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I think it could be a good idea to have the board meet with a cross representation of fans to discuss how we move forward without preloaded questions so we can get our head rounds what the real focus is here.

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Sorry to quote my own post here but people criticise the club for not listening to their views. I make a suggestion and within 2 hours it’s arranged. That’s what I call service!!!

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Strange way to end that summation. Was with you all the way till you decided to make some conjecture against fans continually not being happy at one of the worst periods in our history where we’ve faced a rapid decline over 5 years. Not just one bad season!

I know I’ve been there. My comments are not directed as the bulk of Falkirk fans. Going back over the years we’ve had some success. We were trying to get into top 6 just over a decade ago and in so trying to get to the dizzy heights not seen since the Jeffries era but some very unhappy about even at that time.

Every club has fans that are never happy. I can’t help the way I feel that some people come across. I mentioned in an earlier post about fans being either all sugar or all shite. Nothing has happened to make me think differently.


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I think the most disappointing thing for most on here is the role the Rawlins are playing and look detached from financing and taking and active role in shaping our future. I think we all expected much much more considering their involvement and their bluster.
Of course, we are assuming that he (Phil) was instrumental behind the scenes at Stoke and Orlando? Maybe his input was investment only and it was others who drove the change and formulated their successful strategies.
As many have mentioned on here it is difficult to impact wholesale changes at this time as the club have already got their hands on our cash. The banner at Montrose last Saturday would have resonated with a few on the board and could signal the start of a future unrest amongst the fans. I say that because I think there are a good percentage willing to give the current incumbents a chance to see how and if the football side improves between now and Christmas. I’m pretty sure that there’s no improvement then changes will be made on all fronts.
I think it could be a good idea to have the board meet with a cross representation of fans to discuss how we move forward without preloaded questions so we can get our head rounds what the real focus is here. The people who have ponied up the cash and bought shares should have a voice as shareholders and need to make their voices heard in a constructive manner. It is still early in the season so let’s see what happens.
Football is a results based business and I’m afraid drive the mood on forums like these. I sometimes feel we could have played 8 games, won 8 games and some on here would still not be happy - sometimes some of our fans are only happy when they’re not happy! I’m sorry but that’s how I feel.


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Just looked at Twitter after work to see Wilson has been loaned out. What the actual f**k is going on at our club! Get Holt so far into the sea already and although I thought Sheerin deserves a chance ultimately he had a say as as well so he can GTF as well. Absolutely sick of this club now! 

I think it takes balls on own up and show that they made a boob in signing Wilson. The good thing is that this has been recognised and necessary action taken. I’m sure the people who don’t agree with Sheerins vision would be the first to slate him for doing nothing

Let’s hope we bring in someone today.


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There’s a term for “guys” like that. It’s called a c*nt! Board sympathising c*nts!

There is a difference between ‘voicing your concerns’ as you put it and embarrassing yourself in public with a tyrant of offensive abuse and frankly lucky not to be ejected from the stand. This is f**k all to do with sympathising with the board but more to do with trying to stop two guys being lifted.


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Sheerin reminds me of Eddie May,a damn fine coach but not a manager,I hope i am proved wrong.

I think you are correct. His role is Head Coach and just maybe he is taking time to settle into his new role getting used to working with a DOF who is supposed to be managing other football aspects?

Time will tell. I get the feeling from some on here that the mind made up after only 8 league games that his time is up. There must have been a fair few disappointed on Saturday when Ross made the goal for Ruth to score. As some mentioned papering over the cracks FFS.

As many have mentioned on here, he comes across as a decent bloke who appears honest on his and the teams performance assessments. I’m sure if he feels that he is not up to the job he’ll walk away.

The trouble with the club set up now is we don’t know who is really pulling the strings and how much real input Sheerin has. We talk on here about having the biggest budget in the league but how much do we really know and how many players has he really signed?

I like most could not make sense of his interview on Saturday I’m surprised the club never sense checked it before it was put out. Even him trying to remember the 3 players changed from the previous week was embarrassing for him - maybe he’ll reflect on this and in future decline from commenting until had time to prepare his thoughts and give himself time for composure - In football, sometimes emotions run high.

You may had guessed, I’m still firmly behind him and I’m sure the majority of fans are. A good win on Saturday against EF followed by 3 winnable matches will give us better insight what the future holds. I think the playing side needs stability more than ever but above that who knows?

