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McKenna is an absolutely outstanding find from what we've seen so far. Probably the centre back most confident with the ball at his feet we've had since Aafjes.

This is the way I see it going as well. Kind of makes Muirhead surplus to requirements in my mind. He's not surplus to requirements because you can't have a squad of 11 players. We will pick up injuries and suspensions between now and the end of the season and I'd much rather have Muirhead available for when that happens than complete carthorses like Harrison and Brough.

Missed Joe Shaughnessy

Not a chance. Kidd is a good right back at this level and deserves to keep his place.

He's similar to Leahy in that he's better going forward than defending. Having said that, Leahy was far better in an attacking sense and could actually defend.

Fully agree. He can't defend and is average at best going forward. Beyond me why he seems to have become the star of the team. I think the bench is where he'll end up very soon.

I think the criticism of Kidd is over the top. He'll never be amazing but was fairly solid defensively yesterday and actually tried to get forward as well. Robson on the other hand has shown on several occasions now that he just cannot defend, which you can't have playing a back 4. Hopefully we'll move to a back 4 with Dixon at left back. We definitely need strikers before a right back.

I think the idea of fan ownership is good. Whether this version is the best option I still have doubts with regards to the block vote and reliance on patrons.

I'm supportive of the overall idea of fan ownership but for me there are still a few issues needing ironed out. I think the whole thing has been premised on the belief that there are hundreds of people both ready and willing to contribute large 4 or 5 figure sums. While there will be many Falkirk supporters with that kind of money to invest, the numbers willing to do so will not be very large IMO, especially given we don't have a fully formed proposal yet. I'm also curious as to how the organisers could have the faintest idea who to speak to privately regarding this. Beyond a few obvious individuals, I doubt anyone has a clue of who amongst the support would be able to invest these sums.

What part of it do you disagree with? Or is this just more inane pish. Really quite impressive how you've managed to make more than 18000 posts without saying anything sensible or original about the topic of this forum.

The league is very poor in quality this season and we haven't played a good team yet IMO. Our team of 3 or even 2 seasons ago would've walked the title. If Ray can get his other 3 targets in and the new guys can click, there's no reason we can't start climbing the table. The playoffs might even be a (remote) possibility.

Billy King would be an excellent signing. Another striker and goalkeeper on top of that and we're laughing.

I think the fact they even mentioned his skin colour like that shows you how far times have changed. You would never see 'black striker x has signed for Falkirk' now.

Because the whole point of that feature is to look back at how society and Falkirk has changed over the decades. Sanitising history would defeat the purpose.

The south stand is nothing to do with the council. The rent is paid to Sandy Alexander, who funded it.

He said 'borderline good enough', same thing. Anyone who thinks a striker who's scored 1 in 2 in the league with no service is 'borderline good enough for the championship' hasn't a clue about football.

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Rudden will be back to us imo Presumably you won't be wanting him back though since he isn't good enough for the championship?

It's a very impressive effort so far. Having said that, no money has actually been committed yet.

Can't see him making it at that level tbh.

What is the reason for the block vote out of interest? Not having a go at the scheme, genuine question.

No, because he has less than 20k shares. This will derail this scheme IMO. All the block voting will do is empower a few people and create conflict. Why they don't just allow fans to exercise voting rights individually while still having a fans representation system is beyond me.

Yes, you'll no longer have the right to personally exercise your rights as a shareholder. Instead you'll elect someone to do it on your behalf.

I can see that a lot of work has gone into this proposal and I'm not trying to be critical for the sake of it. I just don't see the point of issuing 'shares' which don't come with the rights normally associated with owning shares in a company i.e. the right to a say in how it is run. The block voting idea just seems like a way for a few high-profile individuals to take seats in the boardroom. If that aspect of the scheme was removed and these shares came with normal voting rights, I'd be fully behind it.