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3 minutes ago, roman_bairn said:
Can ANYONE actually explain what the problem is with an artificial surface that’s been used for a few years?
I watched Arbroath v ICT last night and a player ballooned the ball over the bar due to a bobble on the grass surface. Yet no-one complains that it’s desperately time to replace the grass surface (even though it is).
I can’t remember watching a game at TFS and thinking if we had a better surface we might have scored there or that a player wouldn’t have tripped and got injured due to the pitch specifically. I can on grass surfaces though.
Given our alleged financial predicament, I can think of better uses for cash whilst in the third tier playing teams with tinpot surfaces….Agree with this
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34 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said:
Feet on the ground for me. He has a big job on his hands to churn that squad. However his track record is good, his recruitment is good and he will work hard to get us moving.
Hopefully the fans will cut him a bit of slack if things take a wee while to get going.
OptimisticI feel the same tbh, guarded optimism. Other managers have looked good on paper and failed, but massive upgrade on our most recent Rennie, Sheerin and M&M none the less.
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15 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said:
Aye. Points to poor mentality in the squad. Play when the pressure is off. No surprise to me if they win the last two now.
It really does doesn’t it! Which probably makes sense, but with more than one manager failing to get enough from these guys it’s clear we need to make 3 ‘stand out’ singings of leaders in each area of the park regardless of which of the poor options we end up having to keep from this squad. Get that right, more leadership on the park and we might have an improvement next term. Sign more peahearts and we’ll go down.
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3 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said:
I think we all know who we would not want, and maybe have an idea who we really would want.
I have my own bias on the “don’t want” front, but I don’t know enough about the managerial market place to say who I do want (other than Bill Shankly).
Whoever it is, providing she/he is not a complete space cadet, they have to be given the backing of the support, and they have to be given time…….and time probably means three windows, and probably four which would translate as two full seasons. Do we have the collective patience for that?
I really hope so, because I don’t think there’s any other way at this point in time.The one thing is that in season 1, they have to do better than this season, and given the squad we have going into next season, that might be more difficult than it first appears (unless we can miraculously offload the vast majority).
Got to agree with this assessment, there is no magic wand type outcome here. The hard work must start soon and much patience is required.
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1 minute ago, Duncan Freemason said:
If you are just checking in, and are not there or haven’t bothered shelling out £12, then fair play. The pitch is of course dreadful, but it’s roughly on a par with the football. It is absolutely awful. One gift, and a neat finish by Telfer is about it.
Not there and didn’t fancy shelling out as I had to run family to airport and would’ve missed a decent bit driving.
Thanks for the update, sounds like not missing much football on this report
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37 minutes ago, Russ said:
So not 442. 4-5-1 with Griffiths up top on his own
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Flat 5 across the middle? Not a 5 with 3/2 or 2/3 split?
tedious how people think 4-5-1 is defensive in and of itself - it’s not.
Regards to the job each player has to do I would be happy to have Griffiths up front himself, on the last man and supported by 2/3 mids moving forward to support. 4-5-1 wouldn’t be the problem itself it would be a poorly operated 4-5-1 that leaves the 1 stranded that’s a problem (and mostly what we’ve see. Whenever we played it in recent years)
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5 hours ago, LowerLeagueFC said:
a man sitting down to eat a kebab?
I don’t think that’s a kebab mate. Maybe a battered hamburger?
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Can’t be bothered trawling through all the recent chat here.
I’m still with Rennie. Slow progress is fine considering the downward trajectory seemed unstoppable prior to his arrival. He will know himself and will be learning I am sure. Not as a rookie coach but the football environment here in the outback of L1 in Scotland.
Nice to to see KM going nuts at opposing bench with a disagreement Saturday past. Aside from the actual incident I like to see this passion from the sidelines.
Some may criticise it as a cliche but the question of who else is gonna come is really relevant. We are at it if we think any decent manager wants us after 7 coaches in 6 years or whatever. If it were up to me I’d sign them up now and start serious planning for next year - especially being creative or brutal with those who aren’t good enough to remain.
I blame the dropped points on Saturday with Hetherington. I’ll drive him anywhere in the EU to get him to f**k. Same with Wilson and Ross. No even close to good enough.
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36 minutes ago, Bigbri Bairn said:
DGW will be playing outside left.
Sorry that was meant to be left outside
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The only point in stretching the opposition into a back line thats receiving deep is to then play past the players pressing - not f**k around till you loose it.
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13 hours ago, Duncan Freemason said:
Moltke: No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. He said it nearly 200 years ago, and he was right.
You have to remember too that in the first half, it was the players themselves (the midfield as a unit) that decided to fall 15 yards further back than Rennie wanted them to. In the second half, with no personnel changes and getting them to do what he wanted them to do, we dominated the game from that point on.
The Prussians got a lot of stuff right to be fair. Still trying to teach some of this to this day, as you say 200 years later.
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Listening to Griffiths interview, what a difference to hear a player (especially a forward) who’s clearly got a lot of experience, tactical awareness and able to talk well to media. We’ve not had a lot of this in years, anyone who reckons we aren’t going to benefit from the dressing rooms he’s been part of is mental imo.
