Kenny_m Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 08/03/2022 at 10:42, ShaggerG said: Aye. It looks like Morrison may be available so I'd be inclined to keep the same team but with Morrison in for Millar and Jaze for Griffiths. Play Jacobs in front of the defence, (hoping that he's managed to find his Livi form and has got himself properly match fit in the space of a week) and play Telfer behind the strikers in a diamond with Morrison and McGuffie wide. Rennie won't do this as he'd be worried that we'd get completely overrun in midfield (which we would) but TBH, that's likely to happen anyway so we'd be as well having a go at it. It's quite astonishing that some Falkirk fans don't think Griffiths merits a start. Less than year ago there were a lot clamouring for him to be included in the Scotland euro squad and it was widely accepted that he was the best finisher we had, me included! Of course his fitness has been questioned for quite a while now and he may well score a worldie on Saturday but what a waste! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavyBlueArmy1876 Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 I would start Griffiths and literally fucking anyone over Gary Miller Mutch Williamson Mills Watson McCann Nesbitt Telfer McGuffie Griffiths Dowds Kabia Hopefully Morrison is fit enough for the bench Over the last 5 full seasons an average of 52 points is required for 4th place. That means we need to win 5 of our last 8 games and 3 points on Saturday would be an excellent start 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falkirkthebigclub Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Polished Turds v Rough Diamonds would've been a more suitable thread title imo Away win with something to spare. If Rennie & FFC have any designs of maintaining the current setup for next season, they should spend most of the afternoon taking notes on how the opposition goes about their business. Play as a unit & play without fear. Simple stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebobsboy Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 18 hours ago, Duncan Freemason said: As per usual, our invisible midfield plus one wing back posted missing will ensure we get little or nothing from this game. We have had two blips under Rennie….the 6-2 v Dumbarton and the 0-3 against Alloa. Everything else has been turgid. Concede first, and we are goners. Airdrie are above us in the league, which probably means we cannot win. The first half against Alloa was howling aswell, we could and probably should have been behind in that game had it not been for luck, poor finishing and/or Conor Sammon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebobsboy Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 12 hours ago, Kenny_m said: It's quite astonishing that some Falkirk fans don't think Griffiths merits a start. Less than year ago there were a lot clamouring for him to be included in the Scotland euro squad and it was widely accepted that he was the best finisher we had, me included! Of course his fitness has been questioned for quite a while now and he may well score a worldie on Saturday but what a waste! I'd have Griffiths, Dowds and Kabia starting every week. But they aren't going to score goals when we have a nothing midfield to supply them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) There are so many thing at FFC that are broken. On the playing front, my biggest fear is that Rennie has been unable to get anything out of the existing squad plus six new additions and Dowds. Given that his six new additions plus Dowds plus the better elements of the current squad will be gone in June, what can Rennie then do with the remnants of the squad (and remember, it’s virtually all of the dross that cannot currently get a game that will be here next season) plus the three or four that he can bring in? To see improvement this season, you would have to buy into Rennie having arrested the decline that was taking us to L2. Basically merely shadowing Sheerin’s results is a major leap of faith to be seen as improvement. Some pretty big decisions to be made between now and May. The realist in me sees L1 as our home until 2024 at least. Edited March 11, 2022 by Duncan Freemason 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadu2112 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 This game gives me the fear. "Airdrie to win with something to spare" this rarely manifests itself! Surely the Bairns can't continually serving up dog muck performances. Will take any type of win at all and keep hoping the Cove steamroller runs out of water to boil. Think any losses from us at this stage will end any slim chance of catching them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Xanadu2112 said: This game gives me the fear. "Airdrie to win with something to spare" this rarely manifests itself! Surely the Bairns can't continually serving up dog muck performances. Will take any type of win at all and keep hoping the Cove steamroller runs out of water to boil. Think any losses from us at this stage will end any slim chance of catching them. We had a good first half against Clyde last week and even when we were back to being shit in the second half we created plenty of chances. That was against dross opposition though. Our midfield is just too weak to compete against strong opponents. