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  1. 24 minutes ago, latapythelegend said:

    Worth noting however that they came through a decade ago. The 3/4 years before closure the best we got was Kevin O'Hara, Scott Shepherd and Camreon Blues!

    The death of the academy was when it become the Forth Valley academy. 

    You say that yet a number of players from that academy are now plying their trade every week at clubs higher up the leagues than us.  Blues seems to be doing a decent job by all accounts at Morton too. I'd rather we'd had him in recent seasons than some of the dross we've had . The problem for me was that we started selling on players younger and younger which is always going to leave you with a whole in the production line at some point.

  2. 1 hour ago, RosscoRiot said:

    The last 6 months was inconsistent and the run of 10+ games without a win warranted a sacking, Jack Ross was mercilessly sacked with Hibs still sitting 3rd in the Premiership. The only saving grace was the spfl challenge cup win. I'd love to see Jack Ross take the club forward but I can't see that happening. McPake wouldn't be a bad shout either.

    Ross knocked back 250k a year to manage queen's park so I can't see him signing up for Raith anytime soon I'm afraid. 

  3. 7 hours ago, foreverarover said:
    15 hours ago, FFC 1876 said:
    3 assists in 35 league games for Tumilty this season. 
    2 assists in 22 league games for Williamson.
    Only caveat being the info came from Transfermarkt.

    The fact Raith couldn't find a goalscorer for shite is the reason. Not one of the strikers was inventive or has the brains to get into positions to get on the end of his crosses.

    They could they just decided to never play him.

  4. 18 minutes ago, Bigbri Bairn said:

    Just thinking. Who actioned the player release?

    I'm sure mcglynn would've been asked if he wanted any offered new deals.  Probably why this was released shortly after raiths statement. The fact he doesn't want to keep any of those shitebags is a promising start.

  5. 1 minute ago, grumswall said:

    You'll get Robbie Thomson as player/ gk coach. Which isn't actually too bad for that level. Just don't ask for him to communicate with the defence or leave his line. 

     

    What happened with mutch? Thought he looked a decent prospect when we were down there with you. 

    We've had Thomson wasn't the best . Might be a decent backup and coach though.

  6. 1 hour ago, TheScarf said:

    Ah see we've been renting out our home carpark to Bairds Maltings for the last year and charging them a very healthy monthly rent for the privilege too,  on top of our good sponsorship deals, whereas it seems Falkirk are having to fork out for using TFS. You have more ST holders than us, but we get good income elsewhere. No idea what Hamilton and Livi do for income, like us it certainly doesn't come from ST sales.

    Hamilton make money off their ground but livi who knows.

  7. 27 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said:

    So a pretty major decline in the latter half of the season…….something we know rather well…….but yours came about under John McGlynn…….a collapse that would have seen him pilloried if he were the FFC manager….and then DG as the icing on the cake.

    Yet this is the manager many FFC supporters want as the next Falkirk manager. Anyone else get the irony here?

    He has hardly established RR as a Championship side. If that were the case, he wouldn’t have been manager in L1 twice. He has ups and he has downs. 7th to 2nd was creditable, but slide the lens along one year, and 2nd to 7th doesn’t look so great.

    Anyhoo, if he is the chosen one, I am sure he will get the time and space to do what needs to be done……..or not.

    He's never been relegated with Raith either though.  He gets then in the championship moves on to a bigger club then someone else relegates them he comes back in and gets them back up again . It's not his fault his successors are bloody useless.

  8. 23 minutes ago, CALDERON said:

    My point is more that the board were prepare to pay cash for a player - regardless of suitability - and the intention was to get us "over the line".  So you could argue that manager was well backed, so 5th place is pretty disappointing. 

    Well backed but not allowed to play the player he spent the cash on😂.  Surely if he'd been allowed to play goodwillie or had been told no you must sign another player with that money then he may well have at least got you in the playoffs. 

  9. 9 minutes ago, CALDERON said:

    Don't want to derail this thread too much with Rovers talk, but for me its all relative.  We finished 3rd last season, which was better than many of us thought, but at Xmas time this season we were in a title challenge.  When we beat Kilmarnock on 18 Dec we went something like 5 points clear of them.  We spend money on 2 different players this season (unheard of for Rovers) which more than likely came into 6 figures.  We went from being 5 points clear of Kilmarnock in December, to 17 points behind them on Friday.  The absolute least should have been a playoff spot this season.

