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5 minutes ago, Bigbrbairn said:
I would certainly give him a go
I liked Todorov last time he was here and thought he should have had far more gametime than he was given. However, with a reduced squad size next year I suspect we'll run with three strikers and now have them all in place. Wright and Burrell out, Agyeman and McIver in to replace them.
Unless AA is seen as a winger to replace Kennedy in which case we might get one more.
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3 minutes ago, Numbers_One_To_Eleven said:
All this chat of Arfield, Sibbald (I don’t know, even a Leahy) got me thinking, there’s probably not one ex-player since 2017 that would fill these pages that anyone would want back in any capacity, be it player, coach or manager.
Er, Paul Dixon anyone??
Zak Rudden? Jordan McGhee, Tommy Robson, Reghan Tumilty, Andrew Nelson, Davis Keilor-Dunne, Aidan Connolly, Alex Jakubiak, Louis Longridge, Declan McManus, Anton Dowds, & Aidan Keena .
We've had good players, many of whom have done well at a higher level after leaving us. The problem is that we've surrounded them with too many failures who dragged them down.
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Just now, Back Post Misses said:
BB would know - 26/28 - not sure ?
We ended the season with 30 players, albeit 3 of them were on amateur contracts and 1 was an apprentice.
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2 hours ago, Harry Kinnear said:
Wonder what Bainsford Bairn is up too
I have an awards ceremony coming up shortly for the senior women and their development team. I'm always sober at the main club Inchyra ones, but the venue for this is a little closer to home so I might just get pished with the girls. Me, a few coaches and forty young women. What could possibly go wrong?
That's kind of my focus just now, hence why I shan't comment on anything else.
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47 minutes ago, Springfield said:
. As said I personally would sacrifice the first team squad numbers
Last year we finished the season with thirty signed players, albeit the three young lads were on amateur contracts and we had one apprentice. Six were out on loan and unwanted as five were released at the end of the year.
I think it's a given that the squad size will be smaller next year. Probably around 20 not including the apprentices.
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13 minutes ago, 18BAIRN76 said:
Tbh I wouldn’t expect a ‘McGlynn is staying’ statement but I would have thought the club would have said something by now. The longer it’s left it’s just like a big elephant in the room.
I spoke to the BOD member who normally writes the statements at the youth signings last night. He's as deflated as the rest of us. Other than confirming the obvious - John McGlynn is staying - I'm not sure what difference a statement would make. I'm sure we'll get one in the coming weeks as a rallying call, but nothing the club could say will change how we all feel right now.
We need the team to do the talking. On the park. Nothing else matters.
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9 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said:
I’m all for restarting youth development as long as it is done in a sustainable way that supports the first team rather than detracts from it.
The bod have been great at resisting calls to restart the academy overnight so I’m sure they’ll have done it sensibly.
From what I can see, that appears to be the case. The website article infers that most of the money to sign those four came from two commercial activities so presumably it has no impact on the first team budget. I spoke to Tony Begg last night and he said he'll be taking the team, so there's no additional coaching costs involved. I'm guessing if he needs support staff for Tuesday matchdays like a physio or assistant then existing academy people will help out.
One other benefit that hasn't been mentioned is first team fringe players. Paul Watson did an interview at the end of the season on FFCTV in which he expressed his frustration at not being able to recover match sharpness because there were no games for him to play in. I think there were about five closed-door friendlies over the course of the season and none in the last couple of months. The reserve team will play around 20 games next season, so there will be more opportunities for first teamers not involved on a Saturday to get gametime. Everything appears to be positive.
Oh, and I've watched a lot of youth games involving the four players. They're all decent and have a chance of making it.
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2 minutes ago, Amarillo Bairn said:
On another subject, you took any photos of the new O'Neils kit yet? Lol
No, it won't be launched until the first team return so probably the second last week in June.
I think the training wear goes live on 1st June as the Puma deal expires 31st May.
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15 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said:
A reserve side would not have been my priority next season but good luck to these guys
They're on modern apprenticeships and while I don't know what that pays I don't imagine it's far away from the minimum wage. What we're spending compared to what we might get back in terms of first team appearances or transfer fees makes the whole thing a no-brainer IMO.
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43 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:
Bit disappointed in the retention of Mckay and Oliver. Mckay cos he's gone back to being murder, Oliver cos of what someone above said.... We can't just keep retaining "ok for the squad" type players and there's just not enough goals in him.
Oliver was announced as a year with a years option. It depends on the specifics of what that option was. In the past the club or player had to achieve a certain threshold to trigger a second year, such as winning promotion, staying up or playing in a certain number of games.