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airdrieman Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Good win away from home last week. Will need to do the same this weekend. As already said, we really can't afford any slip-ups now during the run-in. You do get the fear that Falkirk will get their act together at some stage but we should be going into this game confident of the three points and, if we play at our best at the back and going forward, we will win. At the end of the day, if we want to get promoted, we need to be beating the likes of Falkirk, Peterhead and East Fife as a given. Airdrie 2-1 Falkirk. Griffiths to score his second of 2 Falkirk career goals and Leon McCann to play with his shorts metaphorically pulled down again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamond1924 Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Rather enjoyed my time at the Falkirk stadium last time around. If we can replicate anything close to that demolition then I’ll be satisfied. I thought that we’d fallen away in terms of quality of football over the last few weeks but we played some exceptional stuff against Alloa last week so maybe we’re back on form. I can’t really tell what the result will be as we all know Falkirk can turn up if they want to but surely Airdrie have the quality and organisation to give them a tanking tomorrow. Here’s hoping 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 MR cannot afford any sort of “tanking”. Doubtless we are going to see either a formation tweak, or someone playing the “fish out of water” role. BPMs “Mills in midfield” might be that very thing. Who knows. Its Friday, so the fresh water spring of hope is gurgling again. Doubtless it’ll have a big bag of salt poured all over it tomorrow. Then repeat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 1 hour ago, Duncan Freemason said: MR cannot afford any sort of “tanking”. Doubtless we are going to see either a formation tweak, or someone playing the “fish out of water” role. BPMs “Mills in midfield” might be that very thing. Who knows. Its Friday, so the fresh water spring of hope is gurgling again. Doubtless it’ll have a big bag of salt poured all over it tomorrow. Then repeat. Which then gives us the ATS, Dixon or McKay tombola. I would personally go for Dixon in the hope that his last few appearances have been some sort of aberration! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 1 hour ago, ShaggerG said: Which then gives us the ATS, Dixon or McKay tombola. I would personally go for Dixon in the hope that his last few appearances have been some sort of aberration! Or his next few appearances are his farewell tour. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 2 hours ago, ShaggerG said: Which then gives us the ATS, Dixon or McKay tombola. I would personally go for Dixon in the hope that his last few appearances have been some sort of aberration! Dixon appears to be finished, McKay probably the least dreadful option. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 21 minutes ago, Duncan Freemason said: Or his next few appearances are his farewell tour. Wouldn’t be surprised if Dixon’s already fixed up for next year elsewhere. His demeanour has been appalling. Quite looking forward to tomorrow with, hopefully Morrison and Kabia back as Airdrie are a good team and should bring a decent following. No point in us doing anything other than going for it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegrass Bairn Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 5 hours ago, Diamond1924 said: Rather enjoyed my time at the Falkirk stadium last time around. If we can replicate anything close to that demolition then I’ll be satisfied. I thought that we’d fallen away in terms of quality of football over the last few weeks but we played some exceptional stuff against Alloa last week so maybe we’re back on form. I can’t really tell what the result will be as we all know Falkirk can turn up if they want to but surely Airdrie have the quality and organisation to give them a tanking tomorrow. Here’s hoping Falkirk haven't turned up for the best part of three years. No, four years. No, 5... Anyway, we certainly won't turn up tomorrow. You really could pick guys out the crowd who would be better options than Gary effing Miller or Bradley 'Diver's Boots' McKay. Airdrie by a couple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Every time McKay is mentioned, my mind conjurs up a billboard with “ Brad McKay Two and a half more years” and another with Gary Holt saying “The only way to get someone of Brad McKay’s calibre was by offering him a 3 year deal.” Miller in the starting line up. A sure fire defeat featuring two laugh out loud goals. McKay in the starting line up. Probably a defeat, but a 5% chance of a draw. McKay and Miller in the starting line up. Beyond parody. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gav-ffc Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Buzzing to lose another midfield battle tomorrow, be great to try mills in there but having to stick one of McKay/ATS or Dixon in beside Watson isn’t exactly ideal either. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) On 10/03/2022 at 15:14, NavyBlueArmy1876 said: I would start Griffiths and literally fucking anyone over Gary Miller Mutch Williamson Mills Watson McCann Nesbitt Telfer McGuffie Griffiths Dowds Kabia Hopefully Morrison is fit enough for the bench Over the last 5 full seasons an average of 52 points is required for 4th place. That means we need to win 5 of our last 8 games and 3 points on Saturday would be an excellent start That midfield!! Have you not learned anything of where our problems lie? Edited March 12, 2022 by Back Post Misses 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 18 hours ago, Duncan Freemason said: MR cannot afford any sort of “tanking”. Doubtless we are going to see either a formation tweak, or someone playing the “fish out of water” role. BPMs “Mills in midfield” might be that very thing. Who knows. Its Friday, so the fresh water spring of hope is gurgling again. Doubtless it’ll have a big bag of salt poured all over it tomorrow. Then repeat. Not so sure he is “fish out of water” in midfield. He has played in midfield to in the past I believe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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