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12 points from top with a game in hand makes pleasant reading. Where are all the opposition fans with their boring insight about the "step up" the "full-time league", and how we should be happy with mid-table. It's a matter of fact that McIntyre had us chronically underperformed at the beginning of the season, and he was rightly criticised. It's difficult not to feel this season could be a massive opportunity missed.

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No that isnt a matter of fact. We probably underperformed but attributing it all directly to the manager is conjecture and far too simplistic. I wouldnt necessarily agree with every decision he made but some of the early criticism was way over the top anyway. Some players certainly didnt start the season as well as they are playing now. In padticular there was lots of criticism of leaving Mitchell out for about a month but he certainly started the season poorly, possibly a hangover from his groin surgery. He is like a different player now. Bringing in Dowie was roundly criticised too but he has been outstanding in the last 2 or 3 months and a big part of our good form. We had a run of three disappointing early season home games (losses to Raith and Dumbarton and the draw with Cowdenbeath we should have lost. If we had won a couple of those we would pretty much be in the playoffs already but the reality is we would still likely be third at best. Hamilton and Dundee have consistently found ways to best us head to head. We are likely going to finish up roughly where we should have regardless of how we got there. Its now about whether we can do anything to raise our game and take good form into the playoffs.

Says the man with the Mac Goebbels fetish Couldnae mark your neck with a blow-torch.

don't let the door hit you on the way out then...

The part were they had to transfer their own membership to themselves ,,,whilst having a conditional one .

Ever since McInally, the blame for pretty much everything the club has fucked up has been shifted onto the fans. Making huge losses in the seaside leagues? That's nothing to do with paying large wages, nothing to do with exorbitant transfer fees, nothing to do with Rae appointing a manager who wasn't capable of getting us out the league despite our relatively large resources - it's because not enough of you lot are turning out, why aren't you bringing your friends? Bottled the playoffs? Nothing to do with McInally's tactics, it's because you b*****ds booed the poor wee lambs off after drawing 0-0 in the home leg. Dreadful home record in our first season back in the First Division? Nothing to do with McInally's tactics and Rae's reluctance to sack him - he fucking well rejected his resignation in the January - it was all down to the home support being too negative and we were told we should be more like Celtic fans. I could go on and on but you get the picture: time and time again Rae has attempted to deflect from his own failings by having a go at the support. Can you remember Rae holding his hands up and apologising for a mistake at any point in his time as Chairman? Even admitting he's made one? Honestly, you can call me precious but what really bothers me is that he absolutely cannot admit how much he's responsible for so many of the problems at the club. It's the fact he's hiding from own mistakes that's infuriating rather than the fact that the support are the scapegoat he uses. The issue here is that he's quite simply doing much, much more harm than good and his actions in the last few days have convinced me we're past the point of no return. I've not been one to jump on the bandwagon of lambasting him for cutting the budget this season: unlike some have suggested, that absolutely didn't condemn us to relegation. Allan Moore's dreadful use of the budget did. That doesn't change the fact he's completely lost the plot We're all well aware that he saved the club and that he isn't another Hugh Scott, that gave him huge popularity in the first few years but it can't give him a free pass forever. His time in charge of the club has been an utter shambles. There's never been any kind of long-term planning, the fact the club has run at a loss for his 13 years in charge is not testament to his benevolence but to his incompetence. When difficult questions are asked, he either hides, lies or lashes out. Ultimately, while we'll never forget that he saved the club after Scott tried to kill it, what's his legacy going to be? He took Morton over when we were newly relegated to the third tier, we were a total shambles just emerging from administration with attendances under 1000 and no long-term plan for to build a sustainable future for the the club. Now, 13 years into his ownership, we're about to be relegated to the third tier, we're heading for attendances under 1000, we've no long-term plan for a sustainable future for the club, we've tidied up the stadium and added a few hundred seats and we've got £2 million of debt to show for it. What are the successes of Douglas Rae's time in charge of Morton? Obviously we don't want the club going to just anyone: the fact people are saying they'd welcome the Easdales is quite frankly terrifying. Either way though, this club is being run into the ground. The fact that Douglas Rae isn't doing it on purpose isn't any consolation. We need a change.

McIntyre should have had the easiest job in football this season. The squad was virtually all in place for him and morale and momentum were all in his favour. Had we started the season well and faded then the excuses of "higher level" "tougher opponents" etc. may have held some value. Instead we are finishing the season as many expected us to start it. McIntyre signed poorly, and inexplicably dicked about with the team. It's pretty conclusive to me that he is wholly responsible.

If any raith is looking for hibs club tickets there is still some available down at the supporters club stall in the mercat.I dont know how many are left though.

Thicko!

I was laughing at the hyperbole used."almost had their ground burned down" suggests that someone actually tried to burn it down and the bold Turnbull stomped the flames out.Feel free to carry on with your faux outrage though as it's the best laugh I've had since your "we ur aw Jum Spence" routine. :-)

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He wasn't angry at all. Mrs M and Adam were crying, but the way they were standing over him, it looked like he was crying, which was weird.

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Nonsense. Falkirk is the fifth largest urban centre in Scotland, we've got a fantastic stadium and excellent facilities as well as some of the best young players in Scotland. Look at Inverness, St Johnstone, Motherwell, Partick Thistle, St Mirren, Ross County. That's our competition, not Livingston, Raith, Hamilton and Morton.

How is starting as a new club in the bottom tier a punishment

Oh, I don't know - it's quite entertaining, this mass delusion. Just means that reality is going to hit them even harder. You honestly think anyone has actually invested in this clusterfuck? The only meaningful holdings in shares were at minimum cost (penny shares). and will still show a massive return - as long as they can keep the cash cow breathing, that is. And, just for the record - Scottish football does not need rangers, any more than it needed Gretna. Artificially funded novelty acts demean the entire sport.

Am I the only one that's noticed, since wee Pelucia Five Stars slunk back onto the Big Thread, he's been a wee bit averse to posting links? Maybe he's realised that links can form a chain to more information... Or maybe he's realised how much of a twat he's made of it in the past.

No, it's how I interpret "membership was transferred". If it needed to be transferred it can't have had one. These are not difficult concepts.

So that'll be a no then? You have no statement from the SFA ?,,incidentally didn't Annan get Gretnas membership? Are they the same club?

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So, people with prams who, like you, are on their way to work, should not be allowed to take their children to nursery first? My morning commute is dreadful, and frankly, it's down to people who have an attitude like you.

Iv got a spare concession ticket for Sunday famous 5 lower section. I did originally put it on gumtree but kept getting asked by rangers fans. Due to it being right next to my seat I'm not too keen on sitting with rangers fans. Rather not sell it than undo the work the board have done to ensure the tickets are kept in rovers hands

For the last 6 months I can relate to this...........Stick in there you'll get through this

Why, when I can laugh from afar?

Ok,you put me in contact with the person who "almost burned the ground down" and I will confront and question said imaginary lunatic.Deal ? :-)

Were, not we're. You brain dead zombie.And to think you edited this shambles.

Very mature of you.

This, just this.