ebobsboy Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, ShaggerG said: Aye, maybe that it was it. I know it was a football show though. Aye it was pish. Live audience and did they not have some daft mascot come on every week, the point of it totally escapes me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believe The Hype Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 6 minutes ago, ebobsboy said: He did that on a show that Tam Cowan hosted on the telly, it might even have been called "The Tam Cowan Show" I really can't recall, but Cowan absolutely ripped him for wearing a corduroy jacket. I was on that show in the audience when Tony Christie was the guest singer, I had my Falkirk top on and the cameras were on me as he sang amarillo. Pish fact and claim to fame of the day!! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainsfordbairn Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Zbairn said: The development recruits aren't really development recruits. They are signed to be sqaud players.. Sorry, but I think that's almost as far off the mark as your "Cove have the league sown up already" post which you made in the middle of June. More than a month before the league kicked off. From what I picked up from a signing night recently there will be two development squads. One at U16 level and one at U18. If you assume say 15 players in each squad that's 30 young players on our books, none of whom will be near the first team squad unless Sheerin offers them a deal as he did with the likes of Ben Weekes & Co. I imagine the players who emerge from the development squad with pro contracts will be no more than 3 or 4 a season, just as they always were when we had an academy. Some of whom went on to be a lot more than just squad players. Time will tell. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zbairn Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, Bainsfordbairn said: Sorry, but I think that's almost as far off the mark as your "Cove have the league sown up already" post which you made in the middle of June. More than a month before the league kicked off. From what I picked up from a signing night recently there will be two development squads. One at U16 level and one at U18. If you assume say 15 players in each squad that's 30 young players on our books, none of whom will be near the first team squad unless Sheerin offers them a deal as he did with the likes of Ben Weekes & Co. I imagine the players who emerge from the development squad with pro contracts will be no more than 3 or 4 a season, just as they always were when we had an academy. Some of whom went on to be a lot more than just squad players. Time will tell. Not that far off the mark when the three kids were bumped up to the Senior Squad before even kicking a ball in anger. At 18 they were either too old or on the cusp of being too old for the U-18 squad. As for the Cove part.... I'm hoping you are right.......but remember what happened last season between us and Partick. At the moment, I'm more worried about QP ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 53 minutes ago, ShaggerG said: Aye, maybe that it was it. I know it was a football show though. No it was definitely at the end of a Scotsport programme. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbrbairn Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Sorry, but I think that's almost as far off the mark as your "Cove have the league sown up already" post which you made in the middle of June. More than a month before the league kicked off. From what I picked up from a signing night recently there will be two development squads. One at U16 level and one at U18. If you assume say 15 players in each squad that's 30 young players on our books, none of whom will be near the first team squad unless Sheerin offers them a deal as he did with the likes of Ben Weekes & Co. I imagine the players who emerge from the development squad with pro contracts will be no more than 3 or 4 a season, just as they always were when we had an academy. Some of whom went on to be a lot more than just squad players. Time will tell. That's why I said Development players. As I view it signing a pro contract is the start of further development not that they are the finished article. I remember Kingsley's first few starts and people saying what idiot put him in the first team? He developed 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainsfordbairn Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Just now, Zbairn said: At 18 they were either too old or on the cusp of being too old for the U-18 squad. As for the Cove part.... I'm hoping you are right.......but remember what happened last season between us and Partick. At the moment, I'm more worried about QP ! I don't know their ages so couldn't comment on the squads. Re QP, I would have agreed with you five months ago. Not now. We were abysmal last season after the Airdrie game in December. My lowest point in 42 years as a Falkirk fan was driving seven hours to and from Peterhead in April and seeing not a single shot on target while the opposition played us off the park. Within ten minutes of kickoff it was obvious we were going to lose. The departure of M&M the next day was no surprise. Everything changed for me with the first game back against Irvine Meadow. We were excellent. Not because we won, but because of the type of football we played. Which you can now see for yourself as there are no more closed-door games. Sheerin has made a massive difference. We finally look like a real football team. As I've been saying privately to a number of my friends ever since. This might be one of the alcohol-induced posts that I later regret, given that I'm just finishing off a bottle of wine which the lovely Sarah Scott gave me after we met at the stadium earlier today. But I'm confident we'll win the league. I've been really impressed by the quality of football we've played so far. This team are just night and day compared to the last three or four years. Dare we hope that the good times are returning? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Believe The Hype Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 24 minutes ago, Zbairn said: Not that far off the mark when the three kids were bumped up to the Senior Squad before even kicking a ball in anger. At 18 they were either too old or on the cusp of being too old for the U-18 squad. When you are 18 you play U18 unless you are good enough to play older. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Caractacus Potts Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 The answer to whether these players are development players or not will be if they are over and above the required squad size that Sheerin aimed for. If they are part of it then they are squad players. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 hour ago, Rugster said: No it was definitely at the end of a Scotsport programme. I thought that too. They changed it pretty quickly I think when they realised just how cringe worthy it was! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainsfordbairn Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 14 minutes ago, Bigbrbairn said: That's why I said Development players. As I view it signing a pro contract is the start of further development not that they are the finished article. I remember Kingsley's first few starts and people saying what idiot put him in the first team? He developed Kingsley was always going to be a success. He stood out a mile at the development games (U19 I think) that I used to watch at Stirling Uni. The amount of goals he set up for Joe McCafferty or Ally Graham to tap in at the back post was unbelievable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Dundee united B including our two loan boys from last season getting pumped 3 0 by stenny the night. United used to have a fantastic youth set up too. Michael Ruth scoring for Aberdeen b mind u.it is only brora rangers they're playing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dufresne Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, Bainsfordbairn said: Kingsley was always going to be a success. He stood out a mile at the development games (U19 I think) that I used to watch at Stirling Uni. The amount of goals he set up for Joe McCafferty or Ally Graham to tap in at the back post was unbelievable. He got sent off after about 3 mins of his debut,at the time the ref could have easily booked him and said calm down as he was a young boy.But no red card flashed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FFC 1876 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Also Queens Park with a strong side out against Bonnyrigg Rose and are getting beat 1-0. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainsfordbairn Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, keithgy said: He got sent off after about 3 mins of his debut,at the time the ref could have easily booked him and said calm down as he was a young boy.But no red card flashed. Yeah I know. I was there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Caractacus Potts Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, Bainsfordbairn said: Yeah I know. I was there. Is the number 5 Brian Allison? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairn88 Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 4 minutes ago, Bainsfordbairn said: Yeah I know. I was there. Remember being there that day and feeling sorry for him, thinking how do you recover from that at such a young age....he did alright in the end 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, keithgy said: He got sent off after about 3 mins of his debut,at the time the ref could have easily booked him and said calm down as he was a young boy.But no red card flashed. Was sat along from his Mum who is a friend of my better half. Pretty sure at the time that he lasted 2 minutes 10 seconds. My missus was pals with the Mother of the lad Turner from Kippen. He got his big chance in goals for Everton, and got sent off for handling outside the box early in the game. It actually broke the guy, and he never featured again. Similar things with very different outcomes for the players concerned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadwell Dog Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Old firm flying the flag for Scotland in Europe once again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said: Was sat along from his Mum who is a friend of my better half. Pretty sure at the time that he lasted 2 minutes 10 seconds. My missus was pals with the Mother of the lad Turner from Kippen. He got his big chance in goals for Everton, and got sent off for handling outside the box early in the game. It actually broke the guy, and he never featured again. Similar things with very different outcomes for the players concerned. I remember the boy Turner from his days in the Juveniles. Truly outstanding talent even as a youngster, shame it never quite worked out for him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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