CallumPar

He’d probably fit what we’re looking for. He’d be a more mobile player to play with Bene and is a defender who is comfortable with the ball at his feet. I still can’t see this though. He’s fairly injury prone and prone to brain farts. But maybe McPake/Mackay believe they can improve some of his decision making. Not seen/heard this mentioned at all by any Pars fans, just seen a few Rovers fans mention it. So I’d imagine it’s just speculation for now.

FWIW Dundee were 11th when they sacked McPake, not bottom. Regardless, I agree that there’s no chance they’ll be coming back for him. Big decision for Dundee, with whoever takes charge facing a challenge to keep them up. Wonder what this could mean for the likes of Fisher, Byrne, McCowan and various other out of contract players - perhaps more likely they’re all released, so that the manager has more budget available to bring in their own players?

Don’t disagree with any of that. The Allan red is debatable. But I criticise inconsistencies in officiating, and we had O’Hara sent off (and an appeal rejected) for a very similar challenge. No malice/aggression, just considered too high or out of control I’d assume. I think both O’Hara and Allan’s red cards were harsh, but maybe that’s how referees have been advised to deal with that? Can’t understand how McCann wasn’t sent off. Also can’t understand the Falkirk numpties on here claiming it was a soft penalty. Clear penalty, clear red card. The decision should have been just as easy as Rae’s red card. Not sure how the referee has decided not to give the red. Not giving McCann a red card is honestly the worst refereeing decision that we can see on the highlights.

So you want to see an Incident again, but didn’t watch the highlights? Falkirk’s highlights show the incident - Allan pulls the Airdrie defender down and the defender drags him down with him. Your own highlights package shows that the ref got the decision spot on. It’s not the ‘easy route’ it’s the correct route.

I genuinely think McGlynn’s just an idiot. The shape worked for half an hour or so against us, because it came as a surprise and we hadn’t prepared for it. We adapted and coped with it from that point. Inverness highlighted the vulnerabilities on national tv. You’ve played that system for a while now and teams have had a chance to see how to stop it/how to get through it. Airdrie did their homework and managed to exploit these vulnerabilities. The gaps that Inverness and Airdrie found are to do with the formation and his lack of accountability for that is very poor. There’s a reason McPake changed our tactics/team every single week. We kept the opponents guessing. Even once the starting 11 was announced, nobody really knows exactly how we’d set up. McGlynn doesn’t seem adaptable enough for modern football. I’d also add, in the game where we came back from 3-0 down at Airdrie, we made a double sub after 32 minutes and changed the shape 3 times during the match. I just don’t think McGlynn has the understanding of football to be able to do that. That being said, he can’t take the blame for nobody closing down Airdrie players shooting from outside the box. He can’t be blamed for the players switching off after clearing the initial corner. He can’t be blamed for Burrell jumping away from the wall/ball. He can’t be blamed for McCann’s needless foul at the end. The players need to accept their roles in that. Donaldson seemed to enjoy doing his usual of switching off/doing nothing useful, then screaming at everyone to show the fans he’s really passionate…

Just watched the highlights. Falkirk’s defending is shocking. But on the main talking points. I expected a bit more controversy, given comments from Falkirk fans… What on earth was Burrell doing at the free kick? Jumping away from the ball/wall. That’s absolutely abysmal from him. Josh Rae stupid for the sending off. Nobody can have any complaints about that. Fordyce could have been more decisive, rather than forcing his keeper to come out so far, when it was never a ball he looked likely to win. Falkirk TV seemed to show the incident where Allan does pull the defender down, then get dragged down, as if it should have been a Falkirk free kick. But it actually shows the ref got it spot on. Allan red card. In the modern game, you can’t have any complaints. We recently had O’Hara sent off for the same kind of thing (also away to Airdrie) and had an appeal rejected. It’s dangerous to leave your foot in that high. Airdrie’s penalty is stonewall and there’s an argument it could have been another red. Striker had turned the man and was in on the keeper, who was glued to his line.

“We played the diamond against Dunfermline, played it against Alloa. We’ve actually been getting our best results in that” very cute that your manager says of your best results this season was a 2-2 draw at home to us, having been 2-0 up.

