knee jerk reaction

Thought we looked better everywhere today Taylor-Sinclair had a good debut and we could've scored more. Ref was terrible, missed their keeper saving outside the box, Buchanan could've been off and the penalty was a terrible decision. Next week is massive but we should be far more confident than we would've be 2 weeks ago.

Poll is a good step forward and hopefully one that will be used again if or when there's big issues arise. Irrespective of the Goodwille issue it's really a good move by the FSS and certainly makes me feel more positive about contributing every month and the organisation overall.

This exactly, scared to go in for a 50:50 or even a 70:30 in his favour. Looked slightly better when he got stuck up front as he wasn't putting his body on the line.

Dowds back really means Rennie should be looking more at a defender or midfielder with an attacker the last area to strengthen but saying that another back up would be good.

Hopefully game will be on this Saturday. Maybe having had more time with the squad will have helped Rennie. Dowds back helps and if we go up via play off and arbroath don't go up, he'll be in the championship next season in a far bigger better supported team.

I think the whole Goodwille thing shows why we need a really good scouting system. Most of our fans watch us, sometimes will be impressed by an opponent, most fans will also watch games from the top leagues in Scotland, England, italy etc on sky/bt etc. So fans don't really see/know the options we could be looking at, resulting in the Goodwille debate every transfer window. Purely my opinion but I do think it'd be a bad move for the new board going forward and isn't worth dividing the fans over this.

Just checking that some on here do realise a lot of the posts on Facebook are guys on the wind up. One or two are on all the time engaging in terminally unfunny posts trying to get a reaction (and unfortunately usually getting one)

Just means we have some massive zoomers in our support, the vast majority of our support (like the majority of people in our town) are decent but there's a minority of bams as there are in every support or town. We're lucky as the old firm hoover up a %age of bams from all over Scotland so we actually as a support have less idiots than we should.

Football hackers. The science and art of a data revolution by Christoph Biermann. Am around halfway through it and it's very interesting, couldn't help wondering how mental our support or guys on here would go if we appointed a Klopp or Tuchel at the beginning of their management career!

A small aside, got a book about data analysis in football (expected goals, no of sprints, miles run etc) and how it's used. There was a mention of Vancouver in there, wondering if Rennie would be willing to use some of the stats/data to some effect with us. Interesting book so far, Guardiola, Klopp and Tuchel all mentioned regularly. I realise we might not have the money or resources for this though.

Merry Christmas to all Falkirk fans, hope it's a good one and our team don't waste boxing day for us all!!

That was a great trip, my first time on Elliott's bus having stuck by the official bus for a season or so. Was the first time I heard the music man performed by a Mr S Steele Esquire can still mind crying with laughter at that, some good photos from that day on social media.

P.s pure coincidence but I was in Sligo

Sorry Vaduz was a glory hunters game with 1000 there, 1st European game ever, touristy fans went over. Real fans went to Sligo for a mere challenge cup game only 80 there, these REAL FANS should get priority

Why not? In a few minutes I could come up with 500 for grounds with 1 stand or say under 3000 capacity. Extra size and stands increases capacity. Take into account things like transport ie 20000 travelling to glasgow for a game and reduce larger grounds capacity by a greater extent. If I can do that myself in a couple of minutes then I'm sure the Scottish or any other government could do better than a "one size fits all" arrangement.

I think more people would be ok if the rules made sense, 500 in 1 stand at east fife should equal 1500 in 3 stands at Falkirk or the illogical way 380 can be in a stand outside while 100 plus can be inside watching the game in the south stand bar.

Club put in a bad position but they must put a system in for the next time as some people will never get a ticket for a game.

If I were to get a ticket in a ballot then I'd give it back for someone else, am working boxing night so no drink. I'd rather go to another game where I could have a few in behind the goals. Could be a similar scenario to start of the season, so many got tickets for 1 game then the other season ticket holders got the next game although with only 1 in 5 getting in would be worse than before.

There's 2 ways the position with Holt can go and something needs done as he's toxic to a lot of fans at the moment. One way he's fired and out the club, the other way is the new board give a very precise statement about Holt's role and what he need to achieve in this role. This would take away any of the ambiguity about what he actually does or is responsible for. It seems to me as a fan but with no inside knowledge of the running of the club that no-one really knows who he signed or didn't and what he's doing day to day. If he's a positive with the new board and manager then good, if not he has to go and sooner rather than later.

Would rather talk about Elliott's bus windows getting panned in than our team at the moment. I can remember windows going at thistle, hearts and bizarrely Montrose! I think there may have been more but was often more than one bus at the time and I might have been fortunately on the other bus.

We started well yesterday but once they scored then there's just no believe we can come back in that team, rather than roll up the sleeves for a battle they rolled over. We need a leader in that team someone who won't settle but fight and get everyone else in the team going as well. 2nd half yesterday was a disgrace. The new manager has a huge job on his hands and we quite simply cannot afford a bad transfer window in January

Was on the elliot's bus at thistle when the windows got put in back in the day still have an anecdote that I tell from that day (anecdote, I'm so middle class these days) good to know our new manager was there as well. Looks like a brilliant appointment so let's hope it works out.

Just a small point, saying he hasn't used the brentford model SINCE leaving use isn't a defence or proof of what happened with Hartley it just shows that even he isn't that much of a f*****g lunatic to try and bring players like Dennon Lewis and Sammut and loads more to any team up here.

What's the point of a new board, fans getting involved etc if we're not going to advertise the manager's job and go through the candidates? We're supposed to be changing from the boardroom down and yet would be giving the job to Rice without going through due process, exactly what we did with Hartley. If we were to advertise, interview etc and Rice gets the job then fair enough but basically a coronation doesn't sit right, if that's what happens. I see the FSS are having a night in behind the goals on monday to meet and discuss with the new board members, might ask about manager's job then if I can get along and it hasn't been done already!

We went from Mcgovern to a young inexperienced keeper, lost Leahy for a not ready Tony Gallagher, lost Valks in midfield and having been lucky upfront with Farid, Taylor and even Baird we were weaker upfront as well. How many managers could lose the players Houston did and not have the team suffer? To be fair though some of the incoming players like Harris etc was terrible recruitment. Anyway the next transfer window is the most vital now and we really need to get it right, starting with the new manager.