Numbers_One_To_Eleven
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12 hours ago, Bairn in Exile said:
And yet for all our recent trials and tribulations you'd swap places with us in a heartbeat. We will eventually get out of League 1 and into the Championship, something that you will never do unless you get a mega rich benefactor like Roy McGregor. One day we will again play in the Scottish Premiership, when, I do not know, but it will happen. Again, something that Peterhead will never do.
Peterhead turning into Falkirk is the stuff of your wet dreams, Falkirk turning into Peterhead and dropping into League 2 is our very worst nightmare.
As a Falkirk fan, put this chat straight in the bin! Clyde were a top flight club but never reached there again. Certainly old Rangers never will.
Its sport, no guarantees.
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I know promotion was the be all and end all but what would would people give just the league campaign out of 10? If folk want to give reasons, go for it, but I’m just giving a number (omitting the play-off).
I’m saying 5.
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19 minutes ago, SouthStander1876 said:
I agree, I was simply stating my opinion on the future should we get promoted
To be honest, I couldn’t give a shit about getting into the Premier League just now. If we eventually get back into the Championship, that’s going to be a pretty difficult nut to crack, especially from where we’ve come from (and changing squads all the time).
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29 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said:
Honestly looks like the best thing that could have happened to you guys would have been losing early in the Cup. After the game at East End, it was if the players subconsciously thought "league is done, we're defo in the play offs, let's coast and make a big thing of the cup semi final". Sadly it doesn't work like that. I remember the first season we were in League One, Jefferies had us very much the best of the rest after Sevco romped to the league and we rested a few players before the play offs and ended up coasting along with no intensity to our play (apart from the final game of the season v Sevco at home where we played a bunch of kids and kept them to a 1-1 draw). Of course we then struggled and ultimately lost out in the play offs and I do wonder if our laxadasical approach to the end of the season and arrogance that we'd win the play offs easily was partly to blame.
On the other side of the coin, when we played a lot of games in 2015/16 to get to the play-off finals, all the games played meant we were a spent force by the end. It’s a difficult act to balance resting players and making sure they’re at it, but that’s the managers job.
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1 minute ago, Back Post Misses said:
Exactly the point I am making. What has happened - McGlynn needs to explain
The Dunfermline 2-0 game happened and it petered out, with the cup run perhaps a distraction.
Players went off the boil for too long then the big games came and it was deer in headlights time.
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13 minutes ago, ChrispPancake said:
Anything other than winning this league should be seen as failure. That's irrelevant of what other teams are in it. iThat's no slight on Dunfermline who were streets ahead of us this season or Airdrie who more than deserved to win the play off.
Celtic and Rangers fans. Man Utd, Barcelona and Madrid and Bayern fans all EXPECT their team to win and accept nothing short of that. It's time that we did the same. A single loss in league 1 should simply not be acceptable, never mind the utter pish that was served up this season.
McGlynn out, he failed. It's that simple
This is utter nonsense.
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Good luck in the play-offs.
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1 minute ago, latapythelegend said:
I'm actually on the side of the fans of every other group of fans winding us up.
Fair play, we deserve it. We are still an absolute basket case.
100%. There’s so little to defend about us that it’s either do the above or go absolutely demented!
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Time for humble pie from me (without knowledge of the harsh financial world of sacking a manager).
McGlynn needs sacked.
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1 hour ago, Numbers_One_To_Eleven said:
We’re now the firmly established basket case club of Scottish football. From when I started going in the early 90s to the middle of the last decade, the majority of times we were a club known for team spirit and camaraderie. That has now mostly evaporated
Further to this, at least we are a basket case than a non-entity (what Clyde became, compared to what they were anyway). There’s got to be a tipping point, I can’t see us having a decent fanbase forever more languishing in L1.
