welshbairn Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Shadwell Dog said: We were 27 points behind Ross county that season. We never got anywhere near a chance at promotion. In fact I don't think Pressley even got us into 2nd in any of his seasons in charge. An appointment of the likes of Alex Neil back then would've seen us giving it a real shot no matter the tighter budget but no we appoint a complete loser.in Pressley. At johnstone should be who we are trying to emulate as much as Hamilton. A well run club who contunually appoint one decent young manager after another and recruit well after selling on players for decent sums. Always there or there about when it comes to top 6 and the odd good cup run thrown in. All done on home crowds half the size of ours. It can be done you just need the right people in charge. We were 7 points behind County at the end of February and fell apart, won 2, drew 3 and lost 6. Bearing in mind we also made the League Cup Semi Final and won the Challenge Cup I wouldn't have called it a bad season until it went pear shaped. You're right though, Ross County went unbeaten from their second game, we wouldn't have caught them. Edited January 1, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 58 minutes ago, Shadwell Dog said: We were 27 points behind Ross county that season. We never got anywhere near a chance at promotion. In fact I don't think Pressley even got us into 2nd in any of his seasons in charge. An appointment of the likes of Alex Neil back then would've seen us giving it a real shot no matter the tighter budget but no we appoint a complete loser.in Pressley. At johnstone should be who we are trying to emulate as much as Hamilton. A well run club who contunually appoint one decent young manager after another and recruit well after selling on players for decent sums. Always there or there about when it comes to top 6 and the odd good cup run thrown in. All done on home crowds half the size of ours. It can be done you just need the right people in charge. St Johnstone can’t even pay the minimum wage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL-FFC Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: St Johnstone can’t even pay the minimum wage. Seen that named and shamed by the Govt for not paying the minimum wage 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 16 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: St Johnstone can’t even pay the minimum wage. Did we not get shamed for that with will vaulks a few years back too. He was on 1.33 a week with us never mind the minimum wage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers_One_To_Eleven Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) Speaking of previous seasons, how good does 16/17 seem now. After the excitement of 15/16 it was a comedown but what anyone would give for that type of season again. I know it was the Kerr, Taiwo midfield era/frustration but it was functional and solid (only 8 defeats all season) with the play offs failures, really, the only problem. We only lost 12 games in 72 in the league over that period. Highly doubt I’ll take that lightly in The Championship again. Edited January 1, 2021 by Numbers_One_To_Eleven 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL-FFC Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 45 minutes ago, Shadwell Dog said: Did we not get shamed for that with will vaulks a few years back too. He was on 1.33 a week with us never mind the minimum wage. Wasnt that we left one worker short of £494.51: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/1945120/motherwell-greenock-morton-and-falkirk-fc-exposed-for-underpaying-footie-staff/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 On 30/12/2020 at 22:02, MS RR said: Oh here comes the invasion from the small clubs with the inferiority complex again. We just need Raith fans to come in and it's a tin-pot party. It's funny to know that if you combine Morton and Raith's average home attendances it still wouldn't match Falkirk's . Happy to oblige. I see the Falkirk fans have hit the wall. That second season in League 1 is never pleasant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers_One_To_Eleven Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: Happy to oblige. I see the Falkirk fans have hit the wall. That second season in League 1 is never pleasant. I think a lot of us have distanced ourselves from the bragging over larger homes attendances unlike the aforementioned MS RR. Maybe it’s just because we have a larger surrounding area than Kirkcaldy or Greenock that’s all adjoined to the fairly small town that is Falkirk. It’s not exactly because we’re a hotbed for a fanatical home support like most other clubs, more to do with local population. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 16 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: Happy to oblige. I see the Falkirk fans have hit the wall. That second season in League 1 is never pleasant. @MS RRis my favourite, can we keep him? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roman_bairn Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 [mention=80249]MS RR[/mention]is my favourite, can we keep him?Only if you are willing to take@numbers_one_to_eleven too?.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, roman_bairn said: Only if you are willing to take@numbers_one_to_eleven too?.... And stay there with them. Edited January 1, 2021 by Shadwell Dog 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 29 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: Happy to oblige. I see the Falkirk fans have hit the wall. That second season in League 1 is never pleasant. Second season? We havent had a first yet. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 14 minutes ago, NewBornBairn said: Second season? We havent had a first yet. Did you not notice we weren’t there anymore? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL-FFC Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 9 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: Did you not notice we weren’t there anymore? I see the bawbaggery of your club isnt just limited to the board room and management 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Just now, AL-FFC said: I see the bawbaggery of your club isnt just limited to the board room and management At this point I should prod you some more and post the league trophy, but that would be unnecessarily antagonistic, so I won’t do that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkthebigclub Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 8 minutes ago, Scary Bear said: At this point I should prod you Big team found. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 24 minutes ago, badgerthewitness said: Big team found. Surely scary bear gave that away already, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS RR Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said: @MS RRis my favourite, can we keep him? Haha oh someone is a bit teary at us calling their club small. I do enjoy teasing you lot about it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS RR Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 hour ago, roman_bairn said: Only if you are willing to take@numbers_one_to_eleven too?.... Well he's so obviously already one of them, it's not even a good attempt at pretending to be a Falkirk fan. You just have to say Morton and Raith are tin-pot and he responds angrily with something that no Falkirk fan would haha. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stainrod Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 15 hours ago, Hannibal Lecturer said: I believe they spoke to Dunfermline and Ayr United as well as us but opted for us. I think the Rawlins' like what they do and will get a kick out of helping Falkirk and seeing us improve. However, they are business people so they'll definitely have an agenda which, I feel, will probably involve developing the land around the stadium. Once we have a 5 star hotel and leisure complex their share value will rocket, they'll sell up and move on to the next sleeping giant (or dwarf if you're that #1-11 character). Yeah I never thought of that! Do the club definitely own some of the surrounding development land ? Irrespective at least the Rawlings have a good track record unlike that asshole of a taxi driver who got his rocks off pretending to have cash! Whatever the Rawlings motivation is at least it seems for now they are focused on projecting us onwards and upwards. I sense 2021 will be a good year to be a bairn ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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