The Falkirk FC Thread

[smartpar]

I'd be lying if I said I'd kept up with Williamsons career since he left the pars but it's clear he isn't rated by you lot. What happened to him? Was never the strongest performer but sounds like you have a lot of shite in the squad so shocked he seems rated near the bottom 

[ebobsboy]

I remember McCall saying after he had signed a pre contract with us that the lad was good going forward but defensively not so great and he's had his injury troubles. So he knew and was happy to let him go. But given our previous right backs were Doyle and Mercer we all thought he has to be better... In reality he's just a massive shitebag and is made of glass. 

[FFC 1876]

2 minutes ago, smartpar said:

I'd be lying if I said I'd kept up with Williamsons career since he left the pars but it's clear he isn't rated by you lot. What happened to him? Was never the strongest performer but sounds like you have a lot of shite in the squad so shocked he seems rated near the bottom 

Fine enough going forward but he's an absolutely liability defensively and it now takes him a good 5 minutes to get back from one of his gallops forward. He's also a big shite bag so rarely ever commits himself to a tackle. Could be psychologically he's still not over the injuries he's sustained in his career which probably explains his unwillingness to tackle.

[ebobsboy]

38 minutes ago, Reggie Perrin said:

Given the quality of the squad that he inherited then the worst manager has to be Lambie.

Jefferies knew it aswell given he plundered us and gave us shite in return that Lambie was only too happy to accept, not to mention letting other players go because he thought their ego was bigger than his. 

Edited August 8, 2022 by ebobsboy

[Shodwall cat]

13 minutes ago, ebobsboy said:

Jefferies knew it aswell given he plundered us and gave us shite in return that Lambie was only too happy to accept, not to mention letting other players go because he thought their ego was bigger than his. 

I think the only reason Lambie gets overlooked a bit is because at least it was the top flight and not the seaside leagues. Awful manager though.

[Shodwall cat]

30 minutes ago, smartpar said:

I'd be lying if I said I'd kept up with Williamsons career since he left the pars but it's clear he isn't rated by you lot. What happened to him? Was never the strongest performer but sounds like you have a lot of shite in the squad so shocked he seems rated near the bottom 

He's lost all confidence in putting a tackle in. Had so many injuries he's shit scared unfortunately. 

[MrDust]

56 minutes ago, Reggie Perrin said:

Given the quality of the squad that he inherited then the worst manager has to be Lambie.

I actually hate Collins more, Lambie at least knew it was time to resign, Collins stuck around like a bad smell.

Eddie May deserves a mention also, albeit he didn't want the job.

The 3rd tier with our budget without reaching the play offs, tells you to find a different career path than football management.

[ebobsboy]

9 minutes ago, MrDust said:

The 3rd tier with our budget without reaching the play offs, tells you to find a different career path than football management

That might come into play if McGlynn doesn't at least get us into the playoffs this season which you'd assume is his remit. If he doesn't will he be afforded the time. We have all heard about these x amount of year plans to get to the top flight before and we are still a million miles away from it. 

[Senor Bairn]

1 hour ago, MrDust said:

If the game finished 2-0 then the hysteria wouldn't have been as wild as it's been. I reckon it would've stayed 2-0 if we had 11 on the park also.

 

I actually messaged my mate from down south to say we are playing well and on it pre Airdrie goal. For me we had two invisible players, three players not playing to previous form, one due to a move to right back and Morrison doing what he has done for a while now. 

Exactly, said the same to my mates at the game, we were arguably the better side until Airdrie scored. If Morrison takes one of his 45 chances () the game could've been different. 
 

Lots of posters on here at panic stations because we conceded two late goals down to ten men. The game was done, if we don't take maximum points from our next two games, then I'll jump on the panic boat. 

[Blame Me]

12 minutes ago, MrDust said:

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The 3rd tier with our budget without reaching the play offs, tells you to find a different career path than football management.

Generally I am beginning to find this type of comment irksome.

Plenty of teams who don't have our budget are regularly outperforming and on occasion embarrassing us.

Money is a factor but it can't be the be-all and end-all or we'd surely have changed approach since relegation.

I'll be interested to see our midfield on Saturday as going back to Dick Campbell's mantra that you should only sign players who are better than you've got (or will make you better)* then I'd hope Lawal will start having presumably trained all week. 

If it's the same lineup with the expected reshuffles then why spend it on punts or squad players.

[ebobsboy]

Tbh I think McGlynn said the players on the bench should be of the same quality as those they are replacing and ideally we would be running with a smaller squad. So far we have 27/8 players now if the theme is pish quality then we are doing outstandingly well. I'd also add our budget as it were isn't going to last forever and I think if we are stuck in this league next season then we are in deep shit. 

