stuartcraig

Except Falkirk have now failed twice to make the step back to the Championship. There is no guarantee they'll succeed this year either. If the move is about the size of the wage he'll get then I guess we can ignore all of the "ambition" chat that was attributed to him in the press.

That's not the question anyone is asking. They're asking why an ambitious young League One player with the potential to play at a higher level would choose to sign for Falkirk.

That's disappointing. Given his ambition and ability you would have thought he would see a move to Airdrie's whipping boys as a retrograde step.

I'm going with Silver Mt Zion's "He has left us alone but shafts of light sometimes grace the corner of our rooms". Will take a wee bit of divine intervention tomorrow.

The outcome of the next 2 - 4 games is difficult to predict but credit is due to the team for reaching this point and giving ourselves the best possible platform to go on and succeed, rather than our usual scraping into the playoff with a whimper.

I trust you'll be cheering on Airdrie/Cove/Montrose* in that endeavor then. * (delete as appropriate)

I can't believe you just said that. That's us jinxed.

I assume that your certainty is based on Montrose having little chance of winning their remaining games. I'm too pessimistic to share your optimism.

4-0 now. Interesting times.

Funnily enough they speak very highly of you.

Not quite as catchy as "I'm Spartacus".

Top Football Manager 18 talent.

Hi Kevin's dad.

Mine also. Beautiful summer evening, lots of drama and a wall of seeth between the Airdrie and Partick fans who were seperated by a thin column of empty seats.

A significant part of Smith's contribution last year was his willingness to track back, win the ball in our half and then start the next attacking move. That comfortably outweighed his lack of goals in my opinion.

It usually seems to work the other way. We look good in pre-season and early cup comp but then start getting our arse handed to us when league business commences.

Yeah but there has been a whole 24 hours since we last speculated on the subject on here, and the lack of any news in the intervening timeframe is obvious proof that it's not happening.

I need to see the red one on something other than a red background before I judge. Anyone have decent photoshop skills?

Does he address any deficiencies in the current squad or his he just increased cover? Might as well stick on the link: https://www.airdriefc.com/2021news/200714/Defender-Mbayo-agrees-terms

I assume faux outrage sells more papers these days. As far as I can tell, Robert is signed to play in the first team as a replacement for one of last season's squad (Smith/Ryan?) who choose to move to another club, so it's entirely possible that the decision to suspend the youth academy is nothing to do with his signing and much more to do with the fact that clubs have much less money this season. That said, it would be too much to expect a sports journalist who's stock in trade is discussing greivance to acknowledge that.

That's because once you stay at the Tudor you never want to leave.

Obviously your input was what clinched it.

I can’t help acknowledging you got one thing right? Guilty, your honour.

Good point. I missed the fact that when you said “the courts will decide” you implicitly accepted that the other SPFL clubs might not actually bear any responsibility towards Partick / Hearts that they would currently be trying to “deflect”.

So no other option apart from the other option. Thanks for clarifying that. I'm not sure who "you" is since I'm not an SPFL club but, regardless of whether the clubs thought it through and therefore anticipated Hearts/Particks reaction, it doesn't make taking legal action any more or less of a dick move. Again, I'm not an SPFL club, but when you're asking what their collective responsibility will be you might want to be open to the realistic possibility that the answer to that question is "f*ck all".