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  1. Congratulations and well done on your (almost) promotion Falkirk. Well deserved and good luck in the Championship next season
    44 points
  2. F'cking EVERYONE join FSS now to pay for all this!
    43 points
  3. You very much deserved that win were unlucky not to win by more. Very very good side that should do well in the championship next season.
    37 points
  4. No, I'm German. But how did you know my name was Walter?
    37 points
  5. So long as those arms are not in an unnatural position.
    36 points
  6. That's improved my life fair play
    36 points
  7. There you go, he just forgot to turn it on its side
    36 points
  8. It's only 90 minutes from Glasgow to Dundee, but a lateish pitch inspection might screw up the dickheads arriving from Belfast. What a shame
    34 points
  9. The goalie was absolutely fine today. More than fine actually made a few really decent saves.
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  10. This thread contains well over a decade of discussion around Falkirk Football Club; most of the Pressley era, Farid kissing the coin, Challenge Cup Winners, three Scottish Cup semis, a Scottish Cup final, Houstie winding up all the right folk while building a beautiful 2015/16 side (who I still sometimes dream of); Bob McHugh's ridiculous run of last minute goals, cranes, hot tubs, trucks, numerous play-off campaigns, the buzz of the Hartley summer and the consequent collapse and relegation, Covid, Gary Holt getting trebucheted, the infamous Q&A, the Sheerin, Rennie and Griffiths banter months, fan ownership finally being secured and getting ourselves on a decent footing and finally, every detail of the glory of potentially one of the greatest seasons in the clubs recent history. And many, many more too. All under one roof. An institution. Long live The Falkirk FC Thread.
    32 points
  11. Too many who just can’t see what is happening in front of them. 17 ahead, 11 points required out of 27 to win our first league in 20 years. Record 29 league games unbeaten and the chance now to go through the league unbeaten. Enjoy it guys, this doesn’t happen too often. This is the fans league title this is. We have all contributed well in the last two years to make this happen.
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  14. How many opportunities have Labour had to table a motion to call for a ceasefire? Yet they supported the ongoing atrocities in Gaza and said f**k all. Only when another party tables a motion, that risks showing Labour up for being a rabble of spineless charlatans, do they threaten the speaker to accept their amendment so that the aforementioned motion isn't heard and voted on (all while pretending a ceasefire call was their idea all along). To accuse others of playing political games immediately after their actions today is nothing short of remarkable. And they're supposed to be the opposition to one of the most corrupt, heartless and all round cretinous right wing governments in modern memory. Fucking state of British politics.
    31 points
  15. This comment was posted in "The Herald - McDiarmid memo" today My apologies for the tangent – but in the absence of a game last weekend to look back on I’d like to climb on my soapbox. “THERE WILL BE GOALS, THERE WILL BE DRAMA, THERE WILL BE... VAR!” Those were the literal words that introduced BBC Scotland’s flagship Scottish football radio show a couple of Saturdays ago. That’s right, top billing given to a roundly hated piece of technology, despised by people in the stands but loved by pundits for whom it provides endless hours of controversy and tedious talking points without any requirement for research, insight or even really paying attention to the games they are covering. Sportsound was the soundtrack to Saturday afternoon for me in previous years. The build up to every game, the team news, the anticipation building as you drove to the game or got on the supporters’ bus. Open All Mics was a great innovation – allowing up to the minute updates from every game as an alternative to a live commentary game. Now it is a rabble. A complete shadow of what it once was. The format barely changes week on week. An introduction touching on any of the week’s controversies – often topics that have been done to death online, in the news and on podcasts and other radio shows throughout the past seven days. Then an extended interview with either the Rangers or Celtic manager, depending on which one is playing that afternoon. Then a brief tour round the rest of the Scottish Premiership grounds and maybe one or two in the lower leagues collecting the team news, by which time 3pm is upon us and the frequencies split to a live commentary of whichever Old Firm side is playing, or Open All Mics. Inevitably, you mostly choose Open All Mics, and very quickly wish you hadn’t. Genuinely – a few weeks ago a large period of time was taken up with those appearing on the show talking about their Gladiator names. The nadir was when one said another would be called “The Tadger”. The kind of banter you’d get from an old boy in the pub that you try your best to keep away from. Shortly after one contributor at a Championship game was slapped down by Willie Miller for trying to give an actual update on their allotted match. You’ll then be treated to Pat Bonner failing to identify any of the players on the park that don’t have a connection to Celtic, while you try in vain to get any real sense of what is happening at your team’s game, or indeed any other. The issue, for me, is that there is a core of contributors who are wannabe controversialists, and others who are essentially having their season tickets to their team paid for by the BBC. There is a complete lack of insight, and if you’re not interested in VAR decisions being given top billing every week it is a tough listen. It is understandable that the Old Firm are given prominence – at least to some degree – but I also feel its an insult to the intelligence of Rangers and Celtic fans that the producers seem to think they’re incapable of listening to a show with a broader remit than those two clubs. There is a format there that works. Find the formula that fits it and they’ll be on to a winner.
