The leap from player to manager is difficult. Talents which maintained your career on the field, like technique, fitness and an ability to follow team instructions, mean nothing. Instead, you are required to support, develop and discipline players who work in a constant state of flux. You need to understand and work within budgets, and you know that a few bad results will see grown men yell obscenities at you to compensate for whatever inadequacy they have (they are always there).
So why wouldn’t Scott Brown want to manage Ayr United? Setting all the negatives aside, Scott needs to do something to get him through the days, months and years ahead. Being retired and wealthy in your thirties must be great, but what gets you out of bed and going in the morning? The novelty of hair care will soon fade.
His one full season in charge of Fleetwood Town ended with a respectable midtable finish, but the current campaign started disastrously and Scott was hooked six games in. Things did not improve for Fleetwood who are bottom of League One without a win in 13 games.
Ayr are a different challenge. A win over bottom side Arbroath last night, with Scott watching from the stand, saw them move out of the relegation play-off place. Next up they have the monied Queens Park, who now occupy that play-off spot. Their campaign could pivot before Scott has time to learn all the player’s names.
For Celtic, it would be helpful to foster good relations with another Scottish club. Our fringe players benefit from loans in the hands of a manager who knows our systems and where they can be watched every game by a Celtic coach. Hopefully we’ll see a couple make the journey before the month is out.
We’ll discuss Matt O’Riley tomorrow. Celtic’s face is set to stone to any club asking about him. It will be a nervy few days, nonetheless.
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GENE
The players they have missing should be back .
3 i think on International duty .
Marspapa
The so should ours.
Sheep game
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Better pitch than us….
GENE
Sorry I meant they are missing them big time tonight .
Both teams are shite tbh
Marsapa and Vinnie the dog. I should have known better.
Haha barbie decked on touchline
That bastard should get an Oscar, never thought anyone could beat Morelos for the theatrics …. 🤬
Evening all.
Bernie Saunders, a Jewish American politician calls the war crimes out.
Bernie Sanders: Netanyahu tells Biden ‘Screw you’ on Gaza de-escalation
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Nite all
Brian
Fucker scores a peach. 2-0
2 seriously pish teams tbh
Test
Two attempts two goals hibs are dreadful defensively.
I dont care about hibs , ayr united or sevco – right now our board “appears” to be asleep at the wheel – I hope to be proved wrong but with money in the bank , they’ll be looking to add funds and continue taking gambles on this team and league!
Big miss from hibs ….
STEBHOY,
I don’t believe they are asleep at the wheel they know exactly what they are doing. Just another in a long list of transfer windows with no strategic plan. Despite what many on here like to insist the football side of the house is managed day by day with no thought to a plan to improve.
Steboy
Agree and disagree
We could be buying everyone and their dug and we have the cash to do that
We did that in the summer and the board got hammered
IMHO we are a striker and (maybe) a left back away from a solid team this year
We will win this league, our team is now nearly injury free (and will mostly stay that way playing 1 game a week – unlike the first period of the season when we play multiple mid week champions league games)
KTF
Clunks,
The board were slaughtered last summer because we were weaker after the window than we were before it.
By the way who do you think scouted our summer signings?
Not a trick question I have no idea.
TIMMY7_NOTED
Me neither tbh matey
We bought a lot of projects and some are starting to show their strength
Others may get moved on as they do not meet the grade
After the last transfer window, this one is not another for projects
Am not sure we will take that
A striker, and maybe a left back
Joe hart has been solid so far
So we can hold that off till the summer
What do you think???
Also
The board will get slaughtered this summer when we sell O’Reilly and CCV
And don’t bring in like for like…..
Striker is the priority for me.
It’s not about the individuals though as far as I’m concerned its the lack of a strategic plan for the improvement of the squad. New signings should be first team ready.
3-0. Marshall getting in on the act with a poor pass …neat finish .
Marshall sells another. Looks like hibs will be searching for another manager soon.
KelvinBhoy & St. Stivs: congratulations on your retirements. I’ll be doing the same on 31st of August this year although because of Summer holidays my last day of work will be on May 31st.
Burnley78: best wishes for your mum.
BRRB: hope you are enjoying your visit. Inside The Factory on BBC2 last night was about Guinness Brewery and how it struggles to keep up with production when certain individuals visit the Fair City. Guess who I thought of?
Almore
Not guilty. O’Haras and Smithwicks Red. 😁🍻
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I can’t stand the SMSM, but ….theres no smoke without fire.”
Really?As regards the SMSM, smoke often billows without even a spark of fire.
4-0
Mibbe no . Var .
3-0
On a brighter side tonight’s result may be the bullet up the arse of the board to get BR’s recruitment’s 🙃
GENE
I hope Hibs are as inept against us as they were tonight …..
Pressing , passing and posession poor ……
Hibs played it like a dead rubber end of season game .
As bad as my spelling , jeezo 🙈
Hibysmal [new word]
Fulham left back Robinson a smashing player
Wouldn’t mind buying him…..probably a queue mind you
Good evening all from Darkey Kelly’s. Great music and a mad squad from Derry City having a ball. 2 wearing Celtic shirts. 👍
Marspapa….Hibs will be a completely different team against us …they always are …and they will play like their life depended on it …they have already taken points off us at Easter Rd this season …they are not our friends 🤔
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