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  1. It's the first time I've not been allowed back up the stairs this season . Having stood near the bottom of the stairs for most of HT I watched just about every fan go back up the stairs, argue with the steward and came back down (must be the first time it's been enforced). I don't really see the point of it and neither did most fans at the game. Perhaps a few one way signs would help the stewards
  2. I think we all agree that our performance on Tuesday was very disappointing. To add to a disappointing evening we saw Stewards getting upset at fans making an atmosphere in the North stand Meanwhile in the main stand a new one way system was introduced for going to/from the servery/toilets. HT entertainment was listening to a steward bellowing at fans who were not allowed back up the stairs and instead sent back through the crowded servery out into the rain. A shambles on and off the pitch!
  3. Looking at our fixture list we have five home games between 1st Feb and 3rd March. That is a big ask for pay at the gate fans, so this would be a good time to have an offer available. Two games are cup games so it limits the clubs options. The club could consider giving fans free or discounted entry to the Morton game on Tuesday 3rd March if they buy tickets for the Alloa and Partick games. The club also needs to focus on attracting more children to games. We have thousands of empty seats at every game so why not give away 500+ tickets to different schools for the remaining home games. Tickets could be valid for an adult/child so parents get free entry, hopefully they will buy food, merchandise etc. If kids enjoy the games then it could result in season tickets sales for next season (perhaps).
  4. I think whoever posts on twitter was at a different game. Unless crossing the half way line counts as a 'chance' ?
  5. That must be the worst Caley performance I have ever seen, the Clyde keeper did not have a meaningful save to make! Great save by Ridgers in the 2nd half to earn us a draw, had we gone 1-0 down I could not see us scoring.
  6. Carson was easily the best player on the pitch. He reads the game far better than Vincent, puts in plenty of tackles and was the only player who attempted to block the opening goal for Arbroath. At times in the 1st half we were playing 4-2-4 with Vincent posed missing on a number of occasions. Hopefully Welsh and Carson in the middle against Dundee. Vincent would be better playing as a number 10 - so Keatings or Vincent? No room for both IMO. Walsh was poor (by his standards) and I was surprised he stayed on ahead of Doran. Todorov should get a start, Storey made an impact but I was a little disappointed that McGregor didn't get on.
  7. Based on the Cove game and today a few observations: The defence has been left exposed by the ineffective midfield. Why Trafford and Vincent today. Vincent in centre midfield does not work - he needs to play the number 10 role or be on the bench. Carson looks like a quality midfielder and once we have Welsh back I think we will win a lot of midfield battles, he needs a ball winner next to him and that is not Vincent. Keatings has shown little desire to track back and we are not defending from the front. Todorov has shown more desire and skill in the past two games as a sub than White and should start against Utd. Macgregor was positive when he came on against Cove, yet didn't get on today ? I think we will have a good season, but we need to get back to basics. Defend from the front and playing football, not lumping it up to White and hoping for the best.
  8. Kevin Clancy. He was the referee in our 2-2 game with County (is there a theme!)
  9. Good offer but why do we persist with charging U12s for having a season ticket in the main stand when adults / parents already pay a premium.
  10. The club clearly want to get funds in early, however I find it bizarre that they have only advertised this in the semi-final programme over 2 weeks ago. I find it strange that they then delay the option to purchase until the 6th May ? I think it's a good offer and I would have renewed by now if they had been on sale. For those complaining about pay dates....I will renew next week by credit card, get my statement in June and pay it off from my June salary ?
  11. Only 5 points required to secure a play off spot (poss 4 given GD). Lets hope we can secure asap so some players can get a rest and some of the younger lads some game time as we will need everyone ready given the number of fixtures over a short period. Looking at the remaining fixtures for Ayr they may not pick up many more points this month so we could pip them for 3rd!
  12. Good to see an appointment who has no links to existing or previous board members. Will hopefully have lots of ideas and contacts to generate new income / investment for the club. Time will tell if it is a good appointment but he has far more experience than our previous CEO (and the board). Lets back the guy rather than looking for reasons to dismiss him before he has started.
  13. I've said this time and time again. Get the kids along and whilst it won't happen overnight it will lead to a larger fan base in the future. The club should also be giving out tickets to kids football clubs / groups. I'm not sure what the ratio would be, but 20 kids and 5 adult tickets would cost max £100 with the potential of 25 new fans who can spend money on food etc at the game. If 5 kids want to keep coming then the £100 would be recouped in one game (cost of 5 parents). We only have 5 home fixtures left this season (before the pay offs!). If the club were to give out 200+ kids tickets for each of the remaining home game and we have a good run until the end to the season there is a great opportunity to attract more interest in season tickets for next season.
  14. Not so much an accusation as an observation "Not so much nowadays though"... that is my point. I recall a few years ago where there were on occasion groups of kids (schools possibly) in the far end of the North stand. If the club did this for 'every' game it might make a difference, not just now and again. Yes over 25 years they probably have. I have primary school age children and in the past 4 years I have not heard of tickets being offered to their school or at the many other activities they undertake. Perhaps someone on the forum has recent experience of tickets being handed out to primary schools.
  15. It has been mentioned many times but we need to attract more youngsters to games. The club should be giving away 100+ free tickets to primary schools for every home game. No cost to the club and it may attract new fans, plus additional income on match day (food / drinks). I also think the club should have 5 a-side matches for kids before games and a half time. You could have four teams playing a round robin before the game with the top two teams playing a final at half time. This would attract family and friends of those playing and provide the fans with some entertainment! If the club had invested in younger fans 10 years ago our attendances might be a lot better today.
