Monkey Tennis Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 6 minutes ago, RandomGuy. said: I'm stumped then How many seasons have Falkirk actually achieved more than St Johnstone? Genuinely, as a quick glimpse suggests one or two seasons in the last 30 years. I'm genuinely confused to what separates the two clubs beyond having a couple of hundred more season ticket holders. St Johnstone and Falkirk have the same amount of league trophies, Falkirk have 1 more major trophy, but nothing in almost 60 years, St Johnstone have a bigger stadium, St Johnstone have far more money, St Johnstone have played in Europe 5 more times than Falkirk. What am I missing? Presumably you're missing average gates. Genuine question: How do they compare? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Hi guys. Never really posted in here but was getting bored of the “my c*ck is bigger than yours” debate so thought I’d try and change the subject. Not expecting much to happen until the shambles in the boardroom is sorted but hearing Ray has asked for 15 players. 10 on bigger money, circa £1000 a week with 5 on lesser dough of around £400 or £500. If true and we can budget for this then no reason why we can’t build a decent sideIMO (not disputing whether you heard it or not) that budget is a huge overestimate. Also, Senor Bairns cock is bigger than everyone elses 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Bairney The Dinosaur said: If you have to argue that you are a bigger team then you are not a bigger team. Falkirk FC are massive and there is no argument. I mean, it's a Falkirk fan who's arguing Falkirk are bigger, I'm merely asking how he quantifies that, there seems to be no logic in it, just him stating it. 4 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Presumably you're missing average gates. Genuine question: How do they compare? Who knows. Our average crowds are heavily swayed by the larger away gates we get, and we dont have anywhere that records the home crowds, in an ironic twist our home support suffers as it plummets for Old Firm games (a large portion of the support these days are families). From a guess we average ~2500 home supporters over a season, but I don't know how that compares. Edited May 24, 2019 by RandomGuy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairney The Dinosaur Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 MASSIVE! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Bairney The Dinosaur said: MASSIVE! I'm almost hoping this Alston shite isnt true. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulioBairn Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 7 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: IMO (not disputing whether you heard it or not) that budget is a huge overestimate. Also, Senor Bairns cock is bigger than everyone elses Would that budget not be similar to what we pay just now? I’m guessing most of our players are on somewhere between £500 and £800?? Smaller squad, some on lesser money might not be too dissimilar? I’m not sure just trying to work out if this is realistic or not 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullyWeeLad Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Not sure if anyone has asked already, is David Mitchell a good signing ? Got a feeling he will be backup 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 48 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Correct, apart from the two that they won of course. I have realised my ignorance in this and can only say I genuinely thought the European cup semi against Celtic was as good as they got in Europe. Happy to have my ignorance corrected 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senor Bairn Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 IMO (not disputing whether you heard it or not) that budget is a huge overestimate. Also, Senor Bairns cock is bigger than everyone elses I’m blushing x 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 25 minutes ago, Swordfishtrombone said: I have realised my ignorance in this and can only say I genuinely thought the European cup semi against Celtic was as good as they got in Europe. Happy to have my ignorance corrected Fair enough. They were robbed of winning the big one in 1975 with a team brimming with Scots. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottiBiabi Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Fear an Alston return, if true (highly unlikely), would end up like the return of Rory Loy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Fear an Alston return, if true (highly unlikely), would end up like the return of Rory Loy. It won't. Hes not coming back. But hypothetically, Alston is no Loy. He has been performing pretty well in the top league. Think his inconsistency which we all know about probably held him back there. He wouod fucking destroy League 1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 It won't. Hes not coming back. But hypothetically, Alston is no Loy. He has been performing pretty well in the top league. Think his inconsistency which we all know about probably held him back there. He wouod fucking destroy League 1Actually told by a usually reliable source that there is substance to the Alston rumour (much to my surprise) and that Tidser is still very interested.Potential problem being the reluctance of certain influential old men to back the managers plans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Actually told by a usually reliable source that there is substance to the Alston rumour (much to my surprise) and that Tidser is still very interested.Potential problem being the reluctance of certain influential old men to back the managers plans.If Alston and Tidser are actually on the cards for League 1 then we could be looking at a decent season, with good attacking football, so I will choose to exercise my cynicism. Not because I disbelieve you, purely because I dont trust the people in charge, and also, look at the fucking nick of us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebobsboy Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 If Alston and Tidser sign for us I will be very surprised. The mess at boardroom level surely will hinder us into who we can afford and when. I fully expect them to sign elsewhere and us to be scratching around looking in the bargain bin and loans. McKinnon might not even be here come start of the season if there is a takeover. There needs to be some sort of clarity over the whole debacle and quickly. If things drag on all summer I can see us spending more than 1 season in league 1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Hi guys. Never really posted in here but was getting bored of the “my c*ck is bigger than yours” debate so thought I’d try and change the subject. Not expecting much to happen until the shambles in the boardroom is sorted but hearing Ray has asked for 15 players. 10 on bigger money, circa £1000 a week with 5 on lesser dough of around £400 or £500. If true and we can budget for this then no reason why we can’t build a decent side I am sure that is what he want but he has no chance of getting it unless funding comes in via new owners or the MSG dipping their hands in their pockets 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocco Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Hi guys. Never really posted in here but was getting bored of the “my c*ck is bigger than yours” debate so thought I’d try and change the subject. Not expecting much to happen until the shambles in the boardroom is sorted but hearing Ray has asked for 15 players. 10 on bigger money, circa £1000 a week with 5 on lesser dough of around £400 or £500. If true and we can budget for this then no reason why we can’t build a decent sideIf this is true and he was to get his wish, I'm assuming he would have a few young guys as part of the squad as well? 15 seems a very low number for a squad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 If Alston and Tidser sign for us I will be very surprised. The mess at boardroom level surely will hinder us into who we can afford and when. I fully expect them to sign elsewhere and us to be scratching around looking in the bargain bin and loans. McKinnon might not even be here come start of the season if there is a takeover. There needs to be some sort of clarity over the whole debacle and quickly. If things drag on all summer I can see us spending more than 1 season in league 1. This is where I am. Pretty sure there was a decent plan in place to build the core of a side in this league by spending a few quid to try and make sure we got out of it. That would then give us the base to have a decent side in the championship the year after. However the lack of clarity on ownership rendering us pretty rudderless and self preservation in the Boardroom means we are stuck in this vacuum. There is a Board meeting this Thursday hopefully this will move things on. Failure to do that there will be a disaster and a disgrace. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 7 hours ago, BottiBiabi said: Fear an Alston return, if true (highly unlikely), would end up like the return of Rory Loy. Nah, he was playing well enough for us and a lot of our fans are unhappy hes gone. He was just up against more consistent players, and with promising youngsters coming through, was the easiest to shift out to allow them to break into the squad. I doubt we'll hear anything about his future soon anyway, Saints players are contracted until the end of the month. One already has a move agreed but it isnt being announced until the start of next month. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainsfordbairn Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 37 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said: There is a Board meeting this Thursday hopefully this will move things on. Failure to do that there will be a disaster and a disgrace. By then four complete weeks will have passed since the end of the season. Four weeks in which the manager was unable to do anything in terms of recruitment. Four weeks in which our targets who wanted to sign (or re-sign) were being tempted by offers from elsewhere Some might suggest that the deadline to declare "disaster and disgrace" has long since passed. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.