Reggie Perrin Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Bairney The Dinosaur said: You can probably fit our most inform players into McGlynn's preferred formation now. Kinnear likely starts against Darvel. Rowe and McCann at full back. Any 2 of Donaldson, McKay and Mackie. McGinn and Henderson double pivot. Oliver as the 10. Morrison and Kennedy wide in a front 3. Burrell central but with an argument for either Allan or Wright to start too. Not far off what I would go for but certainly wouldn’t be experimenting with Kinnear in a high profile game like this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulsonFFC Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Very impressed with Blaine Rowes post match interview. Performances have been very good too. Really hope he's interested in signing-up again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brockvillenomore Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, HopeStreetWalker said: Will explain it to you as simply as I can since you are struggling to grasp what was said Is it desirable for FFC to own the stadium complex outright? Yes Is it desirable to find out what funds would be required? Yes Therefore an approach to the council which like every other council is having financial difficulties and say they run the TFS at a loss. How much do you want for it for a one off payment. Once you know the value then a business plan can be put together to make it happen after all FFC are paying the council £250,000 a year £ 1 million every 4 years £2.5 million per decade and the club own diddly squat while getting ripped off for service charges. Happy to have unlighted you and hope you have a better understanding on the long term thinking required to ensure the clubs future. In the real world where grown ups live I’d much prefer to be enlightened than unlighted. If you persist in being condescending and patronising about people’s responses you’d better make sure you’ve got your spelling correct and your arguments actually make sense. £250k per annum to the council? I have my doubts, the accounts have never shown that. Are you mixing up all the stadium costs? Why don’t you ask at the AGM? Edited February 8, 2023 by Brockvillenomore 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big chungus Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 39 minutes ago, Bairney The Dinosaur said: You can probably fit our most inform players into McGlynn's preferred formation now. Kinnear likely starts against Darvel. Rowe and McCann at full back. Any 2 of Donaldson, McKay and Mackie. McGinn and Henderson double pivot. Oliver as the 10. Morrison and Kennedy wide in a front 3. Burrell central but with an argument for either Allan or Wright to start too. He is never dropping Nesbitt... unfortunately. I think Nesbitt is a good player but what frustrates me, and I think most others is Mcglynn's refusal to bench him. I believe that the only two players Mcglynn has not dropped all season ( apart from the Wick game) is Nesbitt and Mcginn. Mcginn is our captain and is a fairly consistent performer. Whereas, Nesbitt who has undoubtedly been one of our better players has not warranted this inability Mcglynn has to drop him for a game. When you think that guys like Morrison, Mcann and Donaldson who have been dropped at various points of the season, it is quite shocking that Nesbitt hasn't found himself on the bench at some point. I like Nesbitt but his shooting/finishing is so so poor. Consistently drives his shots wide or over the bar. For the amount of game time and chances he's had he should definitely have more goals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_&_T Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 3 hours ago, Shodwall cat said: Selling their ground via an incredibly dodgy deal and them getting paid a ridiculous amount for a stadium they had spent feck all towards the modernisation of. The place would've gone bust years ago if it had been left in their hands to finance and run.Theyve had numerous bailouts over the years. The SFA offered them a quid for it which was a far more accurate sum but then in comes old haughey who helps finance the sfas purchase of Hampden to a club he's involved in by giving the sfa a bridging loan. You really couldn't make it up and now queen's park are flying high on cash given to them by the sfa funded by one of their owners so the deal could go through. I'm sure they could have sold the land to a housing developer for far more than a quid. The grounds of the stadium are pretty extensive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 1 hour ago, FFC 1876 said: I'd be tempted to start with Wright and bring Burrell on in the 60th minute as they looked burst against Aberdeen in the later stages of that game. I'd maybe go with that too, however, again we're taking a chance that Wright would play the role well. Oliver's no world beater but he's done well enough up there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 3 hours ago, bairn88 said: Given the ball bobbles away from him, the idea that he stands on the ball seems far fetched to me. Not as much of a stonewaller as the cup game, but I'd expect it to start evening itself out big time over the next few months.... This was already discussed on the match thread at the time, but while that challenge in the cup game did indeed look like a stonewaller from the highlights, from behind the goal where there was a perfect view Strachan very clearly won the ball. It was an absolutely terrific challenge in a high risk situation and the ref got it bang on. Funnily enough though, the ref did actually miss a clear foul in the box in that same half McGlynn is a solid manager and he would have had his reasons for picking that team last night, but I was certainly very happy to see Morrison and Kennedy on the bench. While we kept them fairly quiet in the cup game they are both potentially so dangerous. And of course, both Falkirk goals in the cup game came from wide areas. I'm sure they'll be very much involved in the months ahead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 37 minutes ago, Big chungus said: He is never dropping Nesbitt... unfortunately. I think Nesbitt is a good player but what frustrates me, and I think most others is Mcglynn's refusal to bench him. I believe that the only two players Mcglynn has not dropped all season ( apart from the Wick game) is Nesbitt and Mcginn. Mcginn is our captain and is a fairly consistent performer. Whereas, Nesbitt who has undoubtedly been one of our better players has not warranted this inability Mcglynn has to drop him for a game. When you think that guys like Morrison, Mcann and Donaldson who have been dropped at various points of the season, it is quite shocking that Nesbitt hasn't found himself on the bench at some point. I like Nesbitt but his shooting/finishing is so so poor. Consistently drives his shots wide or over the bar. For the amount of game time and chances he's had he should definitely have more goals. I think Nesbitt provides a lot of energy that the likes of Oliver wouldn't in the same role. As both McGinn and Henderson are both defensive mid types that just leaves one attacking midfielder centrally so McGlynn may be swayed by the energy that Nesbitt gives in the role. