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4 hours ago, Stephen Malkmus said:
In my view, the Dunfermline fans haven't been giving us enough credit for conceding the second lowest number of goals in the league.
Went right over my head that one.
Someone give me the low down on this patter.
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56 minutes ago, DA Baracus said:
Vocal support again...
I don't get it, what's with your constant posting having digs at the support?
Around me was busier than usual, and while the walk up attendance might not match the tickets sold it was still a fair attendance, let down by the utter dross on the park, it's little wonder no one could get into it, it's been a season of utter pish performances at EEP.
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14 hours ago, Ranaldo Bairn said:
Oh and "the league is dung this year" compared to the luminaries of yore such as Clyde and Peterhead.
Our amazing, record-demolishing season is devalued now
Been a while since we've had a Falkirk fan in the thread.
Which is a shame because everytime one of them talks about League One it gives me a chuckle.
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On 17/04/2024 at 21:49, Heaton said:
Not one person so far with Josh Edwards at LB/LWB! Seems I'm with like minded folks here rather on the Pars thread
Meh, I still reckon he's the best Lb/LWB in the division, evidently the players agree.
I might be missing someone obvious, but he's the best full back we've had since Callum Woods, and much like Woods he'll go on to have a good career down south.
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Depends on how we plan on utilising him, in a 433/4231 I think there's many better players that we'll be able to get coming off the left.
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6 minutes ago, No_Problemo said:
It quite blatantly isn’t the same as just being bald
I've got more hair than quite a few of my mates who don't have alopecia.
Get it right up em.
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8 minutes ago, Molotov said:
I would hate for you or any of your family and friends to have to deal with this. Ffs give the guy a break.
I've got it. His hairs still shit.
It's not ideal as a condition but it's one you still have a degree of control over, there's far worse things out there.
As a society it would be lovely if we didn't jibe at each other for how we look, but it's been happening for time immemorial and it'll continue to happen, I'd guess forever.
The thing with alopecia is, by the time you get to your late 20s/early 30s, most of your mates (or so it seems) are getting two footed by Male Pattern Baldness and have a hairline that's having a race to there arse.* I reckon when I go out the ones with a good, strong hairline are in the minority. Maybe it should be them that get it tight? It's not like everyone's cutting about with Joe Chalmer esque luscious lucks and the poor b*****ds with Alopecia are cutting about as baldy lepars.
We're all bald under our hair Craig.
I suppose the point I'm making is you shouldn't be pulling people up for insulting Sibbalds hair because he's got alopecia, it should be because it's just not a nice thing to insult someone for there appearance.
But you should keep that same energy the next time someone without alopecia gets the pish ripped for being bald, for smelling like twiglets because they have ginger hair, someone who's vertically challenged gets stood on etc etc.
If your biggest concern is that your hairline is ruler straight you're living a pretty good life.
*Prime example being Craig Wighton, had lovely hair, now chooses to cut it short.
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5 hours ago, Skyline Drifter said:
Er what? Goodness me, you're getting your knickers in a twist here.
I'm not remotely insecure. I'm perfectly well aware what's meant by the number ten position (as I pointedly said. Twice). I took issue with the suggestikn that playmakers have always worn 10 since time immortal. It's nonsense. They haven't.
Oh they're perfectly untwisted, cheers.
Except it's not nonsense though(unlike your Gary Lineker point, which was), is it? It's not beyond memory when squad numbers were brought in and what positions they were used for. It's tracked and documented. Squad numbers didn't start in the 70s and 80s, they started in the 30s and 40s, look it up. And since they were introduced, as a general rule the "10" has been a playmaking position, whether that's an Inside forward, a second striker, advanced playmaker etc, that has been the 10. Whereas the 9 for example has been the striker. There'll be players who go against that, whether it's yer man Linekar for his superstitious reasons, or just players having a personal preference, but RandomGuys suggstion seems totally fair and can be backed up by some quick googling.
I'd imagine RandomGuy is 20 something and it's no secret he uses, or has used wyscout in the past. I fail to see how either of those points are relevant, and if they were how they would detract from his thoughts on this.
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21 minutes ago, craigkillie said:
Phillips was rarely anything other than rubbish for Scotland and Bannan did us a turn but was mostly a decent Championship level player in his later days. The point is the difference between that and the attacking midfield options we have now.
I don't remember him as being that bad, I don't think we saw him play as well for us as what he was doing for his club side but I don't have chills remembering him.
Bannan was exciting, or certainly I was excited by him when he first came through, he made a decent amount of Prem appearances for Villa and just looked like a lovely footballer.
I don't disagree at all with that, we're in a better place now. Who would be the last attacking midfielder/winger who got capped for a side finishing 4th or lower in the prem? Would it be GMS/Armstrong at United?
