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    The Falkirk FC Thread

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    28 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said:

    First game of preseason and a fair few injuries so I'll try not to be too harsh. 

    Young trialist who started the game in the middle of the park was tidy on the ball and got on it quite a lot but he never once looked interested in making a tackle, just jockeyed his opponent until they popped the ball off.

    Mackie was impressive, played out of position at centre back but he was so composed on the ball, actually wouldn't mind seeing him in the middle of the park as he always looked to play rather than hoofing it up the park.

    Oliver wasn't up to much but it was a difficult night playing upfront on his own for the first half and the trialist striker that came on in the second half was absolutely brutal, which is frustrating when you've got the local lad Malcolm on the bench would have preferred to see him.

    It was never a 4-1 game but we created he haw aside from a few corners.

    Funny how opinions differ. I genuinely thought he got stuck in and made a nuisance of himself, which Lafferty certainly didn’t like

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    The Falkirk FC Thread

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    18 minutes ago, gav-ffc said:

    Reminds me when Kingsley was training with us 2 years ago fans were saying he would be a risky signing.

    I was one who wasn’t fussed whether we signed Kingsley. I’d like to add that had we signed Kingsley, it wouldn’t have won us the league, which was the point I made about signing him in the first place. 
     

    Id love to see Sibbald back at Falkirk, and if it could be managed, whilst still allowing us to have enough budget to strengthen other areas, then it would be a no brainer. It’s likely it would take a large chunk of the budget up and we are weak in so many other areas that we can’t put all our eggs in one basket. Martingale’s comments regarding his fitness after Covid is also concerning and would be too big a gamble for us. 

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    The Falkirk FC Thread

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    21 minutes ago, ebobsboy said:

    Tbf to Davidson and St Johnstone they were victims of their own success in that their cup wins meant they got plundered for their best players. And obviously weren't able to replace them with similar quality. Bit like when we lost Vaulks and replaced him with Rankin. Not even in the same ball park. 

    The worst thing about replacing Vaulks with Rankin is that he couldn’t get a game ahead of players who were behind Vaulks in the pecking order. Any signing was going to weaken the team but signing someone worse than what we already had was dreadful business. 

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    The Falkirk FC Thread

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    3 minutes ago, Shadwell Dog said:

    Doubt hetherington was ever a good player. Dowds yes there's a player there if used correctly but hetherington is just brutal.  Got away with it at alloa playing avoid relegation football  but in any team that wants to actually win something he's nae use. Never seen a player give the ball away so much . Struggles to pass it 5 yards and can't tackle. The times he got red cards they were for sheer stupidity and not actually just getting stuck in. I'd drive him anywhere that wants him.

    To be fair it looked like we were just trying to avoid relegation last season

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    The Falkirk FC Thread

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    25 minutes ago, Shadwell Dog said:

    Come on a wee bit of realism here when was the last time Raith were in the top flight?  You're  in a position your resources deserve.  Last year you over achieved to come 3rd and yet you think you should be an established premiership side.  Livi have all sorts of dodgy goings on to fund their team and at Johnstone are a bigger club who make a lot of money through their stadium.  

    I get what your saying here, however, if Raith feel McGlynn has taken them as far as he can, then surely the next step is to try for a manager who can take them to the next level. It may not work out but fans will never be happy if a Board decides to just sit stagnant and accept where they are. 

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    The Falkirk FC Thread

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    1 hour ago, Springfield said:

    No I won’t be attending either the game or the meeting as explained in earlier post.
    You have my total respect that you think we’ve still got a chance, so good luck for tomorrow.

    I thought you might go to inform them that they can just terminate contracts.

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    The Falkirk FC Thread

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    9 minutes ago, Springfield said:

    Didn’t know we had so many experts on football contracts, but thanks for the post.

    The fact that players can sit in the reserves earning hundreds of thousands a week and not be paid off tells you everything you need to know. Don’t need to be an expert to know that contracts that don’t have caveats in are water tight. 

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    The Falkirk FC Thread

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    1 hour ago, Springfield said:

    FFS Yes you can, if an employee is not up to standard or has failed to carry out/execute his duties in line with his job description, trust me it’s very simple, even more simpler if there are caveats attached, Fck sake they play football for ninety minutes a week….

    You are clueless! We all know how employment contracts work but football is completely different. 

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    The Falkirk FC Thread

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    11 minutes ago, bairn88 said:

    Just howling at the idea that 6 new players plus Dowds couldn’t possibly have made us a competitive team in this division. 

    If the new board swallow that up from Rennie we’re in for an absolute shiter of a 2022/23 season 

    Only if the 6 players are of the right calibre and type required. I’d argue that with the possible exception of Watson, none have turned out to be what we required. 
     

    Maybe I don’t care as much anymore but I’m not bothered if Rennie stays or goes next season. I don’t see who we will appoint that will get a tune out of the players we’re stuck with and get a perfect record with the rest of the signings. 

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    The Falkirk FC Thread

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    Too many people on here saying “the BOD need to appoint a decent manager” but what “decent manager” will come to us? Nobody is the answer because they’ll have much better offers than us. The only chance we will have is if we appoint someone who shows promise and we get lucky.

    We have become a club who can quickly turn on a manger when things aren’t going well due to the years of underperforming. Our turnover of managers wouldn’t fill anyone with confidence that they’ll be here long and we’ve got a dreadful squad who are mostly signed up for next season too. 
     

    As a club we are in a dreadful position. The squad assembled in the summer was nothing short of shocking. We were paying a guy who’s main task was to sign players and he couldn’t even identify that you need a strong core to compete in this league. 
     

    I don’t think I’ll be renewing my season ticket next season as it’ll just be more of the same and I’ve got better things to do with my time and money. The damage has been done over many years and I hope to god it can be fixed, however, I have a feeling it may just get worse in the short term. 

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