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48 minutes ago, SuperTuesday said:
No chance, I would rather have fans of an away team who can be bothered to go than day trippers.
Fair point but would you rather have empty seats than paying customers as will be the case on Saturday?
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15 minutes ago, ShaggerG said:
I'm assuming that there will be a full section empty between home and away fans? According to the Alloa site, they've sold 56 tickets.
Edit to say that I'm not having a go at Alloa here, it states on their site that tickets will be sold up until kick-off, so I would think there will be a few more in there.
It’s disappointing there will be an empty section of seating segregating the home and an away fans along with unsold tickets in the Alloa end, we could have had a few more Falkirk fans in there. At the risk of sounding like one of the Glasgow arse cheeks could a case have been made for this one off game simply not to sell any away allocation and give the tickets to Falkirk fans?
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18 minutes ago, gav-ffc said:
Docherty was on opengoal yesterday and talked about his time with the club.
Remember seeing a really enthusing and heartfelt video message about the club and Alex Totten he sent for Tottens retirement thing in BTW.
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2 hours ago, Bainsfordbairn said:
He was. Kevin McAllisters was Tottens assistant but both were removed when the team were relegated. Then Airdrie went bust, McCall arrived and a new golden age for the club began.
Tony Docherty was a community coach when Alex Totten was in charge.
Was Chisholm not Ian McCall’s assistant? Think Tony Docherty had the same role under McCall as he did under Totten?
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23 minutes ago, ebobsboy said:
What we will need to guard against whilst speculating about possible signings is other teams coming in for our players. It won't have gone unnoticed after this season sometimes you are victims of your own success.
Haven’t we already guarded against that by getting them all singed up early? Only one still at risk of walking is Yeats and the noises are he’s ready to sign on also.
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2 minutes ago, GunnerBairn said:
Agreed, we’ll just need to outscore them and go all out attack. Cal’s chasing SPFL top scorer and we can make a dent towards 100 league goals. Defensively, would McGinn do a job at the back, sweeper? Helluva game in prospect next week and I think Alloa may ease up and rest a bit for their playoffs.
I’d thought this about McGinn as well, looking at the available options who else do we play there if Hendo is out? Bisland played for a bit today but that’s not ideal either. McGinn is probably our best shout.
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3 hours ago, Bairn in Exile said:
yes, fucking useless. The same last week even although we were at TFS where we're not supposed to have any problems.
I very rarely use the service but on both occasions this season when I have (today was one of them) it’s worked perfectly fine and the footage has been reasonable.
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19 minutes ago, Long Suffering Bairn said:
My brother was at Murrayfield taking match photos for Falkirk Rugby club - they won the League cup. He'll be chuffed.
My opinion of MacIver certainly did improve. I can see his value a bit more. Still can't help thinking if we kept Burrell how many more goals we would have scored. There is a reason the other players who voted for team of the year didn't put him in the team, and I would suggest they might know more than we do? Could be wrong though.
So yes, he went up in my opinion today.We could well end the season scoring 100 goals! You honestly think keeping Burrell would have improved our current frontline?! Those goals have been spread around with a number of players on double figures, I’d suggest as a team we’d have scored a far lower number without McIver being there, even if Burrel has managed a couple of extra goals over him to me a blind man should be able to see who the better all round player is having watched the difference Ross has made to our front line this season compared to last. Even outwith his overall contribution to the team as a whole it’s not as if his stats are bad either, what is it? 15ish goals and 7 or 8 assists in total?
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1 hour ago, Springfield said:
Tait & Miller have been nothing short of sensational. Getting Tait signed would be brilliant. Can anyone confirm Millers contract situation?
He is under contract until end of next season
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44 minutes ago, Tea and Busquets said:
MacIver robbed of a full house.
Well deserved! Little surprised Nicky got in and obviously McIver not being in most probably wouldn’t agree with either but we’ll take it. You almost never see a near clean sweep like this, massive well done and deserved.
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17 minutes ago, Senor Bairn said:
Very surprised that there's not one Accies player in there.