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 3 hours ago, HopeStreetWalker said: Will explain it to you as simply as I can since you are struggling to grasp what was said Is it desirable for FFC to own the stadium complex outright? Yes Is it desirable to find out what funds would be required? Yes Therefore an approach to the council which like every other council is having financial difficulties and say they run the TFS at a loss. How much do you want for it for a one off payment. Once you know the value then a business plan can be put together to make it happen after all FFC are paying the council £250,000 a year £ 1 million every 4 years £2.5 million per decade and the club own diddly squat while getting ripped off for service charges. Happy to have unlighted you and hope you have a better understanding on the long term thinking required to ensure the clubs future. 250k a year?! Where on earth have you plucked that figure from?! Did you even bother look at our most recent set of accounts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 3 hours ago, HopeStreetWalker said: Will explain it to you as simply as I can since you are struggling to grasp what was said Is it desirable for FFC to own the stadium complex outright? Yes Is it desirable to find out what funds would be required? Yes Therefore an approach to the council which like every other council is having financial difficulties and say they run the TFS at a loss. How much do you want for it for a one off payment. Once you know the value then a business plan can be put together to make it happen after all FFC are paying the council £250,000 a year £ 1 million every 4 years £2.5 million per decade and the club own diddly squat while getting ripped off for service charges. Happy to have unlighted you and hope you have a better understanding on the long term thinking required to ensure the clubs future. No you said categorically the club had not asked what the price was to buy it. How do you know they have not? That was all I was questioning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 6 hours ago, Blame Me said: Felt PJ was under more pressure than Hogarth to be honest. Very similar to Saturday in that we didn't keep or use the ball well when we had it. Can see why Yeats hasn't featured for a while. Also felt we were far too deep for much of the game and McCann and Rowe struggled to get forward and our out ball ended up being a punt down the middle. Appreciate we've been away from home and we won't always get it our own way but last two games we've shown little quality for much of the games and last night we finally came unstuck albeit it was a soft award in my opinion. He may well have been but he did not have a save of note all night. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthStander1876 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 16 points out of the previous 18 is very good and if we keep that form we would probably win the league. The performances haven't been anything to write home about but we're still winning the matches (bar last night), so improve them and we will be on to something. Every game is a cup final. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodwall cat Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 1 hour ago, G_&_T said: I'm sure they could have sold the land to a housing developer for far more than a quid. The grounds of the stadium are pretty extensive. Who'd want to buy a house in that shitehole of an area with a football park in lesser hampden right on your doorstep? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 5 hours ago, da_no_1 said: Surely (maybe) at some point that cash will dry up? They might have a few good years at our clubs' expense, but it won't last forever? Just another rich man’s toy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ecosse83 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Still a bit disappointed with last nights result and overall performance. That said last season I’d have been happy with a draw but now I’m not, that shows to me how far we have come in a short space of time. Looking forward to Darvel now and a wee break from league duty! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_no_1 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 1 minute ago, Ecosse83 said: That said last season I’d have been happy with a draw but now I’m not, that shows to me how far we have come in a short space of time. From being happy with a draw at Alloa to not being happy with a draw at Alloa in the space of a year. That is some journey right enough............. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brockvillenomore Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 28 minutes ago, da_no_1 said: From being happy with a draw at Alloa to not being happy with a draw at Alloa in the space of a year. That is some journey right enough............. I know any form of critical thinking, self awareness and analysis is unheard of in your forum but thanks for joining us this afternoon to confirm it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ecosse83 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 41 minutes ago, da_no_1 said: From being happy with a draw at Alloa to not being happy with a draw at Alloa in the space of a year. That is some journey right enough............. What a zoomer! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 56 minutes ago, da_no_1 said: From being happy with a draw at Alloa to not being happy with a draw at Alloa in the space of a year. That is some journey right enough............. Had you been aware of the depths of awfulness to which we had sunk you would realise that it has indeed been some journey. To be fair our downwards plummet never quite reached the ridiculous low of 7th in this league. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da_no_1 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Just now, Reggie Perrin said: Had you been aware of the depths of awfulness to which we had sunk you would realise that it has indeed been some journey. To be fair our downwards plummet never quite reached the ridiculous low of 7th in this league. Why did you have to mention that season? Sakes.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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