Superhursty7 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 No doubt it's been a bumpy road for Smith in the last year but I think he's now realised himself running a football club is not the same as his building business so he's got to bring people in who are good at that and have a track record, I feel positive for the first time in a while that we could be on the road to something better than being a yo yo club or a team that fights to stay up every season 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComradeDiego Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, Roxanne's man said: The way I see it - Having Mathie and today's signing of a recruitment analyst making decisions of who can improve the team is a sh*t lot better than Hopkin signing half of a p*sh Morton team and expecting results with p*sh Hoofball tactics. The ball is rolling now. Ayr are going upwards for the first time since McCall left. Let's have faith. If we sign Maxwell that’s a massive statement of intent hope to f*ck we do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mod1967 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Do we know what the opening times are for the pub this and next week 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 If we sign Maxwell that’s a massive statement of intent hope to f*ck we do.Would it not be brilliant to announce it just before the partick game as a get it right up you to uncle Ian. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 minute ago, Superhursy7 said: 3 minutes ago, ComradeDiego said: If we sign Maxwell that’s a massive statement of intent hope to f*ck we do. Would it not be brilliant to announce it just before the partick game as a get it right up you to uncle Ian. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 10 minutes ago, ComradeDiego said: If we sign Maxwell that’s a massive statement of intent hope to f*ck we do. It would be a shiter to lose him. Get him fucking signed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share Posted December 28, 2021 With the AP saying that Bartley is believed to have been/will be interviewed this week then I'd suggest it's probably going to be him. I would definitely have had serious reservations about him before Mathie but with him coming in and this Keith Glendinning coming from Accies, it would suggest that recruitment will be a joint thing and not just left to one man to call the shots. Bartley can put more focus on the training pitch and work out what he needs this coming month. I'm still not massively fussed over Maxwell but if Mathie and the board go all out to stop him going to another club in this league I'll back it and be fairly happy that we're not allowing ourselves to be walked over. Houston is another I wouldn't be unhappy to see go but I'd like to see him get another shot as I thought he was good pre-COVID. Likewise, guys like McAllister could benefit from good coaching but guys like Afolabi, McGinty and Salkeld don't get that benefit. Get them binned pronto. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 You would think we would have the advantage in signing Maxwell, he's with us just now, he was with the club as a youngster, his dad is a Ayr fan, if the money that Partick and Dunfermline are offering is similar we have got to be in to he driving seat 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 16 minutes ago, Superhursy7 said: 18 minutes ago, ComradeDiego said: If we sign Maxwell that’s a massive statement of intent hope to f*ck we do. Would it not be brilliant to announce it just before the partick game as a get it right up you to uncle Ian. Did he not do the same to us with the Docherty signing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 I wouldn’t be against chucking Houston a deal until the end of the season as back up but still think we should be looking at a 1st choice RB and Houston should be let go at the end of the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Did he not do the same to us with the Docherty signing?Yup, got to admit I've no hard feeling to doc but the way that happened leaves A bad taste in the mouth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BukyOHare Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 hour ago, No_Problemo said: Yeah - I imagine groups of players that are aligned with the vision of how they want the team to look will be identified and discussed with the head coach. I’m sure the head coach will also be able to identify players they like within this too. It makes you wonder why we haven't consider this type of approach sooner? At face value it would seem to be a fairly straightforward process in terms of identifying suitable players to play to the head coaches preferred formation and style of play within our wage structure and if needed, our transfer budget. There's been a lot of debate on here previously about the use of statistics and analytics in recruitment something which I've always been a big supporter of to be used alongside more conventional scouting methods. I can see us looking to sign more players of the age, profile and background of Maxwell, to develop and hopefully sell on while under contract and to identify suitable loan targets as well. Gullan perhaps? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 4 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: Gullan perhaps? Not a bad shout Would be good alongside Bradley and Adeloye. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, BukyOHare said: It makes you wonder why we haven't consider this type of approach sooner? At face value it would seem to be a fairly straightforward process in terms of identifying suitable players to play to the head coaches preferred formation and style of play within our wage structure and if needed, our transfer budget. There's been a lot of debate on here previously about the use of statistics and analytics in recruitment something which I've always been a big supporter of to be used alongside more conventional scouting methods. I can see us looking to sign more players of the age, profile and background of Maxwell, to develop and hopefully sell on while under contract and to identify suitable loan targets as well. Gullan perhaps? Yeah, I remember discussing it on here previously. Kerr and McArdle may have used it to some extent (unless there data analysis approach was limited to conditioning etc) Ultimately I don’t think either had experience of using this in terms of recruitment - something which we now have two people who do. The infrastructure is now in place, so hopefully we begin to see the benefit of that. As you say, hopefully we now begin to see more Rose, Harvey etc type signings again... We probably shouldn’t expect too much in January, but certainly beginning in the summer... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North British Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 I think we’re in good shape with regards a successful bid for James Maxwell . James is only 20 but already a strapping big athlete . His attributes will take him to England eventually, however if he wants to follow in the footsteps of LS , Rose and more relevantly Danny Harvie , then what better a place to start than with us at Ayr . If we can get close to what others are offering and show him that we mean business by bring in others of a similar caliber then why not ? The elephant in the room would be Rangers though . Another deal we need to be would be getting Tomi signed . His goals speak volumes , with better players in shortly he could hit 20 by the end of the season . That puts him in the same bracket as Hurst , who we sold for £175K ......Think about that for a moment ! At last the bigger picture is being revealed . Get the feeling the surprises are just beginning , if so the long suffering fans of our club are in for one hell of a journey . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 This is all good for long term but I wonder how effective it will be for the immediate short term. would be a massive set backwards to get this all set up and end up relegated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ryanayr1987 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 If partick do take Maxwell I’d be asking rangers for Kelly. I know someone said he was going to county but he’d be a good replacement 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 What’s everyone’s thoughts on someone like McFadden getting the job? Good links to some bigger clubs but has no management experience (not sure if he’s even been coaching tbh) maybe a good start for him with the building blocks being put in place. I think he was interested the last time too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 1 minute ago, ryanayr1987 said: What’s everyone’s thoughts on someone like McFadden getting the job? Good links to some bigger clubs but has no management experience (not sure if he’s even been coaching tbh) maybe a good start for him with the building blocks being put in place. I think he was interested the last time too No thanks. Comes across as a complete thicko on Sportscene. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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