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McGlynn certainly at fault for this one.  Trying to shoehorn Henderson into a settled team has been a disaster.

Why change  ?

I hope its a blip and he has learned for next week. If he picks the same team again, we are in for another see-saw season.

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2 hours ago, FFC 1876 said:

Big difference coming on in the 72nd minute and playing from the start. 

Your either fit to play from the start or not fit to play. Let him have a run out for 60 mins to get his fitness and speed up, then hook him if he is knackered. 

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5 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said:

Hetherington, purely because I don't want Henderson thrown in too soon especially with him just coming back from a hamstring injury.

Henderson came on and played his bit on Saturday. If he wasn’t fit, I don’t think they would have included him in the squad. If he is there, he has to be first choice.

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3 hours ago, Bainsfordbairn said:

To the last question, yes it does and it's gorgeous. I noticed it on Saturday. 

 

 

Stunning dug..... it should lead the team out every home match ! 

 

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I'm a member of the 1876 club paying a tenner a month along with a good few other folk.

No monthly draw reported since April !

reported to Jamie last week..... still nowt !

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I want to buy 3 tickets for the Dunfermline game in November. This would give the club some cash up front. I can't do that as it will not allow me to purchase. 

 

 

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9 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said:

I’ll take your word for it, I’m no marketing expert but as previously suggested I’d also have presumed the analytics would point to social media as being frequented far more regularly as a source of information than official websites. 

The problem is that the club wants you to go to the website, whether it’s to buy tickets, hospitality or merchandise. If you are going to put out info on the public domain, the least it should be is up to date and accurate. Just about every page has an issue …I couldn’t buy a ticket last week, matches missing, player profiles wrong, contact people wrong, 1876 club not updated since April. It’s a disaster which reflects badly on the club and our main sponsor.

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1 hour ago, Back Post Misses said:

It maybe for you but 100% the ONLY time I ever look at the website is looking at the fixtures and planning to attend games. All other club info I pick up from the various SM feeds. I concede and agree it should be accurate but I think you will find website traffic is SM driven. The analytics I would guess would confirm this. 

It doesnt matter what you personally look at or if the analytics suggest otherwise or not. The website is the public face of the club and should be updated and accurate at all times. Full stop !

It's been a mess for ages and its still a mess.

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4 hours ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

Sorry to be moaning after such a great weekend but surely someone within the club could update the website.

Recent results have not been reflected on the Fixture list nor is the Dundee fixture even shown.

We also don’t show our Team members despite having such a section available.

This is very poor for a club our size and reflects badly on our sponsors, Crunchy Carrots.

Please FFC.

Its a fair comment. Quite a few issues with the website, both in terms of consistency and errors.

I've always made the point that this is the public face of FFC and the first place people go for info on the club.  As an example look at Gary Olivers player profile. If the club want you to sponsor a player they should at least get the info right. Quite a few players dont have a profile up yet.  This is only one example of how we get it wrong. There are more !!!

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Was pleasing on the eye yesterday !  McCann was man of the match for me.  

I posted some time ago that him and Morrison on the left hand side will pose problems for teams when we are going forwards. As indicated above, he has some leap for a wee man and gets stuck in. His problem (if it is a problem) is getting stuck up the park if and when the opposing team counter attacks fast.....but that's what the holding midfielder is for and a game reading CH, to cover for him. Had to love the fact at one point he went on a mazy and ended up at outside right. 

Another thing is that we now have options up front on how McGlynn might want to play. Alegria to hold the ball up or Lawall/Burell to run at players. 

With Henderson back we have cover for defence / midfield. 

My only concern is right back...but I think Yeats is actually making that his own position. He is a cracking footballer and reads the game so well. Although Williamson had a blinder last time out at Westfield, I still think he can't tackle or defend properly.

Lastly, a shout out for Pearse Carrol. Only a cameo appearance yesterday but he looks like a footballer..... great control, head up, picks a pass. I don't think he will be with us for long once he gets a few games under his belt. 

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11 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said:

You said none of them should be near the club again. I assume you mean some of them then? 

 I think it’s fairly clear in my reply to you. “Some of the Board acted in a malicious manner”. I think that kind of implies “some” but “not all”.…….or at least I hope that is the case.

 

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43 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said:

In my case, it was 100% malicious. The only upside was it exposed just how unprofessional and vile two of them could be. To then deploy their “frightener” in order to add a bit of legal waffle was just the cherry on the cake as he was even more incompetent than his employers.

It won’t be forgotten any time soon.

This 

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14 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said:

One of them is still on the Board and another two are Patrons 

Let me rephrase that …..some on the Board acted in a malicious manner. Better?

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40 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said:

Not sure I agree with that TBH.
 

I was as critical as anyone but for me now it is really important we try and pull in the same direction from here. 

The previous regime made huge mistakes IMO, don’t think any of it was malicious just poor decision making. Had it been I think I would agree with you. 

I think it is time to move on and look forward IMO but ensure we learn from mistakes, which the new Board, will make too. 