    30 points
  16. Why didn't the SPFL investigate Rangers not making it to the last game on time? Why didn't they investigate Rangers when they delayed our previous fixture by an additional 30 minutes after already having the game delayed 30 minutes due to fan behaviour? Why is this game, probably the most logical cancellation out of the lot, the one to be investigated and not say the Aberdeen call off which happened 45 minutes before kick off? The SPFL are either corrupt as f**k and dance to the tune of the OF or they're incompetent as f**k and dance to the tune of the OF. About as shambolic as the state of our pitch.
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  17. At a time when almost everything at the club is going well and where we all want it to be heading, I don’t get anyone trying to bring it down unless they care about themselves or their roles before the football club they claim to support/care about. You’re either with us or against us. Simple as that. We all love a moan or a critique when it’s merited but at this stage of the season and how this one is going, just enjoy yourselves FFS, life is way too short.
    29 points
  18. Ridiculous that they haven’t yet included the league we won two weeks ago as well IMO
    29 points
  19. In my opinion, John McGlynn has saved our club. He had to get promoted this year, he was our last hope. The pressure on him and his staff to get us up was massive as we all knew the consequences if we were to stay in this league next season. No matter what happens this season, I will always hold JM and PS to the highest regard for saving us.
    29 points
  20. National Service is woke virtue signalling. Start a real war.
    29 points
  21. Sorry, but this is complete and utter nonsense from start to finish. We have sixteen players under contract for next season with offers having been made to others. There will be no major rebuild. Evolution not revolution, to quote a conversation I had with a director. All arrivals will be surprises because the club are now good at keeping transfer activity private until it's been announced. For that reason, you have no idea whether there will be surprise departures. And it doesn't depend on getting up, because if it did the club wouldn't have announced extensions already.
    28 points
  22. I was in a hotel in Yorkshire last week, I asked where I could find towels. I was given directions to a bird sanctuary.
    28 points
  23. How do you feel about Kilmarnock being fifth, Hibs being sixth, Dundee seventh, Motherwell being eighth or St Johnstone being ninth mate?
    28 points
  24. Would also like to know why there is no 'investigation' into the sectarian bile and offensive chanting everytime either one of them appear.
    26 points
  25. Look how fucking happy they are. Love this team
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  26. Everytime one of the arse cheeks are due to play a bigger / better club in Europe one of these articles gets put out. The irony really is lost on rags like the Record and the S*n.
