Nearly Sane

I get the impression you are entirely correct!

I would guess he secretly wanted Holts job and is on his way to getting it.

Stenny bounced straight down to League 2 and were second bottom when he left. So basically, like Holt, he's not qualified for the job? Well played the old Board.

The two Junior Bairns presenting an award to Telfer and the event photos would suggest otherwise

Not quite. The U16/18 Academy Teams weren't invited/included.

A B Team combining a mixture of first team players who need game time/recovering from injury, limited number of promising young players on pro contracts who are on the verge of first team squad (it'll be league 1 after all!), promising young players on amateur contracts/looking to earn contracts, trialists and U18s promoted on a game by game basis. Coaches could be senior first team players doing their badges (common practice at other clubs). I believe the old FV Academy used to part fund young players wages through apprenticeship schemes. Add in sponsors and if need be fundraising - where there's a will...............

Let's move conveniently past that one shall we......?

Less than Lee Griffiths?

Some folk are in complete denial and fall for that excuse. While ignoring the mistakes or poor decisions that continue to be made - whether with the best of intentions or not.,

How much would a B Team cost?

Agreed. Which is why we need to be making the correct decisions about youth development now. U20's or B Team had been started and it involved the players you mention above. Now we're told it's not affordable.

Haha nice try. Come in and sit in the stands during a youth game and listen to the chat amongst parents. No insider knowledge needed. Club doesn't need help damaging it s reputation - or are you acting out because you're partly to blame?

While you broadly correct, the U18s beat Montrose U18 8-1 - they had 3 players who had been involved with the Montrose first team the day before. The same Montrose team who defeated Falkirk first team 3-1.

Not the point. There's a very talented 16 year old at the club, he sees talented players told to leave the club after U18 as there's no U20s, no pathway to the first team. Other teams scouting him offer him a place at their club (that does have an U20's/pathway to 1st team), off he goes next month. Other talented players follow suit. So scrap the youth system all together on the basis it's not a priority/can't afford it OR see it as a fundamental building block to the future of the club and invest in it. At least set out/communicate a vision. The mismanagement and half-arsed approach at the moment is doing no-one any good and damaging the reputation of the club.