itzdrk Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 23 minutes ago, MrDust said: I heard them mention it on BBC Scotland during the Aberdeen game. I turned on at 3-0, it may have been radio as I wasn't fully listening https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vj1h Radio 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 I don't think Morrison would have got in some of our teams in recent years. One of our better teams in recent years frequently had Tom Taiwo shoe horned onto the right. Morrison would have done ok at any point in recent history id say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 1 hour ago, Back Post Misses said: When it was first laid they said 7 years. This lot seem to want extra. I did hear Rawlins wants grass Raith put down the same basic carpet as Falkirk, but plumped for the improved underlayment. Reported life, with “proper care and maintenance”, was 10 years, but was also to be influenced by use and weather as well. The improved underlayment supposedly increases lifespan and eases replacement...but would increase the costs if Rawlins wants to go to grass. I believe the surface at TFS was laid June 2013? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proudtobeabairn Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Newbornbairn said: I don't think Morrison would have got in some of our teams in recent years. Almost certainly not. Hate to say it but he doesn't even reach the standards of the likes of Kallum Higginbotham Having said that, he's our best player at the moment. Edited April 25, 2021 by Proudtobeabairn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestfieldBairn Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 How I wish our club was run like St Johnstone. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeStreetWalker Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 41 minutes ago, CC52 FFC said: How I wish our club was run like St Johnstone. Its a template on how a provincial club should be run. Own stadium that earns cash rather than an on cost. Funeral teas, meeting rooms etc Owner who runs it as a business with long term rather than short term targets Youth system Adroit manager and player recruitment Rainy day fund for team rebuilding Good luck to them, they deserve the success they have had and are having 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 I really think it's the costs around our stadium that holds the club back. OK, we get crowds of 4000, but how many people do we need through the gates to just stand still? What's the deal with the South Stand - are we repaying the cost or is it rent? Is there a possibility a fans group could take over the repayments? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroMoutinho Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) We won’t get close to teams like St Johnstone until we have a proper player scouting and recruitment system in place. It doesn’t matter who the next manager is if we’re going to continue bringing in dross. It’s about to be 5 years since the playoff final at Kilmarnock- we must have signed over 100 players since then and the vast majority haven’t been good enough. Which is a main reason why we’ve regressed so far as a club in that time. Edited April 25, 2021 by PedroMoutinho 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestfieldBairn Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said: We won’t get close to teams like St Johnstone until we have a proper player scouting and recruitment system in place. It doesn’t matter who the next manager is if we’re going to continue bringing in dross. It’s about to be 5 years since the playoff final at Kilmarnock- we must have signed over 100 players since then and the vast majority haven’t been good enough. Which is a main reason why we’ve regressed so far as a club in that time. I agree with this and to add to the fact I think our Astro is now done and that can impact a player’s performance. How many players have we signed that have been decent elsewhere then come to us and they have been rotten? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 1 hour ago, TxRover said: Raith put down the same basic carpet as Falkirk, but plumped for the improved underlayment. Reported life, with “proper care and maintenance”, was 10 years, but was also to be influenced by use and weather as well. The improved underlayment supposedly increases lifespan and eases replacement...but would increase the costs if Rawlins wants to go to grass. I believe the surface at TFS was laid June 2013? They are not the same surface. I have played on both and the Rovers surface is sharper blade with medium risk of grazing / cutting. The Falkirk surface has softer blade with no rubber filling. The Falkirk surface it was a Dutch system that at the time only Falkirk and Arsenal (training pitch) layed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Only diddy clubs play on plastic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Newbornbairn said: I really think it's the costs around our stadium that holds the club back. OK, we get crowds of 4000, but how many people do we need through the gates to just stand still? What's the deal with the South Stand - are we repaying the cost or is it rent? Is there a possibility a fans group could take over the repayments? Our stadium is far too big (in size), looks fucking stupid and is too expensive. I appreciate we were hamstrung by the belief at the time we had to aim for 10,000 seats but we went about it completely the wrong way. I remember the original plans and it looked far too big for what we'd ever need. Edited April 25, 2021 by Gaz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroMoutinho Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Gaz said: Our stadium is far too big We’d be pointlessly waving goodbye to hundreds of thousands of pounds in gate receipts in the premiership if the stadium was any smaller. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said: We’d be pointlessly waving goodbye to hundreds of thousands of pounds in gate receipts in the premiership if the stadium was any smaller. I should have clarified - I mean in size, not capacity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Rufus said: They are not the same surface. I have played on both and the Rovers surface is sharper blade with medium risk of grazing / cutting. The Falkirk surface has softer blade with no rubber filling. The Falkirk surface it was a Dutch system that at the time only Falkirk and Arsenal (training pitch) layed. Fair enough, but the Falkirk surface was directly referenced. I do know a no rubber infill carpet tends to wear faster though, which might explain the 7 year mention. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 2 hours ago, TxRover said: Fair enough, but the Falkirk surface was directly referenced. I do know a no rubber infill carpet tends to wear faster though, which might explain the 7 year mention. I'm pretty sure ours has the rubber infill, if that's the pellets they put on top. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 We won’t get close to teams like St Johnstone until we have a proper player scouting and recruitment system in place. It doesn’t matter who the next manager is if we’re going to continue bringing in dross. It’s about to be 5 years since the playoff final at Kilmarnock- we must have signed over 100 players since then and the vast majority haven’t been good enough. Which is a main reason why we’ve regressed so far as a club in that time.That’s because we have recruited poor managers without any strategy. It all lands back at the Boardroom. They are responsible for running the place 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkirkBairn2021 Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 21 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said: That’s because we have recruited poor managers without any strategy. It all lands back at the Boardroom. They are responsible for running the place I don't think Houston was a poor manager. He was just unlucky that he was competing against Hibs and Rangers who should have been nowhere near the Championship. For me the main failure was appointing Eddie May and not investing enough when we were in the top division. Its actually quite hard to be relegated. Hamilton have been up for ages. St Johnstone likewise. We tried to do things on the cheap and we've never been back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers_One_To_Eleven Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 It started earlier than appointing May. Results went downhill from Gretna 2-0 (the worst top flight team ever) in Jan 08’ then signing Dad’s Army to move to “the next level” that summer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank von Hell Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 8 hours ago, HopeStreetWalker said: Its a template on how a provincial club should be run. Own stadium that earns cash rather than an on cost. Funeral teas, meeting rooms etc Owner who runs it as a business with long term rather than short term targets Youth system Adroit manager and player recruitment Rainy day fund for team rebuilding Good luck to them, they deserve the success they have had and are having I'd like to see how they'd have got on with George Craig and then Craig Campbell in charge. They'd be stuck in the wilderness like us as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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