That threshold may have already been passed leaving the club with no choice. On the other hand, while the player may be entitled to a second year that doesn't mean they'll want to stay. I'm sure John Baird was one such example when he was entitled to another year but chose to move to Inverness instead.
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15 minutes ago, Andy Dufresne said:
On recent showings do we give Paul Watson a new deal?
My gut feeling is yes.
We have three centre-halfs under contract for next season in McKay, Donaldson & Henderson plus Mackie who can play there too. And we'll have a development team with centre-halfs who can provide cover.
For those reasons I'd be astonished if PW was offered a new deal.
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1 minute ago, FFC 1876 said:
How many more announcements were they discussing?
None.
Re the timings issue, I have no idea why he came in today. However, clubs normally want things done ASAP after a target agrees to join as it reduces the chances of them being gazumped. In that regard, the first week after he's played his final game for Kelty seems logical.
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25 minutes ago, 18BAIRN76 said:
Usually comments from the manager on a story of a player signing - interesting there is nothing.
Technically he's not signed yet - that can't happen until the transfer window officially opens in June. That's the reason there is no quote from the manager, or other pics, or the usual graphic with "our new signing" at the bottom. I was in the office when they were discussing how to do the announcement.
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53 minutes ago, Rugster said:
his jersey was framed and hung on the wall in the stadium. It wasn’t where it is now from memory. It may have been in the dressing room, I can’t remember but it wasn’t in the tunnel where it is now when I worked there.
I had a look through my stock of old pics. According to the "File Info" tab on photoshop, I took this image on 1st August 2009. The top is at the same location it occupies today, which is on the back wall of the corridor between the two changing rooms which lead to the tunnel. I couldn't say where it was between 2005 and 2009 so it's possible it was indeed moved.
The club still hold a remembrance service every year on the anniversary of his passing so he hasn't been forgotten. Normally these are conducted by Mike Pirie in the tunnel area, though I remember at least one preseason tour in which Peter Houston spoke to the squad and made sure they had a minutes silence for Craig Gowans. I think we were in Ireland that year.
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54 minutes ago, Rugster said:
Fair enough on the role, maybe a bit of clarity needed on the website then.
Quite frankly though, for people who knew Craig, which I count myself as one, it really is an important thing to know about the job. I’m sure it was an oversight and I have no doubt it is regretted and will be remedied. I also hope you didn’t mean to come across as flippantly as you did with the quotation marks around important things to know about the job. Again I’m sure you didn’t and I’m maybe being over sensitive.
It wasn't flippant; it was just an attempt to illustrate a process that used to exist when I was working. (The departing employee left a "how to / guidance notes / bible" on his job for the next incumbent.) I apologise if it came across otherwise.
My guess is that with the high turnover of football staff in recent years, some important aspects of the clubs background haven't been passed on.
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11 minutes ago, Rugster said:
He’s the operations manager. He should have oversight of it. It’s his department.
Sorry, but that's not true. He's in charge of the groundstaff and stadium operations. His role covers things like maintenance, security, match safety, liaison with FCSL etc, etc. He has no input whatsoever into football matters.
Now that it's been highlighted on here I'm sure it will be fixed and added to the "important things to know about the job" manual for the next football ops guy and / or kitman.
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12 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said:
I think he's only asking as Craig Gowans was number 37 so it's surprising to see us using it, I thought it was retired.
Logan Sinclair play centre back for the U18's? Nice to see him with no fear crunching into a 50/50 in the corner.
Got you. I suspect the answer is that although the intention was that the number would be retired, there is no-one left at the club who was there 18 years ago. Although the directors would all have been fans back in those days, I doubt many of them would have realised the significance of the number, or been consulted when it was issued.
And yes Logan Sinclair plays centre half.
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3 hours ago, Russ said:
Wasn’t at the game yesterday but looks like one of the young boys McGinley was number 37. Does anyone know why?
Probably just sequential numbering.
When the the U18s play at their own level they don't have squad numbers but I'd assume that if they're included as part of a senior squad they have to to be to be allocated a unique number for the season.
27 is Kyle Connolly.
28 is Pearse Carroll.
29 is Finlay Malcolm.
Shay Burke wore 30 when he was included in the squad against Alloa.
31 was Nicky Hogarth.
Liam Hall (U18s) wore 32 when he was included in the squad against Alloa.
Leon McMurray (U18s) wore 33 when he was included in the squad against Alloa.