Best squad in the league you know
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1 hour ago, Long Suffering Bairn said:
I know MacIver has become poplular and has scored a good few important goals, but I am still in two minds about him. He certainly has a great ability to tap in a goal from a a few inches, that is for certain. A goal is a goal so I'm not being sarcastic, evey one counts. I see him as a good sub, not as our central striker.
If I am on the fence about MacIver, then my brother certainly isn't. He has seen him play about 6 times this season and he is fairly scathing about him. He doesn't see a footballer there - no dribbling and swerving as you would expect from a striker, no great ball control, no rushing past defenders. He just sees a slightly akward, not very athletic guy. I don't know what Ross has done to him, but I don't agree with my brother.
But it is interesting how someone with no horse in the race can see that.No great ball control? His first touch is fantastic! Almost always controls it first time and either finds a man or has the intelligence to hold the ball up and allow the three in behind to get into space, without McIver up there doing the job he does Miller, Nisbet and Morrison can’t properly play the game they have done this season. Over and above getting a decent number of goals and assists his overall contribution this season has been massive! Does you brother not watch much football???…
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30 minutes ago, ChrispPancake said:
I know they promised to freeze prices but this is going to bite the club in the bum. If for eg we get promotion next season (just a scenario) the jump in price to compete in that league will need to be huge due to the club keeping ST prices so low for so long.
Yes, there is an option to contribute more but is this really a good way to go?
Agree looking at it now our ticket prices are probably on the cheap side comparing to what the clubs around us will be charging, fans do have the option to buy a “managers fund” season ticket at the cost of an extra £60 which I hope those who can afford it go for. Even then our ticket prices for next season will still likely be lower than what a Dunfermline or Dundee utd are charging this season.
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1 minute ago, Springfield said:
Sincerely hope we can sign them, gut feeling is that wages may be an issue. Hope I’m wrong
Ross is out of contract, he’ll have no wages at all in less than two months time and Tait is a loan player. I don’t think any of them are particularly far fetched signings.
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24 minutes ago, Springfield said:
Competition that can offer more lucrative salaries.
But Tait would be on loan, surely Hibs pay his salary and we contribute a percentage? Also not sure who is going to offer Ross any more than us, considering he’s obviously not wanted by Raith and he’s been used mostly as a squad player for us this season. Have you heard a club higher up the food chain as being quoted with an interest? I’d a have thought we would have a decent chance at getting both if we wanted them.
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17 minutes ago, Raybowski89 said:
I get where John is coming from RE the constant asking for funds by the club. I don't have any issue with it, but a bit more transparency on how much of a difference it's making (the club mentioned Tait was only possible due to this. More of this please) would be really appreciated.
Our season ticket prices are very cheap by comparison so a voluntary donation over and above the base line price is a good option IMO, those who can’t don’t have to but those who can have a way they can directly help improve the calibre of player John Mcglynn will be able to sign over the summer. If fans own the club then fans fund the club, we are only going to get as good as we pay for and the money that’s supplemented the playing budget has quite obviously been spent wisely so far. More of the same please.
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16 minutes ago, Bairney The Dinosaur said:
What makes this title and season so special is it has been the result of everyone pulling together. Management for building the team, players for performing on the pitch, Board and staff for delivering behind the scenes, FSS/Patrons members for putting the fans in charge and funding the project, Ultras1876 for lifting the whole fanbase in the stands.
Really something to be proud of.
100% this! The full thing works when every component part pushes in one direction, no ego’s, point scoring or wee personal tantrums from individuals. Just everybody putting the club first with no caveats and looking at the bigger picture, on and off the park everything is starting to click but it has not happened by accident.
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10 hours ago, GMBairn said:
Ross McIver is becoming a bit of a big game player for us.
A lot of his goals and assists have come in tight matches and that's 2 goals and an assist in 4 games against Hamilton.
No argument he should have more goals but he's come up big when it's mattered.
He’s been fantastic, his stats are obviously decent enough but anybody paying attention to the actual football over and above that can see he’s been far and away the best striker in the league. It can’t be underestimated how crucial keeping him fit this season has been for us as we don’t have a like for like replacement, he’s the focal point in our attack to where all our forward players perform and use mcivor as such.
