airdrieman Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 39 minutes ago, Rhys McCabe Hype Train said: This is it. The only saving grace would be in his Open Goal interview (which I be grudgingly watched) he said he committed to Airdrie for a few years and wanted to go into coaching anyway. So if he really is that committed, take a backwards step to being a player/coach and let’s get a manager in. Albeit, it’s not like there’s an exciting list of out of work managers waiting for a call. Kettlewell has a good job now, who would’ve been my choice in the summer, Stuart Taylor was a speaker at hospitality the other week. Kevin Thomson is enjoying a Renaissance with the media now so he wouldn’t be an option, then it’s down to the old guard of Hughes, Hopkin, McKinnon… none of these names particularly scream out “this is what we need”. Totally at a loss as to how this transpires, now. Stan has a decent pedigree as a coach but not a great track record as a manager so he could be ideal from the perspective of helping Rhys out as a coach and from the dugout while McCabe is still the ‘manager’ and in overall charge. Probably an unpopular shout but I’d bite your hand off for Hartley… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fernández Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Stan has a decent pedigree as a coach but not a great track record as a manager so he could be ideal from the perspective of helping Rhys out as a coach and from the dugout while McCabe is still the ‘manager’ and in overall charge. Probably an unpopular shout but I’d bite your hand off for Hartley… Hartley has experience of getting teams out of this league. I'd take him as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdrieman Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 6 minutes ago, David Fernández said: 15 minutes ago, airdrieman said: Stan has a decent pedigree as a coach but not a great track record as a manager so he could be ideal from the perspective of helping Rhys out as a coach and from the dugout while McCabe is still the ‘manager’ and in overall charge. Probably an unpopular shout but I’d bite your hand off for Hartley… Hartley has experience of getting teams out of this league. I'd take him as well. He has a couple of failures on his CV but they seem to come when he goes a bit tonto in the transfer window and signs a load of players from the one country or level(s) of football (the English lower leagues at Falkirk and the Scottish lower leagues at Hartlepool). But of the available candidates unless somebody comes from out the blue I’d imagine he’d be the best. Got teams promoted from this league twice, League 2 and possibly the Championship with Dundee? Took them to the top 6 in the Premiership anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdrieman Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Feel like pure shit just want Murrayball back x 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Reed Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 1 hour ago, David Fernández said: 1 hour ago, airdrieman said: Stan has a decent pedigree as a coach but not a great track record as a manager so he could be ideal from the perspective of helping Rhys out as a coach and from the dugout while McCabe is still the ‘manager’ and in overall charge. Probably an unpopular shout but I’d bite your hand off for Hartley… Hartley has experience of getting teams out of this league. I'd take him as well. Would be a good shout, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afc88 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 According to most people its because we have no experience in the team haha nah we're just not very good and can't defend. Don't look anywhere near as fit and as sharp as last season either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afc88 Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 Minimum 10 points from the next 12 required before 2 massive games against Falkirk and dunfermline 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.G.R.D.S. Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 15 hours ago, Afc88 said: Minimum 10 points from the next 12 required before 2 massive games against Falkirk and dunfermline Alternatively, maximum 10 points from the next 12 games and massive games against Peterhead and Clyde…….all depends whether you’re a half full or a half empty kind a guy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoalForAirdrie Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 What new low awaits us in the 4pm Scottish Cup draw… 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ballboy Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Dundee away. I won't expect a cup run this year then. Hope we can take a decent number of fans up there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr November Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 At least it’s a team we haven’t played for ages. Not a great draw in terms of progression though. We do have an oddly good record against Dundee but I don’t think that will count for much this year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdrieman Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Decent enough day out and our record against Dundee in modern times is oddly good. Remember beating them 4-0 and 7-0 at home and at least a couple of wins up at Dens, including a Bryan Prunty hat-trick. November is an easier month so one saving grace is we at least might be able to go up there with a bit of momentum, barring disaster. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdrieman Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) Would love to watch the game back with McCabe and Fordyce and see if they can say with a straight face that we're losing games because we’re not clinical enough. Take some responsibility for the clown car defending that’s costing us goals and points every week. It’s down to your own individual mistakes and being far too open which is down to either your coaching, tactics or both. I actually wouldn’t have Fordyce in my starting XI at the moment. He’s been that pathetically bad the entire season. Plus having somebody in the dugout who can see and influence the game from there and make decisions can surely only be a good thing. Only game we’ve won in the last month or so was against Clyde with McCabe in the dugout. Edited October 24, 2022 by airdrieman 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Reed Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 3 hours ago, airdrieman said: Would love to watch the game back with McCabe and Fordyce and see if they can say with a straight face that we're losing games because we’re not clinical enough. Take some responsibility for the clown car defending that’s costing us goals and points every week. It’s down to your own individual mistakes and being far too open which is down to either your coaching, tactics or