The Falkirk FC Thread

[60`s bairn]

1 hour ago, ShaggerG said:

I'm assuming there'll be parking at the stadium too but, no doubt, it'll be extortionate!

I was told there`s no parking at the Stadium.

[Roboccop]

Signs at stadium tonight said road would be closed on days of the gig. 

[Springfield]

9 hours ago, Russ said:

Was at the first meeting and thought they all spoke very well, Kenny Jameson in particular. Some good information and some absolute damning stuff about the past. The fact we had no system in place to check whether our sponsors had paid or not for the signage in the stadium and that some had been up for over 3 years without the club being paid at all is an absolute embarrassment. That along with signing up they absolute jokers as our shirt sponsor last year were just the tip of the iceberg of how badly we’ve been run in the past and how terrible previous boards and our former Commercial Manager had done.

Appalling that previous bods and commercial/marketing managers allowed this to happen. Free advertising or was there something more sinister?
Why on earth something simple like an internal audit didn’t highlight this. A club rotten to the core. 

[Shadwell Dog]

The clowns on the previous bod including our previous commercial director shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the ground again. Amateur at best criminal at worst. The club was heading into an abyss with those chancers in the board room. 

[Springfield]

1 minute ago, Shadwell Dog said:

The clowns on the previous bod including our previous commercial director shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the ground again. Amateur at best criminal at worst. The club was heading into an abyss with those chancers in the board room. 

Mind boggles what a certain employee was actually doing for around forty five weeks of the year.

[latapythelegend]

I assume this is Korsazy being referred to? Incredible that he really seemed the most competent member of the previous regime. Just shows how totally fucked we were.

I was last in the ground a fortnight ago before prep started for the killers concerts and it was good to see things changing in the ground. Old boards being taken down. Hopefully the place looks a bit fresher come July.

[NavyBlueArmy1876]

Tbf to Kieran when he first came in there was a big upturn in sponsorship revenue with lots of additional boards going up around the ground. We also had about a million 'business partners', even the small amounts of money from these were welcome additions. However to not chase any of these up (even by literally anyone at the club given it was common knowledge that no further money had been received) was absolutely criminal. I also know a couple of businesses that had regularly sponsored the club previously and they weren't even approached last season to see if they wanted to put more money in. As others have said it is the absolute definition of a shambles. Unfortunately, loving the club does not mean you will be remotely good at the job at hand - hopefully Sammy was the last in a long line of experimental appointments on that front. I dont hold so much judgement on the Clarke ePos deal, hindsight is a wondering thing after all. Though they probably shouldn't have been chosen in the first place purely for having such a ganting logo 

Edited June 3, 2022 by NavyBlueArmy1876

[BountyBairn]

1 minute ago, NavyBlueArmy1876 said:

Tbf to Kieran when he first came in there was a big upturn in sponsorship revenue with lots of additional boards going up around the ground. We also had about a million 'business partners', even the small amounts of money from these were welcome additions. However to not chase these up (even by literally anyone at the club given it was common knowledge that no further money had been received) was absolutely criminal. I also know a couple of businesses that had regularly sponsored the club previously and they weren't even approached last season to see if they wanted to put more money in. As others have said it is the absolute definition of a shambles. Unfortunately, loving the club does not mean you will be remotely good at the job at hand - hopefully Sammy was the last in a long line of experiments on that front. I dont hold so much judgement on the ClarkePos deal, hindsight is a wondering thing after all. Though they probably shouldn't have been chosen in the first place purely for having such a ganting logo 

I could agree with the Clarke Epos thing but to be honest I clearly recall multiple posters on here questioning it when the deal was announced - if it was so obvious to our esteemed contemporaries on here, how comes it seems to have swayed these pros we had running the place?

[FFC 1876]

This will most likely come back to bite me but I'm not too disappointed about this.

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/raith-rovers-captain-kyle-benedictus-set-to-sign-for-rivals-dunfermline-athletic-3719172

[Russ]

Something else that was commented on last night but I’ve not seen on here yet it was confirmed that we are still owed money by that Clarke ePos shite and we are taking them to court.

