Bglongmx

It brings a tear to my eye to think about Brockville. The closeness of the action and camaraderie couldn’t be beaten. I dislike the TFS for numerous reasons. Stands too far away, lop sided, windy and a reminder of the pompousness of those running the club at the time. if I won the Euromillions I’d build Falkirk a new, tight 8000 stadium with a bit of atmosphere.

I remain to be convinced on the Gow agreement. The majority of cases where the person in charge of recruitment has had links with a player agency has led to a number of expensive wastes of money. Even Man Utd suffered from this at the end of the Ferguson era. Obviously there are some exceptions like Wolves, but I'm skeptical. I hope I'm proved wrong and there is no ongoing link to any particular agency. I also think M & M have done an excellent job on recruitment. If you had said half-way through last season we'd have signed Morrison, Keena and Alston I'd have laughed at you.

I don’t think he is and that’s fine. I’ve seen him a couple of times in the last season and he has been anonymous and on the periphery of most games. But... at this level he’ll be an asset and should have time from the fans to regain confidence and form hopefully in time for the championship next season.

Morrison

Majority did not have bad reputations but had suffered sticky spells after moving down South. McQueen, May, Taylor, Yogi all examples. He then picked up players from lower leagues of England who never fulfilled potential (Cadette). All were good eggs and even Stainrod was not seen as a trouble maker - we got him due to his club not paying his wage per contract. Even the higher profile signings like Johnston and MacAvennie didn’t have bad reputations as players or trainers.

Don't disagree with having a plan B and I wasn't really suggested we shouldn't. But nearly every successful team I can remember has a set way of playing which they start 90% of games with and this is the approach I'd like to take rather than 4-4-2 one game, 4-2-3-1 next, etc.

I suspect if we'd known we had a chance with Alston he wouldn't have been re-signed.

I just hope we avoid flipping between the 2 regularly. I'd rather we choose a formation and stick with it for a run of games. I think 4-2-3-1 would probably be good with Connolly / Morrison the wider players in the 3.

A midfield/forward line which includes Alston, Keena and Morrison is an exciting proposition - there could be a few spectacular goals ahead of us this season. I suspect the latter 2 will split opinion as they'll be erratic, but I think Morrison may have a bit of the Scott Sloan about him (i.e. plays with his head down, unpredictable, frustrating but capable of moments of unexpected class!)

Alston back is great news in this division, irrespective if his powers are somewhat diminished from when he left. I don't think we need another defender just now. I'd stick with what we have and possibly take young loan deal.

I don't Alston of recent seasons is the player he was - largely anonymous the last couple of times I've seen him play. If we could get him however it would be interesting to see if becoming a first pick could rekindle his desire/form.

To be fair his dad died around the time and he found himself signed as a left-back by our genius of a former manager whereas he'd always been a winger other than one sub appearance.

Different and more exciting certainly, better I'm not sure. Lewis Moore is the polar opposite as a footballer and of course he's the one that Hearts have chosen to retain.

I've seen a lot of Morrison and his major drawback is his crossing - its woeful. He has plenty of potential and just needs a huge boost of confidence and he'll knock in a few goals. Long term I see him as 10 rather than a winger - doesn't have the pace or skill to beat a man out wide.