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And then, for the final game of the season, a now doubt showpiece occasion with all that that will entail, our contracted goalkeeper will find himself dumped back on to the bench in favour of someone who will be on the way back to England a few days later. Because it takes place in May. I'll continue to call this situation for the absolute farce it is, irrespective of our league position. That it hasn't done us any damage is far more through luck than judgement.

"Wrong" to now prioritise the development of your contracted goalkeeper over the provision of game time to an average loan signing perfectly illustrates how ill-thought out this month about rotation policy has been. Nonsense indeed

What, like the disrespect afforded to Hogarth when, a week after a MOTM performance at Kelty Hearts, he was unceremoniously dumped in favour a short-term signing who is demonstrably no better a goalkeeper than he is? Certainly would not meet my criteria of being "treated well"

We’re hardly going to be sanctioned for selecting our own goalkeeper. If the implications of non-adherence to this so-called contract are that we are no longer furnished with loan players from Lincoln City then that’s a cross we’ll have to bear Long playing another minute of first-team football is a now a complete waste of time.

Bit surprised at the Hogarth news, would like to think we'll be looking for a far more established and experienced first choice goalkeeper for next season. I actually thought Hogarth developed into a a decent keeper during the course of his initial loan-period after a difficult start and was a bit disappointed when he left in the January. Not been nearly as convincing second time around. One thing this should precipitate is his immediate reinstatement as first choice, starting from tomorrow at Montrose. Absolutely no point whatsoever in continuing with a loan player who will be away in a few weeks time and leaving a player who has just signed a two-year contract on the bench. The definition of futility. If that upsets Lincoln City, well, we'll just have to live with that.

Not necessarily. But certainly closer.

Stand out at a much higher level of football than that which we have been occupying for the previous five seasons. And that’s to even enter the conversation.

Kevin McAllister is a legend. There is no more fitting description, or worthy recipient of that tag (and probably never will be) Of other players I've seen, I'd be inclined to attach the same status to a certain Trinidadian magician. And, despite his relatively brief time at the club, a certain English one who liked scoring goals from the halfway line and direct from corners (against the same goalkeeper). Older fans will no doubt have players from earlier eras in mind. Callum Morrison is, on his day, easily our most entertaining player. And our biggest attacking threat. He's had an excellent season. I'll be amazed if he does not win L1 Player of the Year. It's great that he has signed up for the next two years. I'm sure he'll make a decent impact in the Championship next season. But Callum Morrison is not a legend and I do not consider myself even remotely "deluded" for holding that belief. There is such a thing as context. A bit of perspective from time to time would not go amiss.

Remind me again how your mob ended up back in the Championship in the first place. Some clubs have things handed to them on a plate. Others earn them on the pitch. Now off you f**K

Football fans discussing the merits of a football player on a football forum. Absolute shocker. How dare they.

He's not allowed. His registration was temporarily transferred to Cove at the close of the January transfer window so he cannot play for us between now and the end of the season. The two clubs stuff being mentioned does not come into it.

Is Lee Connelly out of contract in the summer by chance? Just wondering.

Goals flying in in a highly entertaining "big big game" at Kilmarnock but no-one there to report on them as "Kheredine has gone to do the TV". Amateurish does not even begin to describe it. Laughable stuff. The ever-brutal Amy Canavan talking about Queen's Park's Tom Dhomas provided a modicum of entertainment I suppose.

No. This certainty, this absolute conviction, that the mere fact of Rankin not being in your dugout would have had you up challenging a team still unbeaten in the league in mid-March is pure and utter hypothesis. Because there is no guarantee whatsoever that any theoretical replacement for Rankin, whether last summer, January, whenever, would have automatically prevented you from dropping "stupid points". Who's to say "Gerry" would not have appointed an even bigger numpty, an even bigger incompetent, and you'd instead be staring at a 30-point gap, never mind 17. That scenario is never entertained by any of your fans it seems. No Rankin = guaranteed and significant improvement seems to be the simple and unequivocal calculation. that has been made. It's utter nonsense. Best stick to the facts. You've had the misfortune to come up against a far bigger club and a far better team on a quite ridiculous run of form. Rankin or no Rankin, you were not getting close to winning the league this season. Good luck in the play-offs, especially if you come up against the Pars and that utter cretin McPake.

