Numbers_One_To_Eleven
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6 minutes ago, Shodwall cat said:
He only really played midfield in his first season at the club from them on he was predominantly a centrehalf.
This is not true, I can assure you. 91/92 was his big centre half season, the following 3 seasons were a mixed bag of centre half, midfield, injury and suspension.
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8 minutes ago, Believe The Hype said:
John Hughes is the best centre half we have ever had, and I'd happily fight anyone who says otherwise. Absolute behemoth in a Falkirk top and one of my all time favourite players for us. Gave absolutely everything for the badge.
Let’s not forget, as great as he was, he did spend a lot of time in midfield for us (and of course, a bit upfront). This added to his long injury lay-offs means I can’t quite put him in the Falkirk great category for central halves. I would guess in the 5 years he was there, in all Falkirk games played, he was used approximately 25% as centre half (whether through injury, suspension or tactics).
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It’s a bit of a shame we can’t add a defender to the big 3 (Stainrod, McAllister and Latapy) of greats to play for us over the last 30 odd years. Davie Weir maybe? A few with a bit more luck/better management could’ve got in there.
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Didn’t think I’d say this on here but that QOTS page is something else just now. Also, Willie Gibson, dearie me!
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27 minutes ago, Andy Dufresne said:
What a night that was,I ended up backwards over a crush barrier In the choir.
I honestly feel this classic win/match was absolute peak Bairns, in modern times anyway. On a long unbeaten run (things got a bit sticky for a few matches after this match before the fantastic run-in), fluent team with Stainrod pulling the strings, under the floodlights, packed Brockville (still in not bad knock) and on the telly.
93/94 and 94-95 were great but this was the pinnacle for me.
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1 hour ago, Ranaldo Bairn said:
Kenny Ashwood at centre half!
Best for me were Stuart Burgess, John Hughes post 1990, David Weir (mostly played at RB tbf) and Darren Barr. Sadly Joe McLaughlin was injured too often for me.
(First game 1983)
Unfair on Big Joe. First season he was injury prone but next two and a half seasons he was a regular. Yogi was the injury prone one after and was also stuck in the middle of the park a fair bit too.
Joe McLaughlin gets in my centre back pairing post 1990, considering he was in a 1st Division winning side and then a regular in a successful Premier League season.
The Ivo Den Biemans, Peter Grants were great but lacking top flight games and Darren Barr, David Weir were too often played at right back.
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11 minutes ago, Kevin James Left Knee said:
match
I’m going for Champions League Final 1999.
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2 minutes ago, Kevin James Left Knee said:
Here's a pub quiz question - what is the second most viewed online football match behind the 1966 cup final? No googling.
Falkirk 4-3 Partick Thistle Scottish Cup 1991
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27 minutes ago, Bigbrbairn said:
Edinburgh 2 up on Alloa and Cove down to Stirling. Strange league!
I dont think it’s that’s strange about Edinburgh. They’ll be okay by the end of the season.
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1 hour ago, ebobsboy said:
I'm the opposite I'd start him first and hope we get a few goals in the bag then bring on Nesbitt, Oliver etc. Nesbitt isn't going to terrify anyone, Agyeman running at the backline with opponents bouncing off him does even if it's just getting us fouls. As much as Lang is a brute at centre half big Alfie picking the ball up in the midfield is just as effective
I think he would be too erratic for a start in The Championship, but for L1, he starts for me.
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We’re playing the next top 4 teams in the next 4 games, crucial part of the season, when we eventually get round to it.
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6 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said:
Falkirk winning today doesn't bother me as it was expected. It does, however, appear to be another stuttery win which gives me hope that you may drop points to either Cove or Montrose, if not both.
Biggest thing, however, is your goal difference advantage is now gone. The game at NDP is set up to be a cracker and i'm surprised it's not on TV tbh.
Yep, it sure will be. A whole 17 days until our next league game now, which is frustrating. I’m not going down the lazy, not bothered about cups this season road but I don’t understand the scheduling of fixtures.
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2 minutes ago, FK1Bairn said:
We aren't going to play brilliant football every game nor will we get the same time and space to play we got in the first quarter. We just need to dig in and grind out results like we did today and against Stirling. Give me another 23 games winning by 1 goal and we'll win this league.
I'd also like to give a big GIRUY to the two utter roasters behind me in the KM7 stand today who came out with some utterly bizarre comments today such as Nesbitt's the best player we have, Henderson and McIver are weak links, McIver should have been subbed "for a proper footballer" and they'd sack McGlynn at xmas if we're still only 3 points clear.