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2 hours ago, Grangemouth Bairn said:
Hamilton already have more points this season than Airdrie gained in getting promotion last season and are on track to beat our points total from last season.
For me the fact we’ve seen off such a worthy adversary this season so easyily makes the season we’ve had even more impressive.
At any professional level it’s very, very difficult to go 33 games unbeaten and if we manage to go the whole invincible then that’s something very special indeed.
Agree with this, we have not had it easy. Hamilton are a very decent side and to absolutely body them the way we have is remarkable.
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39 minutes ago, Raybowski89 said:
What have you got against Queen's Park haha? I've personally always had a bit of a soft spot for them, due to their history. Their squad made up the first few Scotland National teams back in the 1870s, when they were the top team in Scotland.
I'd much rather see ICT go down than them, but as @RC55 FFCsaid, they'd probably win the play-off against any league one team.
They are guilty of financial doping and the fact this shit still happens in Scottish football is disgusting. We should have some form of domestic ffp rules like they have in other countries. Any sane football fan should be against clubs operating in this way! Particularly Falkirk fans with us being fan owned and having fallen foul to diddy clubs like Livingston or Ross county in the past. ……Having said all that an away day at Hampden will be fun!
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8 hours ago, Scotty Tunbridge said:
So why has it taken Falkirk with this massive fan base so long to get out of this backwater league where they so greatly out number the opposition fans on a weekly basis?
Because the club was being badly run until the fans took matters into our own hands and bought the club! Maybe Hamilton should take note …..
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34 minutes ago, BPM said:
And an underlying seeth that the new regime (the fans) have turned things around.
These folk are a tiny minority, you never meet them in real life but they can be prevalent on here and will appear from under a rock as soon as we eventually loose a game so be prepared! lol.
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27 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:
Given we were level on points after the First Quarter I don't actually think there is a gulf in quality between the two sides. We'll never know, obviously, but had you'd lost up in Cove I don't think we'd be sitting here in April with you lot miles clear and with that as your only loss.
You've built on the confidence and belief that you can grind something out every week, and not having been beaten will be on your opposition's minds as well.
You'll do well next season, but if we do go up, a decent manager would have our current squad sniffing around the playoff spots too.
I dunno why Falkirk fans are so desperate for it to be true that Rankin has done a good job.
Nobody is particularly “desperate” about it. It’s just looking at the facts and stating them, i’e. Points gained, league position and the opposition he’s been up against. Taking all that into consideration he’s probably been decent. I’ve no idea why Hamilton fans are so desperate to convince themselves this Hamilton squad was ever going to be good enough to finish above a Falkirk side of this standard that is on such an extraordinary run of form, it’s borderline delusional.
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11 hours ago, Todd_is_God said:
I'm not entirely sure what difference that makes to my point tbh - John Rankin is not a good manager and we are where we are in spite of him, not because of him. It's really not an achievement to be so far ahead of 3rd place given the money we have shovelled into this season.
However, to give your question a bit of respect, it's possible. A stronger manager may have tried to win the first game at TFS (we were both pretty terrible ) and who knows how your season pans out without the air of invincibility around your squad that has grown and grown as the season has progressed never getting beyond the 7th (I think) match day. Same with your late equaliser up in Cove. But there's no need though to resort to hypotheticals as we've had two full seasons of him demonstrating he may be a good coach but not a good manager.
What's absolutely certain, though, is we wouldn't be any lower with a different manager.
IMO there is as much chance of winning the lottery as there was of that Hamilton squad being able to finish above this Falkirk side regardless of who the manager is. Managing a smaller club and gaining 2nd place behind a bigger club but still with a healthy points total is no disgrace for Rankin, only 2 players or maybe 3 at a push from Hamilton would be considered starters in the current Falkirk squad.
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Posted · Edited by LatapyBairn.
Haha, no it hasn’t. I actually agree with you in that proper Alloa fans wanting to travel deserve to see the game as well, it just seems a shame there are going to be perhaps 100 or more empty seats that could have been utilised but I understand there probably is no perfect solution to that issue all be it a small issue that it is.