Absolutely not!
Some of the previous Boards actions WERE malicious with respect to the CI and some other fans. They should be chased if they go anywhere near our club again.
 

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9 hours ago, Duncan Freemason said:

Harsh but fair.

Just fair

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9 minutes ago, HonestAl said:

The horror of the 2018 pre-season is hard to forget as the optimism of the “Brentford Model” unfolded during the early weeks of the season. The flawed belief that Hartley knew what he was doing in signing a cache of previously unheard of players from the lower reaches of the English pyramid or Premier/Championship “B” teams has led to a ‘fool me once….’ attitude by many a fan.

So, we are asked to have faith in an albeit respected manager (McGlynn) to fill an obvious need in the first team (attacking mid & striker) with a couple of (with all due respect) unknown young players from a similar source as the 2018 debacle.

Forgive my scepticism but this could all go sadly wrong, especially with the likes of Nesbitt, McGuffie, Wilson, Malcolm, Ross etc still here.

3 things - 1. I don’t think the likes of Wilson or Ross will get any game time once McGlynn has assembled his preferred squad. In fact, its more likely that they will be jettisoned. 2. Hartley signed the players without having a look at them. At least McGlynn has had them on trial before committing his budget in signing them and 3. You could say Wilson was looked at before signing, but that was by Sheerin and Holt who couldn’t pick a player if they tried. 

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43 minutes ago, Rocco said:

Why do some people keep saying play Mackie at LCB? We have just signed Donaldson and Henderson and not to mention Watson coming back from injury, as well as, the new Brad McKay. 
 

Mackie would struggle to get a game against these guys so it’s directly between him and McCann for left back, which it looks like Mackie is winning

Watson will still be some time away. Plus I'm not sure he is as good as what we now have.  Henderson can move into the middle. That leaves Donaldson, McKay and Mackie. Although McKay looks a new player, I think Mackie is better than him.

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4 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said:

Imo McCann will not be at the club at the end of August.

Still think he is our best attacking option up the left flank with Mackie in a left centre role.  A good example was the goal against Hibs from McCann’s cross …..and Mackies great covering tackle when McCann was caught out playing outside left.

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11 hours ago, LatapyBairn. said:

Surely in a BOD situation unanimous consensus can’t always happen but every director should agree to go with the majority vote on any particular decision. People in these positions should surely realise that. 

You should watch the film "The Death of Stalin" and see what happens when a collective group try to make a decision.  Don't think Beria was too happy in the end !

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10 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said:

Surely in a BOD situation unanimous consensus can’t always happen but every director should agree to go with the majority vote on any particular decision. People in these positions should surely realise that. 

That’s assuming the disagreement was on a policy direction. There are more reasons for resigning than just that.

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12 minutes ago, AL-FFC said:

I can't fathom out why folk want to know at the end of the day what happened is at board level, and from a point of view the only reason folk seem to want to know is just for gossip or doing an Isa (nosy b*ssas).  if it affects the long term future of the club then yes I could understand it but the end of the day there are disagreements in every work place yet life goes on without the knicker wetting of what's going on here.

Playing devil's advocate here..... but if you have one or two directors forming a clique and getting their mates involved (who are not Directors), it might just p**s off the others who have been voted on by the FSS.  Then you have a hostile atmosphere that descends into chaos !

We have just come out from that scenario with previous BoD's.... let's hope we are not moving back in that direction !

 

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55 minutes ago, Jackie Myles said:

I was told it certainly wasn't through a change of circumstance.  Heard from someone that the boys resigned as a patron too but I can't confirm that. Concerning though.

Not a good sign if true. 

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Not an ITK post, but hope that Doug resigning was a personal decision and nothing to do with anything at the Board level. 

I've only had the occasional contact with him, but he always appeared to be a good guy with the Club at heart. 

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Certainly some changes needed to make us a little more potent going forwards. We have the start of a back line that will not lose goals and we have some players that can adapt to playing in slightly different positions. 

After watching the last couple of games, I would drop Williamson. He offers nothing and can't defend. re-jig the back line to play 5 at the back..... Yeats, MacKay, Donaldson, Mackie and McCann. Both the full backs can bomb on and give us something going forward, whilst the other three can mop up anything teams can throw at us. Mackie looks a better left sided CH than full back as he reads the game so well, but is not mobile enough for a modern full back. 

Mccann might not be the best defender, but as we saw against Hibs he gives us another option going forward. Mackie covered well for him in that match. 

Having some width and pace changes the dynamic a little and maybe gives the midfield / forwards a little more support.  

Still need a striker though. The jury is still out on Alegria.

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2 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said:

It’s a funny one for me unless it’s genuinely costing nothing.

May be an unpopular opinion but I certainly wouldn’t have prioritised our limited resources in bringing in youth players this season when the first 11 requires so much investment. 

To me we just can’t afford to be bringing in players who Mcglynn has admitted will not start games when we have so many who should be in that position as it is.

For me it just doesn't make sense. The club have given the lad a one year contract and then sent him out to Bo'ness, presumably for one year !  Where is the logic in that ?