The Falkirk FC Thread

[ShaggerG]

25 minutes ago, Tea and Busquets said:

Didn’t want Rice in the summer, didn’t want Rice in December and still don’t want Rice now. Surely it has to be someone who had won this division before and knows exactly what it takes?

Chips?

[Duncan Freemason]

8 minutes ago, ShaggerG said:

Chips?

Nah. It would be Goodbye Mr Chips from me. I want Bill Shankly.

[Rugster]

31 minutes ago, Buddie Holly said:

so what happened?

We got relegated. 

[Shadwell Dog]

33 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said:

The new squad cost rule comes into play in June 2022 so how could QP have paid a manager £250k per annum ?

I don't think queen's park will worry much about European football till they're out of league one to be honest.

Edited April 15, 2022 by Shadwell Dog

[HopeStreetWalker]

Whoever it is dont piss about. Got somebody in mind make your move.

Wright / Craig would be good and if they could get Andrew Considine who's on his way out at Aberdeen as center back come coach all the better as that 2 of the spine of the team sorted Goalie and Center Forward and the support see positive signs things are moving in the right direction.

[Trump]

I agree that Wright/Craig is the standout option.  Not sure Wright would be out of out reach, he's not getting any younger and has been without a club for a while.  He might see turning us around as the catalyst towards one final bigger job before he retires.  

Not excited whatsoever by McGlynn.  He's done ok at Raith but, like Hartley, there's something about him and the way he operates I just don't like.  I think he'd be divisive and someone the fans would turn on quickly if he made a slow start.  The appointment needs to be someone who the support can fully get behind.  For me that's Wright or Rice.   

Interesting you don’t want McGlynn, who’s won this league before with a similar sized club in a similar position, because it could be divisive. Want someone who the support get fully behind, and suggest Rice, albeit fans would want him to do well, has been a divisive choice on this thread in particular since his name was first mentioned.

I don’t care if they’re the biggest Dunfermline fan in the planet, if they’re the best candidate and can get us promoted, that’s all that matters for me.

No more experiments, a proven track record of winning something a nice to have and knowing the division an absolute must.

[JinkyBairn]

3 hours ago, Back Post Misses said:

Raith won the league and would 100% have won it without the pandemic too. We were pish.

If we can get McGlynn, I said it in December too, we should go for him. 

That’s not true though, is it? Raith were given the league. We’ll never know how it would have ended with a quarter still to go.

They’ve absolutely shat the bed this season. After all the GW saga as well which he supported? No thanks.

[Back Post Misses]

9 minutes ago, JinkyBairn said:

That’s not true though, is it? Raith were given the league. We’ll never know how it would have ended with a quarter still to go.

They’ve absolutely shat the bed this season. After all the GW saga as well which he supported? No thanks.

Raith won the league

[NavyBlueArmy1876]

A lot of the talk at the legends event last night was that the board haven't lined up a replacement yet as the preferred candidate is still involved in promotion play-offs.

That would suggest Murray or Petrie which I'd take over any of the other names mentioned. For me Petrie is the better manager but Murray has experience working the FT/PT hybrid model if we go down that route.

Nothing else wildly exciting to report, a new contract for Dowds is being given priority but with Rennie away will apparently be more difficult

Given the age of the pitch and our injury record over the last 18 months it may fail it's annual inspection which would give us a year to replace it, with hybrid grass (eg Murrayfield, Tynecastle) being favoured.

[Shadwell Dog]

Even if the league ended in the way it did they shouldn't have been anywhere near us considering the difference in budgets the two sides had. His recruitment was head and shoulders better than ours whether it was youngsters like Gullan Armstrong and Henry or oldies like McLean and Baird.  He's won this league previously and had finished runners up in the championship previously and third last year. This year they are probably doing as well as their budget would expect them too in comparison to the other sides if you put aside the miracles being carried out by dick Campbell.  The whole goodwillie thing I'm sure he regrets as much as anyone at Raith but at the end of the day as manager of the club he needs to recommend the best players he can and then it's up to the board to decide morally whether it's the correct signing or not.A manager that has won this league and done well in the championship whose recruitment record has been excellent in recent years surely has to be one of our options if he becomes available.

[GeordieBairn]

10 minutes ago, NavyBlueArmy1876 said:

A lot of the talk at the legends event last night was that the board haven't lined up a replacement yet as the preferred candidate is still involved in promotion play-offs.

That would suggest Murray or Petrie which I'd take over any of the other names mentioned. For me Petrie is the better manager but Murray has experience working the FT/PT hybrid model if we go down that route.

Nothing else wildly exciting to report, a new contract for Dowds is being given priority but with Rennie away will apparently be more difficult

Given the age of the pitch and our injury record over the last 18 months it may fail it's annual inspection which would give us a year to replace it, with hybrid grass (eg Murrayfield, Tynecastle) being favoured.

