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6 minutes ago, Raybowski89 said:
A wee but off-topic here but thought this would be a worthwhile discussion, so thought I'd share with those of you who are not on Facebook.
Seen a lot of talk recently about the possibility of Grangemouth train station re-opening, and it got me thinking. Were this to happen, there should also be serious consideration for opening a station outside the stadium. The Grangemouth line literally passes right by the stadium on the way to Grahamston, but it wouldn't make much sense for folk travelling from Grangemouth to use the train on matchdays, as it means going to Grahamston. Would also cut out a near 30 mins walk after matches for anyone heading into town, and folk would be more likely to hang around the Brockville Bar whilst waiting on their train, meaning more revenue for the club. Seems a no-brainer to me?
Aye we should go for it. Probably only cost a few million?
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53 minutes ago, CoveRangers1922 said:
Lawal returns to Falkirk after less than 2 months warming our bench.
It looks like we loaned out Gallagher to make room for Ola which was completely flawed from the outset and this just rubs salt in the wound. It further shows Hartley's inepitude for me. Gallagher impressed and I'm convinced would have developed with game time and formed a strong partership with Fyvie. Gal definitely has potentially, is box-to-box, has drive and is a far better option that Lawal, McGowan, Darge and Sena.
To be fair Ola didn't have much of a chance to prove himself but with the brief glimpses we seen of him you could tell he was a flair player with very little fight, tenacity and ultimately a luxury we can't afford with the players we have around him.
I imagine Ola will leave the Bairns in the summer. He's not Championship standard and McGlynn will look to further strengthen in the summer, which in turn will inevitably mean letting go fringe players.
You're right, he is a flair player but he can have a big influence in games when he's in the mood. It would have made sense to keep him for the Hamilton game because he would definitely have been in the mood for that one!
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1 hour ago, Monkey Tennis said:
At the time, I didn't think the McIvor miss was that glaring.
In fact I couldn't even recall the incident at first when people were mentioning it on here. I just thought it was too high for him and he couldn't quite get above it. Are people suggesting it was a comfortable header and he just popped it up and over?
I think he thought he had less time than he had. He could actually have let it drop to the ground to tap it in.
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58 minutes ago, FK1Bairn said:
There's usually a game where all the community teams get to go to and do a walk around the pitch at half time. I haven't looked at what's been sold yet but could Block H be getting kept for the community teams?
Stokes jailed. No shock there, been coming for a while.
He's lucky he didn't get Sheriff Denny, he's much tougher!
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12 minutes ago, RC55 FFC said:
Wait, should we be watching what we say on the podcast now? I’d hate to think John calling Ryan Williamson “the tampon” will rile him into becoming Cafu against us on the 30th
Reminds me of the female sports journalist who, when interviewing Dumbarton striker Paddy Flannery, accidentally called him Fanny Paddery!
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32 minutes ago, Kevin James Left Knee said:
Slight chance that Aberdeen come down next year and Dundee United fail to go up. While I would love to see Aberdeen come down as revenge for their survival thanks to unreasonable ground size demands either would make next year so much harder. If Raith went up in the payoffs then that would be somewhat good also.
Do you know something we don't?
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2 minutes ago, Owsley 2 said:
Morton fans still brag about their team being briefly top of the league around 1979 though that was well into the season I believe. Bizarre you don't think we should boast about being, briefly, the best team in Scotland. We were top for several weeks. Someone asked how did we manage that? We lost our first game then won most of the next nine including 1-0 at Celtic and 4-0 at Motherwell.
That was me. I was replying to a poster who said that you were top of the league after losing your eleventh game of the season. To me, that read like you'd lost 11 games, not that you'd won most of the first 10 then lost the eleventh.
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56 minutes ago, Distant Doonhamer said:
What is this work of which you speak?
The broad sunny uplands of retirement are a fine place to be.Aye, as long as you don't have the cheek to sit on your arse or watch the telly or anything like that!!
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44 minutes ago, Balde Bairn said:
I do admire the lack of awareness Accies fans have. If you can barely get over 1000 fans at home when you’re doing well then you have absolutely no right to be in the top division; it should make you a yoyo team between third tier and second tier. Where does your money come from? How do you legitimately compete against teams like Falkirk and Dunfermline?
They certainly seem to have a lack of awareness when it comes to suggesting their level. They've been punching above their weight for many years and should probably be a lower level L1 club when taking their fan base etc into account.
However, they have every right to be in the top division if their performance on the park justifies it. It's hardly their fault if the likes of ourselves, Dunfermline, Dundee Utd and Partick can't get their shit together to be able to replace them.
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17 minutes ago, grumpyoldman said:
Think we’ll leave the recruitment to McGlynn if that ok with you
Not suggesting otherwise Grumps.
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25 minutes ago, AndrewFFC said:
Ayr scored one against us in the cup and it was Akinyemi, not Adeloye, also Rae has looked pish for Airdrie whenever I've seen highlights.
Apologies, getting mixed up between the two of them.