both. I actually wouldn’t have Fordyce in my starting XI at the moment. He’s been that pathetically bad the entire season. Plus having somebody in the dugout who can see and influence the game from there and make decisions can surely only be a good thing. Only game we’ve won in the last month or so was against Clyde with McCabe in the dugout. Be alright if we could replace anyone of them, afraid we don't have the squad to allow one of them to be in dugout 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 4 hours ago, airdrieman said: Would love to watch the game back with McCabe and Fordyce and see if they can say with a straight face that we're losing games because we’re not clinical enough. Take some responsibility for the clown car defending that’s costing us goals and points every week. It’s down to your own individual mistakes and being far too open which is down to either your coaching, tactics or both. I actually wouldn’t have Fordyce in my starting XI at the moment. He’s been that pathetically bad the entire season. Plus having somebody in the dugout who can see and influence the game from there and make decisions can surely only be a good thing. Only game we’ve won in the last month or so was against Clyde with McCabe in the dugout. Right from the start the appointment that I never understood was Fordyce as Assistant Manager. I'm normally completely against unproven managers but on this occasion I could understand the thinking with McCabe to try to keep the squad together from last year, and despite the current form things may turn out okay. But making Fordyce Assistant just seemed totally pointless, what does he offer that McCabe isn't already given they are both on the park? Perhaps taking a more prominent role during training, but on match day surely he was already doing everything he currently is in his role as captain? This leaves us with Hutton and Prunty on the bench who have no authority to make any decisions, so you may as well have me or you on the sidelines as they are there to cheerlead. For me a proper 'support network' that the club promised would have been McCabe as Manager, a more senior (non-playing) Assistant Manager and having Fordyce as Captain. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Cheeze Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Diamonds are Forever said: For me a proper 'support network' that the club promised would have been McCabe as Manager, a more senior (non-playing) Assistant Manager and having Fordyce as Captain. Agree completely.If we're being serious about giving McCabe time this setup should have been in place from the start. A couple more centre halfs and a midfielder that knows what a tackle and hustle looks like would be a bonus. Edited October 25, 2022 by Daddy Cheeze Sponge thumbs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dextermorgan Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 31 minutes ago, Daddy Cheeze said: Agree completely.If we're being serious about giving McCabe time this setup should have been in place from the start. A couple more centre backs and a midfielder that knows what a tackle and hustle looks like would be a bonus. Have to agree with that. It does look like the board have budgeted for fourth place with the current personnel in place. I think that many of us seen Rae and Ballantyne come into the squad and presumed that their would be more signings of this quality, unfortunately not. McCabe must hold his hands up however when we come to signings like the new Ally Roy (Jamieson) and the lack of physicality in midfield. I wont even mention Lyness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionate Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 hour ago, dextermorgan said: Have to agree with that. It does look like the board have budgeted for fourth place with the current personnel in place. I think that many of us seen Rae and Ballantyne come into the squad and presumed that their would be more signings of this quality, unfortunately not. McCabe must hold his hands up however when we come to signings like the new Ally Roy (Jamieson) and the lack of physicality in midfield. I wont even mention Lyness. To be honest Rae and Ballantyne haven't kicked their own arse yet, ok Rae has been injured but surely jury is out on him and Ballantyne who came with a big pedigree hasn't done much, to be honest here are numerous better right backs in the league than him .. Dean Lyness came in just before the QOS and was catching cross balls for fun, 2 weeks training with Hutts instead of catching balls he has developed some weird 2 handed flap, which didn't end to well .... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionate Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Diamonds are Forever said: Right from the start the appointment that I never understood was Fordyce as Assistant Manager. I'm normally completely against unproven managers but on this occasion I could understand the thinking with McCabe to try to keep the squad together from last year, and despite the current form things may turn out okay. But making Fordyce Assistant just seemed totally pointless, what does he offer that McCabe isn't already given they are both on the park? Perhaps taking a more prominent role during training, but on match day surely he was already doing everything he currently is in his role as captain? It looks to me appointing him as assistant would be a massive wage hike, keeping it in the family... Pointless appointment that has totally ruined a decent pro.. 2 hours ago, Diamonds are Forever said: This leaves us with Hutton and Prunty on the bench who have no authority to make any decisions, so you may as well have me or you on the sidelines as they are there to cheerlead. For me a proper 'support network' that the club promised would have been McCabe as Manager, a more senior (non-playing) Assistant Manager and having Fordyce as Captain. Hutts and Prunty the water bottle throwers certainly have nothing to cheer about, Hutts is,still stealing a wage as a player \ coach, there is more chance of Roddy McKenzie getting a,game these days, all these wages could have been put to better use getting players in...if money is indeed tight .. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny_m Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Unfortunately there is very little we can do at the moment and we need to hang in until January transfer window. PH will be well aware that he's made a big blunder and will be planning to rectify at the moment. Hopefully it's not replacing Rhys. There is no doubt that recruitment has been poor and Rhys is guilty on that one but to what extent? How many IM/PH signings were already in place before he was appointed? I hope there are clauses where we can ditch our loanees in January and replace with better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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