Neil Lennon<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\nAnd it\u2019s clear Ure is relishing working under another Parkhead hero \u2013 Somerset Park gaffer Brown.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cIt\u2019s been great working for him I got a really good impression when I met him and I felt like it was going to benefit me massively because he played in the same position as me.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a big help, especially when you consider what he did at Celtic.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s been doing individual work with me to develop me as a player, working with me at heading, defensive work and what he wants from me in possession.<\/p>\n
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Ayr United boss Scott Brown and his assistant Steven Whittaker<\/p>\n
\u201cJamie Murphy has been a great help too. They\u2019ve given me one-to-ones after a training session.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe conversations the manager has had with me and the analysis he does are invaluable. For example, he had me in after we played Airdrie and we spoke about how I could switch play.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd it\u2019s paid off because we have scored goals like that since.<\/p>\n
\u201cI saw what Neil Lennon said and it was a good compliment, I just need to work hard and be professional.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spoke to the Celtic manager in pre-season and he said he would be looking for me to be ready for first-team football at 20 or 21. So I need to use this loan to prove that I\u2019m ready when I return.<\/p>\n
\u201cShaun Maloney is our pathway manager and he told me to use this loan to show I can be the best player in the Championship.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve played 90 minutes for the majority of the games. The loan move was exactly what I needed to get an introduction to men\u2019s football.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Scotland’s Kyle Ure in action for the Under-21s<\/p>\n
Now Ure will try to help Scot Gemmill\u2019s side win again in Baku after his Under-21s bow at Dens Park.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cThe idea was just to come in and do what I do and I think I managed that. Azerbaijan will be a tough game but we\u2019re going to try and exploit their weaker areas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gemmill is hoping his kids can erase a painful memory of his last visit to Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n
He was Scotland Under-17s boss when they lost 1-0 but is confident his free-scoring side can keep up their standards from the Gibraltar gubbing.<\/p>\n
Gemmill said: \u201cAzerbaijan seem to be a lot stronger at home and they drew with Bulgaria in their last game here.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be very difficult and that\u2019s why I was so pleased we scored so many goals against Gibraltar.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe attitude was really good. They played with real purpose and intent.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it will be a challenge for them to show it wasn\u2019t just because it was against Gibraltar, they have to do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Hoops kid – on loan at Ayr United – scored on his Scotland Under-21 debut and impressed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[99728,2352,2628,94,48725,13315,70572,163767,42425,18714,1638,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-498445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-ayr-united-fc","9":"tag-brendan-rodgers","10":"tag-celtic-fc","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-neil-lennon","13":"tag-scotland-football-team","14":"tag-scotland-u19s-football-team","15":"tag-scotland-u21s-football-team","16":"tag-scott-brown","17":"tag-scottish-championship","18":"tag-scottish-premiership","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115371813090664848","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Ayr United’s on-loan Celtic kid Kyle Ure, middle(Image: SNS Group)<\/p>\n