Bairney The Dinosaur Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Stainrod has spent more weeks at No1 for me than the other two. Running across the park with the ball and a thistle defender on him whilst waving at the Falkirk support, outside of the boot corners, kneeling on the ball, sending two defenders the wrong way when he was on the floor and much much more circus tricks. That's the moments I go to the football for. The fun has been completely sucked out of Falkirk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Crawford Baptie Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Only Crunchie would get a regular game in today’s version of the game. The Stairods and Latapys have been pretty much nullified. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 10 minutes ago, Bantabairn said: One hundred percent agree, toddlers are coached to death from age five to 16/17 to meet criteria set by imposters that know shit about football, and managers that don’t want to loose games. Are they going to fire them like arrows from some kind of bow? Perhaps release them into the wild perhaps? I think the 2015 cup final game would do great in the open plains of high altitude Chile. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60`s bairn Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, ShaggerG said: <<<<George Gibson was my favourite ever Falkirk player. Guy just oozed class and never looked like he broke sweat. I do concede however that there's probably a bit of nostalgia involved in that as I was young at the time. Very hard to pick from Stainrod, Latapy & Crunchie however I look at it from the angle of who I would like back in the team now (at their Falkirk prime & if I could only pick one) and I think that would probably be Simon. Got to agree, George did ooze class. Made it look easy. Add a little pace to his game and he would have played at the top level. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Crawford Baptie said: Only Crunchie would get a regular game in today’s version of the game. The Stairods and Latapys have been pretty much nullified. All three would find the modern day game piss easy. No tackling or real physical contact compared to getting booted up and down the pitch for 90 mins in their day.Id love to see them playing now god knows how good they would be. Edited January 23, 2020 by Shadwell Dog 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawkirk Wull Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 So many great players have worn the navy blue . Going further back to my youth Wille Whigam, Sammy Wilson, Graig Watson, John Markie, Tiger McLaughlan, Geordie Gibson, Johny Graham (& his goal machine) to name but a few. The list is endless. For me Crunchie & Simon .,I will probably never see the likes of such talented players again in my lifetime 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I don't know enough about it to be honest but I stand by what I have said priority has to be getting back to the premier league. That’s what was said when they dumped the Academy. Gone well that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Only Crunchie would get a regular game in today’s version of the game. The Stairods and Latapys have been pretty much nullified. Players with Latapy’s ability would always prosper. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebobsboy Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Be a while before we are back in the premier League, we are making it difficult enough trying to get out of league 1. Even if we do go up we will get absolutely horsed in the championship with this squad, so the two year plan might need to be revised or rather chucked in the bin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeStreetWalker Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 2 hours ago, ShaggerG said: <<<<George Gibson was my favourite ever Falkirk player. Guy just oozed class and never looked like he broke sweat. I do concede however that there's probably a bit of nostalgia involved in that as I was young at the time. Very hard to pick from Stainrod, Latapy & Crunchie however I look at it from the angle of who I would like back in the team now (at their Falkirk prime & if I could only pick one) and I think that would probably be Simon. Markie - Miller - Gibson my Falkirk all time half back line. There may have been better individual players we have had in each of their positions. But together they were magnificent. What I liked about Gibson was then he had the ball and under pressure he would be able to hold the ball and pass it at time of his choosing. He lost a bit after he broke his leg and was never the same. But fond memories of a great player. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDust Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Crawford Baptie said: Only Crunchie would get a regular game in today’s version of the game. The Stairods and Latapys have been pretty much nullified. Disagree with that, good or great players will shine through. The level we are at now has a 34/35yr old Gomis pissing about with the opposite midfield and he isn't in the great category. The game may have got faster, fitness increased but our top 3 would've pissed this league and the league above and got many more sent off for trying to get the ball off them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champions Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 2 hours ago, ShaggerG said: Very hard to pick from Stainrod, Latapy & Crunchie however I look at it from the angle of who I would like back in the team now (at their Falkirk prime & if I could only pick one) and I think that would probably be Simon. This I still remember practicing the outside of the foot corner at the comely park ash pitch. Was totally amazed when I first saw stainrod do it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcastic Bairn Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Stainrod for me, probably helped that we had a few brilliant players at the same time and he brought it all together in my opinion.Also good to see the residents from Cocoon in adding some distant memories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbrbairn Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Greatest 90 mins in Navy Blue?Colin Samuel in the cup re Hearts. Fantastic 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbrbairn Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Stainrod for me, probably helped that we had a few brilliant players at the same time and he brought it all together in my opinion.Also good to see the residents from Cocoon in adding some distant memories.If you have not seen Whigam or Markie you must be classed as merely a novice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 13 minutes ago, Bigbrbairn said: Greatest 90 mins in Navy Blue? Colin Samuel in the cup re Hearts. Fantastic This was a brilliant memory for me. I also recall being at a game at Brockville in the early nineties when we beat Hearts. 6-0. Pretty sure Joe Jordan was sacked quite soon after. Good days indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PipoIsABairn Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 On 15/01/2020 at 17:46, jagfox99 said: Pretty much mate. Remember when Killie went mental under Lee Clark as well and signed about 5 right backs? I'm not sure about Hartkey's trebuchet inducing summer spree but the likes of Sammut ( i think he was a loan?) wouldnt have counted against SPFL domestic temporary transfer limits. Yeah but I would make the argument that the given the rules only apply to football players most of that squad wouldn't have counted anyway oweing to them being a bunch of beard and tattoo models who could barely run, let alone anything as coordinated as playing a bloody team sport. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PipoIsABairn Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 48 minutes ago, ebobsboy said: Be a while before we are back in the premier League, we are making it difficult enough trying to get out of league 1. Even if we do go up we will get absolutely horsed in the championship with this squad, so the two year plan might need to be revised or rather chucked in the bin. Much as I agree the squad wouldn't get out of the championship without some work, I think it would be comfortably mid-table. Outside of the top 4 or 5 the championship isn't that high standard either. Arbroath barely laid a glove on us last weekend and they aren't getting thumped week in week out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarcastic Bairn Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 If you have not seen Whigam or Markie you must be classed as merely a novice.I’ve had a pint a couple of times with Willie about 20 years ago, does that count?Sadly he was good at that as well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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