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6 hours ago, Senator Frimpton said:
I think Ray should bide his time carefully until January and then sign up whoever's doing well for morton, as they're undoubtedly on horseshit contracts too
I think we will be looking at better quality than what Morton have just now.
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Good to see another player not in the managers thoughts away from the club. Obviously it would have cost money but it makes room for the manager to bring in his own players.
Haber, Robson, Russell, Dallison and Harrison hopefully all in line to go next.
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24 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said:
It wasn’t, just curious what people were thinkingI think he will do well for us, he feels like a good fit for the club.
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2 minutes ago, ShaggerG said:
Wouldn't imagine that McInally will be bothered one way or the other TBH!
Thanks for pointing that out.
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8 minutes ago, Kennedys_Moustache said:
I would imagine we asked that and either Dundee or Haber were unwilling. Hard to imagine we punted Mackin, who was dross but had scored, before Haber, who is just dross and is costing more.
They have a new manager now though.
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Just getting Fasan out the starting lineup improves us.
I wonder if McInally will want Haber back at Dundee? I hope we have asked the question!
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1 minute ago, ShaggerG said:
I've only seen Russell once and thought he did quite well. Robson would be one of the first names on the team sheet for me.
There must be something going on behind the scenes with them though. If the manager doesn't fancy them for whatever reason and aren't playing then they can go.
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It's amazing how many players just aren't good enough for us now.
Russell, Robson, Sammut, Kidd, owen-Evans, O'Hara can all leave right now as far as I'm concerned.
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3 minutes ago, ShaggerG said:
Mark Kerr was an excellent player at his best and, having seen him make his debut for Falkirk (first time), I really thought that he would go on to play for Scotland.
He wasn't good for us latterly, much because he was expected to be the main man in midfield whilst playing in a struggling side.
I think he's probably enjoying an Indian Summer at Ayr as he's fitting into a midfield that's working well together and has guys around him that can do the running for him. Sometimes players just click in certain teams and situations. I'm sure Paul Paton would look good in a team full of ballers where his only role is to run around making tackles and winning the ball. As someone who can put his foot on the ball then pick out a defence splitting pass though he's rotten.
I was about to post the exact same thing. Murdoch must bring out the best in him just like Vaulks did.
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4 minutes ago, wullie robb said:
Bairn we have absolutely no idea what Buaben will be like, he hasn't played for a long time and I remember when Loy come back all the knicker wetting.
I'd rather wait to see him playing before saying what sort of difference he'll make.
I don't blame you for being cautious about any signing we make just now. What we do know is Buaben has played at a higher level and was part of the Hearts team that scooshed this league.
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6 minutes ago, Fae_the_'briggs said:
Maybe not good enough to get you promoted or challenging for a top four position but the first priority should be stopping the rot and getting in players who will fight to do that. I'm not actually saying that the players you mention should necessarily be considered but there is no need to go looking too far for better players to improve on what Hartley brought in.
Trust me it won't be hard bringing in players of better quality.
I do know what your saying and stopping the rot is the priority but that doesn't mean we need to sign mid table championship players. We have already added Buaben who will be quality at this level and we have been linked with Paul Caddis who has played at Championship level in England for a number of seasons. Just those 2 will/would make a massive difference to our starting 11.
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10 minutes ago, Fae_the_'briggs said:
Simple really, Hartley didn't want to sign the usual "jobber" level of player, backed by the fans, his quality level of recruitment has failed big time and he was binned, yet you think Ray should go down the same route because players of Morton (or presumably QoS or Dunfermline, etc,) standard aren't good enough to improve on the dross that Hartley signed. You would be better to get some jobbers and journeymen in, players who know what this level is about, to try and stop the rot, that should be Ray's first priority.
Where did I say McKinnon should go down the same route as Hartley? I said we should be looking at better players than what Morton currently have.
We had Tumilty last season and McHugh was with us for a few season, both not good enough.
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56 minutes ago, AL-FFC said:
Can we just accept the following:
Houston done a good job for the time he was in however towards the end of his tenure things were going a bit stale and the replacements in quality for Vaulks, Leahy etc were sub standard/not good enough.
Hartley understandably felt there was something going on when taking over from Houstie and had a clear out what was brought in were good enough to keep us in the league and pull clear of Dumbarton, unfortunately between Hartleys man management skills being sh*t and our English based Scout (Mitch) the 2 of them made a horses arse of player recruitment.
McKinnons recruitment at Morton seemed to have them clicking prior to him leaving and provided he is backed by the board then i reckon he will do alright for starters at least he will have seen the players he recruited unlike Hartley.
Long story short we cant do any worse and the only way is up providing the rest of the team get their collective fingers out their arses. Oh and we recruited a team that look like football players but are clearly not.Couldn't have put it better myself!
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1 minute ago, Fae_the_'briggs said:
Wasn't that supposed to be Hartley's thinking too when he made all those great signings.
Yes. What's your point?
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3 minutes ago, Hannibal Lecturer said:
Well I heard that there are a few Morton players desperate to quit them and come and play for Ray at FFC. Lets see what happens when the window opens.
Hopefully Ray has a better quality of player in mind than the Morton players.
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I see the 2019 calendar will be Falkirk legends instead of the current squad.
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He is going on about folk not having a clue about football, his preferred line up yesterday had Russell playing right wing, couldn't make it up
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4 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said:
Don’t know, but it’s listed a few pages back.
I found it online, just those 3 and Petra.
I was expecting more than those 4. Lewis for example. It could have been a lot worse.
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So who in our squad were given 2 year deals? I know Dallison, Harrison and Paton were but was there anyone else?
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Jesus what the hell is going on in here
What is Edibairns argument? I'm struggling to make head nor tail of it all!
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6 minutes ago, AL-FFC said:
The squad that finished twice had Vaulks and Leahy in it not to mention John Baird (regardless what you think of him we are one of the 2 clubs where he has been effective as a goal scorer) and Bob McHugh
We finished 2nd without Vaulks as well.
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14 minutes ago, EdiBairn said:
Nope, the squad we had pre-January was unbelievably bad according to some on here, despite finishing 2nd twice. They also don't seem to have noticed the fact almost all of them are now playing above us. Absolute brain donors.
I agree with some of what you say but your just making an ass of yourself now.
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4 minutes ago, TheScarf said:
Was 3 of Falkirk's wins after the new year last season not against Brechin? I mind Hartley went through a 2 or 3 week spell of actively trying to get games postponed.
Yes we did beat Brechin 3 times but we also picked up another 7 wins against other teams. Hartley must regret making so many changes now.
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10 minutes ago, Shodwall cat said:
Sorry I hadn't finished my post fully. I agree he had a few decent signings but around 50% is still pretty miserable to me. You need to be hitting the 90 %s to win championships and be a success.
Yes it was 50/50 I suppose. The poor signings were all English as well. I think we need to steer clear of them for now
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Trust me we don't need to spend through the nose to improve on what we or Morton have just now.