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2 hours ago, ShaggerG said:
There were a good number of posters on here that couldn't seem to accept the possibility that, as we are where we are because we were pish, there would be a fair chance that we wouldn't get back up again too quickly. That shouldn't have been impossible of course, ref Dunfermline, but it was always possible. McGlynn has obviosuly stabalised things and we are now seeing improvement.
Strange how some of the 'this is only L1 FFS, we are Fawkurk, wae a big budget' types don't seem to be as vocal when things are looking better!
Bit early to be getting triumphant, we've started well but a long way to go.
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Good signing and sounds like direct replacement for Miller.
If true that he's Raith's highest earner (from a long term John McGlynn deal) then would think Jan will be the limit we can afford. Miller should be back by then.1 -
I think most of us are capable of following more than one conversation in a thread. There hasn't been a league game for a week and a half and the team are doing well so what other hot topics are there?
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I'm not particularly riveted by the FSS debate but suspect these pages wouldn't be moving otherwise. Football side going well for a change and not that much to discuss until Saturday.
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A wee group of them were hanging about near the main road after the Stirling Albion game looking for Albion fans too. Embarassing.
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Bad couple of days for Hamilton, losing 2 players on deadline day then drawing yesterday. Interesting to see how they respond. Suspect they'll use their cash to work the loan market over the next few weeks but hopefully Rankin won't find anyone decent.
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Miller has been excellent so far. I like his attitude too, looks like someone who hates to lose. He'll be a big miss regardless of who comes in.
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That's much more like it. Superb performance 1st half especially.
Young team deserved MoM, what a difference they've made.
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1 hour ago, Van_damage said:
The odd thing about Brockville and all of its advantages, is that despite now being in the third tier and outside of town, is that we seem to be averaging a lot more fans than even under the heady days with Alex Totten in charge.
Even in the 2002/03 season when we were romping the league and playing great football, we had only 3,320 for a home game vs Alloa mid March. Our last home game vs Alloa in February we had 4,061. In the Rennie season we still had 3,366 for the second last game of the season vs Alloa.
Is this because we have a more modern stadium that is more family friendly and easier to travel to by car? Can’t quite figure it out as a 12/13 year old kid I absolutely loved getting the bus in and going to a match at Brockville on a Saturday.
Is it down to the way the gates are recorded now (ie all season ticket holders included whether they're there or not). Don't think that happened back then.
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2 minutes ago, Shodwall cat said:
Heard they've got a few bob to spend at johnstone burgh .
......said John McGlynn in season 26/27
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Our achilles heel will continue to be our defence in my opinion. We should be capable against most teams in the league and I expect us to beat Stirling on Tuesday but I don't have confidence that we can play teams like Hamilton or Cove and not concede at least once. It also feels inevitable we'll draw and lose other games for that reason that we really should be winning.
Hamilton are a team built on a strong defence with a bit of grit in midfield. They won't lose many games.
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56 minutes ago, JulioBairn said:
I hate when we don’t have a game. Back to talking about sacking McGlynn and Oliver, McGinn and Nesbitts contracts. The go-to topics. We just need the website for the full house.
Yeah much better to read folk moaning about those posts
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Clean sheets were the difference last year for Dunfermline and Hamilton seem to have started in a similar fashion.
The opinion that Brad McKay should never take to the field is about the only thing that consistently unites the whole Falkirk support.5 -
I think @Chinatoon Bairn is saying Yeats has told him it hit his arm and was a penalty is he not?
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That early save by Long was incredible
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Taylor Morgan
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Chris Smith
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Kjartan Finbogasson
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Andy Haworth
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Rees Greenwood
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Really good 2nd half yesterday, what a difference scoring first makes.
Next week will be tougher but good news if Fyvie/Megginson still out. Interesting stats from the Hamilton Cove game. Looks like Cove had all the possession but not a single shot on target.0 -
16 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said:
Extended deals for bang average players issued under Holt and McGlynn is one of the major issues we’ve had over the last number of years and a big reason why the budget is now gone.
Exactly. Not sure why this is difficult to understand.
I've gone full circle on this over the last few years from supporting the early Sheerin team and berating folk for negativity at that time but we're in our 5th season in League 1 so its getting hard to stay upbeat and agree when posters tell us it's ok to keep last years failures as 'squad players' (when we know Oliver and Nesbitt etc will play most weeks) instead of bringing in better.
The RB chat has been done to death. My view is McGlynn thought the boards budget would be extended to cover one or two more after Lang and Spencer used up a big chunk. I'd have been far happier to have had a RB for the first league match than not.
As for players on long contracts sticking around when not wanted. Brad McKay.
I like everyone else will be there on Saturday hoping for a strong start and if we win and are playing well I'll back McGlynn to the hilt but last season gives me no confidence he'll turn it round. Hope I'm wrong!7 -
Was it ever confirmed he was injured all that time. There was also chat on here that he had a fall out with McGlynn and/or Morrison.
Either way, I personally think we should be able to do better (had we not already used up our budget of course).
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4 minutes ago, Bairnardo said:
IIRC McGinn and Oliver triggered options.
By what metric was Blaine Rowe not good enough? I'm not saying he was or he wasn't, but what is the measure you are using to say that so definitively?
My opinion based on watching him week in week out. He wasn't solid defensively and he offered nothing going forward to the extent he eventually lost his place to a perenially injured ghost.
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The Falkirk FC Thread
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Raith & Dundee Utd fans might also argue with the game of the weekend tag