The Falkirk FC Thread

[Springfield]

Brutal watch and if honest didn’t deserve to loose but equally didn’t deserve to win.They clearly came for a point and with the poor overall performances from Henderson Morrison Nesbitt Yeats McGinn we made life pretty easy. Their goal was made so easy by shambolic defending. Optimism from three or so games ago wearing thin, and unless we find the earlier good form, at best the playoffs. Don’t like to single out any player, but Morrison just two minutes into game was beat easily twice within a minute, and decided that he couldn’t give two Fcks for the remainder of game, shocked he wasn’t subbed early doors. Yet again big occasion let down. Real chance to get stay away fans, old and new back in additional numbers, and what do we get, an absolute shit show. 
Note for anyone in BOD or connected to them, get anyone with a drum to Fck, shouldn’t be anywhere near a football match. 

[Salvo Montalbano]

Falkirk fans talking about "good" football vs McPake's more pragmatic approach would have probably been fair comment after the game at EEP but after yesterday's game? Unless passing it between your centre halves then hoofing a long diagonal in the general direction of Burrell is something from the Guardiola handbook I can't see it. The fact that we had more shots on target suggests that we were more attacking than some would give credit for, although clearly one was the goal and one was after we scored.

Did we slow the game down, stay down after fouls and try to disruption Falkirk's rhythm? Absolutely. But dive, feign injury, pull shirts all the time? No, no and not any more than Falkirk did. Like I said on the match thread, the only real clanger the referee had was not booking Nisbett for the blatant shirt pull where he nearly had the shirt off the guys back at the neck yet the referee gave the foul but not the card. Benedictus should have been penalised for a strong shoulder/barge down the touchline too but the referee certainly didn't give Dunfermline everything as has been claimed. 

I still think Falkirk will be there or thereabouts at the end of the season but the worry for you guys will be if that is the sort of performance you put in if you get into a play off final or something. We know a thing or two about messing up play off games in front of big crowds and it's not a nice feeling at all.

[CALDERON]

Mcglynn mk2 was fantastic for us.  Dragged us out of League 1 and turned us into a respectable Championship side.  

I did get the feeling that he'd been found out a wee bit though.  Seeing comments around plenty nice football with zero end product is pretty reminiscent of the 2nd half of last season.  He didn't win any derbies last season against a terrible Dunfermline side, and the relative inability to play any other way contributed to that.

I still think he'll get Falkirk out this league given time, but it's looking like it's going to have to be via playoffs, which wasn't exactly his forte.  That or its a next season Jon like with us.

I don't he reacts particularly well in interviews in these games either.

 

[Guest Back Post Misses]

On reflection we have no option but to knuckle down and win next Saturday. There will be daft results in the league week in week out as yesterday showed . 
Long way to go still but we don’t have much wriggle room left.

As I said on the match day thread Chris Hamilton playing in that holding role really is outstanding and protected the Dunfermline CH’s much better. As a result they looked much more sold than they did in the first game. 

We probably didn’t deserve to lose but that is what happens when you switch of at a set piece. 

[parsforlife]

32 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said:

We probably didn’t deserve to lose but that is what happens when you switch of at a set piece. 

This is an odd take, and its not just you its across football,  but if a team makes a mistake that results in them losing a game they absolutely deserve to lose.

[CallumPar]

7 hours ago, roverthemoon said:

Aye he struggles against them right enough. 

Putting words in my mouth there. Simply stated a fact about last season. I didn’t say he’s always struggled against us, so no idea why you’re getting so offended? He had the better of Crawford as a manager and think you had the better head to head record in 2010-11 too. But that doesn’t change the fact that he shat the bed 4 times against an absolutely terrible Dunfermline side last season. Even lost 2-0 to us when Hughes was in charge.

[Harry Kinnear]

We lost the game because Dunfermline took their chance and we didn’t really create any so no complaints or excuses from me. It was a horrid game to watch but both teams contributed to that.

We continually bottle it in big games when we have great crowds, this isn’t a new thing though we’ve done it for years. It looks like it might have to be the play offs and that’s a worry for me as we still have too many in that squad who disappear/hide when the going gets tough.

I think McGlynn can get us out this league but I’m just not sure if it will take another summer transfer window where he can clear out a lot of players, I’m not sure if our current financial situation can give him the time he needs. 

At least I got to meet God last night in what was an enjoyable end to a shitty day.

Edited November 6, 2022 by Harry Kinnear

[Grangemouth Bairn]

7 hours ago, Grant228 said:

 

Ah, so you like it when your defence passes it around before lumping it to no effect, that one shot from 30 yards is really how football should be played eh? 

I've already replied to you about my affinity and support for Brentford, being simple I understand it was a very long time ago for you and you've probably forgotten, so I've quoted it again, HTH. 

 

No, you're just a rape apologist, your tears are the sweetest of all x 

Having a big team and a wee team isn’t and will never be my thing but it’s your choice to choose to support a team from the richest league in the world. Not for me though.

 

[Grangemouth Bairn]

4 minutes ago, Harry Kinnear said:

We lost the game because Dunfermline took their chance and we didn’t really create any so no complaints or excuses from me. It was a horrid game to watch but both teams contributed to that.

