GuyIncognito Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Ayr United will bid to arm Scott Brown with the tools for a Championship surge next season. The Honest Men are working hard on doing their summer business early. Board chiefs say that landing Brown’s top targets is an ongoing priority ahead of the return for pre-season. Ayr are in the mix to land out of contract Morton striker, George Oakley, who also has offers to stay at Cappielow and interest from Partick Thistle. Ayr remain in talks with a clutch of their own out of contract stars as plans for the upcoming season are formulated. Managing director, Graeme Mathie, told the Ayrshire Post: “We have good offers out to a number of players. A lot of hard work is going on to ensure the squad will take shape early.” Mathie hopes a busy summer both on and off the park will boost “positive early numbers" of season ticket sales, adding: "More than 700 have been bought so far and hopefully we can keep the momentum going." United plan to open their newly completed north stand at a friendly being finalised for early in July. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/ayr-united-looking-press-summer-32800854 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 22 minutes ago, muZZa__44 said: he's scored 13 goals this season then 10 the prior, say what you want but thats better then what McKenzie has done Sure all comps changes things but league goals are obviously the main thing and he was 9 & 6. It's really not ideal unless we have something else up our sleeve. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 1 hour ago, callum-ayr said: Think you’d be surprised with what resources we have. Massive resources, so long as we're not expecting anyone to move from Fife. Can't compete on those guys. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 I thought we only accepted serious transfer rumours in this format 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 7 minutes ago, Superhursty7 said: I thought we only accepted serious transfer rumours in this format That was so January 2024 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dam00114 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Think context is important around Oakley. Only scored 9 in the league last year but swept Morton's player of the year awards and missed most of the final 3rd of the season through injury. Our interest in him would indicate to me that Dowds is away (though I hope that's not the case). If we're looking at Dowds replacements as a target man style forward we could definitely do alot worse than Oakley. Championship experience and always looked a physical handful to me when we played them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jamie_M Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 1 hour ago, AyrAtlanta said: Agreed. For some reason they seem to have delusions that they’re owned by Qatar or something. Pretty daft to push that rubbish about a fan owned club. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanayr1987 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 3 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: Nah he will be playing in Europe this season i actually think he would have been a brilliant option beside Dowds this season. He was quick and did a power of running, just needed to score more goals 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinburghhonestman Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Oakley seems a bit of a risk to me. He's just had the best spell of his career at Morton, but was it a flash in the pan or is it sustainable? I'd definitely prefer Dowds, but this might indicate he's not going to sign on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayrutd1910 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 43 minutes ago, dam00114 said: Think context is important around Oakley. Only scored 9 in the league last year but swept Morton's player of the year awards and missed most of the final 3rd of the season through injury. Our interest in him would indicate to me that Dowds is away (though I hope that's not the case). If we're looking at Dowds replacements as a target man style forward we could definitely do alot worse than Oakley. Championship experience and always looked a physical handful to me when we played them. Got a bit of shithousery as well, which we have been lacking in recent years 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott-ish Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 32 minutes ago, ryanayr1987 said: Nah he will be playing in Europe this season i actually think he would have been a brilliant option beside Dowds this season. He was quick and did a power of running, just needed to score more goals He was shite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyIncognito Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Christopher Dodds from the Greenock Telegraph saying Oakley is a done deal with both Partick and our offers far exceeding Morton's. Oakley obviously choosing us for regular gametime instead of being stuck behind Graham at Partick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
callum-ayr Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 3 minutes ago, GuyIncognito said: Christopher Dodds from the Greenock Telegraph saying Oakley is a done deal with both Partick and our offers far exceeding Morton's. Oakley obviously choosing us for regular gametime instead of being stuck behind Graham at Partick. Told a few ours ago it was more or less over the line. However that happened with Toderov a few years back! So I’ll wait for the scarf about the head photo before I believe it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrAtlanta Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 57 minutes ago, Jamie_M said: Pretty daft to push that rubbish about a fan owned club. Well, yes but why then are your support crying over being outbid by “little Ayr”. Our clubs are pretty much identical in size except Morton are owned by fans and Ayr are owned by a businessman who’s just built a new stand. We aren’t rich by any means but I don’t think it’s a ludicrous prospect that, at least this season anyway, Ayr are offering more than Morton can. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Oakley is an utter p***k on the park, so he does have that going for him too… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 (edited) 20 minutes ago, AyrAtlanta said: Well, yes but why then are your support crying over being outbid by “little Ayr”. Our clubs are pretty much identical in size except Morton are owned by fans and Ayr are owned by a businessman who’s just built a new stand. We aren’t rich by any means but I don’t think it’s a ludicrous prospect that, at least this season anyway, Ayr are offering more than Morton can. Because like most fanbases, we also have our fair share of mouth breathers. The rest of us know that Morton have arguably the smallest budget in the league whilst Ayr are bankrolled. Edited May 13 by Jamie_M 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 9 minutes ago, Jamie_M said: Because like most fanbases, we also have our fair share of mouth breathers. The rest of us know that Morton have arguably the smallest budget in the league whilst Ayr are bankrolled. Dave Smith will never Bankroll the club for one he's not that massively wealthy and can just throw ££££s at it, he knows building the infrastructure off the park is the best way of securing the future on the park, as much as he's made mistakes i.e Hopkin he loves the club and won't put it at risk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted May 13 Author Share Posted May 13 13 minutes ago, Jamie_M said: Because like most fanbases, we also have our fair share of mouth breathers. The rest of us know that Morton have arguably the smallest budget in the league whilst Ayr are bankrolled. Bankrolled he says when we missed out on pretty much all our first, second and third choice targets last season. Besides the investment into the ground I’ve seen no suggestion we’re bankrolled and we certainly aren’t backed hugely in terms of the playing squad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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