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1 hour ago, Skyline Drifter said:
I appreciate that. Very few teams play with two forwards now.
But this nonsense @RandomGuy. is peddling about 10 'always being a playmaker' smacks of a 20 something with a Wyscout subscription and a fixation on foreign football.
We all know what's meant when referring to 'the 10 role' but lets not pretend its always been the case since football was invented that 10 was a deeper lying playmaker. It hasn't. Certainly not in the UK.
Gary Lineker wore 10 his whole career. Anyone want to pretend he wasnt a centre forward? In the 70's / 80's, 9 and 10 were forwards, 7 was generally the creative attacker.
Bold of you to go off on one at RandomGuy for peddling nonsense, then ending on that paragraph with Lineker.
He didn't always wear 10, he sometimes wore 8, and actually had a few games at 9. Did he wear 10 because that's what centre forwards wore, or perhaps he had another reason? Thankfully he answered that very question before, where he admits the 9 was the traditional number.
"I was given the number 8 shirt, which I had also worn at Everton and Leicester. People sometimes ask why, as a centre-forward, I didn’t opt any point for the traditional number 9. And the motivating factor, not for the first time in my life, was pure superstition. I had worn number 9 a couple of times very early on at Leicester and had bad games while wearing it. Number 8 worked better."
Football squad numbers have evolved over time, you said since football was invented and yet your primary reference point is the 70s and 80s, seemingly discounting that squad numbers had been a thing for 40 years prior to that. It's absolutely stinking of a 50 something year old getting awfully insecure about there inadequacy to keep pace with the ever changing game.
"lets not pretend its always been the case since football was invented that 10 was a deeper lying playmaker. It hasn't. Certainly not in the UK. "
Except that when squad numbers were first introduced (Prior to Linekers time, so does it even count?) in the UK, the number 10 was the inside left, which was a bit deeper than the 9.
Also, wyscout is class.
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4 hours ago, craigkillie said:
I'm not suggesting he should be called up, but in any other era over the last 10 years or so Armstrong probably would be in the squad by now, given the consistent numbers he's been putting in over the last two years. He's just a bit unlucky that he's up against the likes of McTominay, McGinn, Christie etc for the attacking roles in our team rather than Matt Phillips and Barry Bannan or whatever.
Harsh on Phillips and Bannan surely? Phillips has at various times been a starter in the prem, while Bannan was considered one of the best players in the Championship when I was following Brentford at that level.
I mean it as no disrespect to Armstrong, a player who is fun to watch but I don't agree with the two players you've singled out there.
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I appreciate it's a viewpoint that won't be shared widely...
But I wouldn't have improving on the goalkeeper as nearly as large a priority as the other positions you've mentioned, or as much as a priority at all.
It was widely rumoured that Mehmet was one of our larger contracts when he was signed by Grant, now he's signed a new one since then but I wouldn't guess that he's taken a deduction. So the chances of him being moved on are slim I'd guess, I also don't think he's been that bad. I genuinely don't think there's been a goalkeeper that's impressed me in the division, every one seems to have had a couple of howlers this season. I simply don't back us to park one of our higher earners on the bench, and find someone better tbh.
Get a cheap backup, apparently we've got a really promising keeper coming through the academy but he's probably a season away from sitting in the bench I'd imagine.
As well as what you mentioned, and I couldn't agree more with centre midfield and striker being the priority, there's a question about left back. Edwards will be away and he needs replaced, I'd like us to change the system which would also necessitate us grabbing another left winger. Alternatively if McPake wants to continue with 3 atb then we need a left wing back.
In an ideal world we'd find suitors for Chalmers, MoH and Wighton but I don't see it. I wouldn't offer another contract to Allan but I think we will.
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9 hours ago, Well over Par said:
Doubt the board will push the boat out for players ? That’s not their strategy.
We don't need them to push the boat out. We should have one of, if not the largest budgets next season (Providing United are replaced by Livingston). I'm not asking for the board to go out on a splurge and go full Gretna, I just want our budget to be managed competently and for that financial advantage that we should have, to come to fruition.
This is partly where my frustration with having an academy comes into it, but that's a debate for another day.
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19 minutes ago, Rob1885 said:
Unlikely I think, got to remember there's other teams between us and QP also.
Aye, we've got a decent GD advantage aswell.
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On 12/04/2024 at 22:11, 1GregStewart said:
I have been to 5 home games this season, and similar last season. Sponsored a game last season as well. There’s no denying it’s just not the same.
What's been the change? Is it the lower standard, less away fans so it feels like less of an occasion etc?
