Proudtobeabairn

I doubt you missed the Daily Mail article yesterday and discussion on here so if you know something to the contrary spit it out.

He's not being given much of a chance - isolated up front, no partner, wingers providing nothing. Look he's not brilliant but for folk to be inexplicably be rating Keena over him and saying stuff like no one played badly yesterday except Ruth is just BS. For me, he's shown that with decent support he'd score goals in this league. Maybe with Morrison and Williamson back the strikers will get more than 1 chance a game.

I think its important that if the NB group are putting together something that there is an attempt to unite the other fans groups first and appeal to any fans who'd like to be involved to be part of the bid. My concern with the NB bid last time was that there was no detail on who they were. It seemed like the Rawlins were the best option on the basis that they brought proven successful involvement in football when most of us knew nothing about those involved in NB. As others have said, simply running a business and making some money/being a fan isn't a guarantee of being up to running a successful club, far from it otherwise MR and SA would have worked. Also important any fans bid doesn't become a vehicle for egos to take over. Important in this regard that there is wide and varied input along with some kind of democratic process when it comes to selecting the new chairman etc. Hopefully the Rawlins will stay involved in some capacity too. I assume everyone is now happy to go back to games.

I said we have a best XI capable of quite easily winning this league. Despite the obvious frailties I still believe we do. With all the daft selections, formations and tactics we've been our own worst enemy. The fact that we're still only 3 points off top with 2 of our biggest attacking threats injured says a lot about how poor this league actually is.

Have been very surprised there haven't been any protests since the Q&A but nobody seems willing to step up and organise anything. If it can't be done from behind a keyboard then it seemingly can't be done. In years gone by, the board would have been hounded at those last 2 games but these are the times we live in. That aside, I think people are entitled to discuss the game, performance and players and heaven forbid, even take a wee bit of joy out of finally winning for a change. Next week will be more of a challenge but I doubt we'll be seen to have turned a corner unless the run goes past the QP and Cove games in December.

If Williamson is back next week then its a stick on that Miller will be in for Hetherington rather than Krasniqi. Is Miller better in there than Hetherington? That is probably the question if we're thinking of appealing. Another goal for Ruth that would have been 'strikers instinct/right place right time' had it been Keena who scored. McGuffie, though usually poor did much more yesterday and really well taken goal. McCann much better too. Hopefully this can be the start of a bit of form. Morrison coming back will be massive for us - hoping that's still on track for December.

Ah that's true. Oh well

Now look, I'm very aware of how ridiculous this sounds but he took his 2nd well against Evro.... does Wilson deserve a start? He's (quite rightly) been completely written off but I'm sure he'd argue he hasn't had opportunities to start games. What am I saying! BTW I'd also have Dowds back over Wilson & Sammy. Keena is an enigma but on balance with the chances he's had he really hasn't shown enough. Ruth I believe is our best striker atm and I don't believe he deserves half the flack he gets on here. Needs to start converting more chances but is getting into positions, laying the ball off well and always willing to run.

Keena had those chances before Ruth came in and did nothing. Dropped deep all the time leaving no-one in the box. Ruth gets into more goalscoring chances than Keena does but really needs to start putting more of them away. Still think Keena & Ruth work better as a front 2 but the Airdrie game means we'll probably never see it again (even though defence to midfield we should have been set up far better to support them).

Not sure I've seen this talked about yet. Interesting comments from Nesbitt - he sounds far closer to captain material than Hetherington (or anyone else for that matter). https://www.nottheoldfirm.com/interview/falkirk-star-desperate-to-turn-things-around-after-hostile-atmosphere/

Anyone properly put them on the spot or give them a bit of heat?

The point of emailing is to keep up the pressure and to make it clear folk aren't happy. Witholding ticket money is futile if there isn't a concerted effort to build it into an actual group or movement and get momentum behind it as lots of folk will always renew. That takes leadership and organisation though which most folk won't have. In any business, receiving lots of regular complaints from hundreds of different people is never easy to ignore. If all they get is 2 or 3 emails from those who can be bothered that's never going to be enough to drive change sadly. I'd actually argue that whenever fan voices have been loudest change has happened. SA and MR standing aside from day to day decision making I think was an attempt to do that, so was the departure of ML and CC. Change hasn't always led to success which is a different argument.