We continually bottle it in big games when we have great crowds, this isn’t a new thing though we’ve done it for years. It looks like it might have to be the play offs and that’s a worry for me as we still have too many in that squad who disappear/hide when the going gets tough.

I think McGlynn can get us out this league but I’m just not sure if it will take another summer transfer window where he can clear out a lot of players, I’m not sure if our current financial situation can give him the time he needs. 

At least I got to meet God last night in what was an enjoyable end to a shitty day.

Can’t argue with any of that. They took their chance yesterday and we never created anyway so we deservedly lost the game.

My worry about the playoffs, if we manage to get there, is if we are in there with Airdrie and Montrose for example I’m not confident we have the mindset to beat either.

[Harry Kinnear]

1 minute ago, Grangemouth Bairn said:

Can’t argue with any of that. They took their chance yesterday and we never created anyway so we deservedly lost the game.

My worry about the playoffs, if we manage to get there, is if we are in there with Airdrie and Montrose for example I’m not confident we have the mindset to beat either.

I agree GB, that’s my worry also.

[Guest Back Post Misses]

40 minutes ago, parsforlife said:

This is an odd take, and its not just you its across football,  but if a team makes a mistake that results in them losing a game they absolutely deserve to lose.

f**k off 

[Guest Wind Chime Jimmy]

McGlynn in his post match interview

Looked a broken man, really wants to beat us that much. Probably hates the Pars given the shit he took off us as Rovers manager, especiially after he signed thon rapist. 

[Shodwall cat]

Dreadful game overall but you've got to credit mcpake as although it was feckin awful  to watch it ended up in 3 points. Big physical side very little creativity, sit back with ten men behind the ball and hope for mistake and we made one.  Once we saw their approach we should've changed it early. Stuck another player up top and gone for it as they showed little intent to get forward at any point till we ended up chasing the game. Can't fault the defence much they had little to do and were pretty comfortable . Watching the goal again it's difficult to say who was meant to be picking him up as he was that bloody open.  All in all a game that won't exactly bring many folk rushing back unfortunately.

[JJeffries]

17 minutes ago, Wind Chime Jimmy said:

McGlynn in his post match interview

Looked a broken man, really wants to beat us that much. Probably hates the Pars given the shit he took off us as Rovers manager, especiially after he signed thon rapist. 

Listen 'mate', seasons not over and the way yous play, if you go up you will be relegated next season.

[101]

7 minutes ago, JJeffries said:

Listen 'mate', seasons not over and the way yous play, if you go up you will be relegated next season.

Some crystal ball you've got

[parsforlife]

10 minutes ago, JJeffries said:

Listen 'mate', seasons not over and the way yous play, if you go up you will be relegated next season.

Didn’t realise that the Scottish Championship was full of total football experts who rip us apart.  

Actually never mind, cause Falkirk were meant to be that and did f**k all against us.

[Rizzo]

I think that result yesterday shows that there's not much chance of anyone other than Dunfermline winning the league. They are able to grind out wins and draws at the very worst but we've lost 4 games before the end of the first quarter. I'd love to think that we could get up via the play-offs but not in the least bit confident about that.

First half yesterday was cagey as hell and with Brad McKay on the right it pretty much stops any real attacking threat from that side. He nearly always looks to pass it back to Donaldson and the likes of Nesbitt and Morrison weren't showing for long spells yesterday.

The high balls up to an isolated Burrell were infuriating as well. He can get on the end of them provided the opposition decide not to bother defending ala Queens last week, but that was never going to be the case yesterday, yet we persisted with it throughout the entire game. 

Frustrating.

[JJeffries]

January transfer window important for us.

[Guest Wind Chime Jimmy]

35 minutes ago, JJeffries said:

Listen 'mate', seasons not over and the way yous play, if you go up you will be relegated next season.

Nobody said the season is over, however at this moment in time we are top of the league. We've a resilience as a team that should see us neat the top come May next year. 

[Blame Me]

13 minutes ago, Rizzo said:

I think that result yesterday shows that there's not much chance of anyone other than Dunfermline winning the league. They are able to grind out wins and draws at the very worst but we've lost 4 games before the end of the first quarter. I'd love to think that we could get up via the play-offs but not in the least bit confident about that.

First half yesterday was cagey as hell and with Brad McKay on the right it pretty much stops any real attacking threat from that side. He nearly always looks to pass it back to Donaldson and the likes of Nesbitt and Morrison weren't showing for long spells yesterday.

The high balls up to an isolated Burrell were infuriating as well. He can get on the end of them provided the opposition decide not to bother defending ala Queens last week, but that was never going to be the case yesterday, yet we persisted with it throughout the entire game. 

Frustrating.

Kennedy was especially a let down. I just don't see what he adds and given a choice between McGuffie and him I'd pick McGuffie! 

The games where Morrison plays that more subdued, I think, is to protect the fullback and so he can't drive at the opposition the same way as other games where we won't be under pressure. 

I don't think it's over as some are suggesting. 

Put in perspective - To come from where we were last season to having the league leaders need a smash-and-grab performance to confirm their 'superiority' I think we're still in it.