AJ77 Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 4 minutes ago, Kenny_m said: The phenomenon! The streets won't forget his Dunfermline away performance. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys McCabe Hype Train Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 Contracts due to expire today, surely to goodness we get some form of communication at some point over the next few hours. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny_m Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 53 minutes ago, Rhys McCabe Hype Train said: Contracts due to expire today, surely to goodness we get some form of communication at some point over the next few hours. Obviously the club know, and have known for a considerable time the frees and who are contracted for next season which could have been released at anytime. I appreciate contract extensions and new signings might be from tomorrow but agree we need a statement asap as we don't want a repeat of the Gal situation where another club are announcing signing one of players before we've said there moving on which they're perfectly entitled to do tomorrow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD1711 Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 Dylan Corr just signed up with Consilium, our style of play would definitely suit him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny_m Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 19 minutes ago, KD1711 said: Dylan Corr just signed up with Consilium, our style of play would definitely suit him. It's a formality then as he's out of contract today! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 You lot should be turfing Celtic B out, if plastic pitches aren't good enough for the premiership their b teams shouldn't be playing on them either. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ77 Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 Just now, FFC 1876 said: You lot should be turfing Celtic B out, if plastic pitches aren't good enough for the premiership their b teams shouldn't be playing on them either. Don't disagree but if there giving us a good sum of money yearly then hard to turn down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr November Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 Aberdeen away on a Tuesday night… GROUP A Saturday July 13 Dumbarton v East Kilbride (3.00pm) Queen of the South v Aberdeen (Premier Sports, 5.15pm) Tuesday July 16 Airdrieonians v East Kilbride (7.45pm) Queen of the South v Dumbarton (7.45pm) Saturday July 20` Dumbarton v Airdrieonians (3.00pm) East Kilbride v Aberdeen (3.00pm) Tuesday July 23 Aberdeen v Airdrieonians (Premier Sports, 7.45pm) East Kilbride v Queen of the South (7.45pm) Saturday July 27 Aberdeen v Dumbarton (3.00pm) Airdrieonians v Queen of the South (3.00pm) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Diamond For Me Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 This could be quite a serious blow to our business model. How many teams play at New Broomfield now? The first team, Celtic B, Celtic women, Glasgow University, presumably our reserves as well. We saw what a tattie field Firhill was when Queen's Park were there, and that was just one team. We'll have to pay for somewhere else for all our teams to train as well, if we get a grass pitch in. Between extra expenses and loss of revenue, getting promoted could be seriously costly for a club like Airdrie. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moses1924 Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 1 hour ago, A Diamond For Me said: This could be quite a serious blow to our business model. How many teams play at New Broomfield now? The first team, Celtic B, Celtic women, Glasgow University, presumably our reserves as well. We saw what a tattie field Firhill was when Queen's Park were there, and that was just one team. We'll have to pay for somewhere else for all our teams to train as well, if we get a grass pitch in. Between extra expenses and loss of revenue, getting promoted could be seriously costly for a club like Airdrie. I would think this one we would deal if we were going up, rather than do anything on the off chance something which hasn't happened for 32 years was to come about. Presumably a grass pitch could be laid over a summer or we could ground share for the first month of a season if we go up, the plastic pitch must make the Stadium Company a decent ammount of money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny_m Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 1 hour ago, A Diamond For Me said: This could be quite a serious blow to our business model. How many teams play at New Broomfield now? The first team, Celtic B, Celtic women, Glasgow University, presumably our reserves as well. We saw what a tattie field Firhill was when Queen's Park were there, and that was just one team. We'll have to pay for somewhere else for all our teams to train as well, if we get a grass pitch in. Between extra expenses and loss of revenue, getting promoted could be seriously costly for a club like Airdrie. I wonder if our owner will stand down from SPFL board after this. SPL killed our club before with the ridiculous 10,0000 seated stadium rule and now this. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionate Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 On 30/05/2024 at 16:14, Diamonds are Forever said: With respect, I'm not sure what that has to do with the original point. You said the club wasn't offering 2+ year deals, I'm certain they'd be handing out 2 year deals to our best players if they wanted them, but for reasons explained above I don't think those players generally will. Hopefully hear good news soon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionate Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 11 minutes ago, moses1924 said: I would think this one we would deal if we were going up, rather than do anything on the off chance something which hasn't happened for 32 years was to come about. Presumably a grass pitch could be laid over a summer or we could ground share for the first month of a season if we go up, the plastic pitch must make the Stadium Company a decent ammount of money. All clubs will just have to wait and not rush into anything, it's a media driven farce... Dinosaurs not wanting to move with the times, once United got promoted and Livi dropped out this was always going to happen... Airdrie will have no plans to go grass unless they win the championship, which is very unlikely... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapelhall chap Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 Clearly Dundee's mud bath provoked this move by the big guys and it could impact on how our business model has been progressing. Our plastic based pitch does appear to be well regarded and I have no great data on how the industry behind it ,has improved, but it seems as usual a self centered decision from the Premier clubs. I don't think they showed who voted for it but in realpolitik, the power forces usually win. Should we ever be close to going up we'd be given one year on the plastic? So just do it and get the parachute payment on return to Championship or invest for Premier riches? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys McCabe Hype Train Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 3 hours ago, Kenny_m said: I wonder if our owner will stand down from SPFL board after this. No, he won’t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds02 Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 25 minutes ago, Rhys McCabe Hype Train said: No, he won’t. Tbf not sure why he would, it was the clubs’ decision 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinburghhonestman Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 1 hour ago, Chapelhall chap said: Our plastic based pitch does appear to be well regarded and I have no great data on how the industry behind it ,has improved, but it seems as usual a self centered decision from the Premier clubs. The problem is that some of the plastic pitches in the top division have been awful - Killie and Livi's are barely good enough for Boy's Brigade games. Yours is good, as is East Fife's. I've often thought Ayr play better on a good plastic pitch than we do on grass. A better route would have been minimum standards on pitch and maintenance and an annual inspection to keep standards up 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds02 Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 12 minutes ago, edinburghhonestman said: The problem is that some of the plastic pitches in the top division have been awful - Killie and Livi's are barely good enough for Boy's Brigade games. Yours is good, as is East Fife's. I've often thought Ayr play better on a good plastic pitch than we do on grass. A better route would have been minimum standards on pitch and maintenance and an annual inspection to keep standards up That would require common sense unfortunately 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Fernández Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 (edited) I see that Rhys Armstrong who plays for Spartans has started following Airdrie on Twitter, don't know too much about him but it would be interesting to see if he would be able to make the step up. Edited May 31 by David Fernández 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD1711 Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 41 minutes ago, David Fernández said: I see that Rhys Armstrong who plays for Spartans has started following Airdrie on Twitter, don't know too much about him but it would be interesting to see if he would be able to make the step up. Seal of approval from a player. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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