Bainsfordbairn

Most of us are. Some have agendas when it comes to boards, either past or present, but if there's way for things to be better it's not unreasonable to raise it. If the lack of covers WAS a mistake, then I'd rather have a CEO and BOD that engages with the fans and admits them. As a former employee once said to me, "everyone makes mistakes but when you work at a football club the whole world notices them". Personally I'm happy as long as we have people that are reasonably competent, doing their best and are in it for the right reasons: ie to improve the club rather than being on an ego trip.

I'm purely guessing here, but things tend to stick to one another when frozen. Is is possible that any sort of cover would run the risk of not only picking up pellets but also ripping up the artificial grass blades if it was removed when temps were around zero? If so, that would explain why nothing was purchased and why only grass surfaces seem to use these.

I've no idea. I've never seen any, nor can I recall any requests for volunteers to help put them out or take them off. So' I'd guess not but I'm only guessing. I think these are normally associated with grass pictures rather than artificial ones.

The club announced the cancellation and the reasons why. Normally that would be the end of it, but because JS was asked the question and he tends to respond very well to supporter queries he gave additional information. I'm not sure that's something that should be used to beat the club with.

Firstly, we spent a lot of time on the pitch yesterday preparing it for the low overnight temperatures. The forecasts did not suggest such a large amount of snow. Staff were at the ground at 8am to assess the situation, with the knowledge that our opponents were due to leave at 10.30am. Clearing the pitch fully would take approximately 4 hours, with a lot of work also required on the surroundings areas to make them safe. We already have concerns regarding the path network for supporters walking to and from the ground due to the path closures and on-going work. We could not say with a high degree of certainty before 10am that the pitch and infrastructure would be safe.We felt it was only fair to give our opponents and their travelling fans as much notice as possible.Regarding the pitch, while it is possible to clear a pitch of snow, it would be in direct violation of the pitch manufactures guidance. Given we are within our initial 12 month defects/warranty period, this would represent a significant risk.Finally, removing snow from a pitch has some negative consequences, most notably taking large quantities of rubber pellets off the main pitch to the sidelines. Having spent 6 months working on bedding the pitch in, to maximise its quality, which has helped to deliver an excellent and true playing surface, this would have set us back several months. It is difficult to return the pellets to the pitch whilst ensuing an even spread. We are of course disappointed todays game is off, however we had to take the travel of our opponents and their supporters, the safety of our supporters walking to and from the stadium and the potentially consequences on our new pitch into consideration. hope this helps answer some questions. Enjoy your day Bairns, see you next Saturday.

If you just click on it you should be taken to the series of tweets from JS. It's basically an explanation.

Bear in mind Cove have to travel so I imagine the inspection has to be done before they leave. We arrive at an away ground 1h 45 before kick off so they'll probably be arriving 1315. Two and a half hours travel means they'll likely be leaving 1045, so a 1000 inspection time is probably about right.

Yes, 1400 at Towhead Park, Cumnock. I'll probably be at it. Tony Begg is kind enough to copy me into the games schedule email every week. The club will likely put out a "games this weekend" graphic in the next day or so. 16s and 18s are at home to Elgin on Sunday and I'll be with the girls in Dumfries when they play QOTS.

They were never announced as PCAs, though Williamson was heavily rumoured to have signed while the previous season was still ongoing. Rumours of McKay, Nesbitt & McCann surfaced on here from fans of their previous clubs a week or two before they were announced. However the season had long since ended by that point.

That might be true, but given that it happened in 2007 it probably confirms that Morrison is more likely to decide his future in the summer rather than January. He's still young so has plenty of time to make big money from the game. And the possibility of leaving Falkirk with a league winners medal will likely increase his agents bargaining power with any possible future employer. Never mind being (again) a standout player in our league and (again) ending the season with a raft of awards. For those reasons I'd assume he'll still be with us until the end of the season.

Players generally seem to wait until the summer before deciding who to sign for. Off the top of my head, I can only think of Gow and Williamson who've signed PCAs with other clubs in January. At least that we know of. For incoming players, I can think of Agyeman and Tidser. That's a pretty small number compared with the hundreds and hundreds of players who've left or arrived after the season ended.

Someone interrupted the interview. That part was meant to be edited out, appeared to have been edited out but when the "upload video" button was pressed it suddenly reappeared. Some sort of tech issue. The person who does the editing pulled the video once they realised what had happened. I presume a clean version will go up at some point tomorrow. Frustrating for the editor out but amusing for the rest of us, particularly those who know him as we'll rip the piss out of him for weeks to come because of it. And not a big deal overall. Shit happens sometimes and he's a good guy who stays up late on a Friday night to work on interviews when everyone else is in bed or the pub.

The Society Of John De Graeme who supplied the knights for the promo video tweeted that they'll be joining us for the Fortmartine game. Pretty much confirms it.

