Anthony Fitzgerald

Easy clicks for The Herald. Difficult to convey the tone through written format. Some could interpret it as snarky, others a laugh/realistic. I’m hoping it’s to temper expectations more than anything. Hard not to get carried away after last season where everything went to plan in the league. Great news on the injury front, wonder what team he’ll play Saturday. Hopefully they aren’t being rushed back.

Fair play to Blane for getting not just one, but a reasonable few people falling for this one. A master at work.

Team dislike bigger local team shock!!!! We don’t dislike them so much as we are bigger club and have other rivals shock!!!!

I interpreted the post I quoted McGlynn knows he can’t start the season without centre halves, he will deal with it, as he will go out and sign someone. Not disputing your reply though. I am in agreement with others we don’t have the funds to do so, with the extension of contracts (and I suspect a huge increase to keep Morrison, understandable) there isn’t a lot left to play with.

Not if there isn’t any money to bring someone in and players are still injured.

Think McGlynn alluded to playing Nesbitt a bit further back. And someone else highlighted he kept the same back 4 on throughout yesterday to try and get some continuity, going into next week. Dont disagree with where we need strengthening but have heard the budget is gone. Hopefully a premier league club doesn’t mind giving us a loan or two for peanuts.

Coincidence.

Got to be Spencer and Henderson in the middle for me. Noticed a huge difference when the big man was missing in the middle. Otherwise yeah same team for me. Tait a great option though. Wouldn’t actually mind him as the 10 but wouldn’t drop Nisbett either. Good options to have, hopefully the step up in league isn’t an issue for most.

Looking at the Partick Thistle thread it doesn’t give me a lot of hope. I know fans can be biased etc but they’re usually the best judge of what a player is like. Underwhelming.

Hmm this doesn’t sound encouraging, what can we expect?

This whole situation is thoroughly depressing isn’t it.

You’ll get sympathy from this Falkirk fan certainly. Wasn’t too long ago the people in charge of our club had it run horrifically and you felt a sense of hopelessness. Depending on your squad you should be fine in League One. We were neck and neck with Raith during our first season down (a team which ended up finishing third in the Championship the following season) and we didn’t have playoffs. No guarantees of course but could have seen us do something similar to Hamilton this season. The following season we were top for the early part of the season, and if you look back at our thread at that time, everyone was talking about ‘yeah we might go up but we will need to replace Miller and McCracken’, due to the lack of style/tactics. I don’t think it’s any coincidence that when Gary Holt was appointed DoF half way through a season, things unraveled. And hadn’t recovered until he left. Our Scot Gardiner if you will! Whats worked for us this year is complete unity from board, management, fans and players. You might be able to do what Hamilton did (strong dislike for the manager but still achieve promotion) but when you’ve had a season like Caley have had, it makes it trickier. I’d say you have one season to make it out or that’s when the proper decline sets in. Dunfermline, Partick Thistle, even Hamilton managed it all in recent times. I’ve no idea if moving to Kelty will help or hinder that, time will tell.

Trophy and a promotion for Rankin, must be one of Accies most successful managers ever? Congrats on your promotion!

Loser mentality when at Falkirk with Sheerin. Get McCall in.

Talk to me about McKenna, what can we expect? What position, style of play etc