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I don’t have a problem with Lewis in his FTV role but I agree a club volunteer is not the best choice for an event like this.
Imo it’d have been better with someone totally impartial with no connection to the club.
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It now sounds like the new normal/much greater normality/beyond level 0/whatever it’s called this week will not be in place until the middle of August. If we assume 3 weeks of level 0 from July 19th.
That sounds like madness given that it will be just in time for schools going back. A cynic may say it’s an attempt to push the whole thing into the long grass of next year.
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Interesting also that the ‘data not dates’ approach has been totally jettisoned in favour of ‘just wait a few more weeks’.
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5 minutes ago, Jan Vojáček said:
I suspect that England's 'removal of most restrictions' as Michael Gove said this morning will be very similar to our level 0.
I doubt that will be the case for things like events and crowds when England is allowing far higher capacity at the moment.
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1 minute ago, Jan Vojáček said:
Three weeks from June 28 would take us to the same timetable as England. Who saw that one coming?
Except it won’t be the same timetable as England as i’d assume the intention after the 3 weeks would be to go to level 0 rather than remove all restrictions.
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The issue is that level 0 that was planned for the 28th is still nothing like normality. We still have no idea when the promised ‘closer to normality’ will happen in Scotland.
Just pushing level 0 back a month will be a disaster as you’re then looking at opening up ‘fully’ at the start of September when schools go back, unis go back, people head back indoors and we move into cooler weather. So it won’t happen.
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Just now, Shadwell Dog said:
That's not the point I was making. The Rawlins have come in taken control with a small investment some how and some people seem to think there's been a new broom and different direction this season but I just don't see it. We haven't done anything so far that we couldn't have done before they arrived. That's the point I'm making. When will we see what they are bringing to the table as so far it's just more of the same.
I doubt we would have paid a fee for someone like McCann without the Rawlins’ involvement.
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Any refund potentially due would only be for the 5 games that were not played.
It would also depend on what the Ts and Cs of sale were- it may well be that the club simply offered access to ‘all home league games’ rather than a specific number.
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5 minutes ago, RC55 FFC said:
What is the ST refund stance across the SPFL? I know Motherwell are giving one free to last years holders but can’t say I’ve noticed any other club doing this?
I expect the club May/will offer a partial refund to those that want one in the ST bumph out in the post this week. Although that’s just a guess. But if we are legally obliged to (sure I read that earlier in the thread?) then it will be. Again, can’t say I’ve noticed any other teams advertising that though bar maybe Partick Thistle?
I personally can’t see any more than 1000 ST sales this season but if the team are winning & crowds are allowed back, even up to 2,000-2,500, then I’m sure that’s what will be through the gate. Even if with no away fans as rumoured. But will depend on the teams form for me.
I think you would be right with the 1000 figure if fans had been able to attend as normal last year.
But I think people will be keen to get back to the stadium after 18 months, particularly if we can make a few more good signings on par with McCann.
I’d expect circa 2000 STs.
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7 hours ago, Duncan Freemason said:
The financial black hole facing the club means there will be no transfer fees being paid for anyone.
I don’t see how this can be true given that Airdrie are highly unlikely to have given us one of their main assets for free.
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Linda Bauld saying that level 0 can’t go ahead on the 28th as ‘some young people’ may end up in hospital and ‘1 in 10’ are at risk of long covid.
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40 minutes ago, Long Suffering Bairn said:
£50,000 buys Declan McManus. Shows what kind of diddy team we have become if we cannot stretch to that for a player that would greatly increase our chances of promotion. 24 goals for us in his season with us last time.
I don’t imagine paying £50k would be the issue. I highly doubt McManus will be going to TNS without a very good wage, singing on fee accommodation etc. That’s what we wouldn’t be able to compete with.
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5 minutes ago, Caractacus Potts said:
I’m sure Kieran deserves a lot of praise for revenue he has brought in but I found that hot tub and car thing really cringeworthy. The stand is also plastered with adverts everywhere which I get adds money but again makes the stadium look a bit cheap to me.
Yep, far better to have an advert-less stadium, no sponsors and a much lower playing budget than making the place look ‘a bit cheap’.
I’m sure you’d be one of the first to moan if the club was not bringing in commercial income.