[Springfield]

39 minutes ago, Senor Bairn said:

Exactly, said the same to my mates at the game, we were arguably the better side until Airdrie scored. If Morrison takes one of his 45 chances () the game could've been different. 
 

Lots of posters on here at panic stations because we conceded two late goals down to ten men. The game was done, if we don't take maximum points from our next two games, then I'll jump on the panic boat. 

Not so sure that there’s many posters at “panic station” just reality station. However do agree that anything less maximum points won’t have us in a good place.

[AGPar]

45 minutes ago, Senor Bairn said:

Exactly, said the same to my mates at the game, we were arguably the better side until Airdrie scored. If Morrison takes one of his 45 chances () the game could've been different. 
 

Lots of posters on here at panic stations because we conceded two late goals down to ten men. The game was done, if we don't take maximum points from our next two games, then I'll jump on the panic boat. 

It's got absolutely bugger all to do with "panic stations". The concession of four goals is not even the issue. Of the scoreline on Saturday, the far bigger problem is the nil part. Because, for all that we played some reasonable stuff at times in the first half, relative to last season at least, as soon as we lost the first goal we were never getting more than a point. And as soon as we lost the second, the game was completely finished. That's the massive defect in this squad. There are no goals, and precious little threat, therefore we are essentially relying on clean sheets to take points. Lose even one goal, and we know we are not winning football matches. A Falkirk team playing in the Third Division should be front-foot every single week, home and away, regardless of the opposition. We are a hundred million miles away from that with our gutless, hopeless, toothless forward players. Reduced to hoping someone with barely a minute of first-team football will come good (and maybe he will). Or ludicrous shouts of "but look at the holdup play" It's just desperate stuff.

Played two league games, 1 point, no goals, barely a chance created, 5 points off the top, a goal difference eight worse that the Pars. After two games. Two games against likely challengers and we have not laid a glove on them. Same problem we've had for years. If unhappiness with that situation, on the back of one of the worst seasons in living memory, is "panic stations", "knicker wetting" or any of the other shite being flung about by the head-in-sand, get behind the boys, COYB brigade, so be it. 

 

[PedroMoutinho]

8 minutes ago, AGPar said:

It's got absolutely bugger all to do with "panic stations". The concession of four goals is not even the issue. Of the scoreline on Saturday, the far bigger problem is the nil part. Because, for all that we played some reasonable stuff at times in the first half, relative to last season at least, as soon as we lost the first goal we were never getting more than a point. And as soon as we lost the second, the game was completely finished. That's the massive defect in this squad. There are no goals, and precious little threat, therefore we are essentially relying on clean sheets to take points. Lose even one goal, and we know we are not winning football matches. A Falkirk team playing in the Third Division should be front-foot every single week, home and away, regardless of the opposition. We are a hundred million miles away from that with our gutless, hopeless, toothless forward players. Reduced to hoping someone with barely a minute of first-team football will come good (and maybe he will). Or ludicrous shouts of "but look at the holdup play" It's just desperate stuff.

Played two league games, 1 point, no goals, barely a chance created, 5 points off the top, a goal difference eight worse that the Pars. After two games. Two games against likely challengers and we have not laid a glove on them. Same problem we've had for years. If unhappiness with that situation, on the back of one of the worst seasons in living memory, is "panic stations", "knicker wetting" or any of the other shite being flung about by the head-in-sand, get behind the boys, COYB brigade, so be it. 

 

This. It really is bizarre the gymnastics some people are performing to try and defend poor performances. 

It reminds me of when people were proclaiming that ‘Don Hartley’’s signings would come good on the basis they had sleeve tattoos.

[ebobsboy]

I'd also add I don't get this the first goal is all important,  it's like admitting you can't come from behind and I hear a lot of managers say it particularly in the championship or lower what does that say do to the players mentality. Are teams incapable of coming back? You never heard that pish in Jefferies era you just got on with it you were never beat till the full time whistle if it was a close game. 

 

[FFC 1876]

Peterhead's a new dawn, Mccann in at left back, Yeats back in the middle of the park and the two new lads running wild.

COYB

[Springfield]

6 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said:

Peterhead's a new dawn, Mccann in at left back, Yeats back in the middle of the park and the two new lads running wild.

COYB

Cheers

[Bairn winner]

The Jefferies era, the most enjoyable time I had as a Falkirk supporter. The players\the style of football, it actually makes you weep to see where we are now.

[Guest]

I would take two part time Crawford Bapties in exchange for McGuffie and Nesbitt. Then we would be real contenders. If McGuffie and Nesbitt start, then it’s always going to be a difficult 90 minutes.

[PedroMoutinho]

Really good episode of Falkirk Daft this week. Some much needed brutal honesty about Saturday’s performance and scrutiny of the board as well.

Edited August 8, 2022 by PedroMoutinho