently? Could I have a pyramid gap update please? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted Sunday at 14:18 Author Share Posted Sunday at 14:18 7 minutes ago, ayrunitedfw said: If we’re being totally honest we have too many players who aren’t good enough starting regularly to mount a title challenge. Players like Russell, McKenzie, Reading and McAllister should be nowhere near the starting 11. Stone hasn’t been great however is quite clearly a better option than Russell. Not seen enough of McIntyre to really make a judgement on him. He played against Thistle done okay and hasn’t been seen since. I think it’s playoffs at best for us now, I expect Falkirk and Livingston to pull away. With the squads Thistle And Raith have they are surely going to improve at some point too. All a bit scunering after what was a really positive start. This is the fifth or sixth post I’ve seen where we’re lumping Reading into the same bracket as the likes of McAllister. I’d say that Reading has been one of our most consistent performers this season and had a really good game yesterday. You do worry if there’s a howler round the corner but at the minute he’s been great. McMann is obviously a better player and can play left back but I’d leave him where he is. He’s got a better view of the game in front of him and his distribution from centre back was really important for us at the start of the season. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted Sunday at 14:20 Share Posted Sunday at 14:20 (edited) 11 minutes ago, ayrunitedfw said: If we’re being totally honest we have too many players who aren’t good enough starting regularly to mount a title challenge. Players like Russell, McKenzie, Reading and McAllister should be nowhere near the starting 11. Stone hasn’t been great however is quite clearly a better option than Russell. Not seen enough of McIntyre to really make a judgement on him. He played against Thistle done okay and hasn’t been seen since. I think it’s playoffs at best for us now, I expect Falkirk and Livingston to pull away. With the squads Thistle And Raith have they are surely going to improve at some point too. All a bit scunering after what was a really positive start. IMO, Reading (this season) and McKenzie shouldn’t be getting lumped in with McAllister. McKenzie clearly has a role to play in certain games as a squad player and occasional starter in certain games and Reading has been decent this season - though first half yesterday he was poor a few times. If McKenzie scored one of his chances yesterday his performance would rightfully be raved about, unfortunately he didn’t as it isn’t something he can do - being why he’s only a squad player. He had numerous really nice moments yesterday, and continues to improve though. Edited Sunday at 14:20 by No_Problemo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rb123 Posted Sunday at 14:20 Share Posted Sunday at 14:20 10 minutes ago, Sortmeout said: Could I have a pyramid gap update please? Must really have too much spare time on your hand to go back about 7 weeks to find this... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rb123 Posted Sunday at 14:21 Share Posted Sunday at 14:21 2 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: This is the fifth or sixth post I’ve seen where we’re lumping Reading into the same bracket as the likes of McAllister. I’d say that Reading has been one of our most consistent performers this season and had a really good game yesterday. You do worry if there’s a howler round the corner but at the minute he’s been great. McMann is obviously a better player and can play left back but I’d leave him where he is. He’s got a better view of the game in front of him and his distribution from centre back was really important for us at the start of the season. Just now, No_Problemo said: IMO, Reading (this season) and McKenzie shouldn’t be getting lumped in with McAllister. McKenzie clearly has a role to play in certain games as a squad player and occasional starter in certain games and Reading has been decent this season - though first half yesterday he wasn’t. If McKenzie scored one of his chances yesterday his performance would rightfully be raved about, unfortunately he didn’t as it isn’t something he can do - being why he’s only a squad player. He had numerous really nice moments yesterday, and continues to improve though. Reading was more confident/maybe given more freedom to go up and down the left hand side of the pitch earlier on in the season. That has changed since he's lost McMann alongside him and LCB and Muprhy infront of him in LM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sortmeout Posted Sunday at 14:22 Share Posted Sunday at 14:22 1 minute ago, Rb123 said: Must really have too much spare time on your hand to go back about 7 weeks to find this... There’s a search function it’s pretty easy it takes about 3 seconds. Just click the wee icon at the top and type in “pyramid”. Can you give me the answer please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted Sunday at 14:24 Share Posted Sunday at 14:24 1 minute ago, Rb123 said: Reading was more confident/maybe given more freedom to go up and down the left hand side of the pitch earlier on in the season. That has changed since he's lost McMann alongside him and LCB and Muprhy infront of him in LM I think that’s a good point - and my guess is it is because of the loss of pace in the centre back positions. Hopefully we see more of that again now McMann is back. Murphy is obviously an excellent player to link with too and some of the combinations between those three players are great to watch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted Sunday at 14:24 Share Posted Sunday at 14:24 I wouldn't lump Reading or McKenzie alongside McCallister, but I would lump them all in the not good enough if we're serious about doing something this season or next. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders1910 Posted Sunday at 14:24 Share Posted Sunday at 14:24 12 minutes ago, ayrunitedfw said: If we’re being totally honest we have too many players who aren’t good enough starting regularly to mount a title challenge. Players like Russell, McKenzie, Reading and McAllister should be nowhere near the starting 11. Stone hasn’t been great however is quite clearly a better option than Russell. Not seen enough of McIntyre to really make a judgement on him. He played against Thistle done okay and hasn’t been seen since. I think it’s playoffs at best for us now, I expect Falkirk and Livingston to pull away. With the squads Thistle And Raith have they are surely going to improve at some point too. All a bit scunering after what was a really positive start. I don't really find it scunnering. I would've taken a mid table finish at the start of the season. Considering how bad we were last season and the squad turnover required, I was expecting it to take a couple of seasons to get to a position where we can mount a proper title challenge. The good start got our hopes up but I'm fairly content with where we are at the moment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-ish Posted Sunday at 14:34 Share Posted Sunday at 14:34 2 minutes ago, Rodders1910 said: I don't really find it scunnering. I would've taken a mid table finish at the start of the season. Considering how bad we were last season and the squad turnover required, I was expecting it to take a couple of seasons to get to a position where we can mount a proper title challenge. The good start got our hopes up but I'm fairly content with where we are at the moment. Absolutely agree. Obviously we'd all like to see promotion but it takes time to build and gel a team. A huge positive is having a lot of our best players on longer contracts. We've definately made progress on and off the park this season and it's still early days. Teams will definitely start to take points off each other after the first quarter of the season is done. I'm happy with where we are just now. I'd also say McMann is our most important player. Solid in defence and great distribution. Having him back is huge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C4mmy31 Posted Sunday at 15:21 Share Posted Sunday at 15:21 22 hours ago, itzdrk said: No idea why we wanted to keep pumping the ball in for headers today. Pointless. Oakley becoming a bit of a problem for me now. Doesn't give us anything, first touch like Stonehenge and not much better finishing. sorry, gotta dash, got some other gloating business to take care of. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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