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12 minutes ago, gav-ffc said:
Was there also and couldn’t believe the level of rubbish around the KM7. The players are a class act and great with all the kids, a credit to the club much like the management team.
Normally the stands are cleaned between games but with the two days after the match being Hogmanay and NYD, I'd guess the cleaners had something better to do those days.
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5 hours ago, Kircer bairn said:
Club’s twitter feed looking for volunteers with snow shovels to clear pitch & incredibly photo of our manager working on surface which says it all about the man
Literally EVERYONE at the stadium was working on the surface. Manager, Asst Manager, CEO, BOD members, kitman, backroom staff, media staff. The whole club were pulling together.
I turned up at 1240 but couldn't do anything as there were no spare snow shovels. I approached McGlynn and offered to take his shovel so he could do something more important and he told me where to go.
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Current forecast is for it to turn to rain by one.
In theory two hours of rain should clear the pitch. The question is how long do the club give it before making a decision? Because any late call-off will lead to the inevitable barrage of criticism.
I guess the best option is to wait for the ref to turn up and then it's up to him.
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2 hours ago, Springfield said:
Like many I would have loved to hear some positive information from the BOD on investment from new/current/external investors, but approaching half time in league fixtures, and five points clear the silence is deafening.
The impression I've always had right from day one is that the only investment is from the fans. Not unless someone external wants to join up, donate some cash and do it without getting a majority shareholding in return.
The only alternative is to abandon the current ownership model. I assume that idea has no support from the fanbase given that there's no clamour for it, almost a thousand people are currently backing the status quo with monthly donations and the only negative voices are a few anonymous posters on here.
I'd hope the BOD have a Plan B if things go badly in May. As the alternative might be part-time football next season. But right now, when the team are doing so well and giving us all hope, I'm not sure why you're expecting investment news. The owners - the fans - are already investing what they can.
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2 hours ago, Big chungus said:
I would disagree. If we were to offer Hendo a new 2 year contract at a higher salary than what we are paying now then that increase would be effectively immediately. That’s my understanding of it anyway. It’s like when cal has signed new contracts in the past his new wage wouldn’t become effective until the end of his old contract, it would be effective straight away. Obviously if the new contract was on the same wage then it wouldn’t make a difference. But any wage increase would have to be found from this years budget.
The club could certainly offer that, though I have no idea whether they would.
However, let's say your theory is accurate and it would cost us (picking a number out of thin air here) an extra twenty grand out of this years budget.
That twenty grand would pay for an extra player this season. A player who might make the difference between us getting promoted or not.
If we get promoted, we'll be playing in front of bigger crowds so presumably bigger salaries and win bonuses for the players next season. A season that Hendo will have committed to if he signs an extension in January. So it's in his own interests for us to go up.
Were I in his shoes, I'd be telling FFC to pay me that twenty grand in June. Out of next seasons budget. I'm guaranteed to get the money anyway, but deferring payment gives me a greater chance of increasing my income next year.
TBH though, my suspicion is it's unlikely we'll be doing extensions until we know what league we'll be in. McGlynn told us (I think at the AGM) that if we don't go up the likes of Spencer will not be here to complete the second year of their contract. So if the Spencers, Langs, Millers et al can all walk in the summer if we fail, presumably to protect us financially if we have to go part-time, I can't see anyone getting an extension in January. Particularly on an increased salary.
Not unless the FSS number are big enough by then to sustain a fulltime budget in league one for next season. Or the board have something else up their sleeve.
We shall see.
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1 hour ago, Big chungus said:
Also any new contract extensions would take money out the current budget.
Err, no they wouldn't. Promising to keep on paying Finn Yeats / Call Morrison after their contracts expire in May won't cost anything until June, which would come from next years budget.
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55 minutes ago, HonestAl said:
Salford - near the foot of the 4th tier of English Football.
Sadly, this is a step forwards for Morrison if only that he’ll triple his wage packet.Prior to Kircer’s post, I was thinking of what type of club would be after him……..mid-table EFL League One give or take 20 league positions or so. But bottom of 4th tier? Blimey that puts our club’s current standing in perspective.
Although…..I remember Aberdeen regular Adam Rooney leaving in an extraordinary move to then National League Salford City a few seasons back. Maybe a warning to Callumn - Rooney barely reached a higher level (one season in League 2) before slipping into obscurity.
