The Falkirk FC Thread

[Guest]

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.

[PedroMoutinho]

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.

[MrDust]

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 

[Anthony Fitzgerald]

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.

[Reggie Perrin]

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.

[Reggie Perrin]

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.

[PedroMoutinho]

Rightly or wrongly, McCann will not be here at the end of August imo

[Shodwall cat]

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.  

[Glenmavis Diamond]

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? 

[FalkirkBairn2021]

2 hours ago, LatapyBairn. said:

If the new board hadn’t backed the manager with cash in the last January window and made the effort at promotion there would have been absolute uproar. The comment BPM makes is totally fair, we were only a few points off the play off places! Look what QP done who weren’t much better than us and finished 4th…..Apart from anything else we had to give the new manager cash if only to prevent us getting drawn into relegation bother things were that bad! 

I don't agree with this. I dont know a single fan that thought we could go up last year in Dec/Jan. If we were going to have a go in Jan why did we appoint the utter loser nonentity Rennie? A move many fans said at the time was lunacy 

Backing him with cash was even more insane. The priority in Jan was avoiding relegation and getting rid of shite until we had a real football manager not a clueless Powerpointer.

It was a dreadful window and we're paying the price now that we have a good manager and can't spend enough on removing the shit.

Edited August 7, 2022 by FalkirkBairn2021

[Guest]

26 minutes ago, Reggie Perrin said:

I seem to remember a photo op with one of the Goldies on a digger breaking the ground as the building work got underway.

Aye, they thought they were groundbreaking on Celtic’s new academy and feeder club.

[Kevin James Left Knee]

2 hours 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. 

Wonder who this is - a new account made especially to criticise the current board? No agenda here I guess. /s

[FalkirkBairn2021]

3 hours ago, HopeStreetWalker said:

Been through this a few times the council screwed the club big time weel seeing it was a Labour Council who have never had goodwill towards the club ( too many old firm supporters for my liking Goldie for example )

Imagine owning seats but not the stands they sit on compounded by owning the pitch but not the ground it occupies.

In other words our share of the stadium is worthless and therefore cannot be used as collateral for any loans.

Was against it from the start and as hard as it would have been should have redeveloped Brockville bit by bit.

How much would it cost to buy out the council share and their ownership of the surrounding land for example the car park?

Take out a loan on say a 40 year mortgage. 

I blame Superfan a lot more than I blame the council.

[18BAIRN76]

I think I'm still in the minority who thought Griffiths was worth the punt. We were just outside the play-off places and even with a bit of a pot belly, I think most of us thought that dropping from the top league to League One would have seen him score more than the two he ended up putting away. It was a gamble - it didn't pay off. They didn't keep him on and made the correct decision binning Rennie too. 

Edited August 7, 2022 by 18BAIRN76

[Shodwall cat]

15 minutes ago, FalkirkBairn2021 said:

I don't agree with this. I dont know a single fan that thought we could go up last year in Dec/Jan. If we were going to have a go in Jan why did we appoint the utter loser nonentity Rennie? A move many fans said at the time was lunacy 

Backing him with cash was even more insane. The priority in Jan was avoiding relegation and getting rid of shite. 

It was a dreadful window and we're paying the price now that we have a good manager and can't spend enough on removing the shit.

The thing is I'm not sure moving on one or two would make much difference when it comes to budget. 4 or 5 perhaps might loosen up some more cash but I can't see that happening before the end of the window. 

Edited August 7, 2022 by Shodwall cat

[AdamAnt]

3 minutes ago, Shodwall cat said:

The thing is I'm not sure moving on one or two would make much difference when it comes to budget. 4 or 5 perhaps might loosen up some more cash but I can't see that happening.

You not using your Jackie Myles or ShadwellDog account anymore? Just the 3 accounts you use or is there more? 

[Senator Frimpton]

I remember how we used to laugh

[Diamonds are Forever]

36 minutes ago, Glenmavis Diamond said:

Think he got too big for his boots getting such a big move so young? 

 

I think he was way overhyped when he first came into the team with us. As a young full-back if you are quick, energetic and willing to do a couple of slide tackles down the touchline twice a game fans will take to you quickly and you can look a really exciting prospect. However pretty soon teams start to work you out and weaknesses get exposed.

That's pretty much what I thought happened when he was with us. He was effective early on with his energy up and down the line, but he doesn't really have any technical attributes to speak of which started to become apparent, as were his defensive weaknesses. Towards the end of his time with us I thought his performances were already declining and I wasn't fussed in the slightest when Falkirk signed him.

Edited August 7, 2022 by Diamonds are Forever

[Proudtobeabairn]

Someone earlier mentioned we've had the biggest budget in the league (or at least one of them) almost every year in League 1.  

Every year we've wasted that advantage.  This season recruitment started well but we're now frantically hoping Burrell, Lawal and Kennedy exceed expectation otherwise our season could be over before its begun.  Other teams supporters have already told us not to expect much from Kennedy.  Who will take the blame if they don't make an impact?  2 of them are inexperienced and all are massive gambles. 

Kennedy & Henderson are crocked, Donaldson, McGinn, Yeats and Mackie look decent enough and jury out on PJ Morrison.  Oliver and Alegria look like poor signings.  The 3 who haven't really played take McGlynns signings to 12.   No manager would get them all right but from an experienced manager you'd be looking for at least 9 or 10 out of 12 to be consistent starters.  We shouldn't need to be playing all the sh*te from last season with 12 new faces in once all fit as long as the new guys are better.  

Its frustrating watching guys like Mochrie score for the Fifers on Saturday while we're left to hope that untried, untested young guys will rescue our season in the first week of August. 

I don't blame anyone for believing in McGlynn (god knows we need to hope!) but personally I'm not convinced he's as good as we'd like to believe.  Hope I'm wrong.  

[Mr November]

6 minutes ago, Diamonds are Forever said:

 

I think he was way overhyped when he first came into the team with us. As a young full-back if you are quick, energetic and willing to do a couple of slide tackles down the touchline twice a game fans will take to you quickly and you can look a really exciting prospect. However pretty soon teams start to work you out and weaknesses get exposed.

That's pretty much what I thought happened when he was with us. He was effective early on with his energy up and down the line, but he doesn't really have any technical attributes to speak of which started to become apparent, as were his defensive weaknesses. Towards the end of his time with us I thought his performances were already declining and I wasn't fussed in the slightest when Falkirk signed him.

I like him a bit more than you but considering we haven’t really had a disastrous left back over the last few years, I wonder how much playing beside Callum Fordyce helped McCann. Fordyce has probably been the steadiest defender in the league since he joined, it must be a lot easier to stand out with the attributes you’ve mentioned above in an organised team with him to your right rather than Falkirk’s rotating cast of charlatans.