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Fantastic achievement for the players selected. Feel for Maciver but realistically any player who scores 20 league goals for a mid table side deserves to be recognised.
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1 hour ago, 18BAIRN76 said:
Provided he’s not on too much money and on the basis he’d probably be going into next season as third choice as I think we’ll sign another striker, I’d keep Shanley. I think he’s got something about him and that will only improve with quality coaching.
Shanley hasn’t done a lot wrong but equally hasn’t done anything to suggest he’d make much impact in the championship for me. If money were no object, I’d be looking to put him out on loan for a season to league 1.
As it is, I’m not sure there’s much benefit to anyone having him sit on our bench or in the stand. I think the money would be better going towards a new striker.
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Thought it would be a tough game yesterday but dominated from start to finish. Miller and Nesbitt particularly good.
Real chance now for the players to make history.
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16 minutes ago, Rocco said:
I’m going to be in the minority here but I’m still not convinced that we should be offering Mackie a new deal.
He’s played very well recently, however, my biggest criticism of him as he can be a complete liability at times and I’d argue that even in these recent games he’s done things that show he still carries that trait. My concern is he’ll get away with these just now but he may not against better opposition.
I’m not opposed to him being signed on, however, I won’t cry if he leaves at the end of the season
Difficult one- Mackie has done well in the last few matches and his versatility is a bonus.
However, I do think we need to leave space in the squad to bring in some additional quality. We won’t have much if any room to do that if Mackie is retained along with Yeats, Shanley, Tait and Ross.
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2 hours ago, FFC 1876 said:
McGlynn mentioned on the Falkirk FC podcast that they are still trying to work out deals for 2 or 3 of the current squad, I'd imagine that's Yeats, Tait and Ross.
Shanley was quoted as having the option of an extra year when we signed him so that'll most likely be taken up.
He also mentioned bringing a loan keeper in again next season to challenge Nicky for the number 1 as that'll help the budget so we may not be getting our experienced keeper.
I think the option on Shanley will be with the club. Personally I’m not sure he’s shown enough to justify a deal. I would put the money towards a striker who can challenge Maciver.
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43 minutes ago, Proudtobeabairn said:
Someone mentioned before that Ross was one of Raiths highest earners so it might be a hefty wage for someone who won't start as 1st choice. I'd like to keep him though if a deal can be done.
I agree- happy to keep him as a squad player but his end product doesn’t justify a huge wage offer for me. Especially when we already have a lot of good options in that position.
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40 minutes ago, SuperTuesday said:
I'm all for looking after our fans, but there is not a chance the people buying these seats are back next year unless it's to win a league.
I agree with bairn88, it would not be right to give a fair percentage to Alloa if they need them.
They’re unlikely to buy a season ticket right away, but if we could even get them to come to the first game of the season, that would be a start.
Some will be day trippers but others may have stopped attending regularly for whatever reason and could be attracted back.
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26 minutes ago, bairn88 said:
Alloa may bring more than that wee section (about 300?) if they need something to reach playoffs. In which case, given we get half their ground whenever we go there, I’d feel a bit poor about.
Some may argue “look after your own first” but that seems a bit ugly sistersy.
For me there’s nothing wrong with prioritising home fans in the rare event that space is limited. The vast majority of teams would do the same- I’m sure Alloa would be filling more seats at the Recs with their own supporters if they could.
Every Falkirk supporter in the ground is someone who could be attracted back along next season.
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Tait and Yeats would be the priorities for me. Tait has been great alongside Spencer, but could be an option further forward too. Ross would be a useful player to have in the squad, but doesn’t have the end product to justify a huge wage offer for me.
Mackie has been excellent at centre half the last few games and likewise would be useful to keep if his wage demands aren’t excessive. Shanley hasn’t had lots of game time, but hasn’t done a lot when he has played. I’d be minded to put his wages towards a striker that can challenge Maciver.
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14 minutes ago, Reggie Perrin said:
Got to disagree, Agyeman on his game is borderline unplayable but unfortunately he has a tendency to beat several opponents then trip over the ball or cross the ball out of the park.
Ross may not be as flash but is much more reliable, obviously todays miss excepted!
I would say Agyeman has contributed much more in terms of goals and assists than Ross. 8 goals and 4 assists compared to 2 goals and 5 assists.
Ross for me doesn’t contribute much in too many games whereas Agyeman is more of a handful for defenders (even if unpredictable).
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1 hour ago, spratte said:
I thought Agyeman was terrific when he came on and can’t understand why he hasn’t had more game time this season tbh
Agyeman was excellent. Understandably hard for him to dislodge Morrison but he is a much better option than Ross for me- more direct and more end product.
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For me a fourth stand would be far down the list of priorities, unless it could somehow be funded on a cost-neutral basis as there is no need for the extra capacity.
The fact that has not been possible in 20 years suggests it is a non-starter.
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49 minutes ago, SouthStander1876 said:
Think Nesbitt has done enough to warrant starting as the 10 next year.