We played Woking in a preseason friendly 2014. They were English nonleague at the time (probably still are?). I remember speaking to one of our officials afterwards and he said that their budget blew ours out of the water several times over.
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8 hours ago, stepek 4 tellys said:
Ok, here’s the scoop. Our DOF, who by the way I despise, claimed at the forum that he last week approached Morrison with a view to signing him(stifle your laughter for a moment and humour me please) He was told, thanks but no thanks as he was signing a pre contract with a team down south in January. Falkirk are looking to get some sort of cash for him in January as they have players they want in which will allow him to leave then rather than at the end of the season.
Leaving out the "tapping up" aspect of the alleged approach, that's pretty unprofessional from your DOF. Assuming it's true of course.
It's not a good look for a club official to give out what is obviously confidential information concerning another club. When he was in charge at Falkirk, Peter Houston was asked at a fan forum about the possibility of us going for Stephen Dobbie. Houstie responded by telling the room what Dobbie's salary was and the QOTS fans on P&B went nuts about it afterwards. Even though he was basically explaining why Dobbie was beyond our reach.
Football clubs know a lot more about opposing dressing rooms than most fans would believe. But it's not really the done thing to put that knowledge out in public. If your DOF did, then I'd suggest it was an error of judgement on his part.
As to whether the story is actually true, I have no idea. We'll all know for certain once the January window closes.
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On 22/12/2023 at 11:15, stepek 4 tellys said:
Just some interesting news about a very important player for them.
A year or two back, that comment would have likely been aimed at Morrison. As he was easily our best player and the only one who could create something out of nothing. He's scored a few crackers this season, such as the third goal against you last week and his last-minute winner against Montrose.
He's superb on his game, but can be inconsistent as he proved today by not doing anything particularly special against Annan. Whereas we now have so many other good players who can step up and contribute instead of always relying on just the one creator. As today showed when we scored two absolute peaches - from our each of our centre halves. One of whom has that in his locker as it's not the first time he's done it. And we have a very strong bench.
If we lose one player in January - which I think you're insinuating - it should make very little difference to us, And I'm not so sure we'll lose anyone as whoever you're referring to has a very good chance of picking up a medal at the end of the season.
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1 hour ago, Hauftimedraw said:
Just finished writing to Santa. Top of the list a home win and three points.
Hoping to see the form book getting thrown out the window , or at least not conceding in the first 10 minutes.
Not much news on the injury front coming out of Galabank so basically expect the first 11 players to turn up be the starting line up.
For Falkirk fans who haven't been down here before don't expect the San siro! No cover if standing so hunt out your wetsuits and snorkels..
Mon the Annan!!
Last time I was at your ground it pished down. The forecast says more of the same tomorrow.
Does the sun ever shine in Annan?
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46 minutes ago, Springfield said:
Good to see the full squad visiting the children’s wards up at the FVRH, nice touch and some great pictures of the kids and parents.
They've been doing that since (I think) 2014. Albeit they didn't get into the ward in 2020, 2021 and 2022, probably because of covid.
Massive shout out to the nurses and the NHS in general. I met the ward sister on our first visit and it was great to see her again on Monday, nine years later. No matter who the players or management are they're always very good with the kids, as anyone who's attended the junior bairns training days will know. But the real heroes are the nurses. They do an amazing job.
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2 minutes ago, GunnerBairn said:
I wonder if it’s possible the Club could provide the ‘training camera’ footage to show Miller’s goal in full and re-edit the highlights? Similar to the Cove highlights where we saw Allan’s late goal from a different angle, but at least we saw it. Unless we ask our best bud Hamilton for a copy of their highlights
Matty was up there recording the video analysis for the manager, though that type of recording tends to be very wide so that you can see patterns of play and individual player positions. Which often makes it unsuitable for match highlights. The players look like stick insects when shot so wide. I have no idea whether they would redo it or not. I don't think Hamilton release a video package for games.
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4 minutes ago, Roboccop said:
I never like to moan about volunteers but the camera work on the highlights is poor again this week. Is the resolution of the picture bad for other people too?
Not for me. The YT video is at 1080, which is high resolution by their standards. I don't think I've seen any YT video at higher resolution, though it's not my area of expertise so I'm happy to be corrected. I assume the Alloa TV guy who posts on here and seems to know his stuff may have an opinion.
And yes, it's disappointing that he didn't get the ball flying into the net. However, we've now scored 53 competitive goals this season and I don't think the camera operator has missed any others. The camera decided to go "techie" at the wrong time for one of our goals at Cove but that's hardly his fault.
