Shadwell Dog

Going on last nights performance we'll need a lot more than one or two signings to compete at the top end of the league this season. Has Houston forgotten that we came 5th last season 7 points off 4th and a massive 38 points behind the league winners.

Signing Morgan cost us a playoff spot last season at the very least. If Houston had signed a half decent backup for Loy we would've ended up at least 4th after he got injured. The guy was dire and his goal soring record for us summed him up. Awful signing along with Rory Bouding.

The main problem in my opinion was that the recent players we've signed after a trial have been awful. Surely we should be able to work that out quickly enough during the trial period.

Im sure its happened before although its frowned upon due to the reasons above. However surely in our case it would be the sensible option.

Will be interesting to see who we do eventually end up signing. Whilst I agree that we should be doing more than signing up the usual suspects that are floating about our previous title winning teams have been mainly filled with players that know what this league is all about through previous experience of playing in it. It's disappointing therefore to see most of the decent players in the league having already been cherry picked by other clubs both in our league and above.

No chance or Slater of Kiltie being released unfortunately. I'd take both at Falkirk especially Slater whose one of the top young prospects in the Premier. Eremenko would be great for any championship side. I see him as a kind of Stainrod type player who would really entertain at this level. However, I can't see him dropping down a league and note that Kenny Shiels is looking at taking him to Thailand with him. Pascali is another decent player but is leaving Killie due to them cutting his wages. I doubt anyone at our level could afford him therefore Hibs, Sevco apart.

He was the latest defender we've got on loan from a top flight club who've turned out to be no better and in some ways worse than the players we already have. Marr, Perry and him and you'd be struggling to make a decent player out the three of them.

Come on it was dire.

After the embarrassment of We are the Team in 97 I wouldnt bother doing it again. Possibly the worst football song ever!!

It was Stubbs saying that basically we didnae deserve to be in the final that got Houstons goat. He didnae have a problem with him saying they'd been unlucky etc. If Queens end up in the playoffs and it would need a miracle now for us to pip them then I doubt you'll get him spouting off that they dinnae deserve it and it should be us. Fowler and Queens have done a great job this season especially considering their budget etc and fully deserve to be in 4th. There's no reason why they cant go all the way either considering their previous results against Hibs and sevco. Only problem might be the number of hard games in a short space of time.

50/50 signings success are why we're still in this division. If we're ever going to get promoted the success rate has to be a whole lot better. The fact we keep signing shit players even after giving them a few weeks trial is even more worrying. There's absolutely no excuse for that. If we start using our budget more wisely we may have a chance of competing for a place in the top flight but we'll simply get further and further away from that if we continue to sign a dud for every ok signing. Out of say 8 signings at least 6 should be decent with perhaps 2 disappointments. It shouldnt be any more than that if the managers doing his job correctly.

Baird will do fine aslong as we're in this division.

Surely if Loy was fully committed to Falkirk he wouldnt be jumping ship to Dundee!

Just shows you how much the standard has fallen in this league over the past few years. Between 2008 and 2012 he scored a massive 7 goals in 70 odd appearances.Never been impressed with him I'm afraid any time I've seen him at the numerous clubs hes been at. Bairds a player who's half decent at this level but nothing more. Will be nteresting to see how Loy does at a higher level , Unfortunately I think he'll do okay.

The big difference is though Derek Lyle is shit!!

I'd have both Taylor and Farid over Loy to be honest just like I'd have Kingsley over Leahy, Wallace over Grant, Higginbottom over Smith or Cooper, McGrandles over Taiwo or OTJ. They've all been replaced but not with anywhere near the same standard of player in most cases I'm afraid.

The problem is that our replacements are very rarely as good as the guys that go though and that has meant that the standard of the team has continued to fall away. We're nowhere near Hearts in the league and struggling for a playoff spot against a team we came 11 points ahead of last season for example.

I don't have an issue with Dundee here to be honest its Loy I'm pretty pissed off with. Could have handled the whole thing a lot better. Don't say how much you love being at a club two mins before jumping ship elsewhere especially when the club is still fighting out for a playoff spot and a bash at promotion.

Of course its well within his right and Dundees right to announce it but again its just very disappointing that he's done it at such an important part of the season. .A time when he should be concentrating his attention 100% on Falkirk but obviously that hasnt been the case. Its also well within my rights now to give him pelters from now until May for doing so and I won't be the only one. Not surprisingly we've immediately put out a statement saying that Bairds signed an extension before any mention of Loy to try and soften the blow. Its no worked I'm afraid.

Again I dont have so much of an issue with him moving on but do have an issue with the way hes carried it out. Its an important part of the season and the last thing we need is important players announcing their jumping ship. He must have known that by signing a pre contract Dundee would spout this to the press and that it is going to affect the atmosphere at the club no matter what is said. Very disappointed in him considering his words in the herald only a couple of weeks ago which now look like a load of tripe to be honest.

Whilst I dont have an issue really with him moving on in the summer if we again fail to go up via the playoffs the way hes carried this out does leave a bad taste I'm afraid especially after telling the local rag only the other week how much he was enjoying his time at the club. We basically picked him up off the soccer scrapheap and gave him the chance to play week in week out. He could at least then in my opinion have given us the courtesy of waiting to see what happened by the summer before moving on to pastures new if he wanted. To announce hes buggering off elsewhere at an important part of the season stinks of disrespect when he should be concentrating 100% on getting us into a playoff spot. I'd have no issues now if Houstie wants to stick him on the bench till May to give someone else a try up front alongside baird as Loy for me is no longer a falkirk player and should be treated as such. Whilst we have been lucky on the stiker front over the past few seasons its folly to think that will continue ad infinitum and the standard is dropping. I still think both Taylor and Farid were better strikers than Loy and if the well does dry up we're going to get nowhere nearer that elusive Premiership place.

So if Queens got promoted would they add seating or just use the seating areas they've got already? I presume that although there is no longer a requirement for 6000 seats in the top flight standing is still currently a no-no.

Its a point that should make the majority of fans pretty pissed off to be honest. The club should never have got in that mess in the first place but due to terrible bod decisions on and off the park the very future of the club was put at stake. It has resulted in the best young talent produced at this club for many a year being sold off for peanuts and has seen us stagnate in the championship for 5 years even though this talent has been brought through! Its been a totally wasted opportunity and who knows whether we'll be able to bring through so many good young players in such a short period of time again.

I agree BPM. Lessons can certainly be learned from the Hamilton board at getting best value for money for their players both young and old. Getting over a million for Tony Andreu from a championship club is a brilliant piece of business when you look at the likes of Jay Fulton now starting for Swansea in the top flight having left us for a pittance. Its pretty obvious too that during their last period in the top flight they didnt lose the plot like our mob and actually put the future of the club at risk leaving them scrambling about selling players to the first bidder. Where Hamilton fall down a little is in getting players in to replace those leaving. Making silly bids for the likes of Loy isnt doing anything for their team.

Would expect Baird to be a squad player coming off the bench and covering for Loy whilst Morgan will probably start as the second striker once he's signed. At the moment we only have the two youngsters who are a bit raw.