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I was having a wee look at Transfermarket to see who's out of contract in the Championship at the end of the season and came up with the following names that will be familiar:
From Raith, there's Sam Stanton, Dylan Easton and Ethan Ross. ICT, Wallace Duffy, who's a RB. From Partick, Jamie Sneddon (G.K.), Jack McMillan (R.B.), Kerr McInroy, Aidan Fitzpatrick and Toni Adeloye who was the Ayr striker that scored two against us in the cup last season. From Q.P. there's goalie Callum Ferrie who was with us for a short time. Morton striker George Oakley, from Airdrie, G.K. Josh Rae, R.B. Cammy Ballantyne and striker Calum Gallagher. From L1 Hamilton there's goalie Ryan Fulton and C.B. Fergus Owens.
Who, if any, do you think would be worth talking too? We'll need a 'keeper and Rae and Fulton are well quoted by their current club's fans. I think we'll need a R.B. as it looks like Finn may be away. Duffy, McMillan and Ballantyne may fit? I also think that Oakley would suit McGlynn's system and is probably more of a goal scorer than MacIvor.
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52 minutes ago, Owsley 2 said:
And were top of the Premier after LOSING our eleventh game of the season. When were Falkirk last top of the pile? Our level since reconstruction in 1975 is clearly the second tier. We over- achieved and now we're under- achieving and many regulars are staying away. But congrats to Falkirk for an amazing season and finally getting out of this division.
How the feck did you manage that?
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3 minutes ago, scottsdad said:
Hold on. Stop the bus.
A year ago there were Pars fans calling for McPake to be Manager of the Year because they skooshed league one. Walked it. Piece of piss.
Now he is a cretin?
Are you saying he isn't a genius? Not the second coming? Because he has faced tougher opposition?
Pars fans making another circular firing squad. Clownshoes club, clownshoes fans.
He's a Falkirk fan.
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6 minutes ago, BPM said:
There was a guy at the back of the stand yesterday who shouted at one point “you are shite Spencer”. Needless to say someone shouted him down telling him “shut the f**k up Pep”.
This is exactly what I mean. Spencer's been fantastic all season but isn't allowed to have one game off form without some melt calling him 'shite'! FWIW, I thought from the start that there was something up with him, like he'd been ill or something. Presumably he hadn't or he wouldn't have played, but I did think there was something strange going on.
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43 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said:
Not really about picking holes. The championship will be a step up and it’s perfectly reasonable to discuss where we will need better quality best season. McGlynn will be doing the same.
He's not talking about next season. He's pointing out that some folk are never happy, no matter how successful or good we are.
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POTY should just be given to the whole squad. They've all played their part and picking one would be unfair on the rest IMO.
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11 minutes ago, ChrispPancake said:
that is two very poor performances where we really have goy away with wins when they weren't deserved. It underlines just how important Lang is to the whole team ad his presence allows ua to play how McGlynn wants us too.
Imm still torn though for player of the year, Lang had been brilliant but Liam Henderson in midfield for me had made the biggest difference and that has really been proven with him having to play in defence the last 2 games.
Which two performances are you talking about? I'm struggling to think of a game this season where the final result wasn't 'deserved'.
Edit to add that this got me thinking; has there been a match this season where the opposition has had more efforts on goal with more on target than us? Maybe against Partick or DU in the LC, but I'd be very surprised if it's happened in the league.
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1 minute ago, Ned Nederlander said:
Guy beside us was slagging McIvor before he was even on the pitch
Yea, how dare he provide the assist for the winner!!
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Serious question folks: would you want us to really skelp you next week in order to hasten his demise, or maybe scrape a draw that he and your board may see as progress?
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52 minutes ago, bridge of allan bairn said:
There are a serious number of candidates for player of the year in this team however for me Henderson is the most important player we have and he'd get my nod.
There was a complete roaster behind me yesterday slagging him (and others) off, saying he was too soft. Some of our fans don't deserve this team.
Just wait until next season (if we get up) when we're not winning all the time. The roasters will get louder, both at matches and on here.
Some folk seem to see players like robots and can't accept that they have human frailties. For example, Nesbitt was quite wasteful yesterday, one of the poorer performers on the day, but his commitment and energy can't be questioned. He's an important cog in the wheel but some folk will continue to slag him irrespective of performance. There's a guy that sits behind me that gives him it tight, brilliant or pish, doesn't matter to him.
What this team have achieved this season is remarkable, yet still they come with their whining. You're right, some of our 'supporters' don't deserve the success that we're currently experiencing!
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Incidentally, did anyone else notice that the grass was too short today?
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If Lang is fit, I'd move Hendo back in to midfield and give Spencer a rest for this.
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28 minutes ago, Ian Mcleod said:
That was absolutely dreadful today and we were lucky to win against a side who are bottom of the league on 5 points. Before January Rankin wouldn't give O'Brien and McGlynn a game when it was clear they were better than some of the players he was playing over them now they've both left and he's brought in Kirk and Hastie who he also isn't playing. Top goalscorer of the Lowland League and he's not even coming off the bench most weeks. Why would anyone want to loan us a player in the future after what's happened with Kirk and Tait as well? How the f**k is Dylan McGowan still starting? Is Kilday got another injury? Or is Rankin once again just playing his favourites?
Tait was probably our MOTM today.
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Reminds me of the female sports journalist who, when interviewing Dumbarton striker Paddy Flannery, accidentally called him Fanny Paddery!
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