FalkirkBairn2021 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Some wild overreaction to today. An experiment that went wrong but unbeaten run preserved. Worth finding out what the second string could do when pressure was put on them - not very much as it turns out. Everything is copacetic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raybowski89 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Just watched Lang's post-match interview. He is absolutely raging! I can't imagine he's the only one. I really hope we'll look back on this result and say that this is where we kicked on and went on to win the league. Sometimes, teams become complacent and what's needed is a kick up the arse. Well, we got one today. A reality check - we need to play our best players when fit, no exceptions. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 39 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: Our next 4 league games are away at Kelty, Alloa and Cove and at home to Hamilton. That's as hard a run of fixtures ad you can really imagine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairn88 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Just now, Bairnardo said: That's as hard a run of fixtures ad you can really imagine. Alloa away we seem to always do well at. Expecting a reaction there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balde Bairn Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 32 minutes ago, tamthebam said: "Stats are like mini skirts. It's what they don't reveal that is the interesting part" - Ebbe Skovdahl. I hope you had a go at our wee ball boys who managed to return the ball onto the pitch when a Falkirk player already had one... I hope you enjoyed the ball hitting the back of the net from that penalty in the last second of the game -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raybowski89 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 5 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: That's as hard a run of fixtures ad you can really imagine. If we come through that run of games unscathed then I think we'll be okay. Aye, it's 2 dropped today but we'll get them back when Accies come to TFS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 7 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: That's as hard a run of fixtures ad you can really imagine. Yeah - the games that champions win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 3 hours ago, Rugster said: Changed it yesterday. Maybe I’m the Jonah? You always sound like you're having a whale of a time. 3 hours ago, Roboccop said: Hubris nearly caused that defeat, and I’m far from sudden that wasn’t a dive at the end Never rated him! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18BAIRN76 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Have calmed down a bit since FT. I've not seen much evidence of an over-reaction to be fair (maybe bar one or two) - just people rightly calling out that McGlynn made a major f**k up by needlessly changing a settled, winning starting 11 against a team bottom of the league, and that it very, very nearly led to defeat and cost us a silly two points. He's rightly been on the end of a lot of praise this season for getting basically every single call right since July; just as he gets praise when he deserves it, he'll also get criticism when he makes a blunder, too. I agree with others saying this will hopefully be used as a boot up the arse for the rest of the season. McGlynn himself said there was no room for complacency and we had to stay humble, but the team selection today struck me as complacent. Maybe he'll take his own advice from here on in. However, the team in the second half did salvage a draw and while a disappointing result, it's not a disaster. I think he'll have learned from today and it won't happen again. Put today behind us, start our strongest 11 at all times and let's keep up the momentum and good feeling. We've come way too far for one bad day to throw us and it's still entirely in our hands. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers_One_To_Eleven Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) A lot of talk about playing our strongest 11 at all times. It doesn’t have to be quite as black and white as this. I mean, I think there’s a world of difference between starting a Mackie or an Allan who’ve had so little game time and an Oliver or Ageyman who have consistently featured. Sometimes a manager might look at a player (or two) that might need to be benched, for whatever reason, even in a winning side. Todays selection seemed to lack any real thought other than - it’s only Edinburgh City. Edited January 14 by Numbers_One_To_Eleven 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulioBairn Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Today is on the manager. I’m sure he will learn from it and we won’t see that kinda shit again. However after 21 league games that’s our first properly bad result so I’m not gona over react. Agree with others that today should be the end of the Jordan Allan love in. Even though we’re unbeaten all season there’s a section of our support who continually harp on how he should be getting more game time. The guy is not good enough to lead the line for us - plain and simple. He certainly wasn’t alone today but he’s the one folk keep harping on about. Strongest 11 from now on please. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raybowski89 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 minutes ago, Numbers_One_To_Eleven said: A lot of talk about playing our strongest 11 at all times. It doesn’t have to be quite as black and white as this. I mean, I think there’s a world of difference between starting a Mackie or an Allan who’ve had so little game time and an Oliver or Ageyman who has consistently featured. Sometimes a manager might look at a player (or two) that might need to be benched, for whatever reason, even in a winning side. Todays selection seemed to lack any real thought other than - it’s only Edinburgh City. A fair point, and well made. One or two tweaks every now and then is absolutely fine. Sometimes, starting 11 players will lose form, need a rest etc. Wholesale changes is just absolutely mental though and I was worried the second I seen the teamsheet. In defence in particular, it was all over the shop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Let's look on the bright side guys; Morrison didn't get injured! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 29 minutes ago, Balde Bairn said: I hope you enjoyed the ball hitting the back of the net from that penalty in the last second of the game Still a point more than than I expected. As I've seen City lose to Hawick and Gala Fairydean in my time a last minute penalty equaliser to Falkirk is neither here nor there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers_One_To_Eleven Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 5 minutes ago, Raybowski89 said: A fair point, and well made. One or two tweaks every now and then is absolutely fine. Sometimes, starting 11 players will lose form, need a rest etc. Wholesale changes is just absolutely mental though and I was worried the second I seen the teamsheet. In defence in particular, it was all over the shop. I look at Liam Henderson, for example. Every game I see him in he seems to get a dull one on numerous occasions. He might be “fit” for the next game but I think to myself, could he be rested to get more out of him later in the season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Kinnear Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) Just 4 weeks ago we played Hamilton and before the game we were level on points, since then we’ve gone 9 clear and granted they have a game in hand but they still have to win that. I think our first 11 will be hurting with that today and we have too many good players who have enough about them to make sure we step things up in coming games. Edited January 13 by Harry Kinnear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestAl Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Numbers_One_To_Eleven said: A lot of talk about playing our strongest 11 at all times. It doesn’t have to be quite as black and white as this. I mean, I think there’s a world of difference between starting a Mackie or an Allan who’ve had so little game time and an Oliver or Ageyman who has consistently featured. Sometimes a manager might look at a player (or two) that might need to be benched, for whatever reason, even in a winning side. Todays selection seemed to lack any real thought other than - it’s only Edinburgh City. I agree but would add that it wasn’t just the regular starting eleven who changed, but the formation and style. John McGlynn has been a manager in professional Scottish Football since 2006. 18 (eighteen) years. He’s not some wet behind the ears rookie, and to say he’ll learn from this mistake is incredulous. From his post-match interview, he initially (and mostly) laid the blame on the defence. There’s only one direction in which to point the accusatory finger, mate, and that is the way of the Falkirk FC team management who decided to change a winning team formation and players simultaneously. Those Raith Rovers fans warned us last season about his tinkering (and that came to pass too) but I (we) am dumbfounded that this was repeated here. And Tom Lang was visibly shaking with rage post match…I’m not sure we’ve heard the last of this. Edited January 13 by HonestAl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy1876 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 minute ago, HonestAl said: I agree but would add that it wasn’t just the regular starting eleven who changed, but the formation and style. John McGlynn has been a manager in professional Scottish Football since 2006. 18 (eighteen) years. He’s not some wet behind the ears rookie, and to say he’ll learn from this mistake is incredulous. From his post-match interview, he initially (and mostly) laid the blame on the defence. There’s only one direction in which to point the accusatory finger, mate, and that is the way of the Falkirk FC team management who decided to change a winning team formation and players simultaneously. Those Raith Rovers fans warned us last season about his tinkering (and that came to pass too) but I (we) are dumbfounded that this was repeated here. And Tom Lang was visibly shaking with rage……I’m not sure we’ve heard the last of this. To be fair I think this was just the cold 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raybowski89 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 3 minutes ago, HonestAl said: I agree but would add that it wasn’t just the regular starting eleven who changed, but the formation and style. John McGlynn has been a manager in professional Scottish Football since 2006. 18 (eighteen) years. He’s not some wet behind the ears rookie, and to say he’ll learn from this mistake is incredulous. From his post-match interview, he initially (and mostly) laid the blame on the defence. There’s only one direction in which to point the accusatory finger, mate, and that is the way of the Falkirk FC team management who decided to change a winning team formation and players simultaneously. Those Raith Rovers fans warned us last season about his tinkering (and that came to pass too) but I (we) are dumbfounded that this was repeated here. And Tom Lang was visibly shaking with rage……I’m not sure we’ve heard the last of this. No wonder Tam Lang was raging! Coll at RB? Mackie at LB? Hendo at CB? Wtf was that all about? Changing the front 3 is one thing but why completely change a defensive unit that has kept clean sheets in the last 3 games? I'm honestly completely dumbfounded by the logic behind those decisions in particular. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers_One_To_Eleven Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) Wasn’t at the game myself today, how did McGinn play? That seemed like a baffling one to me for him to start. I think he has an important role to play coming off the bench for the remainder of the season but starting a game? Not for me. Edited January 13 by Numbers_One_To_Eleven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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