Dawson Park Boy Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 20 minutes ago, brokeville said: Next season would have been my 60th year supporting Falkirk. On Saturday I will probably make my last visit. I’ve watched the club through thick and thin. I’ve travelled the length and breadth of the country even going to Liechtenstein. I watched some utter dross over the years but I’ve always gone expecting the unexpected. Not any more, somethings missing now. There’s no excitement, passion or atmosphere. I go fully expecting to lose and no longer care about the result. The people around me in the stand are disappearing never to return. I never thought that would be me. The BOD have a massive job on their hands to turn this round. Unfortunately those that have stopped going are unlikely to return. I hope from the bottom of my heart that we recover, I will always be a Bairn. Yes, like you i have supported for a very long time, being at the 57 Final , Vaduz and everywhere else.You are correct, it’s very grim watching at the moment, but there have been terrible times in the past. All I can say is that the people currently running things are determined to get things right, have put in a lot of money, are doing a power of work behind the scenes and are suffering just like you and I. I think we should just write off this season, stick it out till the end (the weather should be better) and see what the BOD puts before us for the future and then, decide accordingly. Surely, we cant give up just yet on a club which we love. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairn88 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 37 minutes ago, brokeville said: Next season would have been my 60th year supporting Falkirk. On Saturday I will probably make my last visit. I’ve watched the club through thick and thin. I’ve travelled the length and breadth of the country even going to Liechtenstein. I watched some utter dross over the years but I’ve always gone expecting the unexpected. Not any more, somethings missing now. There’s no excitement, passion or atmosphere. I go fully expecting to lose and no longer care about the result. The people around me in the stand are disappearing never to return. I never thought that would be me. The BOD have a massive job on their hands to turn this round. Unfortunately those that have stopped going are unlikely to return. I hope from the bottom of my heart that we recover, I will always be a Bairn. See you next season when we win 2 games in a row in August or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Yeah, the cost of living crisis aside, this isn't the time to give up IMO. Have to give fan ownership and the new BOD a go, even if I am getting the ever so slightest secret squirrel club vibes about them.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartA Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 5 hours ago, ShaggerG said: I'd like the BOD to outline just exactly what the 'mess' they've been left with is. I'm not disbelieving them in anyway but we continually hear that they've been left with a lot to clear up and that they need to be given time to do it. I obviously understand that some details may not be able to be made public for legal reasons or to protect individuals or whatever but I do think that a list of things that they've been working on would get fans onside and would maybe make some fans a bit more patient re our current predicament. Whenever I hear the narrative I get a mental picture of them all sitting round the Boardroom table with a huge list on a board and the sweat pouring from them as they try to sort it out! We have already been told about the non payment of the fee required to sign foreign players so there's one thing we can tick off the list straight off. Something that I think would help. Good post and exactly why we organise the "pub events", next of which is on Saturday post-match in BtG and Monday at the Courtyard. We do this without an agenda, just to give Falkirk fans the chance to give directors their views, and ask questions in a less toe-curling format than the Q/A. That's not to say if you don't choose to engage like this, you forfeit your right to grinch on here or elsewhere, but it is an outlet. I'm sure the board would answer these questions at these events. And I'm sad when I see folk saying they won't come back. I understand why, but Falkirk fans are trying to rescue the club right now. There'll be bumps along the way, but now isn't the time to abandon ship, IMO, unless you're really done with it forever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeStreetWalker Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 6 hours ago, Duncan Freemason said: Just have to remember he was an existing player…..and easily one of the best (when fit). Coming in from elsewhere, then yes, he would require a medical. The clubs medical insurance would have that as part of the conditions. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) He will have had a raft of documents like Encyclopaedia Britannica. Entirely FFC’s choice to do a medical at a time that didn’t suit, or just get him to sign an extension. Think who was at the club last summer. Do you believe this is one of the things they will have done thoroughly? I don’t. They didn’t want to lose the one guy they knew for certain had a bit of quality about him. If Morrison was fully fit, he would have been gone last summer. Edited March 31, 2022 by Duncan Freemason 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebobsboy Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said: He will have had a raft of documents like Encyclopaedia Britannica. Entirely FFC’s choice to do a medical at a time that didn’t suit, or just get him to sign an extension. Think who was at the club last summer. Do you believe this is one of the things they will have done thoroughly? I don’t. They didn’t want to lose the one guy they knew for certain had a bit of quality about him. If Morrison was fully fit, he would have been gone last summer. I think he would have went in January if a deal could have been agreed. Get the vibe that him and Rennie aren't exactly the best of pals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 46 minutes ago, StuartA said: Good post and exactly why we organise the "pub events", next of which is on Saturday post-match in BtG and Monday at the Courtyard. We do this without an agenda, just to give Falkirk fans the chance to give directors their views, and ask questions in a less