Kris. Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 there was no intentional pass. There was. Murdoch pokes the ball in to Farid's path just as he's slipping. It was a definite assist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) C'mon, Kris, that's a stumble at 0.33, not a poked pass. Edited January 20, 2012 by Nizzy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris. Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 C'mon, Kris, that's a stumble at 0.33, not a poked pass. That just links me back to this thread. Aye, he stumbles as he goes to make the pass. It's messy, and he's made a bit of a c**t of it, but whether he meant it or not (only he will know what he was actually trying to do), he does knock the ball directly to Farid to put in the back of the net. To me that's an assist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris. Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 Higgy is the man. Hopefully other players continue to gain attention to increase our chances of keeping him. I've always been a huge fan but good to see he's proving his critics wrong. It was clear to see last year that he was better in an advanced role but he was repeatedly misused. See, folk say this but he has ELEVEN assists already this season. That's mental, I can't see there being many other players (if any) in Scotland with that many assists. Of course he doesn't manage to make that killer pass every time he tries it but does any footballer? I'll admit to being one of those. I recall having numerous discussions with you last season about him and I don't think we agreed once about him. I've certainly come around to your way of thinking though. He's been fucking terrific this season. He divided opinion with a few people last season, so I was going to at some point over the next few days do a comparison between him last season, and how he's doing this season. I'd be interested in particular to see how many assists he contributed last season, given how poor his end product was back then. I'd be surprised if he even managed 11 assists over the whole of last season - although he obviously didn't start every game like he has this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Is it just me, or is this idea of an 'assist' bunkum? An import from ice hockey or gridiron or something? Players set up goals for others, yeah, we know. There is no statistical meaning behind it unlike, say, red cards, goals, penalties missed or whatever. NB: this is not a criticism of your hard work, Kris.,* just slight bafflement about people talking about something which is so vague as to be effectively meaningless. And a creeping Americanisation to boot. Grrr. * inasmuch as remembering lots of Falkirk goals is hard work! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Is it just me, or is this idea of an 'assist' bunkum? An import from ice hockey or gridiron or something? Players set up goals for others, yeah, we know. There is no statistical meaning behind it unlike, say, red cards, goals, penalties missed or whatever. NB: this is not a criticism of your hard work, Kris.,* just slight bafflement about people talking about something which is so vague as to be effectively meaningless. And a creeping Americanisation to boot. Grrr. * inasmuch as remembering lots of Falkirk goals is hard work! Hard to quantify statistically maybe, but I still think Duffie and Higginbotham should get credit for the number of goals they've set up for Alagui.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Would be interesting to see an assist of assists type thing, as in the player who helped make a goal earlier in the move. I'd imagine Millar will have been involved in most, especially in giving the ball to players to fire crosses in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dufresne Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkirk-Bairn22 Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Think the reason people notice bad balls from higgy is because he has the ball so much. He must run the most with the ball in our team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 He may give the ball away now and again at least he doesnt hide and always looks for the ball. Shame we couldn't say the same for most of the players last season ( Compton, Flynn, BoB, Finnigan ect...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBairn Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 He may give the ball away now and again at least he doesnt hide and always looks for the ball. Shame we couldn't say the same for most of the players last season ( Compton, Flynn, BoB, Finnigan ect...) Finnigan certainly never hid. He may not have been the best player but hiding is something he definitely couldn't be accused of. I'm not so sure Flynn ever hid either. He could disappear in games but I don't think he deliberately hid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 I'm not so sure Flynn ever hid either. He could disappear in games but I don't think he deliberately hid. Yeah Flynn was our best player last season. There was obviously games where he was less effective than others but more often than not he was our outball and most creative player, there's no way anyone could accuse him of 'hiding'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris. Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 After his booking today, Farid will miss the next league game, which is away to Morton on the 11th of February. I'm fairly sure Dods will be missing as well, as he picked up his 6th booking in the league - his 5th since his dismissal against Raith on the opening day. Just in case anyone is interested, the card count for everyone is as follows: (League bookings in brackets) Farid El Alagui | Yellow: 8 (5) Kieran Duffie | Yellow: 6 (3) Darren Dods | Yellow: 6 (6) | Red: 1 (1) Mark Millar | Yellow: 5 (3) Stewart Murdoch | Yellow: 4 (1) | Red: 1 (1) Thomas Scobbie| Yellow: 4 (3) Rhys Bennett | Yellow: 4 (2) Kallum Higginbotham | Yellow: 3 (0) | Red: 1 (1) Craig Sibbald | Yellow: 3 (2) Dale Fulton | Yellow: 2 (1) Murray Wallace | Yellow: 2 (2) Blair Alston | Yellow: 1 (1) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris. Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 There was also another goal and one assist for our front two today. Taking their tallies to: Farid El Alagui | Goals: 22 | Assists: 5 Kallum Higginbotham | Goals: 8 | Assists: 12 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stennybairn Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 There was also another goal and one assist for our front two today. Taking their tallies to: Farid El Alagui | Goals: 22 | Assists: 5 Kallum Higginbotham | Goals: 8 | Assists: 12 Higgy coulda had atleast another 3 assists today if he knew how to make a pass instead of going it alone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Higgy coulda had atleast another 3 assists today if he knew how to make a pass instead of going it alone Higgy's no right in the heed! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 1327176219[/url]' post='5906504']Higgy coulda had atleast another 3 assists today if he knew how to make a pass instead of going it alone When? At what point? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falkirk Shop Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 91-94 Retro Home shirt Less than 20 shirts remain in stock (a mixture of small, medium and large) so if anyone is still looking to purchase for the semi final or indeed just to have one of these, nearly sold out items, they are onsale at the stadium shop now priced £34.99. Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a bairn Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Anybody go along to the fans forum tonight? From what I've heard, it was generally a very positive evening. Having said that, I've not heard any details. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) Anybody go along to the fans forum tonight? From what I've heard, it was generally a very positive evening. Having said that, I've not heard any details. Their's a thread on one f mate http://www.onefinfal...php?f=2&t=26225 Edited January 24, 2012 by Gaz FFC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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