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The absolute arrogance that we never got the Box Office trophy

What's this about Brian Rice coming in on Monday?

Who are we wanting in?

Absolutely printing money

Some great news

McKinnon was sacked round about this time, we were 3 points off the top sitting 4th with 6 wins after 14 games 5 wins and 4 behind for Sheerin

Goals https://youtu.be/sSKOkBUmor8?t=404 Johnny Armstrong https://youtu.be/sSKOkBUmor8?t=1272 Evro goal https://youtu.be/sSKOkBUmor8?t=3653 Ben Weekes https://youtu.be/sSKOkBUmor8?t=4289 Jaime Wilson https://youtu.be/sSKOkBUmor8?t=4659 Craig McGuffie https://youtu.be/sSKOkBUmor8?t=4961 Jaime Wilson

Full game is up now

Another article up now too

Near enough 6K views on this within 24 hours is some going #BoxOffice

Oh my, they'll have to do a special on the whole thing

It's now not just a pile on from other fans - but people who have a decent following within Scottish Ftiba Twitter Only a matter of time before the journos get involved

Interesting to see the Q&A starting to gather interest on Twitter

Danke I think the person asking the question led with saying that the players that have came in are no better than Mercer or Leitch etc Holt MacFarlane responded with is Williamson better than Mercer, is Nesbitt better than Leitch, yes they are

Supporters can now utilise the board@falkirkfc.co.uk email address to contact the Board with any questions you may have around the governance or operation of the Club. https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2021/06/30/qa-follow-up-and-work-to-date/

Finally got round to my notes, apologies if stuff has already been covered I have missed stuff out but hopefully be covered by the recording that will follow It was uncomfortable but felt it got easier for them after the first 20 mins Started with an introduction by Gary Deans Gordon Colburn was up next Talked about his family ties to Falkirk. Understands that the situation has changed, the club has been on the decline for several years. Board needs to be held accountable, same with supporters are accountable and some actions by some of them have been not consistent with Falkirk FC values — threats and attacks are not acceptable at all. Mentioned that supporters need to support the players as players are scared to do things on the pitch(!), big laugh ensues, followed by saying that we’ve lost players due to the supporter behaviour around the club (I thought this may have been youth academy players but might have heard that wrong). Bit of back and forth between Gary and the floor before moving onto questions First question was an absolute belter, very well researched with lots of stats, the main point about the win rate of teams that have won League One and how we’re nowhere near that. Gary took this on and talked about how recruitment before was a disaster with Lex Miller, Lee Miller and David McCracken dealing with this, coming out of those meetings terrified realising there was no real plan. Also made a comment that it doesn’t make a difference who is chairman. McFarlane also agreed that recruitment has been bad, we need stability, comparing previous players like Mercer and Leitch to Williamson and Nesbit, and that the team needs space and time needed to improve. First online question (over 60 emails submitted!) - FFC being run like a boys club with the board being filled with nepotism Gary refutes this completely, responds that there seems to be an undercurrent that the fans want to sack someone, get someone to walk. Why do teams raise their game against us? We have lots of ex-Falkirk players playing against us, because of the revolving door of players and staff. Said the end of last season was the worst moments of his Falkirk supporting life. Gary Holt Clarifying his role - he has zero influence on first team matters (team selection, tactics, subs etc). Quoted stat 65 players have come in the door, 63 have gone out along with 13 non-playing staff coming and going. Not always going to get recruitment right, but we can’t get it right with a constant revolving door. Gary does not sign players alone, he concentrates on shovel work that comes with scouting and dealing with agents etc, Sheerin has final say. We made an approach for 14 different strikers, including Scott Robinson and Declan McManus (willing to also pay his transfer fee), but were blown out of the water in terms of wages. Paul Sheerin Total accountable for the performances so far. Felt the real tension from Saturday's game. The team needs the support of the fans. Paul is still learning with this being his first full time appointment. He trusts that the team will get it better. We’ve been let down by individual errors and not got the blend right upfront or the back, can’t score goals and can’t keep clean sheets. Sheerin has been more involved in recruitment since he's joined the club. Phil Rawlings He felt there wasn’t enough investment behind the scenes. Said that the club was an accident waiting to happen and it did last season. We have the biggest wage bill in the league, including the investment in youth squads. We need to get promotion, we are going to make it happen the best we can but we need stability, and can't expect to do the same things the club have done in the past. Asking for patience, mentioned how long it took Stoke and Orlando to get to the top, we are trying our best to get there stating there hasn’t been a concrete plan before. Expenditure - questions on the increased costs of board level investment Commercial income will be down, the loss of Kieran and Totten are a blow. The club is in a period of investing in the future. Right now they are planning to be in Championship next year, if by January that seems unrealistic they shall review. Small mention of SPFL Club Review, how there could be a danger of criteria for the top league (think back to Brockville), whether that be grass pitch only for example. Gary was really cagey about part time being an opportunity next year if we don’t go up. Navy Blue Group Colburn stated there was a number quoted but came with conditions - offer started at £500,000 and later on became £600,000, but no formal offer was made. They refused the approach as the offer was non-negotiable, a meeting was setup but was cancelled the day before by the NBG. Gary said the door is open, someone from the floor shouted “On your terms”. GD responded with to deliver a document, to invest, you need to discuss it. The investment didn’t fail because of the conditions of Gary walking, you have got to talk about these things, discuss them and be reasonable. More Sheerin tidbits Big Ernaldo Krasniqi - still has a lot to learn defensive, was seen as an opportunity to develop a Huddersfield relationship, was also cost effective, works hard and he will get opportunities. Steven Hetherington - seen as one of our most important players, met with laughs Felt he needed to give Paddy Martin an opportunity, Paul Dixon he also feels hasn’t been good enough over the past month (Dixon himself agrees). Gary Deans wrapping up Knew tonight would be difficult with a lot of frustrations but went better than he expected. Thanked everyone coming and giving us space to give answers. They are doing their damndest to get back where the club needs to be. The fans are vital, proud to be part of the support the club has. Bed time now zzz

Wonder what Holt thought of that as he was chatting to fans in the Main Stand

He was at the game today, I would assume purely because of being Aberdeen neeburs with Sheerin

Better get in there before the Pars make a move

Back to the same slow turgid pish then