It's the same old story when you're involved with a high profile organisation like a football club. No-one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes, which I assume that was. When you get it right, no-one remembers. But when you get it wrong, no-one forgets.
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1 hour ago, Rugster said:
Hopefully the talented girl that does the GoPro for us will have an angle.
Unfortunately she was ill and couldn't make it.
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4 hours ago, Big chungus said:
No lawal in the squad. Injured or away in January?
Injured.
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21 hours ago, Todd_is_God said:one can only imagine the Heads Gone we'll see come 5pm tomorrow once you've lost
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18 minutes ago, Ye Olde Hamiltonian said:so a big fuss about nothing.
It caused literally thousands of people massive inconvenience because they had to make what was an unnecessary visit to the club shop when they could have been doing other things. Not everyone lives five minutes from the stadium. Never mind Falkirk having to open the shop for longer hours than normal, all of which costs money.
You may have told us it would happen - and Falkirk expected it - but until your club confirmed the presence of a pay gate everyone had to jump through hoops to get tickets.
Hardly a big fuss about nothing.
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38 minutes ago, Beckford said:
Yet another self inflicted, shambolic PR disaster for our club. Things like this happen too often as a result of having a "stadium company" seperate from the club. The owner of the stadium has utter contempt for football fans and should not be involved in football in any capacity
All this will do is distract from the game and cause unnecessary issues. Surely Falkirk fans that are inconvenienced like this will just go into the home end creating a potential safety risk. The "stadium company" have a history of putting fans at risk by putting away fans in the home end to save a few quid. But hey look, we have a shitty ice rink. Total shit show.
The new owners of the club have made a huge difference but as long as those running the stadium are involved, this type of shit is what the club will continue to be known for. It was stated at a recent fans forum that the long term plan is to get rid of these clowns, needs to happen ASAP!
We have something roughly similar, in that we're tenants in our ground and have our own stadium company to deal with, which is owned by the local council. The difference is that we seem to have a good relationship with them, at least to judge by multiple statements made by our current BOD.
Genuinely curious about your situation. How can an external body have an input in ticketing? We own or have century-long leases on all the seating areas, even though some of the floors below them are owned by the stadium company. So nobody else has control of our tickets. And despite the lunatic ravings of one of our regular posters on here, it doesn't matter even if the stadium owner has "utter contempt for football fans". Because we own or have secure rights over the parts we need to run a football club.
Which from your post, and seeing what happened to Clyde, obviously isn't the case elsewhere. Maybe some of our boards past and present have done better that they're given credit for.
I may be opening a can of worms by asking the question, but what exactly is the position with your stadium?
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1 hour ago, Gaz said:
Yeah I was meaning about the gas leak. My brother-in-law works down there and so far he's not been told if they're to go back in tomorrow as they're not sure how safe it is.
It's safe to go in, as per the announcement from the stadium company earlier today. If it weren't the team wouldn't have been allowed to train there this morning
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23 minutes ago, Springfield said:
https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2023/12/07/board-update-5/m
Nothing new in this Press release. Some concern that the overwhelming message is to get the FSS numbers up. Look like its the only plan on the table.I would say it's the best plan, if it can be made to work. Surely as fans we want to be the only people in control of the club?
The alternative is inviting in folk like Mark Campbell, George Fulton or Hamish Deans. If you're old enough to remember the last two names you'll know how well they worked out for us.
I would be great if we could have well-off local people investing in the club as part of the third leg of the stool. But if none of them are coming forward to chuck in a few hundred thousand, then it's up to the fans. Which means FSS.
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12 minutes ago, HonestAl said:
Change of subject.
Watching Sky Sports just now and Christophe Berra is one of the analysts. Always comes over well (but so does Marvin Bartley) and I know McGlynn asked him along to TFS while he was completing his coaching badges.
I would’ve thought he would be suited to an assistant/head coach job, but wondered if he is still coming along to the Falkirk 1st team sessions.
Anyone know? @BainsfordbairnI don't pay much attention to the midweek training sessions because I'm usually sitting inside waiting for the players to finish up so they can do commercial things, school visits or pick up awards. I'm sure I've seen him recently doing Saturday warmups though. I'll ask the question next time I'm in if no-one else answers first.