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21 minutes ago, SuperSaints1877 said:
This individual has had multiple police investigations for racist songs and comments.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/jan/11/leigh-griffiths-wolves-racist-tweet
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/sep/29/celtic-leigh-griffiths-fined-song-rudi-skacel
How does that align with your club policy and your association with the “Show Racism the Red Card” campaign?
The Rudi Skacel song was funny imo, heard a lot worse at games being completely honest. It was just bantz.
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1 hour ago, Marshmallo said:
I'd be half tempted to just try and get as close to our 11 best players on the pitch btw. I don't think there's balance in the below but we'd be exciting to watch at least.
Mutch
Williamson Watson Dixon McCann
Morrison Jacobs Telfer Kabia
Dowds Griffiths
Over 5.5 goals every week
That actually looks decent tbh
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Perhaps we need to stop fucking around and plan for next year. Get Rennie and Miller signed up and start working on making progress towards a title winning squad for next season.
It was never going to get fixed in a single window.
Despite 1/2 stooge types with nothing good to say about the new regime, i think most fans would agree that we give Rennie more time. Let’s make that clear now, if we ‘come together last 8/9 games’ and that is too late at least we can carry that into next season with additions rather than starting from scratch (again).
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1 hour ago, sick boy said:
Truest post on here in a while, most hated team in Scotland outside the Old Firm, although Raith giving us some stern opposition on that front x
Nah that’s hearts
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Just now, Proudtobeabairn said:
For someone who gets no information on Falkirk signings you've certainly got very good contacts at QP and Dundee to know exactly who QP are after and how much Dundee paid Griffiths per week.
Almost Shadwell level contacts. Very impressive.
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14 minutes ago, NavyBlueArmy1876 said:
Disagree tbh. It was signing utter shite that got us in to this mess.
Bringing in cheap dross for the sake of making a signing is what has lead to having big squads but being stuck with the likes of Hall, Mercer, Ross, Leitch, Francis, Wilson, Ompreon etc
No problem at all with playing 750 a week if they can contribute like McManus did.
Fair enough, that’s your view. We’ve been becoming steadily worse whilst fishing the pond of players on 500-800 a week, and progressively getting less attractive on a sporting level.
Decent players on this level of wage can easily play in the championship for teams above where we are now....just like McManus as you said.
QP spent money assembling their squad, they ain’t world beaters but a few will be on good deals, and right now the table shows that’s got them ahead of us.
Nothing wrong with paying for quality.
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1 hour ago, Believe The Hype said:
You are right the money would be better spent splitting between a half decent midfielder and striker. The problem is are there any actually available now? At least he is available right now. Or could we entice clubs to get guys on loan by paying a good chunk of their wages? What I do know is time is slipping away if we want to challenge for that 4th spot, which after Saturday might be a far harder challenge.
Paying for 750 a week players is what got us in the mess imo.
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53 minutes ago, FalkirkBairn2021 said:
I've seen a few posts where you are still talking up promotion as a realistic possibility. You can't seriously believe that after this window ?
The best result for us this season with this squad is still being in this league next year. I think relegation is massively unlikely but it's more likely than promotion.
Your constant moaning about the window is boring as f**k, and to a man every one who has arrived is better than what we had (even if we do have dross still in the overall squad)
As others have said it was never going to be fixed in on January window, you seriously didn’t think otherwise after the rotten players we amassed under Holt? Surely?
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Just now, Reggie Perrin said:
The story was on CNN.
Holy shit that’s made my day, fife rats
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I’d take this in a heartbeat, and even if it doesn’t come off shows we’re serious about getting quality in and won’t be penny pinching which may let us get to some other players that shouldn’t be at this level but are happy to get a wee pay day between now and end of season.
wonder if he’d put a bet on us going up through playoffs, get a good price on that then then get down to Westfield to sign for us
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10 hours ago, PedroMoutinho said:
Problem is Wilson can only go to Elgin, Ompreon is hardly going to have clubs queuing up and McKay is unlikely to give up 2.5 more years of income.
If McKay knows what’s good for his career he’ll get his agent to find a move. Why any ‘pro’ would be happy not even playing reserves is beyond me. Wish folk would stop making it seem as if we will 100% pay someone to sit about for full term and they’d be happy with that - they won’t be.
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13 hours ago, 1320Lichtie said:
Are they reallyyyyyy that bad? McGuffie, Telfer, Nesbitt and Williamson all players I’d happily take at Gayfield. Not going to get much better for L1. I don’t know or have not seen enough of Miller but from outside looking in and after seeing Dowds at us and the potential that’s in him it seems to be that all Falkirk players and managers are under a whole lot of pressure and with all the changes etc they can never really get any rhythm or consistency going.
The guy Rennie says all the right stuff but I can’t see him having much success. Bores the tits right off me so not sure how players will take to him. Laptop coach
How the f**k would you know he’s ‘a laptop coach’?
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I could agree with the Clarke Epos thing but to be honest I clearly recall multiple posters on here questioning it when the deal was announced - if it was so obvious to our esteemed contemporaries on here, how comes it seems to have swayed these pros we had running the place?