No player in any position should have an automatic right to start imo. We should be looking to have the strongest starting 11 and squad as possible. If that means bringing in players who can challenge and eventually replace current starters, so be it.
Part of the reason for our success this season in my view is that we now have competition for places in a good number of positions.
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1 hour ago, Baggio said:
Our front four have scored 50 goals between them this season. They absolutely deserve the chance to start next season in the championship and I'm uncomfortable with our own fans talking any of them down after such a brilliant weekend.
Don’t think anyone is talking players down. Clearly this season has been fantastic and players and management alike deserve credit for that.
However, next year will be a significantly tougher challenge over the course of the season. It would be crazy to want rid of our current front four, but equally we will need additional quality in a number of positions to challenge at the top end of the championship as McGlynn has mentioned.
For me those playing should be the best available. No one has an automatic right to be in the starting 11 simply because they’ve won a league below.
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23 minutes ago, Big chungus said:
This is really saying something but apart from Mcglynn M&M probably had the best recruitment out of the managers we have had since being relegated. I’m not saying they didn’t sign some absolute donkeys but they probably don’t get enough credit from bringing Calumn Morrison to the club. They also brought in guys like Dowds and Keena, who yes maybe didn’t set the show on fire at the Falkirk stadium, but were obviously good players and have went on to have success elsewhere.
Miller and McCracken are decent people imo who had virtually no coaching (never mind managerial) experience. They were thrown in at the deep end into a position they should probably never have been in but took us a lot closer to getting out of this league than many others.
The circumstances of Covid, Holt and injuries didn’t help. Personally I don’t have any bad feelings towards them.
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15 minutes ago, Rocco said:
Both Keena and Dowds would have been much better for us if they were working under a good manager. The amount of players that have looked dreadful in a Falkirk shirt over the years highlights what a basket case of a clubs we were.
The problem was Keena didn’t look interested at all while at the club.
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9 hours ago, Ontovictory said:
Not fair, I would suggest, on M & M who were pretty unlucky with injuries
And interference from Holt
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Happy with Hogarth extending, although not sure I’d have given him a two year deal at this stage.
I would like a more experienced no 1 next season anyway, with Hogarth as back up.
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Wouldn’t mind Hanlon- we will need another option at centre half imo
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It’s got to be Morrison by a country mile for me. Already on 21 goals from right wing and could well overtake Lyle Taylor.
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9 hours ago, GMBairn said:
To be fair I think bisland was poor today, he hasn't played a lot but he struggled, ended up booked and hooked at half time, although it wasn't a great ball to him when he got booked.
Mackie had a decent game at centre half but still showed his reckless just after half time with a daft challenge and a booking near the byline.
I don't think we will see either player in the team next season.
Personally I thought Mackie played well. He also showed why McGlynn has been giving players an opportunity- players will pick up injuries and suspensions and you can’t then be throwing in replacements who have never played for 3 months.
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1 hour ago, BPM said:
This is the same guy who was slaughtering the re-signing of Nesbitt.
I still don’t think a 2 year extension was required in the circumstances for Nesbitt. Clearly he has done well this season but how many times have we been stuck with players on extended deals contributing very little? I’d have given him 1 year with a 1 year option.
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1 hour ago, FFC 1876 said:
How much is not a lot of room?
With promotion all-but over the line, McGlynn revealed that the current squad won’t look too different come the start of the next campaign, with continuity key.
“I don’t think we’ll have a lot of room for bringing in new faces, I don’t think the budget will stretch that far,” he admitted. “But we will have a lot of continuity. It is what it is. “We have an amazing dressing room, the guys all get on like a house on fire.
Clearly we don’t need a rebuild, but we will require additional quality imo given we will be facing a significantly higher level of opposition over the season.
Have to say extending Oliver is a strange one if budget is limited given he is not going to start games.
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56 minutes ago, FFC 1876 said:
Get Hogarth, Yeats, Ross, Tait and Shanley resigned then sprinkle in some quality starters in the summer. Allan will be out the door.
Goalkeepers
Starting GK
Nicky Hogarth*
Owen Hayward (A)
Defenders
Finn Yeats*
Keelan Adams
Tom Lang
Coll Donaldson
CB/LB Cover
Leon Mccann
Logan Sinclair (A)Midfielders
Brad Spender
Liam Henderson
Dylan Tait*
CM cover
Shay Burke (A)
Gary Oliver
Aidan Nesbitt
Starting 10
Callumn Morrison
Calvin Miller
Ethan Ross*
Alfie Agyeman
Scott Honeyman (A)
Rhys Walker (A)Strikers
Starting ST
Ross MacIver
Ryan Shanley*
I’m not sure there’s room for Shanley as well as Oliver tbh. I’d be looking to use the wages elsewhere.
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The Falkirk FC Thread
in Scottish League 1 General Chatter
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As far as I’m concerned, £1 spent by a day tripper is extra money in our bank account, and is more than welcome.
The easiest way for any business to increase income is to get existing customers to spend more. I’m sure the club will have plans in place to capitalise on the extra bodies through the gate. Certainly not as simple as “they’re just ugly sisters fans”.