The Falkirk FC Thread

[Back Post Misses]

24 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said:

Hopefully the direction is up cause I’m fucking sick of our direction being down since 2017.

The improvement needs to start now. No more excuses or false dawns.

Agreed too many times have we been promised Jam tomorrow by Boards. 
Club needs to start to earn progression not sound like we are an entitled public school boy 

[Grangemouth Bairn]

11 minutes ago, Back Post Misses said:

Agreed too many times have we been promised Jam tomorrow by Boards. 
Club needs to start to earn progression not sound like we are an entitled public school boy 

Even if they presented us with a proper, progressive business plan with achievable milestones set out so we at least had an idea of the direction we are going in.

[latapythelegend]

8 hours ago, bairn88 said:

Nesbitt mentioning our pitch being slow, making any passing game more difficult. Why don’t we fucking water it then? Pretty sure we did when holt was manager years ago. Is there anyone in our club with a brain cell between them????

The fibres are so flat on the pitch now that even when watered it is slow. Its definitely needing replaced now.

[Shadwell Dog]

56 minutes ago, steveffc said:

Going by they daft Facebook fan pages, Brian Rice seems to be the one they want,,,
Don't get the love for "chipper" at all, seen the nick he has left Hamilton in, their fans were screaming for him to be sacked for a couple seasons before he quit, also a couple have suggested Alex Neil, like the ex Preston and Norwich manager is going to drop down to 3rd tier of Scottish football

Not sure about rice myself but I wouldn't blame him for Hamilton's current demise. Pretty obvious they have been totally skint for a couple of seasons now and are having to play a pile of kids every week. I'd possibly rather see him replacing Holt than sheerin.

[Caractacus Potts]

Too deflated of late to be bothered venting my spleen but agree with most of what has been said by Honk, BPM, Harry Kinnear and others. 

The sooner the new board is in the better.

Also not thanks to Rice. Sentiment can’t play a part in the new appointment and if not for his connection to the club there’s no chance anyone would be wanting him in. Still a Falkirk legend though. 

[Shadwell Dog]

Dumbarton scrape past sauchie with 2 goals in injury time and Clyde and east Fife  lose to Clydebank and banks of Dee respectively and yet some folk were salivating after we beat the pair of them recently.  Sums up the standard of this league too. We're mediocre pish  in a really shite league. 

Edited November 28, 2021 by Shadwell Dog

[AL-FFC]

If any of the future BoD and/or current read the COYB fb page, ffs please dont go for any of those suggestions for a next manager advertise the job and go for best of who applies we've done the suggestions and past players route neither worked.

[Tea and Busquets]

The Raith winner is almost identical to Alloa’s equaliser the other week. Can’t defend the long ball and then Miller completely gets done by Ross.

[Bairn in Exile]

Once the new board is in situ it is vital that on day one they dispense with the services of both Holt and Sheerin. No point in bringing in a new broom and additional investment monies and then carrying on as before otherwise what’s the point? We cannot trust Holt and Sheerin to spend these new monies wisely; their track record proves that that is beyond them. You gets what you pay for in life as has been amply demonstrated by the performances of both Holt and Sheerin; we paid peanuts and got monkeys.

I have been shot down in flames before for saying that we don’t need a DOF / SD but in League 1 we really don’t. Jamie Sweeney has since been recruited and has the fancy new title of CEO, should part of his remit not be to oversee the spending of money and therefore getting involved in players contracts etc.? The new manager can advise Sweeney of his signing targets and then the CEO can take it from there. Sweeney can’t possibly do any worse in contract negotiations than Holt, surely?

Combine Holt and Sheerin’s salary and get somebody decent in as manager, somebody with a bit of gravitas who will encourage and enthuse players to come to TFS. If we continue with things as is, paying crap money for 2 posts, even with different people in Holt and Sheerin’s roles, we’ll still be in League 1 five years from now - unless we are League 2 or worse that is. No SD and one really good manager for me please.

P.S. It’s a no from me to Brian Rice, sorry.

[Shadwell Dog]

1 minute ago, Tea and Busquets said:

The Raith winner is almost identical to Alloa’s equaliser the other week. Can’t defend the long ball and then Miller completely gets done by Ross.

Dixon should be winning the first header to start with. Its a piss poor challenge from a so called centre half. Then miller just sells the jerseys. Not even sure the Raith boy can believe his luck that he gets in clean through and it's a good finish. How often does miller have to sell the jerseys before he gets horsed though FFS. He's finished and should be nowhere near the bloody side. Get him to help sheerin stick the cones out and that's it.

[Shadwell Dog]

1 minute ago, Bairn in Exile said:

Once the new board is in situ it is vital that on day one they dispense with the services of both Holt and Sheerin. No point in bringing in a new broom and additional investment monies and then carrying on as before otherwise what’s the point? We cannot trust Holt and Sheerin to spend these new monies wisely; their track record proves that that is beyond them. You gets what you pay for in life as has been amply demonstrated by the performances of both Holt and Sheerin; we paid peanuts and got monkeys.

I have been shot down in flames before for saying that we don’t need a DOF / SD but in League 1 we really don’t. Jamie Sweeney has since been recruited and has the fancy new title of CEO, should part of his remit not be to oversee the spending of money and therefore getting involved in players contracts etc.? The new manager can advise Sweeney of his signing targets and then the CEO can take it from there. Sweeney can’t possibly do any worse in contract negotiations than Holt, surely?