I suppose on the playing side we’d need to wait and see how the DOF role pans out, how successful the model is and what criticism is levelled at the DOF role for failure.

Interesting times ahead.


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I don’t think some of the folk being named here can be classed as “back room staff” though. 
 
I just don’t like the naming of names and speculating about salaries really. It’s not necessary. Just my take.

Agreed and worse that people are speculating about how much individuals are being paid. I’m sure much of this appears pure guesswork, we need to work on facts.

I do tend to agree that we are top heavy in non playing staff and I’ve felt for some time that we could remove’ unnecessary’ costs and focus on first team matters. If and when we do get out of this hell house of a league we can then build the structure and strategy to consolidate and move forward. It’s seems we are putting the cart before the horse.


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17 minutes ago, Shadwell Dog said:

Sack Holt and you are saving 50k straight away. Use that to pay off sheerin.

Binning Holt would be a reasonable option and use the 50k to strengthen the team and give Sheerin the time to get his feet firmly under the table and stand or fall by his own decisions - This could be a better option. After all , It’s all about opinions and we are all on the same side!

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29 minutes ago, ShaggerG said:

Please Paul, just play two up front next week, preferably Keena and Sammy. I won't even insist on Krasniqi replacing Hetherington (although it would be nice.)

Shagger G are you having a laugh here? Sammy before Ruth? You’d be as well putting Wilson in for Keena too.

I thought Ruth had his best game for us yesterday and has been given very little credit for his performance. I don’t like to criticise players but apart from a couple of first half runs against Dumbarton I haven’t seen much fromSammy to justify his must play status next week.
Add to this - he is still injured is he not?

 

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12 minutes ago, Gaz said:

This was the same pish people were spouting two months' into Eddie May's regime when it was obvious to anyone who knew anything about football that he was miles out his depth. Remind me what happened there?

I can’t see him getting sacked anytime soon and after such a short period. Just imagine how that would look when the club has put a infrastructure in place to vastly improve our fortunes moving forward. 
IMO the only way he’ll walk if HE decides he’s had enough of the pressure gets too much. 
I cannot see the club derail its plans because of an indifferent start. The good thing here it’s not even October yet so still time to turn it around. 

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29 minutes ago, Hughsie said:

Absolutely baffling that the ‘fickle’ tag is getting leveled at our fans.

I am sorry but scraping a draw away to Montrose and not winning in five games is not acceptable. If that makes me fickle then so be it.

I accept we’ve not won in the last 4 league games. So apart from the Alloa game where we deserved nothing. Can you honestly say we deserved 0 points from Queens Park and Dumbarton and only 1 point from today?

i think we should be happy that we found a bit of fight to come back to score 2 late goals to stop the rot and save another defeat. From a game we should have won we managed to salvage a point. I think scraping a point is an exaggeration. On another day the game would have been out of sight

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13 minutes ago, Shadwell Dog said:

These folk are the reason we are in this mess. Putting up with any old shite that gets stuck on the park on a Saturday.  Poneying up there dough for season tickets every time Gary deans tells them it will be different this year. We'll never get anywhere aslong as fans are happy with this dross.

What absolute bollocks. I’m not saying I’m happy with this season s performance but I think we need to give people time to find their feet. 8 league games and you want change?

i can assure you I’m no happy clapper as you insinuate but more realistic and balanced. We are where we are and this is not down to Sheerin. He needs time to find his best team and system. when has this guy had a chance to field a full team without injuries suspensions etc. 
 

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The knicker-wetters are out in full force tonight, I could fully understand this if we were well beaten over the last few games. Alloa apart we should have won the games against QP, Dumbarton and again today. I think what’s happened here is that in many fans eyes Sheerin has just turned to shit overnight and cannot do much right with him being stubborn, loyal to ‘his’ players or ridiculed. I agree to a point there have been some strange decisions but very little concessions given in respect of injuries, new players settling or now interviews being targeted by the very ones on here 6 weeks ago saying how refreshing it was to hear a manager give an open and honest opinion of a game win or lose. The fans seem to have turned their backs on him very quickly - the guy has only had 8 games in the league FFS and some of the abuse posted on here tonight is unwarranted and while I’m on the subject some of the actions from some fans today was extremely embarrassing. We need to make our minds up who is to blame here - is it the manager or DOF? The lines are blurred. 
As a support we are sometimes all sugar or all shite - there is no in between. All it takes sometimes is a wee bit of belief and as McDaid said in his interview this may be the result that kick starts our season - when was the last time we came back from 2 down and rescue a point from a game? That tells me the players have not chucked it like some of the fans on here! 
We are undoubtedly a fickle bunch at times. Win our next 4 games against East Fife home, Airdrie home, Peterhead and Clyde away  and we won’t be that far away from top of the league -it’s big ask given injuries etc but not impossible. 
The club has been riddled and in chaos with uncertainty since Houston departed. Who knows what this season will bring? It may well be we don’t win the league or go up in the play offs but IMO we cannot sack everyone when things don’t go as we expect, maybe the management team may need a wee bit longer and a  wee bit more encouragement. 

