The Falkirk FC Thread

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Newbornbairn said:

Fuxakes. You go into a game with a plan but the problem is, there's another team out there who also have a plan. Sometimes they're set up to stifle your plan so you have to change yours.

 

This really shouldn't be difficult to work out.

Moltke: No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. He said it nearly 200 years ago, and he was right.

You have to remember too that in the first half, it was the players themselves (the midfield as a unit) that decided to fall 15 yards further back than Rennie wanted them to. In the second half, with no personnel changes and getting them to do what he wanted them to do, we dominated the game from that point on.

Edited February 11, 2022 by Duncan Freemason

[Shadwell Dog]

2 minutes ago, StuartA said:

Neither were we though. We were shite for 15/20 mins before half time when we let Alloa high press and fannied around too much at the back. But the first part of the half we matched them and should have been ahead. Then blew them away second half. 

It's a proper rebuild, mind. Rennie inherited a failing squad, he's improved it in the crap window, and is steadying the ship. There’ll be more shite halves and shite performances until he can get a proper preseason, but as long as the improvement continues, that’ll do for me. 

Let's see what happens between now and the end of the season. We've still to get a result against a decent side and the first half performances need to improve. Important we string a decent run of results together now and that the second half against alloa isn't another false dawn.

[Believe The Hype]

1 minute ago, Shadwell Dog said:

So every week we have to change our plans at half time because of what the opposition are doing then going by our shite first half showings? You'd think once in a while we'd be the team forcing the other side to change their plans but no ,  The other side have adopted tactics out the blue against us every game which has us scrambling about trying to fix things.  Come on might happen once in a while but not as regular as it's happening to us currently.

We should have been ahead against Montrose and Alloa within the first 5 minutes. We are starting fine, we just need to take the chances. Nesbitt scores that sitter against Montrose, and Dowds effort goes in against Alloa, then we wouldn't be having this conversation. It seems that after the first 15 minutes and nothing seems to have the final product that we pull it back a bit. Get those early goals and the rest will come

[Shadwell Dog]

2 minutes ago, ShaggerG said:

Agreed. Simple. Rennie's obviously not the guy for us.

Too early to tell either way. We'll know between now and the end of the season. 

[bairn88]

One thing I’ve noticed is we need to be far smarter during the 5/10 mins before half time. Wasn’t much in the game at Montrose til we went into meltdown mode at the back with wingbacks caught far too far up the pitch - that cost the game. Against alloa we went into self destruct mode til half time. Playing out from the back is fine but needs to be coached that during these crucial times of games, not conceding is far more important 

[Reggie Perrin]

33 minutes ago, Shadwell Dog said:

Those stats don't mean for a minute though that cove are murder in the first half and great in the second. All that says is they score more goals probably as sides tire.  We have a huge difference in our level of performance in the second halfs from our first halfs. There must be a reason for that other than that's just what happens. Even on Tues why did it take till half time to sort things out? We didn't change any players so it should've been a SIMPLE case of communicating the changes required to the players from the dugout. 

Have you ever put a team on the park?
 

[Shadwell Dog]

12 minutes ago, Reggie Perrin said:

Have you ever put a team on the park?
 

Other sides seem to manage it.  Was hardly rocket science the change made.

[Newbornbairn]

41 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said:

Moltke: No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. He said it nearly 200 years ago, and he was right.

You have to remember too that in the first half, it was the players themselves (the midfield as a unit) that decided to fall 15 yards further back than Rennie wanted them to. In the second half, with no personnel changes and getting them to do what he wanted them to do, we dominated the game from that point on.

[Reggie Perrin]

1 minute ago, Shadwell Dog said:

Other sides seem to manage it.  Was hardly rocket science the change made.

So that’s a no then.

[Newbornbairn]

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There are more goals in the 2nd half in every top football league

https://www.bettingwell.com/sports-betting-guide/football-bettors-guide/when-are-most-goals-scored-football#:~:text=The numbers clearly show that more goals are,being scored near the end of the match.

 

Smart managers can adapt to what the opposition is doing and change things. 