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5 minutes ago, Springfield said:
Followed Falkirk since lifted over the turnstiles at Brockville. Many lows, many highs. Walking up with over two thousand fans, to the Vaduz game after taking over the small town centre, will never forget. Our demolition of Hearts in the cup game was one of occasions, that made the old lady the best stadium in the world. Attending pre-season friendlies in some very odd places.
For me since the JJ unbelievable season, the three cup finals, semi finals and the odd times we beat the arse cheeks, it’s been a recurring story - shat one.
Yes it’s been like this for a long time, but the new low for me is that after best part of five years there’s an acceptance which seems to be the norm.
Yet another new BOD and if suggested by posts on here have given McGlynn two years to get out the division, what the Fck is going on with the club.
We carry a first team squad many championship clubs can’t afford, but still start the season with a -400K starting berth ? How does that work ?We continue to sign players that are at best ok, and we continue to hand out two years deals to players that leave more questions than answers. I look at teams like Airdrie and even last season said to mates, there are at least three or four players I would take over what we had.
Travelling to town today, ticket bought but probably take in local pub for watch, truth be told, I’ve lost interest.We’re now the firmly established basket case club of Scottish football. From when I started going in the early 90s to the middle of the last decade, the majority of times we were a club known for team spirit and camaraderie. That has now mostly evaporated
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16 minutes ago, Hughsie said:
You can’t deny the improvement in terms of league position but when you look at what’s changed this year, we have just stopped dropping so many points to the part-time teams in the league. Our record against anyone half decent beggars belief.
I don’t think turning draws against Clyde/Peterhead etc into wins is a big enough improvement for me.
Even then we’ve had a bogey team in Kelty and a 50% win rage against Clyde is unacceptable.
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17 minutes ago, bairn88 said:
Aye, I honestly think most fans are in the middle. An appreciation that we’ve seen our first “improvement” in a season in 6/7 years but also a huge disappointment at our promotion failure and our Hampden embarrassment (that’s what it was to me - not laying a glove on that Inverness team).
Does Mcglynn deserve another year at it? Bang on the fence for me.
We did lay a glove on them, Morrisons great chance. A lot of the game hinged on that moment.
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23 minutes ago, bairn88 said:
Indeed, the manager and player turnover over the last decade has served us really well. Definitely the blueprint to follow. More of the same please!
Yeah, let’s keep McGlynn for another 2-3 years….
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3 hours ago, Bairnardo said:
Bad example, that horrible b*****d is way overdue to get sent to the lasagne factory.
I’m stumped.
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I know words like “shitebag” have been banded about since Tuesday but what other word other than stupid describes what Burrell did at the end of the wall for that second goal?!
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18 minutes ago, ChoppeReid said:
The point I am trying to make is that’s never going to happen.
if he gets us up there is no way he is getting sacked. Most likely will be a couple of years of no progress in Championship. Hopefully avoiding relegation.
Dundee and Bowyer have parted ways. McKinnon and Queens Park. Dundee and McCormack years ago when Dundee were top.
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Our striker options really are shite. A non scoring striker (Oliver), an impact sub who many have been hanging their hats on (wrongly in the case of Burrell). Allan and Wright make up the numbers. Depressing.
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18 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said:
Good - PJ Morrison, Nicky Hogarth, Blaine Rowe, Coll Donaldson, Stephen McGinn, Liam Henderson, Kai Kennedy, Max Kucheriavyi, Ola Lawal, Rumarn Burrell, Juan Alegria
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Sean Mackie - Leon Mccann's been that good this season he's not had a sniff but I don't think he's a bad player.
Finn Yeats - Just a youngster who's not had much gametime but he's shown enough to prove himself a useful addition.
Gary Oliver - I like many others was a bit baffled when he signed as he's never scored goals anywhere he's been but you can't doubt the selfless work he puts in and he's a great foil to play off.Jordan Allan - Really hasn't been used effectively enough since he's came in and that's on McGlynn. 10 goals in the league for a shite Clyde side before coming to us.
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Brian Kinnear - Really struggle to see what McGlynn's playing at with him.
