Lanky Highlander Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Hmmmm, my planned trip to the game from Highland doesn’t look promising… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzar Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Was planning on taking the weans to this but now doubtful - Saturday's at 3pm are always better than re-arranged evening games for us parents. Ah well, the delights of Dunfermline will have to wait a bit longer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Glimmer of hope is that whilst tomorrow and Friday have certain death weather warnings for anyone not cowering under their dining table, Saturday is just a yellow warning of regular terrible weather. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rb123 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 6 hours ago, The Toun Clock said: One of my favourite away days. We took the lead, you equalised before HT, then we go down to 10 men but went on to score. Sure we won twice down at Somerset in a matter of weeks, Scottish Cup then league. Ayr never recovered and Peterhead ended up being out biggest challenge. There was quite a bit of needle between the players that season. Started off with Ayr winning at East End in the September, couple of bag tackles and a season ending injury then it carried on from there. The games mentioned above in November/December were good but the game later in the season when El Bak scored that overhead kick was class. I remember going to a Norrie McCathie tribute night at Carneige Hall around December time and Ian McCall was one of the guests, he got roasted as had been in the press talking up how Ayr were the better team, better players etc. Pretty sure it all started over the Craig Moore challenge on your CB which wasn't actually a bad challenge but the way the CB's leg was placed it snapped completely backwards. What really kicked it off is the fact we played on for about 30 seconds after it which tbf the ref never stopped the game, pretty sure it was a couple of our players who got the attention of the lino 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob1885 Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Rb123 said: Pretty sure it all started over the Craig Moore challenge on your CB which wasn't actually a bad challenge but the way the CB's leg was placed it snapped completely backwards. What really kicked it off is the fact we played on for about 30 seconds after it which tbf the ref never stopped the game, pretty sure it was a couple of our players who got the attention of the lino Was a scissor tackle from behind no? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallumPar Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 6 hours ago, Cardle is Magic said: ScotRail binning loads of services between tomorrow and Saturday… Also no trains between Edinburgh and Fife all weekend, due to engineering works. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 14 hours ago, Rb123 said: Pretty sure it all started over the Craig Moore challenge on your CB which wasn't actually a bad challenge but the way the CB's leg was placed it snapped completely backwards. What really kicked it off is the fact we played on for about 30 seconds after it which tbf the ref never stopped the game, pretty sure it was a couple of our players who got the attention of the lino From what I remember, and the memory has a tendency to be very biased! It wasn't a good tackle. Robs description of it being a scissor tackle is how I remember it. Someone earlier had said about not many Ayr players from that side getting into the Dunfermline side, but I was a big fan of Ross Doherty that season, from what I remember he got injured and that seemed a big contributor to Ayr falling away a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No_Problemo Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 In general, Dunfermline were absolutely heads gone after that game so I imagine that may be clouding the memory somewhat.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
par-adise Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 22 hours ago, 101 said: I don't know if it's possible but it's to have calmed down on Sunday so why not change it now, to Sunday at 3pm, rather than wait for it to be called off and then look to reschedule it later in the season. Feel like this is one of those that's more complicated than it sounds (e.g. changing security/police/hospitality staff shifts at short notice), but if it's possible would definitely seem like a good idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Have some faith in Magic Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Is Dunfermline in the amber rain zone until Saturday? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 42 minutes ago, Have some faith in Magic said: Is Dunfermline in the amber rain zone until Saturday? No, only the Scottish borders at Amber for rain on Saturday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUcal Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 hour ago, No_Problemo said: In general, Dunfermline were absolutely heads gone after that game so I imagine that may be clouding the memory somewhat.. I wasn't a poster here at the time, but I remember reading it both on p&b and elsewhere online. One of the best collective heads gone I've seen. Was incredible stuff. Fwiw, Ayr posters have a tendency to be some of the most heads gone on here. As I'm sure we were when the Pars routinely pumped us for the rest of the season from that point on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 It’s the first league game we will be going in to with a collective expectation to get some sort of result. After a stinking start, in recent weeks we have looked more of a capable championship team than we have since this time last year. Dunfermline have been a mixed bag in terms of results and we been boom or bust while constantly gifting goals. We need to score two to have a chance of winning games at the moment. Ayr haven’t drawn in the league yet, 1-1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