Just when you think the fans are behind the team and there's a better atmosphere in the stadium along come some idiots to show we've still got a bit to go.
And thankfully that’s the case. I thought Edinburgh were stuffy, resolute and put in some good blocks etc. Not an end-to-end game of football of course but it wasn’t a walk in the park either, that would make for a long season too.
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11 minutes ago, GMBairn said:
Another good 3 points but these poor performances are starting to happen too often and are a bit concerning.
In our last 4, we've blown alloa away but really struggled against Stirling, queens and Edinburgh. 3 teams that are total dugshite as can be seen from their other results.
Hopefully McGlynn gets that sorted, we need to be more clinical, our passing needs to be sharper and we need to start dominating the middle of the park much more.
I think Edinburgh were dugshite, now I think they’ll be stuffy and more competitive. I think we saw that today under the new management, they were not dugshite..
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What about Ageymann? He’s a greedy so an so but I think allowances should be made for him as he could make an impact.
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12 minutes ago, NavyBlueArmy1876 said:
Thought the scoreline really flattered Edinburgh tbh, first half especially we missed what looked like some great chances and obviously gave away that farcical goal. Imagine Long will be back between the sticks next week after that.
McIndoe has clearly got Edinburgh up for it (and by up for it, I mean chronic timewasting and booting the nearest opposition player up in the air), important 3 points which we were made to work hard for.
Ref and linesman were pretty terrible throughout but fair play to them for chopping off that goal near the end.
Thought Lang was excellent as usual and easily my MotM.
Nesbitt over Lang as MotM was an injustice. Nesbitt was his usual mixture of good and ordinary, Lang was streets ahead in terms of performance.
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1 hour ago, Grangemouth Bairn said:
I don’t give 2 fucks about FC Edinburgh or Michael McIndoe.
All I care about is Falkirk getting 3 points today ensuring as a minimum we maintain our lead at the top of the table.
Quite amusing when a character like McIndoe comes into the game. Adds a bit of spice to the game.
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2 hours ago, Tenkay said:
5-0 minimum.
Was me that said a MASSIVE club like Falkirk Should be winning at least 5-0 in this division.
Montrose have taken 5 goals off us twice this season already.
It be a poor effort if the champions elect can't manage as well.
What a losers mentality you have.
Miminum you should be coming out with is something like - hopefully we’ll try to be stuffy, hard to beat etc.
Beating your team down like that, what is I the point?
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What is it about boays from Edinburgh and there big, bold ways??
You have Presley and his thumping of the table, “we’ll not be relegated”. Hughes and his infamous rant at St Mirren, Ian Murray’s opening words at Edinburgh City and now this guy. Must be something in the water over there.
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My fondest memories of him is his 91-93 period, just after we won the league and then a local hero signs up. I was only 9 but it was very exciting.
I just wish Stainrod could’ve been used slightly better that season by JJ (maybe rested for a period) so we could’ve potentially got one full season out of him, finished stronger and, along with Crunchie, had a really great 91/92 season rather feeling it fell a bit short.
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Just watch another interview, post Annan, where he says, “the days where teams come to the capital and take points off us are gone, Dave”.
They got trounced the next game at home 1-5.
He’s definitely going to be worth a watch every week (though I have a sneaky he might just get them up the table, if the players are on board with his methods).
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4 minutes ago, Senor Bairn said:
Into these Tory George Galloway farmer sheep shagging c***s !
No made up rivalry for me, just another 3 points will do for me!
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1 minute ago, Bairn in Exile said:
This is developing into an unusual thread - Queens fans having a go at each other and Falkirk fans having a go at each other, but not laying a glove on the opposition's fans?
It could be to do with both sets of fans having an understanding, even empathy, at having to endure some amount of dross over a number of years.
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6 hours ago, ShaggerG said:
Oh aye, we've got them too. There are one or two who hardly ever post unless there's something negative going on, then they're all over the threads like a rash!
It’s called negative bias, which is generally a human trait.
I think when it comes to being positive about a team/player/manager it’s perhaps more a case of being concise and to the point (What a game Morrison had to today
or Spencer, cracking player, and that covers it) whereas picking the bones out of being negative tends to be much more nuanced and prolonged, especially to the depths we went too, and length of time.
I reckon if we had a lengthy period of success, on and off the pitch, the number of posts on “The Falkirk Thread” would reduce a fair bit.
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Big Craw needs to be mentioned too. Played a variety of positions but he was very good at centre half.