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We had this discussion a couple of years ago when Kenny Miller was our interim manager. We were absolutely honking, yet any opportunity to go on some form of media and salivate about Rangers, Miller would be there. I thought this was pretty bad form, others weren’t bothered, saying people can do what they want with their spare time. But Bartley is your full-time manager. It’s obviously not my place to tell Queens fans how to think, but going on the TV 24 hours after his full-time side have been dragged into a League One relegation scrap to offer his insight into a Hibs Rangers game doesn’t seem a great look to me.

I don’t think he will get it, but Donaldson is in with a shout for me. Even in the League Cup against Peterhead, he had a couple of really shaky moments where there looked a bit of a hangover from last season and the crowd were getting on his back. However, once he and Tom Lang got used to each other and built up their partnership, he’s been an absolute colossus. All while captaining the team and likely dealing the mental scars that come with playing with Brad McKay. No mean feat.

GET THAT TERRACE OPENED

Not even being wide, how on earth has Bartley not been sacked this season? For Queens to potentially be 4 points off a relegation play-off to League Two is criminal.

This thread contains well over a decade of discussion around Falkirk Football Club; most of the Pressley era, Farid kissing the coin, Challenge Cup Winners, three Scottish Cup semis, a Scottish Cup final, Houstie winding up all the right folk while building a beautiful 2015/16 side (who I still sometimes dream of); Bob McHugh's ridiculous run of last minute goals, cranes, hot tubs, trucks, numerous play-off campaigns, the buzz of the Hartley summer and the consequent collapse and relegation, Covid, Gary Holt getting trebucheted, the infamous Q&A, the Sheerin, Rennie and Griffiths banter months, fan ownership finally being secured and getting ourselves on a decent footing and finally, every detail of the glory of potentially one of the greatest seasons in the clubs recent history. And many, many more too. All under one roof. An institution. Long live The Falkirk FC Thread.

I personally think we will need a striker who fits the MacIver mould but is far more clinical. I know every club wants that but being in the Championship we’ll be a much more attractive option. Assuming Yeats stays, a no.10 and a GK would be important for me. You could even sign another first team quality RB if you wanted to free Yeats up to compete in the middle with McGinn leaving.

Scott Harrison being completely outpaced by a mid 30’s Stephen Dobbie was proper if you don’t laugh you’ll cry material. Some banter tbf

I think, of the current 11, 7-8 of them are capable of making the step up while the rest are squad player quality. 3-4 first team signings on promotion seems standard fare.

Thank you for posting this. It's actually tiresome the response on here to genuine criticism which is always labelled as 'negativity' or 'doing the team down'. Every single fan on here has been revelling in this amazing season, why wouldn't we? But I've said it before and I'll say it again; it's a discussion forum! As you've said, as an example, some people aren't arsed by rotating goalkeeper, others think it's a stupid idea. Exchange these opinions and hold different ones, fine. Even happens when the line-ups get posted and someone has the audacity to say 'hmm dk if I'd have started him', which is like the most vanilla opinion ever. Labelling everyone who makes the slightest critiques 'knicker wetters' and other names similar is just boring and negates the purpose of board like this tbh

Didn't see the game unfortunately, but that's a cracking win. Fair play to Hendo stepping back into centre-half and playing well by all account, and really glad to hear Tait had another great game. I'd really hope we can keep him next season, he's a proper classy player. The feeling when we get this over the line is going to be unbelievable. Obviously the day we win it will be class, but as I've said before, really looking forward to Accies away on the 13th. Will be some laugh I would agree that I think the three positions with the priority for strengthening would be GK, No.10 and a striker. I think you've actually got the basis of a decent Championship starting XI there if you improve in those key areas.

Yaas

Sam Long not being dropped after a massive clanger because we have to stick to this monthly rotation which no other team has ever done Edit to add: Sam Long to have the game of his life tonight and me to look like an idiot is something I’ll be totally on board with

It's not really like that at all, though. Where are people being ridiculously reactive? This is similar to the folk claiming 'heads gone' last night, when people are just making a calm observation that rotating goalkeepers on a monthly basis is a really stupid idea.

What I don’t really understand is why McGlynn would be that bothered in the first place. Does he rate Long so highly that he was scared of losing him in January? I doubt it. Is he scared of pissing off Lincoln and damaging a relationship/potential future loans? Maybe, but Long played a fair few games in the first half of the season, thus gaining some experience, and I don’t think being honest and saying your goalkeeping plans have changed and amicably ending a loan deal would do any damage. I just don’t really get what’s in it for us? Switching around two young goalkeepers on a monthly basis would be stupid if both of them were ours, nevermind a loanee who won’t be here next year. It won’t cost us this season but it’s a baffling situation nonetheless.

There were a few boos because it was a wasteful, pish performance. It wasn’t even widespread. It’s probably the first poor league performance of the season (barring the Edinburgh freak). The team have been backed to the hilt superbly by the fans this season as they themselves have been superb. Not sure it’s that deep tbh.

Clear at the top of the league and unbeaten or not, that was absolutely minging. Agree with others, this changing the keeper nonsense has to get binned. Hogarth was MOTM last week ffs, why would you drop him? I was a bit surprised to see McGinn starting but actually thought he was fine. Nesbitt was back to the player we were used to the last two years and was gash, while MacIver is clearly a clever player but nowhere near clinical enough. In the Championship, passing up the number of chances he does may prove costly. Also thought Ross was very poor when he came on. Pass marks to McCann, Lang and Yeats. Can we please just play our strongest 11 until this is won please, and then we can fanny about? Response on Tuesday required.

Search the definition of 'lettuce wrists' and you'll find Kevin Dabrowski. Pretty sure every time I've watched Rovers this season he's fucked up.

Put the Edinburgh fans in a MAN truck and sell all three stands to home fans.

I want it at home cause the place would be bouncing and we'd make £££. Win win.

You've fucked this title race right up, haven't ya? Eh? Haven't ya? Answer me!

It’s my honestly held opinion that I don’t think too many tears would have been shed if McGlynn had been given the boot after the Airdrie result, even among those who said they wanted him to stay. It was a capitulation like no other and the most disgusted I’ve ever been after a Falkirk game in nearly two decades of going. It’s also often forgotten in the blaze of the Airdrie result that the arse completely fell out of our season in the final quarter too. Others might disagree with that and that’s fine, it’s about opinions. I said early on I’d accepted he was going to be kept but he had a lot of work to do to get me back on board - he did that very early on with some superb recruitment and a style of play which is great to watch. He deserves an absolutely enormous amount of credit for that, as do the players he’s brought in. It’s the most fun I’ve had watching Falkirk in years and the club is in a fantastic place on and off the park. My opinion on McGlynn is that he’s a very, very astute football manager and his strengths lie in player recruitment and building a very attractive team to watch. I do think he has limitations, particularly tactically - and when they’re exposed, they’re often exposed majorly - but you can’t argue that on the whole, it’s been two years of remarkable progress from where we were when he arrived to where we are now. Long may it continue.

“17 points - that’s a fact - but there’ll be no slackening”