I’d be absolutely shocked if we get Dowds to commit to us with the way he was treated by the previous board/manager. Would love to see it though as he’s our best player.

[Duncan Freemason]

If people want a manager to get out of this league, then AJ has done it better and in a shorter time frame than McGlynn……..and both times he won a full campaign.

When we were one point behind them, it’s pure revisionism to say we were pish, and them being one point ahead were much better. The one deciding factor for me would have been home advantage. In eight Championship meetings at TFS, Raith won 2. There was 1 draw, and Falkirk won 5.

McGlynn knew it too.

Edited April 15, 2022 by Duncan Freemason

[ebobsboy]

10 minutes ago, NavyBlueArmy1876 said:

A lot of the talk at the legends event last night was that the board haven't lined up a replacement yet as the preferred candidate is still involved in promotion play-offs.

That would suggest Murray or Petrie which I'd take over any of the other names mentioned. For me Petrie is the better manager but Murray has experience working the FT/PT hybrid model if we go down that route.

Nothing else wildly exciting to report, a new contract for Dowds is being given priority but with Rennie away will apparently be more difficult

Given the age of the pitch and our injury record over the last 18 months it may fail it's annual inspection which would give us a year to replace it, with hybrid grass (eg Murrayfield, Tynecastle) being favoured.

A new contract for Dowds might be a priority. Getting him to sign it is a different story, he won't be short of potential suitors with all of them playing at a higher level than us. That said he's maybe saw Griffiths payslip n thought I  fancy a slice of that. 

[Shadwell Dog]

11 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said:

If people want a manager to get out of this league, then AJ has done it better and in a shorter time frame than McGlynn……..and both times he won a full campaign.

When we were one point behind them, it’s pure revisionism to say we were pish, and them being one point ahead were much better. The one deciding factor for me would have been home advantage. In eight Championship meetings at TFS, Raith won 2. There was 1 draw, and Falkirk won 5.

McGlynn knew it too.

With Johnston though your going to have to punt him if he does get you promotion as his record in the champ is diabolical. Mcglynn has a decent record in league one and the championship.

[Russ]

With Johnston though your going to have to punt him if he does get you promotion as his record in the champ is diabolical. Mcglynn has a decent record in league one and the championship.

We can’t be thinking about the Championship though. The sole focus has got to be getting out of League 1.

Whoever we appoint just has to get us out of this league. Their record or wondering if they’re good enough for the Championship is irrelevant.

[Shadwell Dog]

11 minutes ago, Russ said:

We can’t be thinking about the Championship though. The sole focus has got to be getting out of League 1.

Whoever we appoint just has to get us out of this league. Their record or wondering if they’re good enough for the Championship is irrelevant.

Of course but if  you have two guys  that have both done well in league one then I'd err towards the one whose got the far better record at a higher level. Plus Johnston's coming off a disastrous couple of years at queen's whilst mcglynn has been a success far more recently. It's not going to be Johnston anyway.

Edited April 15, 2022 by Shadwell Dog

[Paco]

That’s not true though, is it? Raith were given the league. We’ll never know how it would have ended with a quarter still to go.
They’ve absolutely shat the bed this season. After all the GW saga as well which he supported? No thanks.

I’ve lost track of Falkirk’s boardroom movements so you may well want rid of everyone anyway, but if supporting signing David Goodwillie is a disqualifier for being involved with Falkirk you might want to clear out the entire boardroom, CEO and management/coaches who all agreed to bid for him in January.

[JulioBairn]

Glad that the correct decision has been reached and that Rennie will now leave the club (no idea why he’s involved in picking his successor mind you)

The next appointment is huge. Do we have the finances to get a proper manager in and clear out the dross that’s been left behind?

[R.R.FC]

3 hours ago, Duncan Freemason said:

The one deciding factor for me would have been home advantage. In eight Championship meetings at TFS, Raith won 2. There was 1 draw, and Falkirk won 5.

McGlynn knew it too.

 what a lot of nonsense. You are entitled to think Falkirk may have eventually beat us to the title. The fact is, nobody will ever know. The teams were evenly matched, 1 point between us and 3 draws in our league games show that, it could have went either way.

However, to use our record at TFS in the Championship is completely irrelevant. Falkirk were a good Championship side for most of that period, they’re not anymore and weren’t when we shared a league in 2019/2020, it’s no more relevant than us turning up and winning at TFS this season after playing most of the game with 10 men, the clubs were at entirely different points than they were in 2019/2020.

FWIW, I wouldn’t renew McGlynn’s contract with us. 1 win in 16 league matches in a poor Championship is dreadful as good as the 2 and a half seasons previous to that were. However, any Falkirk fan turning their nose up at him when they are 5th in League One and closer to 9th than 4th needs their head checked, he would be a good appointment and certainly better than Brian fucking Rice.

Edited April 15, 2022 by R.R.FC

[Tea and Busquets]

Not that he would come, but did Petrie not just renew his contract with Montrose not so long ago?