StuartA

You’re hilarious.

We have about 12 players signed for next season. The most obvious one we want to re-sign is Yeats, but I guess he has offers and there’s negotiations. We won with Cal though. So yeah it’s about 8 more.

Ultimately we’ll sign another 8 or so players. Maybe it’s post orgasmic glow, but I wouldn’t be unhappy if Oliver was one. He scored again today

It’s not arrogant and nothing to do with a big support. You’re supposed to be a fan-owned club so treat fans decently.

Great post. Wish I could give you 10 greenies.

Junior club mentality. You don’t have to be a shit club just because you’re wee.

Fought hard and deserved it.

Yep, though probably best putting additional contributions via FSS, so it doesn’t get caught by VAT?

Prices were frozen for two seasons so next season will be the same as this.

Fire up the Quattro…

I know I’m like a stuck record about the passage of time, but that means we were shit for a good 5 years. Several managers and Prime Ministers came and went, dozens of directors and over 100 players, the Falkirk TV/couch/covid years, wars, Brexit, and now we’re midway through another decade and only just recovering. It has been fucking tiring.

If that’s the case, they’d be trying to sell me Paul Hartley voodoo dolls.

Can I just check - does everyone else get the same advert on here all the time? I know I’m not a young man anymore but, since Tom Lang signed, I’ve not had any problems in “that” department.

Yeah, 1730 is the danger zone. Too much time before the game to have too much, but also enough time afterwards to go too far. The Wet Jeans Zone.

I don’t agree that there’s a major rebuild in the pipeline. Looks like we’ll have a full complement of outfield players plus a couple. JMcG will have time to consider where he needs more quality or depth and he’ll have an element of certainty over the budget (though that’s down to us too). I’d hope the majority of this squad get the chance to prove themselves in the Championship. Airdrie and DA squads have competed without many changes.

Holy fk, 35 years. Think of everything that’s happened since then.

So that’s Plan B. That’s what I’m getting at. All the “plan B” talk suggests that some think McGlynn is a one-trick pony. I think it’s more complex than that. Proof of the pudding will be how we fare in the Championship against stronger sides, but I do hope expectations will be measured.

Thing is, Plan A is working nearly every week. Okay, we don’t pump every side by 5 goals each week but no side does. John McGlynn did a talk for FSS members last year when he was surprisingly frank about how he approaches games, which was an eye opener. It’s clear that there’s so much more too it, the approach is more like a framework than a straightforward this formation, or that formation. They switch formations and tactics throughout the match, and it’s much more fluid than the Champ Manager version. It basically showed me how little I know about the game.

What would that Plan B look like and how would it be better than our record so far? Plan B last night was to bring Miller on, and it worked.

I like the rotation. Football is a squad game. Not giving more of the squad a run risks them being rustier or disengaged when injuries or suspensions happen. Case in point - Tam got injured, we could move Hendo knowing Tait could step in, and didn’t he do well. Similarly if Cal needs a rest after a couple of kickings this week, Ross is more likely to be match-fit. And Mackie has done well - can’t argue with two assists. As for the keepers, much of a muchness and tbh I think the concerns, while not unjustified, are a bit exaggerated. All about opinions etc, though I do trust McGlynn’s more than most.

Grangemouth is the capital of Falkirk and would defeat Falkirk in a war, given it’s navy, air force, means of production, Kelpies and stadiums. And people, obvs. YGB.

I’d hate to see Ola getting into bother for that, he wouldn’t expect it to be filmed. But if anyone does clip it, some upbeat and cheery music given his excellent dancing would work well. And then we make it go viral and pay the song when Hartley comes to TFS next.

Deserved that. Similar to Annan inasmuch as we made chances that we didn’t take, but really impressed with Tait, what a classy player. Hendo didn’t look out of place at CH and Mackie was fine. When Long was called upon, he did well. I was about to say we ground that out, but we didn’t because we were far away the stronger side. Lovely win.

That’s my reading too and at the risk of pissing people off, I don’t think it’s a big deal. At best a marginal issue especially given our excellent defensive record. What I do agree with is that of the very few goals we’ve conceded this season, a fair proportion of them have been defensive or keeper errors. So while I don’t think it deserves the column inches it generates this season, it could be a bigger issue against better teams next.

Okay, we could alternatively blame Lang for a terrible clearance just before that gave them possession unnecessarily. Or MacIver for missing god knows how many chances. Or Miller for putting in several poor balls. Or we can accept that we succeed or fail as a team, not individuals. Bottom line is we don’t know - it was an off day and the players that didn’t play could’ve easily been worse.