25% I believe, so 9. He'd made four substitute appearances prior to starting yesterday. I'd really like to think sentiment played no part whatsoever in his selection. Until or unless the league is won, there is simply no way he should be starting games, irrespective of the opposition.

Shared nothing. We've put up with years and years and years of obsessed opposition diddies stinking up this thread, crawling over it and revelling in every single defeat and f**k-up, far, far in excess of any other club in Scotland. They're conspicuous by their absence this season though, eh? No doubt they'll come running back the minute we finally we lose a game of football. Hamilton have more than shown their colours this season - plenty of mouth and talk in the early part of the season, then "Gerry" and his ludicrous mind games and even now a few of the uber-fantasists in their ever-dwindling support refusing to accept that we've absolutely steamrollered them. Small-minded, tinpot wee outfit. F**k them.

Have you seen their squad? Dundee United have some very good individual players but nothing like the strength in depth that Raith have. In the game last Friday they were bringing the likes of Brown, Connolly, Hamilton and Easton off the bench, absolutely ridiculous. Their three loan signings in January/February - Ashcroft, Rudden, Turner - are not exactly screaming "consolidation" to me. Rather, they have recognised that DU are not a great team, and are managed by an absolute clown - and they're chucking a shitload at it in an attempt to get up this season. And it may just pay off for them. Their squad is very, very good for that level, but it won't be coming cheap.

But Gerry told the wee Accies fans in December that we had bad, bad, bad news coming to us....Morrison was for the off imminently, precipitating our total collapse and them strolling uncontested to the title. What happened??!!

Sorry, what exactly is it you're suggesting Hamilton have "chucked away"? A league championship your squad are patently, blatantly nowhere close to being good enough to win. That's your definition of "chucking it away"? Aye, no bother

I would not be remotely surprised if he has been quietly added to somewhere near the top of our list of transfer targets for the summer window.

Fortunately "decent" still proved more than sufficient to absolutely murder your pitiful wee mob in that first half. More than enough. We've played better, and no doubt could have upped it had it been required. It wasn't. Your whole season has really been one long "reality check" for the biggest and best squad in the league fantasists. Any comments from Gerry since full-time? We know how much he loves talking about us but seems to have gone a wee bit quiet recently. Strange. Hope he's ok.

None of us give a toss about Rankin, stay or go, it won't be impacting us in any way between now and May. None of our business. But you better believe we'll continue challenging this myth that a team who have still not lost a league game in mid-February, dropping 10 points from an available 66 in the process, have somehow been "handed the league" due to the perceived incompetence of the manager of another football club. We'll continue destroying that complete, total and utter garbage until you start facing up to reality.

Slightly annoying that we have still not completely shaken off Hamilton, with the run we are on, a double-digit lead would, in many other seasons, have been very much within expectation. Should have been going into a home game against Montrose today absolutely flying on the back of last week's result and performance, this three week break from league games is incredibly inconvenient. Hamilton will be seeing the game in two weeks times as last chance saloon, we just have to make sure we put them away and shut them up once and for all.

No he couldn't. He's only eligible to play for them for the remainder of the season and won't, therefore, ever be seen in a Falkirk shirt again.

The original post stated that he fancied "we would absolutely tank" Airdrie. Note - tank. I can take account of our progression, whilst at the same time holding the belief that we absolutely would not be tanking them in any hypothetical final. Anyone who does not consider them a significant step up from what we are facing on a regular basis clearly has not been paying much attention. They are a proper team in the true sense of the word. That does not mean I believe we would be incapable of beating them. Recognising (a) how far we have come and (b) the incredibly poor standard of the league really are not mutually exclusive.