Stuperman01

So if he asked to leave does that mean that we didn't have to pay him anything to go?

Wasn't that a condition of being accepted in to the SPFL/SPL at the time?

Was selling his merc not that long ago....that's all I have tbh.

I am not an advocate for that mob I despise those that have ran us in to the ground, my comments are from a personal point of view not a shared vision of their awful failures.

I don't know enough about it to be honest but I stand by what I have said priority has to be getting back to the premier league.

If you read back on my posts I have said that some form of youth or community set up is required, just not an academy style set up. I have also said that if/when we get back to the premier league we can start to look at the nice to have's so we agree on that point.

Absolutely respect your thoughts on this however we aren't anywhere near the level of our own premiership teams let alone those down south. As for identifying with players, a few aside, we didn't hold on to them long enough for that and the ones we did were still given shit from some of our support (I remember hearing some of the shouts at Sibbald which were totally out of order). As a previous poster had stated the funding would have stopped from the SFA when we lost out 'elite' status. The MSG are the core problem at the club the repetitive theme from their disastrous spell is really unforgiving. Fans of any other club would have run these owners out of town.

The only thing we should be looking at is getting out League 1 that's not a given this year at all. There are rumours of us having to go PT if we don't go up so I highly doubt an academy is on the agenda. Like I said I would rather focus on climbing the leagues rather than anything else. The academy was good at the time and probably kept us afloat for a few years, what it didn't do was get us out of the Championship for 10 years. I think closing it was completely wrong especially the way it was handed however I have no appetite at the moment for it to be established. We should look at the Stenny model and try and make some money with the youth set up that way, their community programme is pretty good. If we get a player coming through the ranks from that then it will be a bonus. This need to have an academy is only for top tier clubs which sadly we are just not at the moment. People need to realise that journeymen are required to get out of these leagues whether they like it or not.

Probably a very unpopular opinion but I really couldn't give a hoot whether we have an academy at the moment. I would rather see us climb up the leagues and get in to the premiership before we even think about establishing an academy again. Ask yourself this, would you really trust the MSG to run it properly, given they decided to ruthlessly get rid of it without any form of consultation? Our full focus should be on climbing up the leagues anything out with is just a pipe dream.

I honestly can't figure out our fanbase sometimes, Robson, Rudden and DKD were part of a truly awful team that got us relegated last year (albeit Rudden scored a few goals for us but failed miserably down south). I just don't get why some of these guys get idolised so much. Rudden is decent at Championship level but has only had one good season the other two really weren't anywhere near consistent enough to deserve the rating some give them.

No, he can't defend and was average in one of the poorest Falkirk teams I have ever seen. Didn't understand the love in some of our fans had for him maybe it was because he had a song or kissed a badge a couple of times. The fact Partick (sitting 2nd bottom of the league) want to get rid say's it all.

Seen him at Stenny a couple of times this season nothing really to shout about. The fact that they are in the position they are in tells it's own story. Thought Blair looked decent for them though right enough.

The post above this just demonstrates how spot on you are!!

Could we contact Ross Wilson and ask if Sevco could throw another Zak Rudden type our way?

Jesus, I never thought I would live to see the day where players like McManus and Longridge could be pivotal to us being promoted from League 1. How we have fallen these are as grim times as ever to support Falkirk yet those at the route cause are still in charge.