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I’m not especially confident. I think Kelty will be safe. Annan are getting result after result at the moment. We have them on the last day and that could be a potential nerve shredder. Yes we won on Saturday but it was an awful game and if it had finished 0-0 the mood would be a lot worse. Granted QOS are as weak as they have been in decades but I still don’t see them finishing 9th. So it’s between us and Annan.

I noticed Hamilton had equalised and thought ah well at least Annan didn’t win. Then Annan scored. I never believed for a minute we were playoff contenders at the top of the table. We largely have the same team as last season, this season was always about consolidation. We have a 7 point cushion over Annan which is handy, but if we want to keep it that way, we need to be creating more chances and that means more game time for a few of the guys who seem to be benched despite clearly offering more attacking threat than a few of the regular starters.

Alloa in good form and at home. Think they’re still a shade better than us at the moment. We also played midweek so will be some fatigue. I’d take a draw. Really disappointed the manager didn’t rotate a little in midweek, he seems quite regimented with not changing a winning team but then again I’m sure he know 1000 times more than me how best to manage a football team. Think this will be a home win but I’d be delighted to be wrong.

When City lost 3-1 at Alloa recently, succumbing to 2 late goals, I noticed a few Alloa fans saying they were surprised how decent Edinburgh looked and that they have a few good players. Then you should have beaten (an admittedly slightly weakened) Falkirk but for that embarrassing dive for the penalty. What’s happened since then? Has the points deduction knocked the stuffing out the team?

Anyone else notice how unfit Jack Leitch is at the moment? He was struggling throughout the 2nd half until he was hooked. Obviously has great delivery from corners etc and I think that’s the main reason he’s in the team. But he looked like he was blowing out his arse for most of yesterday.

Fantastic result and God bless Murray Dowey and all his family and friends. Really moving minute’s applause both before and during the game. An absolute tragedy but I hope the love and support brings some comfort to all who were affected. So sad. We will never forget and if anyone reading this is affected I am so sorry for your loss. It wasn’t a 5-0 game. Probably wasn’t even a 3-0 game. But we played great in the 2nd half and finished well. Very welcome 3 points.

Read a few comments a month back from Paul McLean basically saying it’s a very tough league, we’re part time, we should judge ourselves against the other part timers etc… Thats all well and good for a fan to say but I don’t really want to hear that from the club captain. Some of the performances and results suggest the team has mentally decided we’re going to lose before the kick off. I can’t see (e.g.) Alloa being comprehensively dismantled like we were today, so being part time is no excuse. I don’t expect us to win at Falkirk but I expect us to give it a fucking good go and make it as difficult as possible. Our aggregate half-time score in Grangemouth this season is 7-0. We shouldn’t be losing 3-0 after 16 minutes to any team outside the premier league, no matter how good Falkirk clearly are. More fight required please, and less defeatism. As for Falkirk, looks like they finally have a team putting the performances their fanbase deserves after the last few years of misery. Fair fucks to them.

Will this thread represent a Safe Space where both sets of fans can avoid contact with Falkirk supporters? Let the healing begin. Prediction 0-0. Attendance 841.

Stenhousemuir are a whopping 12/5 to win this (currently at bet365). Not sure why the bookies have Bonnyrigg such clear favourites. Don't see the Stenny price lasting coming Saturday morning.

That 5-2 game was crazy. We were down to 9 men at 1-1. Then with about 15 to go we got a corner. Put 2 men in the box and scored. I was young and naive and went crazy like we’d just won the World Cup. Should have known better. Falkirk had a very good team back then and we eventually succumbed, with the Bairns firing in 4 more goals. The emotional comedown was brutal. Aside: My Dad and all his family were/ are Falkirk fans. In fact if any of you Bairns reading this are familiar with the McNee family (father and son both sadly passed away in recent years, both had season tickets for Falkirk), then i send my regards. Great people.

I think that was a different game — either 1-1 or 2-2. It was midweek i think. Willie Irvine took the penalty that Gow saved. My memory is fucked these days though so could be wrong.

I don’t think we will hit Stenny numbers. There’s been a lot of fans not show up at Alloa for our previous 2 cup meetings in recent seasons, amidst accusations of unfair pricing and the perception that the stadium isn’t the best. I think that mindset will still keep about 100 away. Hope I’m wrong.

This is going to be exceptionally difficult. Alloa will be a level above the cup game. Especially tough if Hilson is still out. I’d take a point now if offered it. We’re very tough to beat in general so can see this one being 2-2.

Will take that. Was tough going at times in the first half and Edinburgh dominated most of the ball. Thought their CF was very lucky not to be sent off in the first half when he kicked out at McLean, and a minute later he passed up a great chance when clean through. However we controlled the 2nd half and deservedly took the 3 points after a stunning 30 yard free kick from Cammy Clark, who was excellent in general. Edinburgh looked alright in patches I thought, but I suspect both teams will be in the bottom half of the table. Away to Alloa next week will be an even bigger test and we will need a huge performance. Hoping we have Hilson back but since he wasn’t even on the bench today that seems unlikely. Spence doesn’t quite convince for me, I’d rather we played Thomson because he holds up play very well.

An away trip to a big team would be perfect, so I’m fully expecting to be drawn away to Livingston.