    26 points
  27. This is an email that I wrote into St Johnstone a month ago. It was passed on by the SLO to the CEO and Board of Directors. I haven't heard anything back since - but here's a look for anyone who is interested. Hopefully it covers enough general points that will resonate with all supporters. --------------------- When the horrors of the global pandemic struck four years ago, many feared for the immediate future of Scottish football and its professional clubs that were instantly faced with an existential crisis during the harsh reality of lockdown. Gratefully, our game and its beloved institutions survived that dark time, but we are in the midst of a far subtler emergency that I believe has the potential to be destructive to St Johnstone FC and other equivalent sides across the country. The devastating impact of COVID was unavoidable, but the introduction of VAR was entirely self-inflicted and will surely prove to be more damaging in the long-term. Supporters rallied around their clubs during the pandemic, buying season tickets without any hope of actually using them. Fans then made their way back into grounds with renewed enthusiasm once restrictions were lifted. Just last year, SPFL Chief Executive Neil Doncaster said, when championing crowds per-capita: "Attendances in Scotland have significantly outperformed other countries of a similar size for some time now, and the financial importance of gate receipts to our clubs was starkly underscored during the pandemic, when matches were played behind closed doors." He wasn't wrong. But that progress will be irretrievably lost once those very same supporters who backed their clubs to the hilt turn their back on a game that no longer resembles the one they grew to love in the first place. And it didn't have to be this way. Scottish football injected itself with poison in 2022 when 41 of 42 SPFL clubs voted for the introduction of VAR. This was despite seeing the years of controversy that have beset far larger and better-funded leagues and competitions. But clearly, the SFA desired it to ensure their referees would remain eligible to officiate in UEFA and FIFA tournaments alongside a keenness to appear to be in vogue with other major national associations across Europe. And the clubs must have rather fancied it too - hence a willingness to both vote for and agree to fund the operation of a system that has ripped the soul from the game. This could have been avoided - had those same clubs asked supporters for their thoughts in the first place. But, true to form, fans were ignored and excluded from the conversation. Who asked for this? Did any regulars in the stands at McDiarmid Park cry out for the introduction of VAR? We were never once consulted - and it was the same case at every other club across the league. Perhaps because they didn't want to hear the likely answer. During the second-leg of the playoff final against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, two years ago, when Premiership status was in the balance, I rationalised the prospect of relegation to a friend by declaring that at least we wouldn't have VAR in the Championship. Seeing VAR play out on TV for years was enough evidence for me that it would be disastrous in Scotland - but experiencing it inside grounds has only reinforced how much of a disease this is for football as a spectator-sport. Why does it exist? We're told that it improves decision-making and cuts out obvious refereeing errors from the game. And maybe it does - to an extent. The SFA just last week stated: "89.3% of on-field decisions are considered correct by Referee Operations, increased to 97.6% when including VAR interventions." That's an improvement of a miserly 8.3.% - but at the cost of many thousands of pounds for each club in the Premiership and the antagonising of an entire customer base. I must say, that doesn't sound like a particularly great deal. We only have to look at our own games this season - and especially during recent weeks to see how little impact VAR has made when it comes to making "correct" decisions. Mistakes are still happening - because officials are human. Other calls are subjective and debatable - because that's the nature of football. When you think about it, that sounds just like how the game was anyway. The only difference is that we have that same situation but with the added expense for clubs and the absolutely horrific experience it offers supporters inside grounds. And that's the key point. Forget about whether decisions are right or wrong, it's the impact on fans that makes the continuing existence of VAR truly unforgivable. Football is special for two reasons. Its simplicity and the emotion it generates. VAR fundamentally compromises both. It negatively impacts the speed and spontaneity of the game. There used to be no greater thrill and joy than seeing your team score a goal. But that has been diminished by the knowledge that someone in a booth in Glasgow may just find a reason to chalk it off. No incremental increase of "correct" decisions can justify that. And it won't improve, either. That much is clear. Recently, the Premier League’s Chief Football Officer Tony Scholes admitted: "Where the VAR experience is poor is the in-stadium experience for the supporter. It’s nowhere near good enough. We know it’s not. It affects supporters’ enjoyment of the game, and we know it needs to change." This comes from the most lucrative league on the planet that has all the resources and facilities - and even they