Boab 73 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 The ability it seems to always have a player to pass to, nice short passes that keeps posession and movement off the ball that is similiar to my first point. Also, very little high balls. They're no Barca, don't get me wrong, but it shows that a Scottish team can play in an attractive and arguably effective way - unlucky not to get in the top 6 last season - and it would be nice if we could take some things that Falkirk can do individually and as a team in the future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,705 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 gets them nowhere though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 69 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 was thinking the exact thing once they started to play passes around us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pessimistic_pete 2 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 i just hard john hughes saying he didnt want to be a check book manager and that he wanted to bring kids thorugh and i just wish smith was a bit like that.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pessimistic_pete 2 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 gets them nowhere though they just need a good striker...if they had a boyd or valicka then would be sorted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbear 10,913 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 They all look pretty comfy on the ball, and they had loads of players out through various, Barr Arfield and Cregg all look more than decent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,656 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 i didnt think they were that good some decent performances but overall no cutting edge and no points if we had played like that and lost people would have slaughtered us for not having a cutting edge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wreckedroy 33 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 i just hard john hughes saying he didnt want to be a check book manager and that he wanted to bring kids thorugh and i just wish smith was a bit like that.... Hughes would LOVE to be a chequebook manager. But he knows he never will be at Falkirk! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibroxblue 122 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 The ability it seems to always have a player to pass to, nice short passes that keeps posession and movement off the ball that is similiar to my first point. Also, very little high balls. They're no Barca, don't get me wrong, but it shows that a Scottish team can play in an attractive and arguably effective way - unlucky not to get in the top 6 last season - and it would be nice if we could take some things that Falkirk can do individually and as a team in the future. That certainly is arguable. We've seen that many times from Falkirk - passing the ball around but not winning. Hopefully our midfield reinforcements are on the way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,705 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 gets them nowhere though they just need a good striker...if they had a boyd or valicka then would be sorted they had stokes and i still dont think they finished high did they? teams play well against us, like falkirk or dundee utd, then they go and get beat by gretna the following week or whatever falkirk do play great football though, dont get me wrong, im not disputing that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace 3,556 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 As everyone else has said .... if they had an instinctive finisher e.g Boyd, we would've been well beaten today. Falkirk play great football, they are easy on the eye & if Yogi ever finds that elusive finisher ... other teams should watch out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenose_72 198 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 If they had 2 good strikers then they could challenge for 3rd. Haven't had a good striker since Stokes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,705 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 remember they still have lovell to come into their team Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCLoyal9 53 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 remember they still have lovell to come into their team I'll absolutely begging for Magic to snap him , hate Lovell with a passion :angry2: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaD CoW 3 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 We give teams too much space, instead of closing down and that was one of the reason why Falkirk were allowed to so much football today! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksen_da_best 2,034 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 The way they played against us, is the way we should be playing against every spl side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stardog 11 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 As everyone else has said .... if they had an instinctive finisher e.g Boyd, we would've been well beaten today. Exactly. Some people can't seem to read. They would've hammered us if they didn't have that donkey who missed the penalty up front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trueblue1872 2 Posted August 9, 2008 Share Posted August 9, 2008 We've all seen what they can do in the midfield for the last few seasons they just don't have that killer touch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GersDude90 1 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Falkirk overdue the nice football stuff, they try to pass it into the net instead on just thumping it in when the situation calls for it. But they do play some lovely stuff, just lack that weeeeeee bit of quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,228 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 They have a good midfield, were poor upfront and in couple of defensive positions last season which let them down. This season I think they will be stronger in defence but lack anything decent upfront. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
True_Blue_Gal 0 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 The ability it seems to always have a player to pass to, nice short passes that keeps posession and movement off the ball that is similiar to my first point. Also, very little high balls. They're no Barca, don't get me wrong, but it shows that a Scottish team can play in an attractive and arguably effective way - unlucky not to get in the top 6 last season - and it would be nice if we could take some things that Falkirk can do individually and as a team in the future. I couldn't agree more Boab. They are for me the scottish version of Man U - i realise that Man U are far more exciting to watch and have far more supreme quality but when you watch you get excited. The manager for me is excellent and latapy is so effective in midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_RFC87 761 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 They have a good midfield, were poor upfront and in couple of defensive positions last season which let them down. This season I think they will be stronger in defence but lack anything decent upfront. We only really created a single chance today which is credit to their defence TU) they would be a good team if they had still had Anthony Stokes, before he became a typical money grabbing rhat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
True_Blue_Gal 0 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Yogi bear is a good manager imo. Mark McGhee will be a future tic manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boab 73 Posted August 10, 2008 Author Share Posted August 10, 2008 The ability it seems to always have a player to pass to, nice short passes that keeps posession and movement off the ball that is similiar to my first point. Also, very little high balls. They're no Barca, don't get me wrong, but it shows that a Scottish team can play in an attractive and arguably effective way - unlucky not to get in the top 6 last season - and it would be nice if we could take some things that Falkirk can do individually and as a team in the future. I couldn't agree more Boab. They are for me the scottish version of Man U - i realise that Man U are far more exciting to watch and have far more supreme quality but when you watch you get excited. The manager for me is excellent and latapy is so effective in midfield. I would more say Arsenal tbh and just hope they can keep it up when Latapy retires but I think they will. I know first hand that ball control and passing. is popular at Falkirk in the youths. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 The ability it seems to always have a player to pass to, nice short passes that keeps posession and movement off the ball that is similiar to my first point. Also, very little high balls. They're no Barca, don't get me wrong, but it shows that a Scottish team can play in an attractive and arguably effective way - unlucky not to get in the top 6 last season - and it would be nice if we could take some things that Falkirk can do individually and as a team in the future. I couldn't agree more Boab. They are for me the scottish version of Man U - i realise that Man U are far more exciting to watch and have far more supreme quality but when you watch you get excited. The manager for me is excellent and latapy is so effective in midfield. they are just a average scottish team in a poor scottish league, who yesterday were playing against a poor rangers team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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