Not sure who has 34 and 35 but I assume one will be U18 goalie Owen Hayward who you see most weeks warming up with Bobby Geddes / PJ / Kinnear before first team games.
Yesterday 36 was Logan Sinclair and 37 Max McGinley.
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38 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said:
New floodlights coming this summer.
I know. Long overdue too. There are twelve bulbs in each pylon on the East side of the stadium. Six currently work in one pylon and seven in another.
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2 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said:
If McGlynn was going, and he shouldn’t, I would look at Marbury and Mark Kerr. Done an unbelievable job with Edinburgh.
IMO Maybs should not have been sacked along with Houston and McDonaugh. He was in charge of the youth teams only and was doing a good job with them.
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19 minutes ago, Blame Me said:
Anyone else feel like we're getting the "Darvel treatment"
I know we're the lowest ranked team left etc but not hearing a lot from ICT and to me, feel like I've been bombarded with the plucky underdogs player puff-pieces all week.Our relative silence going into Darvel and Ayr was key to our mindset for those two ties. Hope I'm just over-reacting and worrying over nothing
However, if they announce a McGlynn dressing room speech in the next 24 hours they can GTF!Both teams have to give the same access to the media; we had them in on Tuesday. Not sure when ICT were done. I haven't read any of the press stuff but I'm guessing they've decided to focus on us because "plucky underdogs" makes for a better story. Hopefully we can give them a different story by Saturday night.
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28 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said:
I'm not meaning this in a trolling way at all despite how it sounds, I've just genuinely no idea where you're at with it, but hows your youth system getting on just now? Sure I'd seen it was getting restarted.
It was restarted in August 2021 and one of the then U16 players, Pearse Carroll, signed a modern apprenticeship as a professional player in the summer. A couple of the others in Scott Honeyman and Kyle Connolly are also at the club and are currently on loan to a Lowland League team.
We have three teams at U16, U17 and U18 level.
There is currently nothing for the players after they get too old for the 18s but the aim is to offer more apprenticeships in the summer. Those players will then play in a new development squad, which will be made up of former U18 players bolstered by first teamers who're not getting gametime on a Saturday. I think they'll play midweek in some sort of development / reserve league, just as the old U20s did before we closed that team after relegation.
Eventually the plan is to return to something similar to what we had before the closure of Forth Valley Football Academy, with teams down to younger age levels.
I watch the academy kids if they play either midweek nights or at home on Sundays immediately before or after the womens team. There are a number of prospects but none are close to first team level. Yet. The new development squad will presumably help with that.
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1 hour ago, Back Post Misses said:
The theory of getting Holt in was to allow the coach to focus on coaching and he and the manager would work together to identify players required.
TBH I always got the impression that bringing in a DOF was a reaction to Hartleys disastrous summer of recruitment. The BOD at the time got stick for allowing it to happen and it wasn't long after that Margaret Lang started making public statements about bringing football knowledge to the BOD, which eventually resulted in Holt arriving after Jefferies knocked them back.
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38 minutes ago, Springfield said:
JM interview doesn’t gives me any confidence. Once again stage managed.
Can I ask what you mean by "stage managed?"
Not having at dig at you, but I can assure you it's not.
I was standing five yards away off camera and watched the interview live. Lewis decides what questions to ask and how to phrase them without any input from the either the club media officers or the manager. He can asks anything he wants, but if the manager doesn't like it he can also get chewed out on camera.
22 minutes ago, Springfield said:Can’t be arsed remembering the exact words but the question asked from one or two fans ? Seriously 1000 odd fans were thinking and asking the same question at the game today.
A few folk had messaged Lewis on social media and his question was in response to that.
I'll tell you a story which I've probably posted before on here. Falkirk used to have a manager who was a thoroughly odious individual. I won't name him as I might see him pitchside at some point in the future, but he wouldn't tolerate anything that he saw as criticism.
Lewis did a postmatch interview with him after a poor performance and he didn't like the questions. He was so petty about it that he refused to ever be interviewed by LC again, and thereafter every postmatch interview was done by a club employee rather than a volunteer.
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I honestly have no idea what's happening with him or the other two who were announced as having options for a second year. If I had I wouldn't be able to comment.
I don't think he's gone - if he were the club would have said so - but my guess is that they're all weighing up their options before deciding what to do next.
A example of that was John Baird. He was entitled to another year at Falkirk, because he'd met the number of appearances that triggered an extension offer. On 22nd June 2017 Inverness announced that he'd chosen to sign for them. So depending on whether an offer has an expiry date, you could be waiting a while yet before you get your answer.