[Rugster]

Get with the program lads, if we won 7-0 Shadwell would moan it was an odd number. If we won 8-0 he’d moan it was even. 

[Shadwell Dog]

4 minutes ago, Rugster said:

Get with the program lads, if we won 7-0 Shadwell would moan it was an odd number. If we won 8-0 he’d moan it was even. 

I really  don't see what's wrong with querying why we are constantly below par in the first half of games.  It's something we need to improve on if we want to beat the decent sides and get into the playoffs.  

[Reggie Perrin]

1 minute ago, Shadwell Dog said:

I really  don't see what's wrong with querying why we are constantly below par in the first half of games.  It's something we need to improve on if we want to beat the decent sides and get into the playoffs.  

You really must make allowances for the fact that at the moment the team is virtually a group of strangers still getting used to playing together, the Montrose game was the ultimate example of that.

We have started games fairly well before falling away which may be because we need someone ON the pitch to take the team by the scruff of the neck and get them sorted.

The management team are clearly able to adapt to what they are seeing at the interval which has to be a positive.

Just remember what a shambolic pile of shite Rennie inherited from Sheerin.

[Shadwell Dog]

4 minutes ago, Reggie Perrin said:

You really must make allowances for the fact that at the moment the team is virtually a group of strangers still getting used to playing together, the Montrose game was the ultimate example of that.

We have started games fairly well before falling away which may be because we need someone ON the pitch to take the team by the scruff of the neck and get them sorted.

The management team are clearly able to adapt to what they are seeing at the interval which has to be a positive.

Just remember what a shambolic pile of shite Rennie inherited from Sheerin.

 There was only 4 new players in the side on Tuesday and ATS has now been in the side for over a month so should be well settled in by now.  Dowds has been training with the team all season.  I wouldn't quite say a team full of strangers.

We were certainly awful at the tail end of Sheerins tenure after the wheels had come off completely. However, I'd still say at the moment we're back to on a par with the earlier stages of Sheerins reign.  To take the next step we need to start beating the sides above us or at least picking up a point in places like cove. That would show real progress.

[gav-ffc]

Having a chance before the second minute followed by a few half chance suggested we are starting well and not taking chances, the 5/10 mins before half time we should have changed and went longer than we were but that will come in time. 

[Believe The Hype]

1 hour ago, Shadwell Dog said:

I really  don't see what's wrong with querying why we are constantly below par in the first half of games.  It's something we need to improve on if we want to beat the decent sides and get into the playoffs.  

You are still not getting it. We start fine, we just need the early chsnces to go in. Maybe now we have a chance that will happen. Any other day we are 3 up in the first 15. Calm down. 

[ShaggerG]

2 hours ago, Shadwell Dog said:

I really  don't see what's wrong with querying why we are constantly below par in the first half of games.  It's something we need to improve on if we want to beat the decent sides and get into the playoffs.  

Maybe it's a conspiracy?

[Just a bairn]

Clutching at straws and the best form table is the full league table, but certainly over the last 6 games there has been some improvement. Top scorers as well for a team that was the second lowest scorers in the league when Sheerin was still here. 

Edited February 12, 2022 by Just a bairn

[BountyBairn]

13 hours ago, Duncan Freemason said:

Moltke: No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. He said it nearly 200 years ago, and he was right.

You have to remember too that in the first half, it was the players themselves (the midfield as a unit) that decided to fall 15 yards further back than Rennie wanted them to. In the second half, with no personnel changes and getting them to do what he wanted them to do, we dominated the game from that point on.

The Prussians got a lot of stuff right to be fair. Still trying to teach some of this to this day, as you say 200 years later. 

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Just a bairn said:

Clutching at straws and the best form table is the full league table, but certainly over the last 6 games there has been some improvement. Top scorers as well for a team that was the second lowest scorers in the league when Sheerin was still here. 

It isn’t clutching at straws it is factual and all achieved without most of the new signings being bedded in. You would think we should only improve from here. 
There has to be cause for optimism however cautiously. (Well for most anyway)