[Russ]

This will most likely come back to bite me but I'm not too disappointed about this.
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/raith-rovers-captain-kyle-benedictus-set-to-sign-for-rivals-dunfermline-athletic-3719172

I’d have liked him but with Donaldson and Henderson in then until we can get Brad McKay fired directly into the sun then spending another decent wage on a centre back at this stage probably would’ve been a bit of waste.

[gav-ffc]

4 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said:

This will most likely come back to bite me but I'm not too disappointed about this.

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/raith-rovers-captain-kyle-benedictus-set-to-sign-for-rivals-dunfermline-athletic-3719172

Agreed with Donaldson, Henderson, McKay (sign) and Watson on the treatment table we don’t need him at the moment imo.

[FFC 1876]

6 minutes ago, gav-ffc said:

Agreed with Donaldson, Henderson, McKay (sign) and Watson on the treatment table we don’t need him at the moment imo.

Yeah definitely need another centre back in with Watson out injured for most of the season but Benedictus would have been on a decent wage so I'd quite happily see us bring in a loan instead.

[PedroMoutinho]

13 minutes ago, gav-ffc said:

Agreed with Donaldson, Henderson, McKay (sign) and Watson on the treatment table we don’t need him at the moment imo.

Not for me- McKay needs to be as far away from the team as possible. If we go with just the above, McKay is only one injury away from starting games which is no good.

[Senor Bairn]

Another wee signing would be good x 

[gav-ffc]

3 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said:

Not for me- McKay needs to be as far away from the team as possible. If we go with just the above, McKay is only one injury away from starting games which is no good.

He’s not going to walk away from 2 more years this early into the transfer window I don’t want him anywhere near the team either, we will need another CB eventually but probably a younger loan/someone that can cover a few positions.

[NavyBlueArmy1876]

Do we know when Watson is out until? 9 months from his injury would be December/ January. Definitely need another centre back in, if not two. Benedictus was always pretty awful against us (did he not get sent off multiple times?) but would have been fine for cover at this level. Possibly the first indication that Dunfermline may have a slightly higher budget that us, which makes the poaching of Donaldson all the more pleasing 

Edited June 3, 2022 by NavyBlueArmy1876

[HopeStreetWalker]

4 hours ago, Springfield said:

Appalling that previous bods and commercial/marketing managers allowed this to happen. Free advertising or was there something more sinister?
Why on earth something simple like an internal audit didn’t highlight this. A club rotten to the core. 

Reminds me of the Bob Shaw incident in the 70s when he ran adverts in the team sheet free hand out without asking the companies permission.

[Guest FFC1965]

Some of the more recent posts have given me some reassurance that it wasn't just me who experienced a commercial shambles at the club.

At the start of the 2020/21 season I sponsored a players shirt for the first (and as it now turns out only) time. 

It wasnt cheap, but as I was WFH not commuting and spending money socialising was a no no , I decided to take the plunge to help my club out.  

Once the cash was paid I heard nothing from the club after the season end.  I know that the pandemic meant there wouldnt be the normal shindig with players & sponsors.  When I signed up I even asked the club to just post me the jersey once the season had finished, and specifically asked for them not to go to the trouble and expense of getting it framed as I just wanted a jersey to wear playing 5s. 

Emailed the club twice after the season finished - no reply.   In the end I gave up.  

What really surprised me was that they didn't even approach me to ask if I wanted to continue as a shirt sponsor for season 21/22, which Id probably have done if my arm had been twisted (and the situation with the 20/21 shirt resolved).

I wasnt expecting the red carpet treatment but the way it was handled (or not) was simply negligent. 

i do hope that the new management gets a hold of basic stuff like this.     

 

 

 

[FFC 1876]

12 minutes ago, NavyBlueArmy1876 said:

Do we know when Watson is out until? 9 months from his injury would be December/ January. Definitely need another centre back in, if not two. Benedictus was always pretty awful against us (did he not get sent off multiple times?) but would have been fine for cover at this level. Possibly the first indication that Dunfermline may have a slightly higher budget that us, which makes the poaching of Donaldson all the more pleasing 

I don't think it necessarily means that, our budgets will most likely be on a par. There could be a multitude of different reasons he's opted to go for the scum, they may be making him captain.

Edited June 3, 2022 by FFC 1876