But will they do that? McGlynn seems to stick to pointless possession, passing it about the back even when they need a goal. Seen it a few times this season. Falkirk’s players are absolutely capable of pulling it back. Just as Airdrie are capable of imploding again. But I’m not sure I’d back McGlynn to go with the all out attack/direct tactics needed for this. Having said that, he did it for the first half hour in our last trip to TFS and it was very effective.

I’d have thought so, but 24 hours ago the majority on here were criticising those saying McGlynn should be sacked…

Typical diddy club, can’t even get the score right.

Peter Grant and John Hughes are available

Up against 10 men and Falkirk managed to get more red cards than shots on target in the final 20 mins. Still not worked out that you need to score goals? Actually Airdrie have just made it 6

I don’t ever remember this. Fairly sure we’ve always had patg/single match tickets for any open stands.

Josh Rae getting sent off? Can’t say I’m surprised. Should have been sent off in both games I’ve seen him. Only got the one ref though. Airdrie collapsing again now.

Not being funny. Just seen the lineups. Why did McGlynn start with 2 of his best players on the bench? Morrison and Kucheriavyi surely 2 of the first names on the team sheet? What a clown.

The Pars are having a party, the Bairns have shat the bed (again).

Should have sacked that bottlejob before the playoffs. Kinda glad you didn’t though. Banter years continue.

Yep. I think we just make every seat available for STs. Wonder if we might consider opening the NE for patg next season, if the NW is busy/full with STs. Don’t think we’ve opened Section L either.

McGlynn’s team bottling it in a big game? Some things will never change. The Bairns are falling apart again… Having said that, I’ve seen Airdrie throw away this sort of lead before!

I get that each position is voted on individually and Fordyce is a good player. Personally, I’m just surprised Airdrie have the same number of players as us and, as I say, I think I’d take out one of their defenders to balance that out. But that’s not how it works, I know. On their day, Airdrie have been a great team. But their defence has collapsed multiple times, as we’re all aware. Airdrie conceded 3 or more in 25% of their games. But, as you allude to, I think you got around 13 clean sheets? Consistency was clearly an issue with your defence and it was your defensive deficiencies that meant you didn’t challenge for the title in my opinion. So it surprises me that Airdrie players make up 50% of the back 4 in the team of the year.

I’d be surprised if McGowan wasn’t at least invited back for pre-season to prove his fitness. He’s only just got himself fit. If he lets himself go over the break, he’d be a poor signing. If he keeps himself fit and can get a full pre-season, he’d be a good player to have around the squad.

Airdrie getting 2 defenders is a strange one - their defence hasn’t been that good. Can’t argue with the majority of it, but that’s a strange one. I’d definitely have put another CB in there ahead of Fordyce. Fontaine has been decent and Falkirk have the second best defence in the league.

It’s genuinely just been teams parking the bus and we’ve struggled to break them down. That’s why we’ve only conceded in 8/18 home games. Worth pointing out that Clyde and Peterhead between them scored 50% of the away goals at East End this season - the ‘stronger’ teams have generally played for 0-0 until we score, with the exception of Airdrie (who scored both games) and Falkirk, who played well in the first half of their first visit. Championship will be a different challenge. Our defence/keeper will be tested much more, but our attacking players should also get more space - albeit, up against better teams/players. Having said that, we’ll be signing some better players too. Also, why are you saying the home form hasn’t been good? We had a better home record than any other team in the league ffs.

All the best to O’Hara and Todorov. Both given 100% and contributed some good goals, in important games. Genuinely hope they both go on to have good careers. Just the nature of football though, we need to improve and they’re out of contract.

We topped the ‘home’ league table and the ‘away’ league table. Had the best defence in the league by 18 goals, best GD in the league by 11 goals. We won more games than anyone else. The gap from 1st to 2nd was bigger than the gap from 2nd to 5th. We also used the lowest number of players in the league (21). Airdrie were second lowest with 26. Peterhead apparently used 40 different players over the course of the league campaign! I think the club records we’ve set are: - most clean sheets in a league season (21) - fewest goals conceded in a league season (21) - fewest goals conceded at home (10) and away from home (11) in a league season - most points in a league season (81) - most consecutive league games unbeaten (24 and counting) Also our first season unbeaten at home in all comps in 90 years. Probably missed a few milestones/achievements. I don’t know about you guys, but I think McPake’s first season has been alright?