Because if you're not going to games to protest and not emailing the board or going to the Q&A how exactly are they going to know you're unhappy? @Harry Kinnear touched on it with his post - clearly the director he met was judging the number of emails they receive as an indicator of how unhappy the fans are. The protest so far at games has extended to a bit of booing and 1 x banner so they'll hardly be feeling hounded out will they?

Ferrie, Grant, Doyle, Robson, McHugh, Longridge, Moore.... I make that 7.

Wrong. The post didn't assume you'd only won 5/10 while 'playing your best' it said you were nothing special which you've just confirmed by saying you've been relatively poor for a while now. Half your team are our cast offs too so we know very well what they're capable of.

board@falkirkfc.co.uk I used it earlier in the season and got a reply from Colin McFarlane. A reply I didn't agree with but a reply none the less. Amazed if true that regular posters on here haven't been using it to make their feelings known. Maybe they think they're in for an easy ride tonight (and maybe they are if folk aren't planning to go along to that either).

@D'Jaffo @virginton You are perhaps forgetting we actually watch our games and so know what we can be capable of & also get a good look at the opposition. QP are nothing special and having only won 50% of their 10 games will tell you that. We've also had some rank rotten players for a few years now who have gone on to regular games in the league above after leaving us. Players worse than some of the lot we have now. The truth is it doesn't take much to win this league but we seem intent on making a mess of it time and again.

I still believe we have the players, however limited, to scoosh this (very poor) league. As many others have said a good 6/7 of our strongest starting XI would most likely find championship teams if we released them today. With the recent tactics and head scratching team selections/subs we're our own worst enemy. The question is why do we continue to self harm when the league is there for the taking for anyone who can put together a half decent run. Who is calling the shots and why?

So no sign of any sacrificial lambs in the build up to the Q&A. Fully expected there would be at least 1 departure before tomorrow night to try to quell the anger. There may still be but it looks like they're going to try and front it out which is bold if nothing else. I just hope most posters (and certainly the most vocal) on here are going tomorrow night to confront the board & Holt etc directly or have at the very least submitted questions (I certainly have). There is no better way to get your anger across than to turn up tomorrow night and make your feelings known. Really hope the questions go beyond "why doesn't Keena start" and get to the real root causes of our complete collapse in recent weeks and who is to blame for the current shambles.

Been on holiday so thankfully didn't have to watch the horror show on Saturday. Would be incredible to think there won't be any attempt to drop some good news in prior to the Q&A on Tuesday to try and quell the anger. Holt out announcement tomorrow?

2 goals in 3 starts is about as good as we could have asked for as he gets up to speed.

Why haven't we signed this guy if we have a new scout in place? So much for the supposed scouting network. I hope this isn't because The Rawlins have said we mustn't sign Gary Goals. Why are they allowed to make these decisions with only 26%? The NB investment could have given us enough cash to bring in Gary Goals and have some left over. Sheerin probably wouldn't have played him anyway he's so stubborn. I can't believe he favours his own signings over Gary Goals. What a shambles of a club. #notapennymore

Yes but the point is Keena does it - Ruth doesn't when up on his own. Taking it to extremes and using another famous player analogy, he seems like more of a Wayne Rooney than a Ruud Van Nistelrooy. I assume this is why Dowds was also loaned out (because he's not what Sheerin considers an 'out and out striker') Best option remains to play them both of course.

I actually agree that (when he plays) Keena doesn't get into the box enough. It was something I called out when he was playing earlier in the season - he drops too deep, too often.

It was positive that Sheerin did seem to notice his plan was a disaster on Saturday by switching to 2 up top at half time. The worrying bit for me was how quickly he made the subs after we went ahead to 'shore things up' which almost lost us our lead. Convinced that with confidence high we'd have gone on to score again had he not made those changes.