gav-ffc Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, Taxi for De Massis said: Any ideas on when we can expect the new kit? Once the players are back for pre-season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 1 minute ago, gav-ffc said: Once the players are back for pre-season. Which going by McGinn's interview on FTV is Saturday, so possibly next week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Kelevra Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, Double t said: So who would you like to see us sign? Just mind we are in the 3rd Tier of Scottish football no the premier league. I hate us signing players who are just happy to play with us, I want us to sign players who want to play in England or the Old Firm - the only way they can do that is by playing well for us. That means signing young guys freed by bigger clubs or guys like Lyle Taylor. The Scottish market is chock a block with dross - at least look to England. - I know, people will retort with Ruben Sammut, Dennon Lewis etc.. but I'd counter with Vaulks and Taylor. At least with English players they are usally a bit more athletic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairn in Exile Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, Andreas Kelevra said: I hate us signing players who are just happy to play with us, I want us to sign players who want to play in England or the Old Firm - the only way they can do that is by playing well for us. That means signing young guys freed by bigger clubs or guys like Lyle Taylor. The Scottish market is chock a block with dross - at least look to England. - I know, people will retort with Ruben Sammut, Dennon Lewis etc.. but I'd counter with Vaulks and Taylor. At least with English players they are usally a bit more athletic. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Jackie Myles said: Depends then what kind of contract he was on or wanted mind you. I'd expect he would've had to take a wage cut if only seen as a squad player and might have thought he'd get better elsewhere anyway. Aye, quite possibly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Myles Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 21 minutes ago, Andreas Kelevra said: I hate us signing players who are just happy to play with us, I want us to sign players who want to play in England or the Old Firm - the only way they can do that is by playing well for us. That means signing young guys freed by bigger clubs or guys like Lyle Taylor. The Scottish market is chock a block with dross - at least look to England. - I know, people will retort with Ruben Sammut, Dennon Lewis etc.. but I'd counter with Vaulks and Taylor. At least with English players they are usally a bit more athletic. Hartley signed a whole squad of them . Problem is you get far more cash playing down south even in non league than league one in Scotland. You've also got to get them accomodation and the like. You'll not get many like vaulks that are willing to come up here and play for nothing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor Bairn Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 26 minutes ago, Andreas Kelevra said: I hate us signing players who are just happy to play with us, I want us to sign players who want to play in England or the Old Firm - the only way they can do that is by playing well for us. That means signing young guys freed by bigger clubs or guys like Lyle Taylor. The Scottish market is chock a block with dross - at least look to England. - I know, people will retort with Ruben Sammut, Dennon Lewis etc.. but I'd counter with Vaulks and Taylor. At least with English players they are usally a bit more athletic. More athletic doesn't equal any good. i.e Akeel Francis, Tom Dallison, Taylor Morgan, Sammy Omperon, Aidan Keena, Scott Harrison, Paul Paton All 'big physical' players bought from England who were shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blame Me Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Andreas Kelevra said: I hate us signing players who are just happy to play with us, I want us to sign players who want to play in England or the Old Firm - the only way they can do that is by playing well for us. That means signing young guys freed by bigger clubs or guys like Lyle Taylor. The Scottish market is chock a block with dross - at least look to England. - I know, people will retort with Ruben Sammut, Dennon Lewis etc.. but I'd counter with Vaulks and Taylor. At least with English players they are usally a bit more athletic. Absolutely wild take. Highlighting the few exceptions to make a case against all prior evidence that English players *might* be better. Close season chat has peaked surely. Edited June 10, 2022 by Blame Me Typo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 Queens Park have just announced Savoury. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said: Queens Park have just announced Savoury. Absolutely no surprise there. Their wage offers are apparently conjuring up comparisons to the Launderers and Gretna in their pomp. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said: Absolutely no surprise there. Their wage offers are apparently conjuring up comparisons to the Launderers and Gretna in their pomp. If so the chances of us signing Simon Murray as slim to none then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 24 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said: Absolutely no surprise there. Their wage offers are apparently conjuring up comparisons to the Launderers and Gretna in their pomp. Having to groundshare again because they have no stadium yet spending whatever they want on wages for players, managers, DoF and CEO. Hopefully they go the same way as Gretna rather than the Launderers who appear to get away with administration after administration with zero punishment. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 36 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: Having to groundshare again because they have no stadium yet spending whatever they want on wages for players, managers, DoF and CEO. Hopefully they go the same way as Gretna rather than the Launderers who appear to get away with administration after administration with zero punishment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC55 FFC Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 1 hour ago, FFC 1876 said: If so the chances of us signing Simon Murray as slim to none then. He was being frozen out of QP for months and then got a run in the team when Coyle took over. Would 100% take at FFC and think we would be in with a shout if QP can’t offer him enough games. Not sure it’ll be all on money for him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Myles Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, RC55 FFC said: He was being frozen out of QP for months and then got a run in the team when Coyle took over. Would 100% take at FFC and think we would be in with a shout if QP can’t offer him enough games. Not sure it’ll be all on money for him. How he ever got in the team of the season was a complete farce. Played ok at the start and finished strongly but hardly kicked a ball for the vast majority of it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, Jackie Myles said: How he ever got in the team of the season was a complete farce. Played ok at the start and finished strongly but hardly kicked a ball for the vast majority of it. Agreed Jackie, a player of his quality should be scoring at least 10 a game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Blue Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: Having to groundshare again because they have no stadium yet spending whatever they want on wages for players, managers, DoF and CEO. Hopefully they go the same way as Gretna rather than the Launderers who appear to get away with administration after administration with zero punishment. This grates with me too. OK, so there are no rules or laws against a club being bankrolled by a sugar-daddy type and sweeping up the best players. However, the sugar-daddy won't be around for ever and for a club at our level funding extra tiers of management such as a DOF and a CEO long-term is unsustainable and smacks of madness. A return to planet earth with a painful bump is on the cards somewhere down the line. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, Otis Blue said: This grates with me too. OK, so there are no rules or laws against a club being bankrolled by a sugar-daddy type and sweeping up the best players. However, the sugar-daddy won't be around for ever and for a club at our level funding extra tiers of management such as a DOF and a CEO long-term is unsustainable and smacks of madness. A return to planet earth with a painful bump is on the cards somewhere down the line. What grates me the most is why the f**k did he not buy Falkirk instead? #BigTime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 12 minutes ago, Otis Blue said: This grates with me too. OK, so there are no rules or laws against a club being bankrolled by a sugar-daddy type and sweeping up the best players. However, the sugar-daddy won't be around for ever and for a club at our level funding extra tiers of management such as a DOF and a CEO long-term is unsustainable and smacks of madness. A return to planet earth with a painful bump is on the cards somewhere down the line. A QP poster said Haughey has agreed to invest for 8 years so time to establish the club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeStreetWalker Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 From the club statement today 'Replace the playing surface at the Falkirk Stadium within the next 2 to 3 years and carry out further Stadium maintenance, as well as, in the longer-term, consider our options for the future development of stadium infrastructure' Hang on here 'Further stadium maintenance' that must be up to the council who own the damn thing and charge the club mighty for using it. With the extra bonus of oncosts such as electricity seconded staff etc with a healthy % mark up. As Shadwell so eloquently outlined a few weeks ago we are leaseholders and all the club own is the playing surface not the ground it sits on. Seats in the grandstand but not the grandstand. 'Stadium maintenance' should be up to the owners ie the council. Why should the club invest in the improvement of the stadium infrastructure when we have no financial benefit in the increased value it accrues to the worth of the stadium complex. Not unless the council got us to sign up to maintaining and improving their white elephant for them. This stadium stitch up rely does piss me off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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