Enigma Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Just now, HibsFan said: Catastrophic ones, one would imagine. Wee shame. Reveal hidden contents There’s got to be a point where they have to cut their cloth and look to break even rather than trying and failing to buy this league season after season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 But who had more corners? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR #1 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Typical John McGlynn East End Park showing from Falkirk there. Would be very surprised to see them win playoffs either if that's the best they have got. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BooBairn Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Barring the first 30 minutes in the first fixture where we dominated, McPake has absolutely figured us out. We haven’t laid a single glove in the past 2 fixtures. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish's Passenger Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Falkirk still weak as diarrhea underneath all the neat passing. Moved the ball well enough in first half creating little then went hiding when we stepped up to them. Expected more from them in all honesty. Diddies 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 If Falkirk get Darvel in the Championship playoff final then they’ve a great chance of going up. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, BooBairn said: Barring the first 30 minutes in the first fixture where we dominated, McPake has absolutely figured us out. We haven’t laid a single glove in the past 2 fixtures. Not sure it’s even McPake. Dave MacKay does the homework on opponents and we always seem to have a plan A, B and C. Quite a culture shock after previous managers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelty_par Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 On 05/03/2023 at 22:29, Reggie Perrin said: Aye it’s almost like we’ve gotten much better since we last played you. Aye? How’s that working out? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FK1Bairn Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 11 minutes ago, Salvo Montalbano said: But who had more corners? I wasn't counting but probably Dunfermline. Tonight had the same feel as the previous match at TFS. We are utterly toothless up top against a physical team, the first goal tonight had a de ja vu feeling and the second goal was a complete brainfart from Callumn Morrison. No doubts the better team won and have as good as clinched the league barring a monumental collapse that simply wont happen. Fair play to Dunfermline 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 No complaints. Pars are all wrong for us. The only thing we add Iin January was a physical striker and we were never landing on that back line without one. Playoffs for us. It looked that way before, its sealed now. We won't face anyone anywhere near as good as Dunfermline in them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a bairn Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 (edited) Well that was painful. Dunfermline are a good team and much more effective than us, fair play to them. Can’t say it’s not deserved. I thought our subs had a really negative effect on us. Cannot understand why McGinn was hooked. I don’t think many of our guys were that terrible to be honest but I think we were just bettered in so many areas of the pitch. It’s a sore one but we’ve got to try and pick ourselves up as quickly as possible. The playoffs are not what we wanted but the importance of winning them cannot be understated. Edited March 7, 2023 by Just a bairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Absolutely brilliant, I honestly love this team so fucking much. Absolutely woeful in the first half and yet kept it shut at the back McPake changes it again and wins the game. Hope McGlynn is as salty in his post match interview tonight. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Aye, fair play to Dunfermline Athletic - they deserved the win tonight based on their second-half performance alone. They were excellent over the 45 minutes and really took the game to Falkirk. I thought they'd sit on their lead but they continued to push forward to add to their tally, and they could have scored more than two. I thought Kane Ritchie-Hosler was the best player on the park but Chris Hamilton performed well at the base of midfield and Craig Wighton had a number of lovely touches up top too. James McPake used his substitutions well and the introduction of Kevin O'Hara, for instance, forced Blaine Rowe on the back foot and left Callum Morrison without support. It really feels like a seismic result and it's difficult to imagine how the Pars can lose from this position. They hold an eight-point advantage over the Bairns with nine games to play - who's going to be against them now? Falkirk did not turn up tonight. East End Park really seems to bring out the worst in John McGlynn and we saw that again this evening. Other than Brian Kinnear, who made a couple of important saves, no-one played well. The defence looked haphazard at the worst possible moments and both goals were so easily preventable. The midfield was overrun and Stephen McGinn, who should have been taking the game by the scruff of the neck, was nowhere to be seen. Max Kucheriavyi was not involved and should have made way for Liam Henderson at the interval. Most worryingly of all was the performances of Morrison, Aidan Nesbitt and Kai Kennedy. Morrison, as we mentioned, was often marked out of the match and left isolated, but Nesbitt and Kennedy were completely anonymous (and I only remembered they were playing when they were substituted). It's one thing turning it on against a terrible team like Peterhead but where were they when it came to the showdown? I've long thought that if they didn't win the league, Falkirk would get promoted via the play-offs; tonight's performance, however, has made me doubt that. This was the biggest game of the season and the key players just didn't perform. That augurs poorly for the game against Ayr United on Monday, or a play-off final against Hamilton Academical. How they bounce back from tonight's setback will be interesting to watch. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_diamond Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 40 minutes ago, Enigma said: Wonder what sort of losses Falkirk would make after another season in League One? Hilarious ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hugh Hillshaveyes Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Nothing positive we can take from that.. early possession without hurting them..second half was a gubbing.. keystone cops second goal & goodnight...they are far better than us...no complaints 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallumPar Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Matty Todd dominated Falkirk in the second half. Played in behind the striker and Falkirk couldn’t deal with him. Absolutely fantastic. i might post a more balanced comment tomorrow, giving Falkirk a bit of praise for the first half, but we absolutely battered them second half and they were lucky it was only 2 in the end. Fantastic crowd, brilliant atmosphere and another McPake masterclass. 16 clean sheets in 27 games. Title is ours to lose now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_diamond Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 46 minutes ago, Rugster said: Hello down there. Checks note, "down there" is currently higher than you finished last season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Just now, cb_diamond said: Checks note, "down there" is currently higher than you finished last season. Correct. And of course, last season is what really matters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb_diamond Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Just now, Rugster said: Correct. And of course, last season is what really matters. Last season you were rabbiting on about 4 seasons previously, so clearly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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