Matty Wright - Still essentially a young kid but he's not up to the standard.I would agree with your list but change the headings. Good - Okay. Okay - Not bad. You could argue that Henderson and Max are in the good but Hendo lacks a bit of a nasty side and Max seems to have become a little bit neat and tidy whereas when he first came in he had more influence, especially coming off the bench. Kai Kennedy could also make a case in recent weeks for staying in the good but has a tendency to disappear in games.
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10 hours ago, ChoppeReid said:
Like some others on here I have been reflecting. But have went the other way and even more against keeping McGlynn.
Think there is a chance of him getting us up next season but what happens then? We waste at least a couple of years doing nothing on Championship. Just can’t see the long term future being good with him as manager.
He has shown this season that he is stubborn, can’t change a game and sends out some really dubious lineups.
The way the promising season fell away so dramatically shows that he is easily found out and out thought.
That’s easy. He leaves or goes upstairs at the end of next season…..champions, promoted or not.
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The more I think about it, the more I think that 6th goal was a killer. First half was the stuff of nightmares and McGlynn and the team really let themselves and the fans down but get back to TFS 5-2 (winning the second half 2-0 with a bit of momentum) and instead of a minuscule chance on Saturday, I’d give us a shout on Saturday (underdogs still, of course). As it is, I feel the swing is too big.
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14 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said:
For you he has failed but it will obviously depend on what targets the board set him. If it was progress and minimum play offs this season (going up or not) then they will see that he has progressed.
I for one have taken time to look back on the other night and the season as a whole. It has been our best, in terms of entertainment since the Houston last full season. It has ultimately been a disappointment in the last 2 weeks due to two really poor performances at critical times and that is what makes it all the more disappointing, frustrating and concerning.I would imagine all the prep for next seasons squad will already be done. Players identified where we need to strengthen and who is going who is staying. When pre-season starts, friendly dates etc etc will no doubt all be done. A new manager would be starting from scratch - not that it would be impossible to do so - but make the new guys job very difficult.
On the basis of above I would on reflection keep him but he will have to get us off to a flying start and the ONLY measurement next season is promotion.
This is true but let’s not forget, 2016/17, his last full season (Kerr/Taiwo in the middle, Sibbs losing interest, Baird on the decline, Gasparatto!), was a bit of a slog.
2nd place in The Championship, Halycon days compared to now, but 2015/16 was the last really good season.0 -
10 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said:
If he stays, then we will sleepwalk into another clusterfuck of a season. Lots of people saying it will be a weaker league next season. I don’t think it will ever be weak enough for McGlynn to win it outright.
Dunfermline will be re-imagined as Hamilton or Airdrie or QotS or Cove. Keeping him will result in failure…..of that I have no doubt.
It’s down to the BoD, and for now, theirs is the only opinion that matters, and I am sure they are all big enough lads who will stand or fall by their collective decision. They will be well enough aware of the potential implications of keeping him.
I don’t see last night’s total abdication being forgotten while the manager remains at the club. On a single game basis, it’s easily in the bottom six of the past 40 years…..and it was in L1. For many, it will be the worst they have ever seen.
Got to be number one . Any other shockers in the last 40 years have at least been in the top two leagues. Queens Park 6-0, I hear ya, but with so much at stake, it’s got to be number one.
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A 6-2 defeat where it’s toe-to-toe for a while (3-1, 4-2) and for whatever reason things run away at the end is just about fathomable. 5-0 down after 41 minutes in such a crucial game (against a team below us in the league) is just wild.
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The Falkirk FC Thread
in Scottish League 1 General Chatter
Posted · Edited by Numbers_One_To_Eleven
A complete distortion of what I posted.
For one you have completely omitted my mention of old Glasgow Rangers and secondly, I’m well aware of what Clyde are now and you have actually backed up my point by mentioning when Clyde were last in the top flight.
I never said I didn’t have faith but by the same token I don’t have the attitude of we will be in the Scottish Premiership one day.