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25 minutes ago, Russ said:

We played, for some bizarre reason, Dundee on the 25th July 2004 to officially open the stadium. John Sutton scored twice and we got beat.

 

6 minutes ago, Believe The Hype said:

Dundee with the one stand, and some boxing down by the college. 


Thanks.

Dundee... hardly glamour opponents 🤨. Come season's end I see you actually swapped divisions!

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4 hours ago, knee jerk reaction said:

There is a point here, if the board were really bad and not pantomime villains then the Inverness cup final would've been the perfect time for a Ritchie/Alexander out display on a world stage! However they made good and bad decisions, were unlucky with timings ie, our best team in 20 years arrived with rangers/hearts/hibs/Dundee utd all around the championship even covid stopped us at least having the chance of going up by finishing the season. Board decisions and interactions with fans have been terrible last few years and the team have been getting worse. This could be a pivotal moment in our history and could hopefully be the catalyst for a rise up the leagues #COYB (is the coyb Facebook enough for everyone,  lol)

Better than the sides that finished 7th in the premier league twice? 

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It was 2010 that we were relegated from the SPL and it wasn’t Yogi who took us down. Eddie May started the 2009-10 season as manager and it was actually Elvis that was in charge on the day relegation was confirmed. As to players after Yogi departed how could anyone forget the one and only Farid El Alugui?

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31 minutes ago, Numbers_One_To_Eleven said:

Meanwhile, FFC just got a mention in the Celtic game. Gerhard Fellner is Assistant Manager for the Hungarian team!

Gerhard Fellner coming to Falkirk and getting a place in the 1997 Cup Final Squad caused a lot unrest with fringe  squad members who had played well in earlier rounds, they and regular starters, also didn’t rate him what so ever and couldn’t fathom out why Totten had signed him. 

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6 minutes ago, NUMBER 7 said:

Gerhard Fellner coming to Falkirk and getting a place in the 1997 Cup Final Squad caused a lot unrest with fringe  squad members who had played well in earlier rounds, they and regular starters, also didn’t rate him what so ever and couldn’t fathom out why Totten had signed him. 

He did nothing in the cup games but was ok in the league, notching a few goals in the run-in.

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23 minutes ago, NUMBER 7 said:

Gerhard Fellner coming to Falkirk and getting a place in the 1997 Cup Final Squad caused a lot unrest with fringe  squad members who had played well in earlier rounds, they and regular starters, also didn’t rate him what so ever and couldn’t fathom out why Totten had signed him. 

I’m thinking the fringe players were Graham Mitchell, Kenny Ward and Mark McGraw (shiver).

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16 minutes ago, Numbers_One_To_Eleven said:

I’m thinking the fringe players were Graham Mitchell, Kenny Ward and Mark McGraw (shiver).

Yip, one of these three was apparently told he was in the Cup Final Squad only to be replaced by Fellner, very bitter little Fifer about that happening 

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On 03/11/2021 at 21:15, bairn88 said:

A diversion from the board business, but just noticed Sean Kelly is getting a regular game for Livi in the prem. A player who looked totally devoid of any sort of abilities that would point to him being a premiership footballer when he was with us. 
 

Yet another example that we, for whatever reason, are getting the absolute minimum out of any player we currently get 

Don't worry at all, when we played him CB he looked utterly shite. He's our 4th choice LB, just happens by chance that the other 3 are out injured. 2 of them long term. Regardless, he looks like a useless b*****d.

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12 minutes ago, ATLIS said:

Don't worry at all, when we played him CB he looked utterly shite. He's our 4th choice LB, just happens by chance that the other 3 are out injured. 2 of them long term. Regardless, he looks like a useless b*****d.

PHEW!

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6 hours ago, Its not only a game said:

X- fair point.

Seriously though do you not think that some posters  on your forum cross the line?. That boy , Wilson,  never seen him play, but he has parents, family, friends some of whom may read the toxic comments from anonymous posters. Doesn't feel right. We are not great, but you guys just seem to be extreme. X 

Re: whether some posters cross the line or not when it comes to abusing certain players, that is up to each individual. We are an extremely passionate support that has endured 5 years of crap so inevitably sometimes that passion, anger and frustration will creep in to some of our posts and it is just a pity for whatever player is in the firing line.

As for Jaime Wilson, sure, it can't be nice to be castigated in public for your inability to do your job properly but to a certain degree that's what you sign up for when you become a professional footballer. If he was banging in the goals left, right and centre he and his family would be lapping up all the adulation on here and elsewhere, right? Like every other footballer, he'll have to take the rough with the smooth.

If it gets too tough for him he can always go and get a real 9 - 5 job.

 

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3 hours ago, Bairn in Exile said:

Re: whether some posters cross the line or not when it comes to abusing certain players, that is up to each individual. We are an extremely passionate support that has endured 5 years of crap so inevitably sometimes that passion, anger and frustration will creep in to some of our posts and it is just a pity for whatever player is in the firing line.

As for Jaime Wilson, sure, it can't be nice to be castigated in public for your inability to do your job properly but to a certain degree that's what you sign up for when you become a professional footballer. If he was banging in the goals left, right and centre he and his family would be lapping up all the adulation on here and elsewhere, right? Like every other footballer, he'll have to take the rough with the smooth.

If it gets too tough for him he can always go and get a real 9 - 5 job.

 

I agree with a lot of that. 

There’s no doubt people cross the line with abuse but it’s an entertainment industry and players are judged on their performances, in the press, by their manager, pundits, the fans and many more. 

If you sanitised football then you’d eventually remove the ability for these guys to earn huge wads of cash as passion and rivalry sell as do cutting opinions. 

 

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