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9 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said:19 minutes ago, Paco said:
Most of Scotland’s unlocking has already been delayed, realistically the central belt in the best case scenario will go to Level 1 at the end of June, and Level 0 towards the end of July. And even at that it’s far from guaranteed. There was never firm plans for a June 21st style unlocking.
I share most people’s frustration about the pace of unlocking in Scotland but it isn’t unfair to say Sturgeon is more than happy to lead when bad news arrives. October, December and May lockdowns/slowdowns have been done weeks before Johnson inevitably does it in England.
The new July date in England won’t meet anybody’s expectations either, for what it’s worth. It’ll still be work from home, social distancing, wear face coverings.I think end September everyone double jagged has always been their "target". Plays out perfectly for them with even English school holidays over before overseas holidays resume.
There’s absolutely no way any unlocking will take place at the end of September. If it’s not done before then, it won’t be happening.
You’ve got schools just back, unis going back, more indoor mixing happening and seasonality having an effect again. Cases will naturally increase and there’s no way the lovejoys will allow reopening.
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1 hour ago, btb said:
Government down south already briefing/leaking that the June 21st easing of restrictions are likely to be delayed by "up to 4 weeks", can't see us not following suit.
The thing is that level 0 is still nowhere near a total easing of restrictions so I’d be surprised and disappointed if we had to wait until late July for that.
What we may actually find is that the ‘much greater normality’ Sturgeon has promised in ‘summer’ now happens at a similar time to England.
Imo if that has not happened by the end of July it won’t happen this year as you’ll soon have schools going back, unis going back, more indoor mixing and seasonality coming back into play.
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2 minutes ago, Stainrod said:
Phil & Chesty will run rings round him and leave him to take the flak if it all goes tits up ( pardon the pun )
Oh dear, oh dear
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Kieran will be a huge loss to the club- there’s no doubt about it. He will have brought in millions of pounds in his time in the role.
We’ll be very lucky to replace him with someone of the same calibre so could well be looking at substantially reduced commercial income.
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Just now, HopeStreetWalker said:
With Kelly leaving its Sneddon's big chance at left back.
If he cannot tie down the position this season in this league what was the point of signing him.
There’s no way Sneddon will be starting at left back. He couldn’t even make the bench last season.
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3 minutes ago, ebobsboy said:
What's the script with Dowds is he out of contract?
Yes according to transfermarkt
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McGuffie could well turn out to be a decent option. Still 23 as well so has the potential to develop further under Paul Sheerin.
Again though I'm not sure about us handing out 2 and 3 year deals to average bottom end championship players.
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2 hours ago, sparky88 said:
11 cases of COVID amongst those that went to that nightclub test event in Liverpool, and that was amongst those that haven't been vaccinated .
Public need to get to the stage where they are questioning this, rather than just rolling over
It was 11 cases over 4 test events!
Yet another thing that doom monger Deepti has been wrong about- she was up in arms about it being allowed to go ahead and was adamant it would cause an outbreak in the community (which never happened)
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31 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said:33 minutes ago, Pie Of The Month said:NHS trusts in England being told to start differentiating between those in hospital with COVID and those in hospital because of COVID.
Looks like they have refused too !
I can’t see the NHS being keen on publishing the figure as it will show the number of people who are going into hospital for a knee op or hip replacement and catching covid in the hospital.
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To be frank I think it's appalling and unprofessional that club employees' absences and seemingly medical problems are being leaked for discussion by strangers. This kind of information should be totally confidential in any professional organisation.
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9 minutes ago, Granny Danger said:
Surely that puts school staff, many of whom will not yet be fully, or even partially, vaccinated at risk.
At risk of what?
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The Falkirk FC Thread
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I don’t know anything about who was involved with the fans’ bid but it seems to me that they have gone in all guns blazing with an approach that had absolutely no chance of success.
The Rawlins have said they want fan involvement but they are just in the door after gaining the support of the vast majority of fans.
It’s not exactly surprising that they don’t want to give up control almost immediately. Particularly when the group concerned has immediately demanded the removal of the chairman, directors and sporting director (which is hardly an indication of a group that wants to work collaboratively and constructively).
I’m also not sure how this proposal was any more of a ‘fans group’ than the previous situation with Ritchie, Alexander etc in charge.
How can it be a ‘fan ownership’ proposal when as far as I can tell there appears to have been absolutely no consultation or engagement with the wider fan base and most of us still haven’t a clue who was even involved in this ‘consortium’?