I think you also have to take into account the likelihood of that happening. Even if the Rawlins shares somehow found their way into unscrupulous hands, and the option was there for them to purchase more, that still wouldn't be enough to outvote the supporters groups unless the likes of Sandy Alexander / Martin Ritchie also sold their shares to them. I can't imagine they would suddenly walk away and possibly screw over the club that they've protected all these years. Particularly as the fan ownership model we now likely wouldn't have happened without their support.

It depends on how many players you have and what analytics you want it to provide. I think the camera is about a thousand and then you pay monthly fees to access the app. Last I heard the ideal setup for us would have cost around £1800 for the remainder of the season, which will obviously decrease the further on you go. Any sponsorship would help, because if you have enough cash to buy the camera then all you need is to raise the funds for the monthly fees. Possibly you could start off with a basic analytics service and then build it up once you increase your funds.

I think the issue is that if the club did that for one Foundation team then they'd get asked why they weren't doing it for others such as amateurs, FFIT teams, seniors, etc, etc. They publicise the womens games but that's probably as much they can do. Long term I'd like to see the womens team brought "in house" as part of FFC rather than the Foundation, as has happened at other professional clubs. However, there are other things which will be far higher priority such as rebuilding the academy. Maybe if we ever reach the Premier League again....

I've no idea. That would be up to Jamie to consider as some sort of partnership.

I remember those gopros, just as I remember the camera operator at the top of the KM stand. I'm pretty sure the camera position on a raised plinth surrounded by a small scaffold is still there as at the back centre of the KM7 stand. I'm sure they could improve the quality by buying more cameras / gopros, but right now while we're in the third tier I'd guess there other demands on the budget which are deemed more important. Club staff do read this messageboard so at some point that might be taken on board. I'll raise the replay one for you. Re the Edinburgh highlights, I have no idea how they do it. They even had a remote camera monitoring their own dugout on Saturday. I'm guessing they may have a tieup with a university media department as it was more professional than I'd have expected from a club who brought 37 fans to TFS. We certainly don't have the kit for that. There are always ways to improve. Sadly most of them cost money and the club isn't exactly rich at the moment. On that subject, I'm going to push my luck and raise something here. I spend my Sundays with our womens team. They're amateurs and have to fundraise to get money for things like pitch hire, travel, pay referees, etc, etc. The coaches are trying to make them more professional and did well recently to find the cash to get all our players equipped with GPS vests. The next "wish list" item is one of these. Veo Sports Camera If there are any Falkirk fans who run a business and have spare cash in their sponsorship budget, I'm sure our coaches would love to hear from you. Feel free to message me on here or speak to me in person at a game.

The teething issues ironically had nothing to do with the new streaming provider. Jamie tweeted at some point that it was a hardware issue. There's a very long story about laptops which I'd rather not go into, which is why the only issues were at away games.

The camera used to be operated by one of the media officers. He still does it occasionally if the volunteer who was recruited in the summer isn't available on a given matchday. The thing about the camera being controlled remotely is how Alloa do it as those comments came from their media guy posting on our thread. (apologies as I'm not replying to the right person as I think that came from someone else). Don't know anything about replays but I'll mention it next time I'm in. I don't think there has been a camera or operator behind the goals for a number of years now, though I'm willing to be corrected on that.

U16s was a 0-0 draw against Alloa. One of the parents who befriended me on FB usually comments on their results so I know that one. No idea about the U18s.

HSW I genuinely think you're senile because you're incapable of understanding things that are a matter of public record and have been repeated to you dozens and dozens of times. Either that or you forget about them five minutes after they've been explained to you. Your post is complete and utter nonsense from start to finish. The only person who's being laughed at - literally - is you. Have you not worked out by the amount of posts mocking your views that you're seen on here as the village idiot? Or do you just forget that too?

It was accurate at the time plans for the ground were being drawn up. The East side was to house a training technical centre of excellence, or something similar, which would be built in conjunction with Falkirk college. The blast zone rules at the time killed that idea and the new college was eventually built adjacent to the old one. The story is about 20 years out of date, at least from what I recall. You can always google old Falkirk Herald stories to get the details which might be slightly different from what I remember.

At one point there was a plan / hope that the Foundation would be able to get grants to build facilities on the other side. This was envisaged to include a small stand or standing areas which would look both ways. ie onto both the community pitch and the main one. Under this would be changing rooms and probably more office space. Whether that will ever happen - or indeed is still hoped to happen - I have no idea. At the moment there are insufficient changing rooms at TFS. There are two sets; the main ones for the professional club and a community set at the South end of the main stand. These are owned by the council. In theory two sets of changing rooms are fine as there are only two pitches. However, when the pitches are in constant use and teams will be in the changing room maybe 45 mins after fulltime and want access an hour before kickoff, there isn't enough space. Particularly as FFCs home dressing room isn't made available for community use. I'm involved with one of the Foundation teams and we regularly change in the warmup room, Foundation classroom or whatever other space we can get.