  16. dave26

    Oakley

    As we are skint then I'm not surprised we took cash for Oakley, we are however left relying on White and Austin(if fit) as our senior strikers. Perhaps more game time for younger players!
  17. Ok, I'll add Doran, White, Austin and Trafford so as not to single him out.
  18. Very frustrating today! Having gone 1-0 up utd were there to be attacked, Walsh fails to play in Polworth to make it 2-0 and from then on Utd were the only team trying to score. Apologies we did make an effort to score once it was 1-1.... why wait until then!!! Despite Utd being poor they still created very good chances, Ridgers earned us a point today and McCart had his best game for us. Our strikers are poor, only Oakley puts in any effort. If Daniel Mackay is fit I'd get rid of White and Austin in January. Two wages saved, use the money to bring in a higher quality striker / attacking midfielder. Can someone tell me how Chalmers gets 90 mins every week, he is hopeless. He is superb at turning an attack into defence, he can't cross a ball or take a decent free kick or corner. He must be some player in training! Top 4 is the best we can hope for so lets see some of the youth players getting more game time. If we can use this season to bring through some youth players it will give us a better chance next season as I can't see us getting promoted this season. And finally what a shocking crowd today.
  19. Same old story of missed chances, but at least we are creating them. Robbo can't legislate for Rooney gifting Alloa a penalty but similar to the Dunfermline match our game management in the last 10 minutes was shocking. Polworth gets a fair amount of stick but playing him on left side is a complete waste of time. He doesn't hide and therefore his errors are noted more than his fellow midfielders leading me on to....... Why does Robbo persist with Joe Chalmers - he is the worst midfielder we have yet gets 90 mins every week. He hides, can't tackle and every attacking move that goes through him slows the game down and teams get back in to position to defend. His corners were awful, look at the crosses put in by Walsh and Calder why are they not taking corners? Hope the strikers are practicing penalties for the foreseeable future - they should be fighting over taking penalties, not hiding behind a central defender. Whilst we should have 9 points on the board we don't, but we are only 2 off top spot. Three tricky fixtures coming up, these are the games we must take points from if we are going to fight for a top four finish.
  20. Well an interesting line up tonight. Despite a defeat I felt there were far more positives than there was in the Ayr game. We created a lot of chances in the second half and had we not gifted Dunfermline a penalty (possibly should have been a free kick on the edge of the box) we may have won the game. Thoughts on the team: Daniel Mackay - had a great first 20-30 mins and then fell out of the game. Has a great future but may be best used as an impact player from the bench this season. Sean Welsh - was very composed and our best midfielder tonight. Looks a better player than Chalmers and Trafford and hope to see him start v Alloa. Charlie Trafford - had a terrible first half and the team seemed to lose confidence in him after his assist for their goal. I'd still play him ahead of Chalmers because he puts in a tackle. Ricky Calder - my MOM, caused a lot of problems for Dunfermline in the second half. Creates width and he can cross a ball, would be good to see him play left midfield in front of Tremarco. Jamie McCart - solid game and would be my preferred centre back with Donaldson. Jordan White - great hold up play and if he gets a run of games could prove a good signing. Thought he improved further when Oakley came on and perhaps a White/Oakley strike partnership is the way forward. Tom Walsh - created a number of chances and when we get the ball to him he always looks to go forward. Created width which we desperately needed. Shaun Rooney - caught out for the winning goal and needs to practice his crossing. Polworth / Doran / Brad McKay - plenty of effort but not their best games. Robbo - the substitutions made a difference, and we were more composed with Trafford removed and Polworth playing in the middle. And finally we need to practice corners - we had so many but there was no creativity, put into the box in hope rather than training ground moves.
  21. https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2018/07/29/tickets-on-sale-for-season-opener/ Free entry for U12s!
  22. Great fixture but shame it clashes with world cup semi final which might impact on the crowd.... frustrating!
  23. This is a massive gamble by the board. I can sort of see the strategy which is to minimise loss of income: If we had 2,000 season ticket holders last season @ £300 = £600,000 If 25% don't renew we generate (1,500 x £300) £450,000 If the club had reduced prices to average £250 the club would need 1,800 season ticket sales to generate £450,000. I assume they felt that retaining 90% of season ticket holders was unlikely, hence the pricing.That said the communication has been shocking and releasing two statements today sums things up. Having been a season ticket holder for 16 years I was going to renew and purchase a ticket for my daughter in the main stand (on the basis that prices would be lower and I would probably pay the same as last year but have an extra ticket). Now I'm looking at £400 to watch 18 Championship games! I never thought I would say this but I'll be one of those not renewing and I will pick and choose which games to go to.
  24. Really can't work out who the bad apples are. None of the starting 11 as he expects to have 10 of them next season - I'm confused, Tansey is away to Aberdeen, Laing and Fisher don't have contracts and Billy will be away, that leaves 7! If he has to 'get rid' of the bad apples that implies they are contracted beyond this season (rules out Cole and King) - Mulraney possibly - who else?????? A last throw of the dice from Ritchie to keep his job - no need to come out and try and blame a few players. The person to blame is the manager, poor selections, poor tactics and he lost the dressing room. I fear for the future if the current management team remains in place for next season, could be another relegation fight!!!
  25. Esson Raven Warren Laing McNaughton Brad Mckay Draper Tansey Mulraney Billy Mckay Fisher
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