CallumPar

I just don’t think anyone who has struggled for game time in league one will get a new deal for the championship. Every single player deserves credit/praise for their efforts this season. But we need to strengthen and the best way to do that is to offload the weaker players and bring in guys to improve the starting 11 in their place.

I think that’s just for the premiership playoffs, not 100% sure on that though. I was just disputing the point that the SPFL decide prices, which is definitely not true - it’s the home club that does.

This isn’t true. Dunfermline initially released tickets at £20 last year, then reduced prices as fans weren’t happy. https://dafc.co.uk/story.php?t=Updated_Pricing_for_Queens_Park&ID=13759

To be fair, Ayr thought they signed Todorov 2 years ago as well.

PFA awards, so it is players that vote for this one.

I can’t imagine anyone is even close to Benedictus. Can’t argue with any of the nominations, but I’d imagine he’s well ahead of 2nd place in terms of votes.

Obviously we’ve used the earlier rounds to give fringe/rotational players some game time. However, we used all of our outfield subs on Saturday as we couldn’t name a full bench. There’s also no real benefit to giving guys game time at this stage. In fact, the senior players probably didn’t want to risk injury for a reserve cup game. Of those who would be involved, they’ll be wanting to make sure they end the season fit, so they can enjoy their time off and be fully fit for the start of pre-season, whether that’s here or someone else. Todorov, O’Hara and MacDonald are out of contract. Imagine they got an injury and then couldn’t get a new club for the start of pre-season because of it. Likewise, if they are to remain here, McPake and the players would rather they weren’t spending their post-season recovering from an injury from a reserves match. The youngsters will have wanted to play and get the experience. It will have been a sore one, but no doubt a learning curve.

Good move for him. Probably won’t be too long before Kai Kennedy joins him.

Guessing strolling the league is low/wee as well?

I wouldn’t know, I don’t follow a team as ‘wee’ as Falkirk. How many seasons is that you’ve been in league one?

Missed this earlier. What price was an adult ticket? Guessing around £20 more than this year? Glad they’re keeping the young adult/kids tickets cheap. The young guys have helped create a great atmosphere this year and their parents will struggle to find a cheaper ‘hobby’ at that price for 18 weekends a year!

Agreed. Benedictus wouldn’t have strolled it to the extent he has, without the mobility of Breen/Fisher alongside him.

Pleased with that. Think he could turn out to be a very good CB in the championship.

Those are the ‘services’ they offer. Every response I’ve seen has been negative, but they’ve left it up there and are probably proud of the amount of interactions it has got. To be fair, they’ve got Dunfermline and Falkirk fans agreeing… unfortunately for them, we’re in agreement that their marketing skills are horrendous. I can’t imagine anyone will see that tweet and think “I want these guys to give me marketing/social media advice”. They tagged the Falkirk Daft podcast, as if they’re involved/endorsed this, but one of the guys from the podcast has been on their thread distancing themselves from these clowns.

You’d think a social media/marketing company would be better at social media/marketing. As you say, this is the kind of thing you’d expect of a 12 year old.

That was a waste of time and money.

I see we’ve appealed O’Hara’s red card. Can only assume we have clearer footage somewhere, as the footage in the highlights doesn’t really clear anything up.

Think we’ll go with strongest 11 we can. Wighton on 19 goals, will want to get to 20. The fact Todorov hasn’t kicked a ball recently says to me he won’t be here next season, so let’s play the guys that will be, or might be. Mochrie was key early in the season and KRH was so important at the business end, so should both start, then be subbed off to a good reception - KRH obviously used to that by now!

Watched the highlights. Brilliant goal from us. Not seen us defend a corner so poorly in a while, McPake will be disappointed with that goal we conceded. No complaints with either red. Benedictus knew what he was doing. O’Hara was clumsy, but foot looks very high - hard to see what really happened, but I can certainly see why it might have been a red. Special shout-out to the idiot early on in the highlights, screaming for offside from a goal kick. The way they continued to shout at the linesman as well. It always amazes me how worked up people can get, about rules they clearly don’t understand.

He’s an exceptional talent. Far too good for this level. Not sure he’ll be good enough for Rangers, but he’s one of the most entertaining players we’ve had in a long time.

Given Airdrie credit this season. But if you can’t win when you’re 3 goals ahead or have a 2 man advantage, I’m afraid to say that you’re just not very good.

What was O’Hara sent off for? As mentioned above, probably his last action as a Pars player. Find it funny that we haven’t had a red card all season, then got 2 today. Dave Mackay sent off - his second red of the season, so the same amount of ref cards as the entire squad.

Cause they’re obsessed weirdos. A normal person would look at a defender’s defensive stats, but Falkirk fans focus on the fact he only scored penalties. They’re as clueless as the Cardiff chairman who questioned why the goalkeeper didn’t score any goals!

Honestly, he’s been fantastic and he’s very popular with everyone at the club - staff, teammates and fans. He’s a natural leader and has improved those around him. Our other CBs are mobile, which has taken a bit of pressure off him. The mobile players at this level also aren’t as intelligent as the ones in the championship, so he’s dealt with those that he’s had to. Despite my concerns about his fitness, he’s played every minute of the league campaign where we have set defensive records. We’ve changed our shape and personnel in defence regularly, but he’s been the one constant, so he’s been an exceptional signing for us. In addition to what he adds on the park, he’s been great with the fans. He may have done similar at Rovers(?), but he’s given his armband away to a young kid after every game and you can see how much that means to them. Little things like that go a long way. He also leads the team to applaud the fans after every game, regardless of the result. Could see what last week meant to him in his interview with the courier. Spoke about how disappointing it was when Raith couldn’t celebrate/finish the season cause of covid, when they won the league. I’d imagine he’s the kind of guy that’s popular at any club he plays at, because he wears his heart on his sleeve and gives his all - also tells other players when they need to up their game and praises them when they do well. Not to mention the fact he really seems to wind up the Falkirk fans, which is always nice!

Don’t think they actually release them every year, to be fair. Your extra money from the cup run will be greater than the prize money lost from dropping down a league place. If you win the playoffs, your overall prize money would be greater than ours and you’d still achieve promotion. If you’re just looking at 2nd v 3rd, then you’ll already have plugged that gap with your cup run. Although the extra £20k or so would obviously still be better.