itzdrk Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, JohnGAYR said: We would currently have four fewer points! Oh don't get me wrong Davie White has been class! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Rodders1910 said: 11 minutes ago, itzdrk said: I'd have kept Kerr Would rather have Tartan Tammy in charge Aye! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Can a mod pin this thread as the season is a mere 8 games from finishing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Hopkin is a bit meh. He ticks all the boxes of experienced (didn't want a first time manager), managed at this level and above (so know the teams and players round about us), and won promotion to the top league. I think I would have preferred Petrie or S McCall, but will be behind Hopkin and will give him a chance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 23 minutes ago, itzdrk said: Oh don't get me wrong Davie White has been class! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 19 minutes ago, honestly united said: Hopkin is a bit meh. He ticks all the boxes of experienced (didn't want a first time manager), managed at this level and above (so know the teams and players round about us), and won promotion to the top league. I think I would have preferred Petrie or S McCall, but will be behind Hopkin and will give him a chance. This, he wouldn't necessarily have been my first choice either. The chairman obviously believes he's the right man and as such I'll back Hoppy. Also, let's remember some of the charlatans we've appointed previously or from within the club. This is progress. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Can’t believe Ayr didn’t look up Curtis Woodhouse’s Twitter page and give him the job tbh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 (edited) Great aritcle by VOR with Hopkin, really impressed with what his ambitions. Leave your doubts on here and lets all get behind the guy!!! DAVID HOPKINS BLACK & WHITE ARMY Edited March 11, 2021 by rb123! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgreig Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 32 minutes ago, Trogdor said: This, he wouldn't necessarily have been my first choice either. The chairman obviously believes he's the right man and as such I'll back Hoppy. Also, let's remember some of the charlatans we've appointed previously or from within the club. This is progress. It's obviously hard for us because we haven't interviewed him, so I think people are being a bit unfair. If you look at his statistics at Livingston they are excellent, and subsequently much poorer (although his record at Morton was still better than Kerr's). Morton fans rightly point out the terrible signings and that surely had to have been a question during the interview that he presumably answered to the satisfaction of Smith. But we cannot say that his successes at Livingston were all due to other people, while his failures at Morton were all his fault - that clearly is not reasonable. I think we all need to trust the chairman and board to have interviewed rigorously. At least we'll know by September whether he has repeated the signing mistakes made at Morton! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayr23 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 There's a Meet the Manager interview up on Black and White TV now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibuya Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Martindale seems to get a lot of the credit at Livingston but if you look at their form since he took over as manager...well it isn't exactly brilliant. All Hopkin needs to do this season is to keep us up and then have a go at the playoffs in 2021/22. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb123! Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Seen this, makes you think Petrie was approached but we'll likely never know 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 McCall had Ayr playing football that was good to watch without going long, the games we came unstuck the most were against teams like Inverness and Ross County were they had large players up against Docherty, Forrest and Moffat. I don’t think that it is true that we need to be ugly in this league to succeed. Maybe the pitch isn’t up to flowing football but I’d rather watch football on the deck with Moffat and McCowan rather than shelling balls to Wright 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Morton uploading training photos. Anton conspicuous by his absence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roxanne's man Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, rb123! said: Seen this, makes you think Petrie was approached but we'll likely never know Looks like an advertisement for Mr Sheen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibuya Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Hopkin saying in his interview that the assistant is currently at another club but will finish at the weekend - come on down Anton McElhone! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 Seen this, makes you think Petrie was approached but we'll likely never know Either he was approached and said he wasn’t interested or he never applied. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk89 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, D'Jaffo said: Either he was approached and said he wasn’t interested or he never applied. Glad he's atleast got a new contract out of it. Nothing unusual in the manager interview. Usual stuff being covered; Great fans, great team, wants to stamp his own approach on it, will work the guys hard in training etc. Listening to David Smith afterwards he's absolutely sold on him. Said there was a mix of experience and younger names applying. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpInTheAyr Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 19 minutes ago, Shibuya said: Hopkin saying in his interview that the assistant is currently at another club but will finish at the weekend - come on down Anton McElhone! Does he have a laptop though? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superhursty7 Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Smith seems really impressed with Hopkin and you don't get to be as successful in business as him if your taken for a ride feeling okay about this now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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