HopeStreetWalker Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 32 minutes ago, ShaggerG said: When the alternative is Williamson then, yes, I think it's worth a try. Seen stranger positional changes over the years and suddenly it's like a new player being signed. For all his faults he tries and seems a decent fitness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 10 minutes ago, Hughsie said: Would we have had to close the academy if we weren’t blowing so much on using the stadium every year though? Other clubs with similar facilities to us are generating income on non-match days and would appear to have much more agreeable costs. As for having bigger playing budgets - have we not blown over £800k over the last couple of years? How much money do you think we are “blowing” on the stadium? Whatever it is it’s certainly no where near the amount of cash that would fund an academy, we have always been able to fund a certain level of academy the reason it was closed to was to peruse this so called “Brentford model” another poor decision by the previous regime! The only thing the club are charged for by the council is use of the hospitality facilities in the main stand. Everything else we either own outright or have free access to, the set up could be better but it could also be a lot worse……..and yes your right, we have blown a lot of money on the playing budget the last few years, a lot more than most of our rivals, the problem is we spent it on shite! That’s kinda my point! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 22 minutes ago, HopeStreetWalker said: Seen stranger positional changes over the years and suddenly it's like a new player being signed. For all his faults he tries and seems a decent fitness. Aye, I'd be interested to know how many full games Ross has played for us, can't be very many? When you consider the likes of Nesbitt and Hetherington are getting picked every week it's surely not too much of an ask to give the guy a chance. BPM says that to play wing-back you need someone that can get up and down the flank all day, which I agree with however, Williamson can't do that. His efforts at getting back when the ball is lost are not good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroMoutinho Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 22 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: Signing Griffiths specifically is irrelevant, the BOD should not be dictating to the manager who he spends his playing budget on. I agree in normal circumstances but Griffiths was paid a far higher wage than we’d normally offer- probably the highest since we were in the premier league. I’d be absolutely astonished if the board did not approve making those resources available. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 21 minutes ago, AdamAnt said: It’s exactly what you’re saying! One lot are getting grief for spunking money on shite and new lot are somehow deserving of praise for doing the exact same thing. You’re even doing it in that post, justifying blowing tens of thousands of pounds on a player who lost interest in football about 3 years ago just because for some reason you feel the need to defend every decision the new guys make. Eh no. Rennie was a mistake, agreed with it at the time, but it failed and was a mistake. The Board did however have the good sense to only give him 6 months. If your £1500 as week is right. 16 x that is 24k. It is hardly tens of thousands. The last lot committed us to an awful lot more of which a good chunk of it is holding us back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 37 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: we have always been able to fund a certain level of academy the reason it was closed to was to peruse this so called “Brentford model” It shouldn't have been that expensive to go and have a good look at what Brentford were doing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: It shouldn't have been that expensive to go and have a good look at what Brentford were doing. I believe they did this at the time! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny_m Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Whilst aware that Telfer seemed to split Falkirk fans but looking at McGinn, Nesbitt & Hetherington yesterday, surely he's better than them? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 20 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: I believe they did this at the time! Ok. Why did taking a look necessitate closing the academy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 1 minute ago, Monkey Tennis said: Ok. Why did taking a look necessitate closing the academy? I’ve no idea 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatapyBairn. Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Kenny_m said: Whilst aware that Telfer seemed to split Falkirk fans but looking at McGinn, Nesbitt & Hetherington yesterday, surely he's better than them? McGinn has been really good so far, Nesbit and Heatherington I’d put on par with Telfer. None of the three are good enough and need to be punted, thankfully we were able to get shot of Telfer but unfortunately are still stuck with the other two! Edited August 7, 2022 by LatapyBairn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Different player to McGinn. Telfer was hugely inconsistent, and had no physical presence whatsoever. He wasn’t interested in defending, and wasn’t a leader on the park. He could score against Dumbarton though. I think we have had more than our share of wee ball player types. We need guys to play in a structured way, and play their part in a team ethic. McGinn is a leader……possibly one of only a couple that we have. For me, we have to get over this thing about constantly signing diminutive run of the mill players who are signed because they can do a Cruyff turn every now and then, but who check out the minute the opposition have the ball. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroMoutinho Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, LatapyBairn. said: McGinn has been really good so far, Nesbit and Heatherington I’d put on par with Telfer. None of the three are good enough and need to be punted, thankfully we were able to get shot of Telfer but unfortunately are still stuck with the other two! Not for me- Telfer contributed more than Nesbitt and Hetherington combined. I was all for replacing him with someone more consistent but getting rid of him is becoming more baffling by the week as Nesbitt and co continue to start and stink the place out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDust Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 14 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said: Not for me- Telfer contributed more than Nesbitt and Hetherington combined. I was all for replacing him with someone more consistent but getting rid of him is becoming more baffling by the week as Nesbitt and co continue to start and stink the place out. I've yet to witness Hetherington have a good game, yep just good. Nesbitt had good games nearly over a year ago now, hasn't kicked a ball since last October 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Fitzgerald Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Hetherington on a par with Telfer ha ha ha, wow. I’ve changed my mind, I think having Telfer back would be a terrible idea and we should have as many of last seasons losers out the club as is possible, but Telfer is double the player Hetherington is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Back Post Misses said: When we moved to the Stadium the council was SNP controlled I seem to remember a photo op with one of the Goldies on a digger breaking the ground as the building work got underway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 3 hours ago, ShaggerG said: McCann is not dross. The rest I'll give you. Obviously depending on whether PJ or McKay are available, nest week I'd go: PJ Donaldson, McKay, Mackie Ross, Yeats, McGinn, McCann Lawal Oliver, Burrell It may or may not be true but I was told a while back that McCann was a bit of a bad apple in the dressing room and was earmarked to get shipped out, hence he was on that list. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroMoutinho Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 Rightly or wrongly, McCann will not be here at the end of August imo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shodwall cat Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 4 hours ago, Reggie Perrin said: They are starting games because they are taking the wages that would be used on replacements. Unless new investment miraculously appears we are lumbered with Morrison, Nesbit, ,Wilson, Ross, Heatherington, Williamson, McCann and McGuffie. Huge amount of money being wasted on dross. We've signed 11 or 12 players though. So should we really still need to play all 4 of them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenmavis Diamond Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 17 minutes ago, PedroMoutinho said: Rightly or wrongly, McCann will not be here at the end of August imo Think he got too big for his boots getting such a big move so young? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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