toe-curling format than the Q/A. That's not to say if you don't choose to engage like this, you forfeit your right to grinch on here or elsewhere, but it is an outlet. I'm sure the board would answer these questions at these events. And I'm sad when I see folk saying they won't come back. I understand why, but Falkirk fans are trying to rescue the club right now. There'll be bumps along the way, but now isn't the time to abandon ship, IMO, unless you're really done with it forever. I'm all for the pub events and was at BTW for the FSS AGM. I think the best way to tackle this though would be the BOD outlining the issues that they've been faced with, in writing if possible, before then opening the floor to questions. If it was just a matter of asking questions, the audience wouldn't really know what to ask, unless it was just 'okay guys, what issues have you been faced with'? That would probably cover some of the bigger or more serious stuff but would likely miss a lot too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champions Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 1 hour ago, HopeStreetWalker said: The clubs medical insurance would have that as part of the conditions. How do you know this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeStreetWalker Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 2 hours ago, champions said: How do you know this? From two ex professional football players on separate occasions who I played with who in the course of discussing their injuries explained it in the pub after a game Understandably the players union want their members protected therefore the clubs take out insurance to cover the liability who in turn state medicals are taken out as part of the terms and conditions. Sounded reasonable so there was no reason not to take it at face value Hope this is of help 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Yes indeed. When moving from club to club. When there no club movement…..an extension with the club you are already with, then it can (and often is) done differently. In Morrison’s case, it’s an extension, not a transfer. There is no other club at risk of signing a pup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 11 hours ago, ebobsboy said: I think he would have went in January if a deal could have been agreed. Get the vibe that him and Rennie aren't exactly the best of pals. Who is going to take someone who is never fit? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blame Me Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Back Post Misses said: Who is going to take someone who is never fit? Falkirk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 15 hours ago, ebobsboy said: I think he would have went in January if a deal could have been agreed. Get the vibe that him and Rennie aren't exactly the best of pals. I don’t think it’s anything to do with best of pals. Given the lack of effort and application I’m seeing from the players, Rennie appears to struggle to motivate any of them. Even the 7 he signed. We’ve also appointed an assistant with lots of experience of the Scottish game but who spends all his time previewing Rangers next match - it’s not great at all. Appreciate it’s all about opinions and some posters thinks Rennie has done very, very well so far but apart from the fact he comes across as a very nice guy, I’ve not seen to much to excite me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 What’s Latapy up to at present ? Could do with someone who could at least bring some heart & soul back to the club. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 2 minutes ago, Springfield said: What’s Latapy up to at present ? Could do with someone who could at least bring some heart & soul back to the club. Manager of Barbados. Can’t really see him giving that up to come back here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 4 minutes ago, Rugster said: Manager of Barbados. Can’t really see him giving that up to come back here. Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FFC1965 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Another reason I believe that Rennie will get the gig for next season...... The BOD & Chief Exec know as well as the fans that FFC will be saddled with a significant number of players next season i.e. there probably isn't a signed player in the squad (bar Watson maybe?) who would have been offered a new contract had their terms been due to expire on 31.05.22. We cant afford to pay enough of them off and we don't even have a player to sell whose fee might be used to fund the departure of the army of duds. If the conclusion is that these players are effectively beyond redemption and unlikely to respond materially to even a fantastic new coach then there's little point in pursuing an expensive and potentially difficult managerial option on the time honoured basis that "you cant make a silk purse out of a sows ear". I can see them reappointing Rennie for 22/23 tacitly accepting the likelihood of L1 in 23/24 and then clear the decks in May 23. Of course the counter argument is that poorer players need a better coach more than good ones but thats not how I see it going. I could easily be wrong mind. Rennie's appointment for 22/23 would presumably have one advantage of presumably being confirmed cheaply quickly and easily. It has significant disadvantages of course and the above is just my view of how I think it will pan out - I believe he's failed significantly and the club should cut its losses and let him go at the expiry of his contract (actually no reason it couldn't be done or confirmed once we definitely cant be caught by Dumbarton - which could be as soon as this Saturday). ST sales for next season would no doubt suffer a bit if MR is reappointed but recent history suggests that FFC have a floor of around 1500 STs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
18BAIRN76 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 On what basis could the BoD justify keeping Rennie, though? He's quite literally failed on everything you could possibly measure him on. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 We should have gotten relegated under Totten (not his fault may I add) then McCall came in and won us the league the very next season. Just putting that out there for those who say a new manager may need 3 or 4 seasons to get us in a stage where we're fighting for promotion. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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