Combine Holt and Sheerin’s salary and get somebody decent in as manager, somebody with a bit of gravitas who will encourage and enthuse players to come to TFS. If we continue with things as is, paying crap money for 2 posts, even with different people in Holt and Sheerin’s roles, we’ll still be in League 1 five years from now - unless we are League 2 or worse that is. No SD and one really good manager for me please.

P.S. It’s a no from me to Brian Rice, sorry.

Whole footballing department needs binned. Coaches , corzo with his bloody iPad the lot. Clean sweep with not a single man left.

[Bairnardo]

Theres no way people are saying that given a choice to sack Sheerin but only if it meant getting Brian Rice, they wouldnt do it?

Surely?

Brian Rice has managed professional football teams. We have a manager who quite literally watches the same thing happen every week and goes out again with the same system, same players, same shite. He is incapable of doing..... Anything.

I cant believe what im reading if folk wouldnt snap your arm off to get Rice in now. If Sheerin gets the season, we are reliant on others being worse to prevent relegation.

[Back Post Misses]

26 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said:

Even if they presented us with a proper, progressive business plan with achievable milestones set out so we at least had an idea of the direction we are going in.

I am sure there will be a plan and clearly communicated. 

[Bairnardo]

I am sure there will be a plan and clearly communicated. 

Yeah, I dont know anyone involved, but one advantage they have is that the mistakes they have to pre emptively learn from before getting involved are such glaringly obvious, lit up in a big neon sign of ineptitude and disdain ones that you really couldnt possibly fail to improve it on day 1.

For day 1 improvement, just dont be an utter w**k to the fans and you are already making progress.

And in the afternoon, get Holt and Sheerin all the way to f**k before telling them f**k off.

[Bairn in Exile]

14 minutes ago, Shadwell Dog said:

Whole footballing department needs binned. Coaches , corzo with his bloody iPad the lot. Clean sweep with not a single man left.

Would you bin Ian Fergus?

[Shadwell Dog]

Just now, Bairn in Exile said:

Would you bin Ian Fergus?

No sorry I should've said I'm talking first team.

[Trump]

Theres no way people are saying that given a choice to sack Sheerin but only if it meant getting Brian Rice, they wouldnt do it?

Surely?

Brian Rice has managed professional football teams. We have a manager who quite literally watches the same thing happen every week and goes out again with the same system, same players, same shite. He is incapable of doing..... Anything.

I cant believe what im reading if folk wouldnt snap your arm off to get Rice in now. If Sheerin gets the season, we are reliant on others being worse to prevent relegation.

So we should snap your arm off to get a manager, because… he’s been a manager before? I know we are at a low ebb but that criteria alone is dangerous.

Like Shadwell, I don’t think he’s solely to blame for what happened at Hamilton, but has done nothing there to suggest to me it would be a success.

If he wasn’t ex Falkirk, nobody would mention him.

And before you ask, no, I’ve not got an alternative at the moment, but like the vast majority, want Sheerin and Holt out.

We’ve tried experienced and inexperienced managers in the last 4 years, none of which have worked. However, going off previous League One winners recently in McCall, McGlynn, Campbell, may suggest a rookie isn’t what we need, but who knows?

[Back Post Misses]

9 minutes ago, Bairn in Exile said:

Would you bin Ian Fergus?

The YD quality is being massively over stated how good it is IMO. We’re are playing at a level below professional standard. 

I am not saying there maybe one or two nuggets in there but it certainly isn’t anything like the level it was before the Academy closure. 

I would like to see the club being honest about this. 

[Back Post Misses]

2 minutes ago, Trump said:

So we should snap your arm off to get a manager, because… he’s been a manager before? I know we are at a low ebb but that criteria alone is dangerous.

Like Shadwell, I don’t think he’s solely to blame for what happened at Hamilton, but has done nothing there to suggest to me it would be a success.

If he wasn’t ex Falkirk, nobody would mention him.

And before you ask, no, I’ve not got an alternative at the moment, but like the vast majority, want Sheerin and Holt out.

We’ve tried experienced and inexperienced managers in the last 4 years, none of which have worked. However, going off previous League One winners recently in McCall, McGlynn, Campbell, may suggest a rookie isn’t what we need, but who knows?

I agree it is not a job for a rookie. 

[Bairnardo]

So we should snap your arm off to get a manager, because… he’s been a manager before? I know we are at a low ebb but that criteria alone is dangerous.

Like Shadwell, I don’t think he’s solely to blame for what happened at Hamilton, but has done nothing there to suggest to me it would be a success.

If he wasn’t ex Falkirk, nobody would mention him.

And before you ask, no, I’ve not got an alternative at the moment, but like the vast majority, want Sheerin and Holt out.

We’ve tried experienced and inexperienced managers in the last 4 years, none of which have worked. However, going off previous League One winners recently in McCall, McGlynn, Campbell, may suggest a rookie isn’t what we need, but who knows?

Well, I should have added that this factor makes him orders of magnitude better than Paul Sheerin who is going to sleepwalk us into a "who is shiter" contest witg East Fife and Clyde.

We need to do something. This manager is just doing the exact same stuff, week in week out. We need to take someone who knows what to tell these players to do and gwt some thing out of them or we are in deep shit.