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What’s the crowd like numbers-wise?

Would love to know what McCann has done to Rennie. Must be pretty galling seeing the shite that get picked ahead of him.

I'm somewhere between ambivalence and having mildly positive feelings towards what the new board have done since coming in, given the absolute mess that they took over. It's still very early days. The first decision they could take that would make me heavily question their collective judgement would be keeping Rennie in the face of all evidence.

Sounds like some players were unhappy with Cones getting the boot? Also, clear digs at Rennie in that. Dixon knows he's away so probably doesn't give a f**k. It really isn't great reading, but hey, at least he's being honest. Makes a nice difference from Rennie's PR spin talk.

There is a difference between being a fan and a cheerleader. Players will support all kinds of teams, that's not the issue though. If Holt had referred to Killie as "we" during his time with us, I doubt you would be as forgiving. You've already pointed out how fucking rancid we are, so I'd suggest yes? I suppose it's what kind of commitment you want from someone to turn it around. I'd rather he was devoting the majority of his time trying to fix Falkirk, the team he is employed by and paid by. Rather than taking a cheque to talk about how Rangers have defensively set up, maybe question why his own team are getting bodied 3-0 at home off of Montrose and 4-1 off of Airdrie.

Folk aren’t getting ‘more wound up’ by Miller being a pundit than us being shite, though. That isn’t happening. It’s just a massive riddy when your assistant manager seems to be on some form of media outlet every second day talking about Sevco, while referring to them as “us” and “we”. Get him to f**k.

Wee Kenny on the TV tonight talking about his big team again x

Gary Holt is an absolute c**t and it is a mark of absolute shame he was allowed to return to the club and pull some strings. Dictionary definition charlatan. Seems like his pal Fergus isn't too dissimilar in character.

I know this is totally off-topic and old news, but it's better than talking about our chances on Saturday. I saw on the Airdrie thread that they're talking about the possibility of Alan Gow going to them in some youth development capacity. I didn't really pay attention to the thing with him being Head of Football Operations, what with Covid being the main concern at the time in 2020 - can someone tell me the story of his appointment and why he left after so little time? I remember Deans making a snidey comment at the infamous Q&A, but he didn't really go into much detail.

I'm not so sure. Perhaps it would be less of an issue, but tbh it would still bug me the amount of time he spends windbagging about Sevco.

Aye, it's just as well we are just about safe from finishing 9th. Rest assured, if we entered a relegation play-off with this group of professional losers, we'd be playing League 2 next season.

Replacing Doyle with Mercer was one of the biggest indicators M&M were clueless. Doyle isn't exactly peak Cafu but I'd argue the case he's been the best RB we've had since being in League One.

I know the pattern of our decline can be traced back for over 10 years, but there has been many missed opportunities and critical junctures along the way. Despite the mess we made of last season, if we'd appointed a decent manager in the summer and recruited properly, this season would have been the one to challenge. The quality of the league this year is remarkably low. The fact we are 5th is weird; in many ways it is indicative of both how fucking terrible we are in comparison to the teams we should be challenging. However, it also demonstrates the lack of quality of the league holistically, given how rancid we are, yet we've pretty much sat 5th all season. Next season you'll potentially have Queens, Dunfermline and Kelty in the mix. Instead, we appointed a glorified under-12s coach and allowed that charlatan Holt to recruit. It is genuinely fucking criminal.

I'd keep Watson and McCann. The rest can go. Edit to add: McCann hasn't been good enough this year, but has shown sparks of quality and was more than good enough for this level at Airdrie. He's also one of the only ones in the entire squad who looks even slightly bothered when he plays. Watson - with a decent partner beside him - is more than good enough for a League One side challenging at the top end.

Numbers never drop as much as people predict, but I think we're finally getting as close as possible to a crunch point for a lot of supporters. From what I've seen, that crowd yesterday certainly looked like one of the lowest ever for a league game since we moved in to the stadium. Combine a cost of living crisis with a 4th season in this league - then add in keeping a total diddy like Rennie, and I wouldn't be surprised if numbers plummeted. Having the attitude that you can do whatever you want because the loyal masses will pitch up every week regardless reeks of the same perspective of the last board.

Queen's Park beating Cove. Edging closer to being put out of our misery and (hopefully) the departure of Rennie confirmed.

Fans will vote with their feet if Rennie is kept on.

The pitch has looked completely done for at least 2 seasons now. It was said when it was installed in 2013 than the uppermost limit of its lifespan was 8 years. I have no idea why it hasn't been replaced; I'd imagine monetary reasons, but it's causing us problems now.

Just watched those highlights. Holy f**k.

New BoD would destroy a lot of goodwill by keeping Rennie on despite all the evidence indicating he’s not up to it.

Holistically, Houston was a very good manager for us - I'd argue he's our only successful appointment since Yogi, which tells you absolutely everything. His first season wasn't great, but he was given somewhat of a free pass because of the big three, while the cup run largely deflected league campaign criticism. His 15/16 team thoughThey were a real shining light in the last 10+ years. What a team that was - the complete antithesis of the bunch of jokers we have now. They never knew when they were beaten; the last Falkirk team that was a pure joy to watch every week. He was, again, a victim of circumstance with Rangers and Hibs still in the league. Any 'normal' season in the Championship, that team would have run away with it. The next season we finished 2nd, we were a lot more more stuffy while still managing to get results, but the cracks began to show in terms of recruitment. He should have left after the Dundee United play-off, and was rightly dismissed after a dreadful start. People who retrospectively say we sacked him too quickly forget how clear it was that his heart wasn't in management anymore, and that was coming up 5 years ago. He's also got his safe number at Celtic back again, so there is absolutely zero chance of him returning. It is nice to sit back and remember when we had a team that actually gave a f**k and looked proud to wear the jersey, though. While Houston's teams were never world-beaters, the charlatans we have now wouldn't lace their boots.

Because he was a total fucking charlatan who was booted weeks later. Unless his removal simply came out of nowhere and wasn't planned in advance?

Anyone who goes to this meeting; please give us some updates x