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8 minutes ago, Stellaboz said:
We had ages last year to sort shit out and quite frankly it felt flat. A better summer is needed.
Last summer was awful, it didn't seem great at the time but I was willing to put faith in the model since it had worked the season before. However it absolutely didn't work.
It needs to be levels better, we have Raith and Falkirk who will be fishing in the same pond with similar wages, we need to sell the club far better to prospective players, or we need to go fishing in a different pond.
MFW has been a success from down south, while Holmes and Benjamin have not. I wouldn't really class Moffat as a signing from down south as he'll have been signed based on his Celtic B pedigree.
1 minute ago, North West said:Unhappy with today's result but not too much regarding the whole season.
Oh unhappy with the season as a whole, it's just been a whole lot of f**k all. Avoiding relegation means it won't go down as a bad season, but finishing between 5-8th,no cup runs and multiple derby defeats leaves me an absolute mile away from being happy with the season.
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Dissapointing result today that effectively rules out the promotion playoffs, they're still technically possible, as are the relegation playoffs but with three games to play we can pretty much guarantee we'll be in the Championship next season.
I hope, and expect that the playing squad to keep going until the end of the season to try get fifth place, the extra prize money is always helpful.
Behind the scenes though I hope we're using this extra time to really get things in place for next season. Without Dundee United there'll be no larger side with a massive financial edge, the aim has to be to challenge for the title.
To do that there'll have to be some transfer dealings done, and they quite frankly need to be far, far, far better than last season.
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No Jak is a shame. McCann needs to step up.
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I've posted it a fair amount, probably on this thread as well at some point.
Falkirk should absolutely be aiming for the playoffs, since the playoffs were introduced there's only been one instance where the league one champions haven't finished 5th the following season in the Championship, and that was Cove last year. However on the flipside QP finished 3rd.
I'm fairly certain 7/10 times the League one champions finished in the playoffs the following year, barring an injury crisis on the levels that we've suffered from, Falkirk will most likely be in the playoffs next year.
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League 1 is pish tbh. I'd say there's a fair amount of overrating going on over the past couple of pages.
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2 minutes ago, Heaton said:
Sorry I can't agree. Defensively he is also suspect imo. Seen plenty go against him if running at him and get the cross in regularly. He can break it up further up about half way but he can get caught when deeper. Many may not agree but I'm not sure I get all the hype at times.
Aye I couldn't disagree more tbh, I don't think I can remember the last time I watched a game and thought the opposition winger got the best of him. His recovery pace is undoubtedly an asset in that regard but for me he's absolutely got in him to step up another level, a move will be good for him.
Just now, DA Baracus said:Frustrating as he is often is, he'll be difficult to replace with someone as good.
I don't think you do tbh, and it then opens up an interesting conundrum with regards to our shape. From listening to McPake speak before he clearly massively rates Edwards and considers him one of our best players, and best attacking threats. He's talked before about how he doesn't like having a winger in front of Edwards because it curtails his attacking output.
Without him, I don't think the 532/352 formation works, Otoo probably has it in him to play there but I'll argue till I'm blue in the face that he needs to be in midfield!
Does McPake bring in a more defensively sound left side player who perhaps hasn't got that attacking output (a Welch Hayes type player?) and play with wingers? It'd allow him to play KRH further up the pitch.
Raith have put in a very good title challenge with a shocking selection of full backs so it's absolutely plausible.
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Just now, Alert Mongoose said:
That's probably fair. Raith losing on Tuesday was a huge boost.
Aye.
That gap has allowed the confidence to flourish, and being so close to the end of the season the United players just look so keen to get this title over the line. Tails are up.
Morton are probably safe from relegation, and are probably not reaching the playoffs so don't have that intensity that made them such a nightmare to play against a month or two back.
1 minute ago, SirJimmyofNic said:Was done n dusted on Tuesday night
A loss tonight and a win for Raith tomorrow and it was back on, but aye I reckon it's done. Challenge for Raith is to try and get some momentum going for the playoffs, and for the morale not to drop with the dissapointment of losing the title.
I have no idea whether the gap afforded by coming 2nd is a good, or a bad thing in this regard.
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United look every inch a side that know the title is within reach, and are playing almost with no pressure on.
Bad news for Raith, I think this title race is done.
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2-0.
United looking rampant.
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Walking Down The Halbeath Road
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He's inconsistent with it but it's certainly not incapable, he's got seven? Assists this season which is good. His attacking threat is levels above that of Miles and Comrie for example who are solid enough full backs at this level, and realistically if we get anyone on there level for the left it'll have to do.
He'll be away, I'll be surprised if the contract extension that we triggered won't have a release clause in it though, I'm not sure there will be a bidding war.