Guest Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 52 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: A good move for him. Good luck to him. He was poorly treated by some at our club so not surprised he’s away. Yep, few will begrudge him the opportunity after running the gauntlet of Sheerin and Holt’s dismissive crap. Only question is………what happened to the predicted return to his spiritual home of Arbroath? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 minute ago, Duncan Freemason said: Yep, few will begrudge him the opportunity after running the gauntlet of Sheerin and Holt’s dismissive crap. Only question is………what happened to the predicted return to his spiritual home of Arbroath? Perhaps no matter what level Arbroath end up at they are staying part time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 He huffed and puffed early doors, had a few early appearances/chances which he never seemed to get a break with. Treated horribly and brought back to a club with the dressing room lost and in steady decline. Good luck on his next chapter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 56 minutes ago, Tea and Busquets said: I was at the stadium for breakfast this morning. Noticed the team were training couldn’t see Williamson. Looked like Wilson at RWB. Hopefully he’s offski and the start of many 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, Springfield said: Hopefully he’s offski and the start of many I think he has signed a pre-contract with EuroDisney. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Suffering Bairn Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 (edited) Might as well wear a criminal strip if we continue to play criminal football. Edited April 21, 2022 by Long Suffering Bairn 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ecosse83 Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 (edited) Good luck to Dowds, I think he will struggle with another full time team but don’t blame him getting away from us! Its a sad day when Anton bloody Dowds is looked upon as being too good for us, it shows us how far we have fallen! Edited April 21, 2022 by Ecosse83 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Kinnear Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Long Suffering Bairn said: Our new strip for next season has been leaked Plain navy with white stripes I hope, no fancy design pish in the colours 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grangemouth Bairn Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, Long Suffering Bairn said: Our new strip for next season has been leaked Is that Colin McNair and Derek Colquhoun in the middle of the back row ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar P Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: Is that Colin McNair and Derek Colquhoun in the middle of the back row ? Yep, right next to Albert Craig. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughsie Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Good luck to Dowds but if Thistle are aiming to push for promotion next season then I wouldn’t say he’s of the level required to be completely honest. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 33 minutes ago, Ecosse83 said: Good luck to Dowds, I think he will struggle with another full time team but don’t blame him getting away from us! Its a sad day when Anton bloody Dowds is looked upon as being too good for us, it shows us how far we have fallen! Can’t disagree, Dowds was never going to work after the way he was treated. Sometimes it doesn’t work out for players unfortunately we’ve consistently found an endless stream of charlatans for the past few seasons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearly Sane Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 On 19/04/2022 at 17:10, Shadwell Dog said: Bringing in an under 11 side that can't play anyone was a huge cock up for a start. We'd have been better off looking at starting up a b team that would include players from the under 18s and those out of favour . You need 7 different age groups to progress to the next level of the CAS programme. That was why the U12 team was created - you can't play competitive fixtures until the teams are formed and you're accepted into the next level - chicken and egg situation. A B Team/U20s was operating as well and played a number of games including 2 victories over the Shire and a win over East Fife 20's. The best of the U18's and players like Weekes, Lemon and Omperon played. Fergus led it with the support of Sheerin. Further age groups would have been added to fulfill the CAS criteria. This was with the full knowledge of the Board and Chief Exec. Fergus spoke to Falkirk TV about it in November 2021!! Hardly "rogue" behaviour. The new Board looked at how much that would cost and pulled the rug. Then the Chief Exec gave the car crash interview in the Herald. The 3 promising U18s mentioned (that have been training with the first team) have basically been told there's no pathway and to leave the club. Other U16 and U18 players told BY PHONE they were being released and not to come back. Chief Exec and Directors will have you believe they have a plan - they don't. Poor practice, arrogance, key people out their depth and mass resignations at the club don't give confidence of a bright future under the current regime. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latapythelegend Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, Nearly Sane said: You need 7 different age groups to progress to the next level of the CAS programme. That was why the U12 team was created - you can't play competitive fixtures until the teams are formed and you're accepted into the next level - chicken and egg situation. A B Team/U20s was operating as well and played a number of games including 2 victories over the Shire and a win over East Fife 20's. The best of the U18's and players like Weekes, Lemon and Omperon played. Fergus led it with the support of Sheerin. Further age groups would have been added to fulfill the CAS criteria. This was with the full knowledge of the Board and Chief Exec. Fergus spoke to Falkirk TV about it in November 2021!! Hardly "rogue" behaviour. The new Board looked at how much that would cost and pulled the rug. Then the Chief Exec gave the car crash interview in the Herald. The 3 promising U18s mentioned (that have been training with the first team) have basically been told there's no pathway and to leave the club. Other U16 and U18 players told BY PHONE they were being released and not to come back. Chief Exec and Directors will have you believe they have a plan - they don't. Poor practice, arrogance, key people out their depth and mass resignations at the club don't give confidence of a bright future under the current regime. 7 age groups is not feasible and would be a complete waste of cash. We should just bin this academy. Unless we are in the top tier, it is simply pissing money away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Your post suggests some degree of concern/worry (to say the least) of the new set up. Havent a clue about the youth set up, but have heard a similar report. Be good to hear from anyone else who’s also been involved. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dufresne Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Grangemouth Bairn said: Is that Colin McNair and Derek Colquhoun in the middle of the back row ? What a waste of a talent Colin McNair was,glad to see has turned his life around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearly Sane Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, latapythelegend said: 7 age groups is not feasible and would be a complete waste of cash. We should just bin this academy. Unless we are in the top tier, it is simply pissing money away. Pissing money away is signing 28 players who aren't good enough to get the club out of League 1. Adding an U20s to the current youth set up would not cost much and provide a pathway to the first team for young players on relatively low wages. There's actually an economic argument FOR a youth set up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PedroMoutinho Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 24 minutes ago, latapythelegend said: 7 age groups is not feasible and would be a complete waste of cash. We should just bin this academy. Unless we are in the top tier, it is simply pissing money away. Personally I agree that for now resources have to be focused on the first team- 2 age groups is sufficient for the moment. However I wish the ceo/board would just come out and say that rather than spinning a yarn about secret teams and it costing six figure sums to run one youth team. I don’t believe a word of it but I can see why they are reluctant to be seen as closing the academy after the same people criticised the last board for doing similar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brockvillenomore Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 38 minutes ago, Nearly Sane said: You need 7 different age groups to progress to the next level of the CAS programme. That was why the U12 team was created - you can't play competitive fixtures until the teams are formed and you're accepted into the next level - chicken and egg situation. A B Team/U20s was operating as well and played a number of games including 2 victories over the Shire and a win over East Fife 20's. The best of the U18's and players like Weekes, Lemon and Omperon played. Fergus led it with the support of Sheerin. Further age groups would have been added to fulfill the CAS criteria. This was with the full knowledge of the Board and Chief Exec. Fergus spoke to Falkirk TV about it in November 2021!! Hardly "rogue" behaviour. The new Board looked at how much that would cost and pulled the rug. Then the Chief Exec gave the car crash interview in the Herald. The 3 promising U18s mentioned (that have been training with the first team) have basically been told there's no pathway and to leave the club. Other U16 and U18 players told BY PHONE they were being released and not to come back. Chief Exec and Directors will have you believe they have a plan - they don't. Poor practice, arrogance, key people out their depth and mass resignations at the club don't give confidence of a bright future under the current regime. Hi Mr Fergus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionate Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Andy Dufresne said: Don't know how accurate the the info is but been told Simon Murray is signing a pre contract Have Falkirk not suffered enough ffs... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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