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Great battling performance today coming back from 2 goals down. 
Yes we hit the woodwork 3 times

Yes we missed some golden chances

 Yes we had selection problems due to injuries to key players a really poor goal

 but…This was a performance that we would have not got over the last few seasons and to come back and nearly snatch it at the end was testimony to the efforts of the players and their desire to put things right and battle for their boss. 
This may be the kick start we need to show some togetherness as a club, after all we cannot keep sacking managers and rebuilding from scratch again. 
I’m still happy to give Sheerin more time. 
oh I forgot to add #COYB

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Still think it is too early to bin Sheerin. I know results have been disappointing but should we direct our torrents of anger at the tier above manager who has failed to produce the players required as part of his remit?
I’ve said before that we should solely spending all our budget in getting out of this league instead of fanciful folly and the laughing stock with our multi tier management strategy and big ideas. For me, bin it all and fully concentrate our effort and all investment into funding the players required instead of doing it on the cheap. I just wonder how good Sheerin would be if he was allowed to be his own man and not handicapped by the limitations of the group that employed him. Still willing to give him a chance as it’s early days. 
I’m expecting pelters for this opinion. I’m not too sure Aberdeen would had kept him in his role had he failed miserably. 
After all we are only 3 points off the top. 

There is plenty of time to build super club structures when the time is right to do so. 

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12 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

Why are we not hearing about this?

Probably not formalised yet. Only reported in local paper?

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2 hours ago, Back Post Misses said:

I heard them slaughter a man who has had the managers job for five minutes who they would no doubt have been salivating over at Airdrie. 
 

I know the last couple of league games have had disappointing outcomes but I am still well and truly behind Sheerin and what he’s trying to do. Maybe 5 minutes is not long enough to sort out a deep rooted clusterfuck…it’s early doors and a long long way to go. Give the guy and his management team some support please!! 

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42 minutes ago, Harry Kinnear said:

Surely Holt working all the hours he did for months could have identified someone.

I was in the main stand and Holt was no where to be seen. He certainly was not in the directors box along with Deans & Co. 

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2 minutes ago, Believe The Hype said:

Anyone else streaming the game? I thought coverage started at 2:15, all I'm getting is a Kilmarnock badge 

It says on the email that you would see a holding graphic till just before ko

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Some very reflective comments today on here by all and very hard to argue with. 
My worry was finding the key to unlocking teams through other means than going through Morrison. Like last year teams had us sussed and QP had 3 players on him and nullified our threat, we need to explore other avenues. 
We need to take this defeat on the chin and learn but bottom line is I’m still scratching my head wondering how we managed to lose that game!

 Could have been worse had Cove and Montrose won. Need to keep the chin up and hope we get a striker in before Tuesday. The 2 brought on were very ineffective, I’ve still to see what Sheerin sees in them both. 
 

Disappointing!

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28 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said:

I agree that Krasniqi looks a cut above but at least we have options now. Hetherington will be fine for us but you are absolutely entitled to your opinion.

It’s horses for courses. Maybe Hetheringtons grit and guts will be needed at times as Ernie’s silky skills may be deployed in other games

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46 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

Great to hear Holt getting some praise.

Yip…I can’t agree more!

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2 hours ago, Big chungus said:

McGuffie has been pish 

Love the positivity here. Although I thought the fans were brilliant today again. Really backed the team!

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A good fighting performance today and scraping a win with bags of grit and character. 
Was surprised Hetherington was not hooked after the challenge just outside the box maybe 15 minutes before he saw red. The ref had no option. 
I would also like to see McCann stepping forward into left mid as there is no way this guy an accomplished LB. Airdrie continuously targeted his weakness and were very successful and at times unlucky not get something. His lack of height is alarming and I can see a target on his back as other teams figure how to break us down. 

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Look who is on ATV tomorrow. 
The one and only Alan Gow