    That's not to say that Rovers have some devine right to be in the Premiership, but it's not a wild ambition to at least be competing for that prize - and the resource has been made available to aim for that this season.  Also, Livi, Hamilton and ICT have all spent time in the top flight or are still there - and our attendances are better than 2 of them and comparable with another.  I'm sure there are some creative accounting going on somewhere, but can't rule that out at Starks Park either :lol:

     

     

    One player you signed for decent cash never played a game though and that surely was the bods decision not mcglynn. You can argue all day over the rights and wrongs of mcglynn putting him to your board as a possible signing but they okayed it and then refused to let him kick a ball. Whilst most of us agree he should never have been signed in the first place once the bod has agreed to sign him it's not the managers fault hes not allowed to play him yet the cash is out his budget surely.

  10. 27 minutes ago, Rocco said:

    I get what your saying here, however, if Raith feel McGlynn has taken them as far as he can, then surely the next step is to try for a manager who can take them to the next level. It may not work out but fans will never be happy if a Board decides to just sit stagnant and accept where they are. 

    That depends on where their resources and attendances should have them though.  Should Hearts sack Robbie neilson because they aren't winning the champions League?  If you've got a manager whose already got you overachieving at times then getting rid of him is fraught with danger just ask Charlton fans. Different when your under achieving obviously but you have to be realistic.  Raith don't have the attendances or resources to expect to be a premier League club it's as simple as that . When clubs start to get greedy that's when issues start. Look at us allowing Hughes to sign dad's army in search of the allusive top 6 when we were doing just fine the way we were. Now look at us.

  11. 8 hours ago, Bigbri Bairn said:
    11 hours ago, Ecosse83 said:
    You do know that’s the whole point of these forums emoji23.png
    If you don’t want to read about rumours or potential in the know stuff then simply stay away from here! 

    I know. It is make believe and it is quite humorous at times. It fills a whole where good football should be. My only concern is that some people may think it is factual when it is just second guessing. I am just desperate for a real appointment to be made so we know where we are heading.

    Do you really think there are now people on here that think Jean lecsinel is going to be the next Falkirk manager.

  12. 4 hours ago, TxRover said:

    With a manager with better responses to opponents changes within a season, and a better record of signings (not that his is terrible), I could hope for a Livi or St. Johnstone like existence.

    Come on a wee bit of realism here when was the last time Raith were in the top flight?  You're  in a position your resources deserve.  Last year you over achieved to come 3rd and yet you think you should be an established premiership side.  Livi have all sorts of dodgy goings on to fund their team and at Johnstone are a bigger club who make a lot of money through their stadium.  

  13. 25 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said:

    In addition, if we are interested in McGlynn or any other manager, we would need to get permission from their BOD to speak to their man which means that they would have to know.

    Cant believe we would risk another Mackinnon situation.

    With mcglynn and Murray out of contract in the summer I'm sure either them or their agents will have spoken to any interested parties . They aren't going to wait till the end of the season and have nothing in the pipeline although Murray obviously has the safety of being wanted at Airdrie so will be in no rush.  Very few deals will happen exactly according to the rules. You just don't do it so blatantly badly as we did with McKinnon.

  14. 6 minutes ago, HopeStreetWalker said:

    It reflects badly on the integrity and professionalism of the board and that is the point I was making.

    If it turns out board members are breading confidentiality of what goes on in the board room then not only does it erode their credibility but also will have a detrimental effect on the trust the fan base have in them. And if there is one thing the board need to do its build trust.

     

    The bod can't stop people speculating or thinking they are itk though. Just because people come on here saying this or that doesn't mean a thing especially when people are coming out with a different name every two mins. We've had rice, Murray, miller,mcglynn and the boy Murphy at Annan being cited as primary targets on here. If leaks were the case you'd be getting the name of the manager in your daily newspaper never mind in here. They also can't control the other side leaking info either. So if someone says I heard it from a friend of Murray's whether that is correct or not isn't the bods fault.

  15. 3 minutes ago, TxRover said:

    Falkirk fans certainly know what a gamble changing managers is, so yes. I’m in favor of a change because I think JMcG has topped out, plus I’m disappointed in his support of the sainting of DG (but believe he’s sincere in having solely focused on football, and has learned from that). That being said, it’s a crap shoot…it we keep him, I’ll not be rioting, but simply hoping the rest of the guilty Board or CEO get emptied.