can't get it right after five years. If they're unable to find a workable solution, what chance has the SPFL Premiership got? VAR cannot be reformed. It can't be fixed. Compared to the likes of the Premier League, which is a made-for-TV product, Scottish football is primarily an in-person spectator sport. Why did clubs - St Johnstone included - decide that wasn't worth protecting? You have fans in stadiums spending hundreds of pounds a year for season tickets or anything between £25 and £30 for a matchday ticket left in the dark during games and paying for an experience that is demonstrably worse in every way than it was 18 months ago. How can that be tolerated? SFA Head of Referee Operations, Crawford Allan spoke about the need for VAR as there is so much money at stake at the top-level of the game. Will that include the funds lost when attendances and season ticket sales plummet as fans walk away from a sport that continues to hold them in contempt? That is exactly what will happen - and it should terrify anyone who cares about the health of St Johnstone and other clubs. But it doesn't need to be this way. VAR only exists due to the indulgence of the clubs who pay for it. The first club who stands up and questions why we're actually doing this will earn itself kudos with its fanbase and the wider public. But it's not just a way to curry favour with supporters - it's becoming essential to ensure our club and the game remains healthy. I implore the board at St Johnstone to take that step. Moreover, what I believe is now a minimum requirement for Saints and all clubs is to address their supporters on the future of VAR. Clubs neglected to communicate with fans before it was introduced. That was a failure. Not doing so now that we've all had to live through its presence would be an even greater dereliction of duty. Heads cannot be buried in the sand because this will not go away. Until this glaring reality is confronted - the only future will be continued frustration, emptier stands and lower revenue. The game will be weaker. St Johnstone FC will be in a worse place for it. And for supporters like me - for whom going to the football and following Saints has meant everything for decades - the depressing prospect of being forced to walk away from that relationship will only become more real.
    25 points
  28. Someone shared this earlier on our discord chat. Brilliant from Ola Love the Shhhh he gave at the start so he wasn’t found out 5ACF6F9F-2FA2-485F-8418-F762ECC8B157.mov
    25 points
  29. Really starting to see why you all hate Hartley. He's a clown.
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  30. And yet he didn't get sent off and went onto score the winner? GIRUY!
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  31. Both cheeks of the OF arse spanked this weekend.
    25 points
  32. Thought the fans were terrific on Saturday Also outnumbered the home support and came within 2 of Hamilton's Falkirk 629 QotS 607 Hamilton 631 (plus 131 from Stirling) Their collapse in attendances after just 1-2 years down here once again highlights the loyalty shown by our support, continuing to turn up season after season whilst being served utterly woeful performances under various previous managers. Makes it all the more sweet now and we certainly deserve to enjoy it
    24 points
  33. Is it just me who doesn’t really care either way?
    24 points
  34. Dancing around in the tunnel giving all the guys high fives and hugs with his Cove trackie on.
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  35. The good thing about supporting a diddy team is that we are psychologically prepared to draw and (gasp!) lose league matches. Wins are savoured, not boring and routine. That's why the Celtic fans' massive, nonsensical paranoia, astronomical entitlement, referee-blaming and calling for your board to be sacked just because you're 2 points off the top of the premiership, having won the league 11 out of the past 12 years, is really really funny.
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  36. Turns out Cormack can hire a coach.
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  37. I'm just imagining the idea of going back to talk to my younger self as he left Ibrox in 1997, and telling him the next time this happens you'll be watching it on your phone through the internet.
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  38. Really can't get over the Labour party briefing that they threatened the speaker, realising that didn't make them look like big dick gigachads and actually quite bent, and then saying that parliament could not be allowed to hold a vote because their MPs were terrified of the consequences. Of course the moon howling political media influencers have immediately interpreted that as "our democracy is unsafe and at the whims of the dangerous Muslims". To be so cynical, to chuck a minority under the bus, to attempt to delegitamise protest and, lets be honest, mass politics as a whole, to make a mockery of those who do and have suffered from political violence. For what? I did the "well maybe they'll be slightly better and if that's as good as we can get" thing a few months back but these people are vile - awful, political knife fighters in the service of themselves and themselves alone. We do not matter to them and you are a fucking moron if you vote for them
    24 points
  39. I swear to god I am not cheating, I think this my first ever back to back 10
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