Thereisalight.. Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I'm still pissed off that useless waster (for us) Doolan got the better of us today. As someone else said this is 18/19 season all over again but our decline back then started with that Ross County draw in December. We lost Chalmers in Jan and only brought in a clearly match unfit McAlear. Yes we kept Mullin but there was no danger of him going back to Livi anyway. A real kick in the baws day after results going for us last night 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eez-eh Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 5 minutes ago, Thereisalight.. said: We lost Chalmers in Jan and only brought in a clearly match unfit McAlear. Yes we kept Mullin but there was no danger of him going back to Livi anyway. A real kick in the baws day after results going for us last night Mullin staying was celebrated like it was a new arrival and it covered up how rubbish our window actually was. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayrunitedfw Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 8 minutes ago, eez-eh said: Mullin staying was celebrated like it was a new arrival and it covered up how rubbish our window actually was. This and that’s why the club made such a big deal about it to cover up their failings. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 11 minutes ago, eez-eh said: Mullin staying was celebrated like it was a new arrival and it covered up how rubbish our window actually was. Yip definitely nail on the head there. One player in whilst losing arguably our best player (Dipo aside) was a piss poor window 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Just now, Thereisalight.. said: Yip definitely nail on the head there. One player in whilst losing arguably our best player (Dipo aside) was a piss poor window We do still have time to make a signing or two… which we blatantly need very badly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 2 minutes ago, No_Problemo said: We do still have time to make a signing or two… which we blatantly need very badly. Hopefully someone other than the tedious McInroy rumour 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack1910 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 2 hours ago, No_Problemo said: How many times did JML receive the ball out with his own half? Quite a few times but he just went backwards to mcginty or Kirk for the glorious hoofball 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super_carson Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I don't think that anyone is suggesting that starting O'Connor is going to miraculously arrest this slump, but he's played well for the last couple weeks and offered more going forward than others in his position so, for me, earns a starting spot. We seemed far more threatening going forward both today and last week once he was on. But more than that, I think the fact he's hardly had a look in is symptomatic of Bullen's increasingly dogmatic tactics. Early in the season, when Dipo was an unknown quantity, getting the ball to him quickly worked. But now he's a target for defences it makes his job harder and we don't have a plan B to make the most of the fact that defences focussing on Dipo will open up space for others. Whether it is a deliberate tactic or players panicking and reverting to type, this long ball stuff isn't working. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 1 hour ago, rb123! said: Alas 2018/2019 season under McCall all over again.... Blitz everyone else in the league 1st half of the season. Have a shite January transfer window Get sussed out by oppositions 2nd half of the season, turn to shit and slide down the table It's absolutely nothing like 18/19. in 18/19 McCall's hands were tied during January and three quarters of the squad, including Shankland and McCall himself, were being openly tapped up by other teams. None of that applies this time. Furthermore McCall still tried to play football for the rest of the season whereas it doesn't seem like anything other than threat of pain makes Bullen swap from tactics that make Tony Pulis look like Pep Guardiola. The remit this season was to stay up. That having basically been accomplished accidentally by Halloween, nobody in the back room has any priorities other than ensuring the main stand gets done next year. You'd like to think that at least there's still a cup to play for but if anything I suspect he cares even less about that. Very weird behaviour for a guy who presumably does not want Ayr United, a club he had absolutely no ties to, to be the eventual highlight of his managerial career. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 1 minute ago, Thereisalight.. said: Hopefully someone other than the tedious McInroy rumour Unused sub today… Anyway - if we continue playing as we are he would be a pointless signing. Imagine trying to look good in our midfield as the ball is fired over your head. Just now, Jack1910 said: Quite a few times but he just went backwards to mcginty or Kirk for the glorious hoofball In the first half he definitely didn’t. He did two or three times in the second half, but wasn’t nearly direct enough. I don’t think JML was very good today, and I definitely think O’Connor is the better option but O’Connor wouldn’t have been any better than JML in the first half. It’s entirely down to Bullen and his woeful set up. We also don’t actually know what Bullen wants from his wide players - Chalmers wasn’t exactly a tricky winger looking to go past people either and Bullen has always been absolutely loathe to start O’Connor. Maybe he wants guys who recycle to ball to allow us to punt the ball up the pitch - that is our style of play after all… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thereisalight.. Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 2 minutes ago, Thumper said: It's absolutely nothing like 18/19. in 18/19 McCall's hands were tied during January and three quarters of the squad, including Shankland and McCall himself, were being openly tapped up by other teams. None of that applies this time. Furthermore McCall still tried to play football for the rest of the season whereas it doesn't seem like anything other than threat of pain makes Bullen swap from tactics that make Tony Pulis look like Pep Guardiola. The remit this season was to stay up. That having basically been accomplished accidentally by Halloween, nobody in the back room has any priorities other than ensuring the main stand gets done next year. You'd like to think that at least there's still a cup to play for but if anything I suspect he cares even less about that. Very weird behaviour for a guy who presumably does not want Ayr United, a club he had absolutely no ties to, to be the eventual highlight of his managerial career. Wish it was the main stand getting done! I was in it today and the concourse had a leaking roof, further along it looked the ceiling was about to cave in in parts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 2 hours ago, Hursty said: We are fucking boring to watch at home. As a non season ticket holder who goes every week its hard to justify it. At one point in the first half earlier both centre half's took turns at shelling free kicks in to their keepers arms unchallenged. Nobody else does that. It's so bad. Away games at least give a day out. 3,000 home crowd today which i know had a good sized away support but still a really good home turnout presented with that shite viewing ain't exactly going to clamour them to returning quickly 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 37 minutes ago, eez-eh said: Mullin staying was celebrated like it was a new arrival and it covered up how rubbish our window actually was. Pretty sure we set out to bring in more than 1 but we ended up losing out on targets most likely 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 20 minutes ago, Thumper said: It's absolutely nothing like 18/19. in 18/19 McCall's hands were tied during January and three quarters of the squad, including Shankland and McCall himself, were being openly tapped up by other teams. None of that applies this time. Furthermore McCall still tried to play football for the rest of the season whereas it doesn't seem like anything other than threat of pain makes Bullen swap from tactics that make Tony Pulis look like Pep Guardiola. The remit this season was to stay up. That having basically been accomplished accidentally by Halloween, nobody in the back room has any priorities other than ensuring the main stand gets done next year. You'd like to think that at least there's still a cup to play for but if anything I suspect he cares even less about that. Very weird behaviour for a guy who presumably does not want Ayr United, a club he had absolutely no ties to, to be the eventual highlight of his managerial career. Some interesting points there which are a bit debatable... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Kirk didn’t have a great game last week (not many did), but today be wash shocking. If McGinty had the game he did he’d be hanging from the gallows. Hardly completed a pass, looked nervous every time on the ball. He’s set high standards and hopefully back to that next week. For raith away I’d be looking at Houston left back. Reading again hardly completed a pass and a fairly large chunk of his passes ended up out for a throw in. O’Connor has to start next week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Just read Bullens post match interview and I am angrier than I was during the game. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1nickydevlin Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 If we manage too finish in the top 4 and get a Scottish cup semi final .it'll be a great season. Too many players not in it today .mullen jml etc O'connor should start every week ..McAllister would dive in front of a bus for this team. Thought mcalear done well when he came on 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 4 minutes ago, diegomarahenry said: Just read Bullens post match interview and I am angrier than I was during the game. We need to be more clinical though, despite not creating a singular chance 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hursty Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 44 minutes ago, rb123! said: 3,000 home crowd today which i know had a good sized away support but still a really good home turnout presented with that shite viewing ain't exactly going to clamour them to returning quickly It's awful. Can't get my head round why we play that way . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuAl Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Are we unable to bring Finn Ecrepont back from loan? Can't be worse than Reading. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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