par-adise Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 hour ago, diegomarahenry said: It’s the first league game we will be going in to with a collective expectation to get some sort of result. After a stinking start, in recent weeks we have looked more of a capable championship team than we have since this time last year. Dunfermline have been a mixed bag in terms of results and we been boom or bust while constantly gifting goals. We need to score two to have a chance of winning games at the moment. Ayr haven’t drawn in the league yet, 1-1 Our mixed bag is largely down to injuries. Don't think we had a senior player on the bench vs Partick. Should have a few back for this if it's on, but still missing our two most exciting players from last season. From the limited stuff I've seen (the Partick game on TV and some highlights), Ayr haven't looked like world beaters. Looking forward to seeing Logan Chalmers as he seems to be a player. I suspect we’ll both be scrapping around mid table come April so 1-1 wouldn't surprise me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 11 minutes ago, par-adise said: Our mixed bag is largely down to injuries. Don't think we had a senior player on the bench vs Partick. Should have a few back for this if it's on, but still missing our two most exciting players from last season. From the limited stuff I've seen (the Partick game on TV and some highlights), Ayr haven't looked like world beaters. Looking forward to seeing Logan Chalmers as he seems to be a player. I suspect we’ll both be scrapping around mid table come April so 1-1 wouldn't surprise me. The Thistle game was one of the low points, it was followed up by a game against Falkirk where Bullen made about 6 changes to formation and made 5 subs and we still didn’t manage in to the Falkirk box. We lost 3 first choice midfielders in the first week of the season and a fourth the week after and added a (so far) dud forward along side two who will barely hit double figures between them this season. The loan midfielders getting up to speed, Murphy coming back in and Dowds and Chalmers joining have made us look like a team capable of scoring goals. Unfortunately we concede them just as easy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardle is Magic Posted October 19, 2023 Author Share Posted October 19, 2023 Maybe Friday will be worse but don’t think it’s been too bad in Dunfermline today tbh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 22 hours ago, HoBNob said: From what I remember, and the memory has a tendency to be very biased! It wasn't a good tackle. Robs description of it being a scissor tackle is how I remember it. Someone earlier had said about not many Ayr players from that side getting into the Dunfermline side, but I was a big fan of Ross Doherty that season, from what I remember he got injured and that seemed a big contributor to Ayr falling away a bit. It was a foul but it wasn’t a bad challenge from memory. Moore went through the back of him but it was more the way Fordyce landed that fucked him. I think his foot and leg ended up going over the ball. It looked horrendous but it was more bad luck than anything as it’s the type of tackle you see from strikers often enough. There were far heftier challenges put in by Devlin and Adams. Adams was throwing elbows about all over the place as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Which is why challenges from behind are now a red card offence. It was chronic ffs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuyIncognito Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Currently out of the country but will be back in time for the game tomorrow. What are the odds of this game being on? Weather sounds quite bad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoBNob Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Just had a look back and it's not as bad as I remember but it's still pretty bad, comes in with a scissor motion and doesn't get the ball. Scissor challenges can be dangerous for this specific reason, Fordyce gets his legs trapped by the Ayr striker. One of those that I'm not surprised the ref doesn't give a red, but if that happens with VAR you're getting the bad news. You can see the bottom part of Fordyces leg wobbling after the challenge which is a bit graphic. I'd forgotten all about Preston aswell. On another note the extended absence from the team made fans think Fordyce was a far, far better than what he actually was from memory, by the time he was about to come back you'd have thought we were about to see Baresi strutting about, rather than the league one level player he actually was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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