Chapelhall chap Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Marvelous result and performance over a team who seemed to just want to exact some revenge for a wrongly perceived incident at Cappielow, and were Completely outshone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenmavis Diamond Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 That was a tremendous performance today. Once again Rhys set us up well and countered Morton's hammer throwing tactics perfectly. Some beautiful play throughout, back to front, and 3 good goals. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Diamond For Me Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Yep. Passed them off the park, and then when they tried to mount a comeback we dealt with it pretty comfortably. A really good performance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr November Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 1 hour ago, A Diamond For Me said: Some amount of goals we've scored from corners this season. Edit: Well, from set plays in general. Yeah, credit to Fordyce for that, he’s produced some really interesting and effective set plays this season. Makes a huge difference, in a league when every game is so tight being a real threat from set pieces can be crucial. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WL Diamond Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Anyone know why there was only one stand open today? Would have thought Morton brought a big enough travelling support to justify opening a second stand, even behind the goals like for the Ayr game. Could it have been security related, as I assume the decision to switch dugouts again was? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mybitchunderprotest Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 6 minutes ago, WL Diamond said: Anyone know why there was only one stand open today? Would have thought Morton brought a big enough travelling support to justify opening a second stand, even behind the goals like for the Ayr game. Could it have been security related, as I assume the decision to switch dugouts again was? Decision to not open a second stand, even the small one, would be purely financial. If they can be safely squeezed into ours then that's always going to happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fernández Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Some of the football in the first half was some of the best we have played all season, especially with the conditions today. Charlie Telfer strolled the midfield, probably his best game in an Airdrie shirt and I'm delighted he got a goal today, probably unlucky not to get man of the match too. Feels like we are also starting to peak at the right time, which was similar to last season, if we are able to make a push to get into the play offs, then who knows. I didn't think Morton's hammer throwing tactics were that bad in our other games this season, but I know what fans of other teams were meaning about them now, genuinely embarrassing at times. Onto Tuesday now to see if we can continue to be Raith's bogey team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Serious question (although maybe I’m getting carried away): who was the last player we had with the cult hero status amongst the fanbase that Todorov has at the moment? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionate Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 19 minutes ago, ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds said: Serious question (although maybe I’m getting carried away): who was the last player we had with the cult hero status amongst the fanbase that Todorov has at the moment? Going back a few years, how about Jimmy Lister 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CapitalDiamond Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 7 hours ago, ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds said: Serious question (although maybe I’m getting carried away): who was the last player we had with the cult hero status amongst the fanbase that Todorov has at the moment? How do we define cult hero though? I’d have it for players who are loved even though their football doesn’t neccessarily merit it e.g. Wullie Wilson Toddy’s been really good since the QP comeback. He’s more of a straight up Bulgarian Andy Smith for me!!! Can look awkward but big, powerful, a nightmare for defences and can finish. A hero. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Reed Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 8 hours ago, ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds said: Serious question (although maybe I’m getting carried away): who was the last player we had with the cult hero status amongst the fanbase that Todorov has at the moment? Jim lister maybe, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 22 hours ago, Kenny_m said: 4th place got to be the target and to bumper crowds in the play offs, at least). Playoffs aren't that great a money spinner as the SPFL take 50% (after costs) to pay for the relegation parachute payment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys McCabe Hype Train Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 8 hours ago, Passionate said: Going back a few years, how about Jimmy Lister Jim Lister and Keighan Parker (he shagged Jordan) are the two I can think of. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirdrieFanTV Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 Arbroath 1-2 Airdrie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr November Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 9 hours ago, ShineOnYouCrazyDiamonds said: Serious question (although maybe I’m getting carried away): who was the last player we had with the cult hero status amongst the fanbase that Todorov has at the moment? It was more ironic given he was guff up until then but I’ll remember those three weeks where Afolabi had a song, continued to be rubbish and then turned into prime Olivier Giroud in the play-offs for a long time. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Diamond For Me Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 4 minutes ago, Mr November said: It was more ironic given he was guff up until then but I’ll remember those three weeks where Afolabi had a song, continued to be rubbish and then turned into prime Olivier Giroud in the play-offs for a long time. Yeah, that was some laugh. Davie Hutton would maybe be in with a shout. Prunts, obviously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr November Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Just now, A Diamond For Me said: Yeah, that was some laugh. Davie Hutton would maybe be in with a shout. Prunts, obviously. Hutton is a good shout. Quite funny how he seems to be disliked by fans of most of his previous clubs too, which probably adds to it. Prunty is just a hero. Important that when McCabe inevitably moves on we keep Prunty around in some form. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Diamond For Me Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Prunty is Mr Airdrie, he's in with the bricks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 1 hour ago, 101 said: Playoffs aren't that great a money spinner as the SPFL take 50% (after costs) to pay for the relegation parachute payment. Even 50% (or slightly less) of a home tie with Partick (crowd 6000+ I'd imagine) would still be a decent bonus for a club our size. But you're right not exactly a 'money spinner'. However the increase in prize money is the bigger thing, think I'm right that it increases quite significantly from 5th to 4th, nearly 100k? For us that's 2 or 3 good players next year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 1 hour ago, CapitalDiamond said: How do we define cult hero though? I’d have it for players who are loved even though their football doesn’t neccessarily merit it e.g. Wullie Wilson Toddy’s been really good since the QP comeback. He’s more of a straight up Bulgarian Andy Smith for me!!! Can look awkward but big, powerful, a nightmare for defences and can finish. A hero. 11 minutes ago, A Diamond For Me said: Yeah, that was some laugh. Davie Hutton would maybe be in with a shout. Prunts, obviously. 7 minutes ago, Mr November said: Hutton is a good shout. Quite funny how he seems to be disliked by fans of most of his previous clubs too, which probably adds to it. Prunty is just a hero. Important that when McCabe inevitably moves on we keep Prunty around in some form. I think that definition is spot on, which is why I'd say Hutton is a great shout. He wasn't bad for us, but wasn't great either, he would have been another entirely forgettable goalkeeper if it was just down to his goalkeeping ability (which is why every other club doesn't seem to remember him very fondly). But 3 factors make him arguably cult status. His penalty save/reaction against Celtic (helped by that photograph), his 'ability' to wind up opposition fans, and more recently his appearances as a substitute goalie last year when we were milking the emergency loan system, including a penalty save against Dunfermline. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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