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Someone will always find something to moan about on here

Wonderful. As in, "Yous have been beaten twice and have taken zero points from the Bairn's despite yous thinking you were prime Brazil after promotion". Definitely one to consider for the vocabulary next time we beat yous

Any chance the Stirling Albion fans can get back in their box now. You've had your 15 mins in the spotlight and Falkirk are yet to see where this misguided confidence comes from. Up until we gave you a goal it was pretty routine. Off ye pop.

I thought the SPFL contributed to these costs to make it viable for the non-Scottish/part-time sides to participate. As for the criticism of where the club focuses it's resources - it's an area that's easy to question but due to the opaque setup (volunteers/job-shares/students) it's an area best avoided.

... with our overheads. I don't doubt that our model of fan ownership would work but when the bucket you're trying to fill has a massive, stadium sized hole in it then it's an uphill task as @StuartA points out. As the club said at the outset they've cut-costs, increased turnover and matchday pricing whilst the fans continue to back the players in numbers - as we've always done - so apart from slashing the playing budget these fixed costs are killing us. However, the BoD seem content with the arrangement as they alluded to in one of the podcasts so HSW solution appears to be a non-starter. Can only assume and perhaps someone can confirm that the Shire contribute via rental costs for the use of the stadium although I'd think their impact would be negligible.

@superandy_07 you are correct. The idea of it being the Steeple unfortunately perpetuated with the old, now gone, sign outside the stadium shop exhalting fans to "wear the Steeple with pride". I'm sure historians Michael White/Ian Scott have an article online explaining where the badge originated.

Everyone makes very salient, contrary points as to how the club is funded but @Zbairn , who I don't think has any agenda, get's closest to the nub of the problem for me. Putting aside the funding models of those clubs listed they might rely on benefactors to various degrees because they don't have the advantages we do; yet we have a fanbase some of those can only dream of who are backing the team. The club does not find itself in it's current predicament due to a lack of interest from the town as some of those other clubs in Scotland do. I also find it annoying that this is painted as either being for or opposed to fan-ownership which to me isn't the case. That argument chooses to ignore that FFS outcompeted FF - identical schemes in reality now - showing that there is an obvious appetite. That the club in conjunction with the FSS is artificially accelerating this is where some dissent stems from and poses questions about the achievements of a project that is still in it's infancy. Overall where the clubs and fans find themselves is not as clear cut as is being portrayed.

"At the AGM on Thursday 5 October we heard that the club now finds itself in a position where there can be no forward planning until an appetite for fan ownership, and a desire for fan-led funding, is known. Despite our strong start to the season, John McGlynn finds himself in a frustrating position. He desperately wants to start looking towards the future with this squad, whether it is in the January transfer window or holding on to those out of contract, but the club cannot give an indication on whether they will remain full-time."

That is theoretically the position that already exists. Non-FSS members don't get a vote. The club evidently recognise that there is a fine line to be trodden when it comes to pricing or as I put forward during the summer why not charge £470 all-in to everyone. Many on here baulked at that suggestion. That would cover the shortfall and end any debate. As it is in other industries - the "market" would decide whether that's value for money. As I said earlier, it's not as clear cut as that but in any other industry where they'd ask you to pay X and then told you to pay additional Y or lose the service completely you would be sceptical. Falkirk has the advantage they can pull the emotional card which is what makes this a divisive topic.

Making an assumption that he has possibly purchased hospitality, buys refreshments every game and tickets for the cup games and various other bits-and-pieces throughout the season the perception perhaps is why should he have to stump up another £10 whether via FSS, FF or 1876 club - which might be part of the above already. The club ask for and generally receive the fans backing home-and-away for every competition, buy the merch and do the non-football events, for example the recent, successful golf day. A tenner is nothing in isolation but when taken in the round it could simply be the perception that enough-is-enough. I doubt this will be a popular post but simply painting this as a binary choice is too simplistic for me.

Didn't Robbie Mutch do it more recently?

Wasn't heavy handed. The officer caught them off balance in the act of dispersing them and a mixture of the underfoot/ inebriated conditions won't have helped the lad. Bruised ego for him more than much else and if he reflects on it then best to leave taunting busses to our continental counterparts.

Hard to say with the mask and hood but 18-20. It was dark and wet m'lud.

Only nonsense I saw after the Hamilton match was in the coach park. Laddies in masks taunting an Accies fan bus and then one being unceremoniously dumped on his arse by a copper. The lad then didn't take the hint and continued to remonstrate with the police for some reason instead of vacating the scene as he was instructed to, I assume to save on the paperwork, but he seemed keen to visit the cells. Knob.

Always find these statement's odd since clearly someone does, either at the club or mentioned on here. The fact it's maintained - not to the presumed standard albeit - and that the club erected it for a particular purpose means it is noticed or else take it down. Club clearly missing a trick maintaing all of these fripperies outside what happens on the pitch on match days. Over the years there has been a substantial list of things "no-one cares about" yet the club devote resources to for unfathomable reasons

Was about to edit my post to mention that. Wrestling at the end and nothing from the nearest linesman! I couldn't care if the ref books our player in that scenario as something's gone on to make the two teams players go down off-the-ball but for none of the officials to spot it, or if they have to flag it, is so poor. As we saw in the debacle in England last week there quite rightly is a feeling they make it up as they go along and are happy to hide behind "interpretation" and human error to absolve themselves of responsibility.

Very noticeable yesterday. A completely different feel to the last few weeks. I suppose that's the trade-off of encouraging a bigger crowd versus organically growing it over the course. If there is such a thing as a "cup final element" who want to attach themselves to instant success and will drift away again when results dip then they were out in force yesterday evening. Can we revise the KM sales to ST only and send them to the Main Stand instead As for the game I thought we took it to them early and had we made the breakthrough they would have been in for a long night. As it was, the best chances fell to Hendo and the lack of shots from range or when we did in the conditions wasn't good enough to test their keeper.

DHOTY award incoming. There's 3 Falkirk minded posters on a single page of your Kelty match thread. Not one Bairn is interested in your next match so if that's classed as "all over" then good luck carrying that chip.

Buy another dog

Agree it's much more psychological than anything else. Losing to the team you're neck-and-neck with and the perceived pressure that will bring is the real outcome of this Saturday. For the losers it's then knowing that another slip-up could be catastrophic based on the current form of both teams is what is making this game so important at this early stage.

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That is a lot of dogs

Seeing this said about us from the Hamilton fans online. They are under the impression they are the "sleeper" team who will quietly go about their business and see us off in the head-to-heads. We must quell that notion a week-on-Saturday after we've hopefully seen off Montrose this weekend coming.

A midfield of Spencer and Nesbitt is like wearing a Rolex whilst driving a Rolls-Royce . Quality and precision.

Can only assume what was meant - and apologies if it wasn't - was Montrose not Arbroath and the ex-player Williamson not Bisland. Only judging from BBC line-ups but appears to be a frequent starter and finisher suggesting his injury woes are over .