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1 hour ago, Shodwall cat said:
He was an important player so to me the club should've forced the issue. Once the window closed he'd have got his head down and given his all to ensure he got the chance of a good move the next year. No point in adding an option if you aren't going to use it. happens a lot and the vast majority of players knuckle down once the windows shut. We ended up relegated.
The clause was inserted by the CEO. The manager he appointed two months later decided not to enforce it the following summer. Nothing to do with the club IMO, unless we're reopening the debate about whether a board should interfere in a managers football decisions.
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14 hours ago, Shodwall cat said:
We should've enforced the option and we might never have been relegated. Crazy letting him go for nothing when you have an option on the table. Another poor decision of many at the time.
Most managers won't keep a player who'ld rather be elsewhere. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any Falkirk player post-Bosman who was forced to see out their contract against their wishes.
Maybe in the last six months of their contract if they're considered useful injury cover, such as Liam Craig when Martin Rennie was allegedly interested. But not for a first team player with a year still to go.
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1 hour ago, GunnerBairn said:
Interesting story I heard about Sibbs, granted completely second or third hand knowledge of what may (or may not) be true. The story goes that Sibbs was on his summer holidays during the close season and had his mobile switched off throughout for some privacy. Little did he know that Hartley sent messages to all players (including those whose contracts had just ended) asking for an immediate ‘same day’ response ‘Yes or No’ if they wanted to be part of his plans at Falkirk. Sibbs got the message a couple of days later (way too late) when he switched his phone on, by which time Hartley had already told players to GTF and leave. Sibbs was gutted and seemingly would have responded ‘Yes’. Guess we’ll never know.
I can probably clear that one up, given that it’s old news now. The story is false.
Sibbalds contract was up in the summer of 2017. He was 22, had just won player of the year and had seen the likes of McGrandles, Fulton, Wallace & Kingsley move on to better things. Not unreasonably, he wanted to do the same. But there was no interest in him from anywhere that he wanted to go. I think there was an offer from Sweden which didn't appeal and he went on trial at Luton, but no offer was made. Any buying club would have had to pay us compensation.
In the end his best option was to sign another contract at Falkirk. It was a one year deal with a one year option. That option lay with the club. He struggled at first in 17/18, as many of our players did, but he kicked on after Hartley arrived and finished the season as one of our better players.
In the summer of 2018 the club could have compelled him to stay another year, but he preferred to leave and Hartley didn’t want anyone at FFC who wasn't fully committed.
There were stories being made online at the time that the club had screwed up the paperwork and our option had lapsed. That wasn't true. The football admin person at the time was a close friend of mine and he vehemently denied it, and he was backed up by several directors and staff whom I spoke to afterwards.
He simply got an offer which gave him a chance to showcase his talents on a bigger stage. And undoubtedly for more money. He would have been a fool to refuse, even though he’s a genuine Falkirk fan. Eventually the day comes when you have to put your own interests first, just as Crunchie did when he signed for Chelsea.
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I might get in trouble for posting this, but a couple of years have gone by now so I think it's time for the story to be told.
Gary Holt was appointed DOF on 14th Jan 2021. The leagues had been suspended sometime after our loss to East Fife on 2nd January because of covid. The team were allowed to train before the league resumed on 20th March and during that period we had a trialist goalkeeper - Luke Holt. Nobody knew about him because professional football was in lockdown and fans couldn't get into matches, but I saw him a couple of times when I was asked to cover training and closed-door games. He wasn't signed. I don't know why, but I'd guess the goalie coach didn't rate him..
In April we lost our top-of-the-league spot after a truly horrendous game in Peterhead. I was there to watch it and it's one of the worst performances I've ever seen from a Falkirk side. Unsurprisingly, given the social media comments at the time, Miller and McCracken were sacked the next day. What WAS surprising was that the goalie coach was also sacked, given that he'd been there a long time and was very well liked by everyone at the club.
As all Bairns will know, that season ended extremely badly.
Summer of 2021 brought us a new hope. Paul Sheerin was appointed, as was a new goalie coach who knew Gary Holt from their Livingston days together. He was only there a month, but it was long enough to presumably recommend that a returning trialist goalie - Luke Holt - was good enough to get a two year contract. I leave you to draw your own conclusions.
The ironic thing is that I found Luke to be a nice lad. I liked him, as did several of the volunteers who were around the club and spoke to him frequently. He didn't deserve the horrendous abuse which he received from some of our fans. But he should never have been signed.