    All that being said, I do wonder if Paul Smith is still tied to JMcG…he wouldn’t be a bad shout either (although, he has his own baggage with his partner being the Raith CEO).

    I'm just interested to know where do you expect Raith to finish though. As I said they are where given their resources they should be give or take a place up or down. Seems harsh to think anyone could do any better. Than 3rd place in the championship.

  16. 1 minute ago, TxRover said:

    Yea, I see JMcG as a mid-Championship manager. He can potentially lead a team to the Premiership, however I suspect it would be a short stay with JMcG in charge, due to his limitations. He might also have a team relegated on a very rare occasion, but he certainly seems to engender motivation and performance from a lot of players, and to have the tactical ability to tread water in the Championship. His strongest point may well be his development of young players, something that Falkirk could really use. I’d love to see him move onto running the youth scheme of a larger club.

    He had you 3rd last season and has had you second before. Not sure Raith fans could really expect much more from a manager given the resources available. Bit of a gamble to go for someone else who may not be able to get as much out those resources as mcglynn has surely?

  17. 15 minutes ago, TxRover said:

    As mentioned already, it’s reported we are near a deal…and you lot have mentioned a possible competing offer, so we’ll see. The majority of Raith fans would welcome him back, and most of the rest would tolerate it. The whole “situation” was a complete mess, but I think that JMcG’s part is over-rated somewhat, mainly because the BoD hung him out to dry after his statement by saying nothing (and they still haven’t). Yes, he pushed to sign DG, as a football manager looking at a football player. I honestly think he’s so myopically focused on football that he simply assumed that since DG had been playing for Clyde for a while the whole matter had “blown over”. A lot of the older fans seem to view the DG situation as overblown, possibly as a result of growing up in the boys will be boys era.

    That being said, I’d prefer we didn’t re-sign JMcG (of course, that is asking a BoD that I don’t trust to sort socks to hire a competent replacement, oy). I think he’s learned and developed from the fiasco, but I also think he’s nearly reached his ceiling. The literal collapse in the second half of the season was more than the loss of a player or two, but also an inability to adapt effectively to significant changes the rest of the league had made. At the League One level, that weakness is less significant, as there is much less budget and ability to make changes.

    For Falkirk, JMcG would likely be a good manager, IF given at least two seasons to rebuild the team and culture. He would certainly help you develop some young talent, and probably make the football more attractive, but is the patience there? His biggest other weakness is a over commitment to players that perhaps causes him to play them too much verses their productiveness.  Or really sure where the unlikeable tag comes from, but he doesn’t suffer fools gladly.

    Surely his ceiling at the moment is raiths ceiling though. When you look at attendances and finance 5th place is probably about right for Raith  having over achieved last season.  Arbroath have skewed the positions a bit with their remarkable run but that won't happen every season.  Noone really expected a club with dunfermlines finances to do so badly either. I'd have thought Raith are about where they should be currently in the grand scheme of things.

    When it comes to patience then that depends on whether there are signs of improvement or not. Next season a playoff spot would be an acceptable level given the budget etc. Certainly he wouldn't last another season like this one but then nor would any other manager.

  18. 5 minutes ago, HopeStreetWalker said:

    So their bullshitters then with their 'Was told' 'Got it on good authority' 'I know'

    Fine hopefully the appointment will expose the attention seekers for what they are.

    That's what message boards are all about though mate. People bring rumours to the table you believe them at your own peril. It's not always attention seekers people may think they have a scoop but it turns out to be bollocks.  Nothing to get too worried about.

  19. 8 minutes ago, 18BAIRN76 said:

    I hate to be bringing it up AGAIN, but his rumoured consideration deems it necessary.
     

    Is it genuinely outwith the realms of reasonableness that in 2022, we could expect a manager who knows that signing a rapist is wrong? The world has progressed a great deal, thankfully, and I really don’t think it’s asking for much. The overwhelming majority on here were, quite rightly, ready to give it properly tight to the board and Rennie if he signed for us. We all spoke at length about the bullet we dodged by not signing him. Funny how that seems to be being abandoned and forgotten here. 

    The only difference though between mcglynn and  Rennie, m and m and probably a good number of other managers is that the Raith bod said yes fill your boots. We are going to be restricted to a small amount of managers if one of the criteria is would never sign a player like goodwillie.

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