Proudtobeabairn

No reason we couldn't offer a voluntary full price season ticket for those who want to support the club regardless of the number of games they end up seeing. This could be done early with follow up options once we know when football will restart - e.g half season ticket, season access to Falkirk TV etc. We'll no doubt still need the odd fundraiser but I think fans will put their hands in their pockets if they can as this is an exceptional time and the club needs the money.

Falling out with the council re the stadium and finding ourselves homeless is the last thing we need at the moment - a ridiculous idea. If we did walk away and left the council to foot the bill, with no FFC rent, who ends up paying the price for that? Councils are funded by us as taxpayers so we're not only shafting the club (leaving us homeless) but also the local community as the council cut more services to pay for stadium costs. The whole discussion around the stadium and our 'deal' is pointless. Gary Deans thinks its a good deal for us at the moment and being homeless would be an utter catastrophe for us so that's that.

I actually liked how Eddie May was trying to set the team up. Having Lima back in midfield was positive and with Flynn, Marceta, Moutinho and MacDonald there was potential for us to be very creative. Unfortunately it never really clicked and some of the players (Macdonald, Marceta, Finnigan, Twaddle) just didn't live up to expectations.

The pattern on the home top ruins it - would have been smart with plain navy blue. For me the worst recent shirt by far has been the Hartley season abominations. Looked horrible to begin with then the big yell Horizon sponsor on the back meant we had the strip to match the team on the pitch.

Most wouldn't take a refund (myself included) but don't underestimate the number of people who have lost jobs/income at the moment. For those in that situation every penny is a prisoner and football ranks below putting food on the table.

This thread really has hit rock bottom. I'm actually starting to yearn for the days when there were Mark Campbell related updates to read on my lunch-break...

Both - if tests become available over the counter then nothing stopping fans who have had it going to games. That + a sensible approach to live streaming/pay per view could enable the season to start.

A lot depends on how quickly an antibody test becomes available that can be mass produced and available over the counter. If that happens in the next 4-6 weeks then football being played in August is entirely possible.

Uefa have stated that leagues must be completed by June 30th. The reality is that most players will be contracted until 1 June so unless games could be played before that then it's not happening. So it seems ti me that playing the remaining games is a complete non starter which we should probably forget about. There is no way the FA down south won't declare Liverpool champions or declare the season void. The SFA will follow suit. For me the most likely outcome is no more football, RR declared league 1 champions and play offs scrapped. Hearts can challenge all they like but it'll get them nowhere and cost a heap of money. We will spend another season in League 1, battling Partick and Cove for the automatic place. The only way out of this I see is if a team currently above us in the pyramid goes out of business. Reconstruction without that is highly unlikely .

If M&M get us up then they deserve to be given a 1 year extension. 1 league defeat since taking over with the utter pish McKinnon left them with is as good as 99% of those applying for the job could do. Agree they would have ideally picked up a couple of decent January signings but it's a time of year when not many are available and the best options will wait till the end of the month to make sure they can't get higher than league 1 - then its a gamble whether we get them or not. Positive elements they've brought are that we now have a much better dressing room/team spirit, they seem to recognise when and who needs dropped (Durnan, Buchanan, Sammon, McMillan, Longridge all dropped recently after poor performances) . Moving Miller into midfield was also a good move. Don't agree with a lot they've done too (e.g giving Gomis an extra year, setting up too defensively on occasion) . Overall - I think anyone claiming they don't deserve a full summer if they get us up is being deliberately stupid.

Bonkers.

Not convinced the squad is too small - we don't have a reserve side so no point having players who can't at least make the bench. My bet is that Telfer and McShane were made offers to leave in January and were given to the last minute to go. Without those two the midfield wouldn't be nearly as overloaded. With Longridge dithering, De Vita was signed early rather than risk him moving elsewhere and then risk Longridge leaving. Clear M&M see De Vita, Longidge and Todd as more natural wide players than Telfer who they see as more of a back up for Gomis. Hall is centre back cover and Miller can play full back if needed. Agree we could do with a better option up front than McMillan (what a stupid signing he was) and Sammon. Would rather see L.Miller than either to be honest. I hear all the 'he's finished' comments but is a finished Lee Miller better than a finished Sammon or McMillan. Probably.

MacLean is already a benchwarmer at QP...

I think there's still a slight question mark over Mutch. He has looked pretty solid since coming in but can't remember the last time we were under any real pressure in a match when he's played. The Hearts game (if we make it) will be a better test. Bell in 1st half of season made some very good saves. Looked far better yesterday and finally full time fitness paid towards the end. Everyone got pass marks though from the new boys I thought De Vita showed the least and will surely be used as back up for Longridge. Todd looked good and jury out on Hall - looked shaky at times at the back and could be prone to an error or two. Doyle far better going forward than usual.

Lewis Moore?

Doyle and Kidd spring immediately to mind, McShane and Todd weren't away from QOS long before turning up at Falkirk.

If you compared Josh Todd's career to date with McShane (having never seen either) then you'd put your money on McShane being the better player. Todd has had two good moves to Dundee and St Mirren and not managed more than 20 games with either before being shipped out. He may well provide the crosses we need to get out of League 1 but he's another we're stuck with next year if he's not up to the Championship. I know he has played for QOS but I think what this season has shown is that picking up players from the likes of QOS and Morton (even their best ones) s not a brilliant plan.

It's not the moral high ground, just common decency. Football is a game - we're not debating whether or not Goodwilie should be allowed to perform life saving operations here. If we can't win promotion from league one then it won't be because we didn't sign Goodwillie.

Not come across any of those before - have you?

Signing Goodwillie makes no sense and I can't imagine this is anything other than a wind up that's grown arms and legs. Plenty of reasons for this (number 1 being he is a rapist) but strikers are not the problem atm, with Miller registering himself we now have Miller, McManus, McMillan, Sammon.... appreciate none of them are much good but Miller and McMillan will score occasionally if we continue the long ball obsession and Sammon/McManus are not terrible if balls are played to their feet. We need creativity and if M&M are going to be the answer its important they realise this and address t with whatever budget we have in January - not spunk it away on unnecessary rapists. If De Vita has been brought in to play wide right, we need someone wide left and another central midfield to link with the strikers & longridge. Its been said many times before but DKD would be ideal. That should do. **edited to add - forgot about Johnstone! Surely to God he's on his way**

Can't see any truth in the Goodwillie rumour, De Vita seems much more likely but not exactly excited by the prospect. M&M have to take a large chunk of the blame for recent performances. As others have said, the 5 at the back + holding midfielder formation is designed towards not losing. In this league (and even with this squad) we should never be resorting to 3 centre halves and a holding midfielder. M&M don't seem capable of noticing this or changing to a more attacking style - that's disappointing.

2 of the players in the Liverpool starting XI were bought for £5m and £7m. Makes the £100k we're due a little bit less impressive... they got Gallacher very cheap compared to going rate for a Liverpool U23 player. Personally I was also surprised he got that move as didn't ever stand out for us.