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I suspect the seating in the POD stand is a stop gap measure. No point investing more when the stand is likely to be demolished. I suspect it will be short term pain for long term gain and those fans in there will have the best seats in the house in a couple of years. . Although I accept that doesn't help the current occupants right now. That said I cant believe folk sat in there with the old wooden seats either. Designed for midgets.

We haven't announced a co-op agreement for this season yet have we? Something like that might be ideal for him similar to Whyte last season, although we didn't really make full use of it by ever recalling Whyte at any point.

The club has got a lot right in recent times but we have really dropped the ball when it comes to the seating in the POD,nobody should be paying to go and sit in a seat that is deemed a health hazard.theres a decent debate over on p&b about the seating still being a mess in the mclean stand and away supports being housed in the upper tier,it's not s great look all round on the club.

I’m season ticket holder in the Cooper was at hospitality yesterday in main stand and we were sitting on the “old” wooden style seats……why have they not been replaced ??? The leg room in the main stand has always been very tight …… luckily the area we were in wasn’t that busy …..still very restrictive and I m only 5’11 🤬

I don't sit in POD but definitely think more folk that complain the more the club need to do something. We are not exactly short of money do not fair asking folk to pay over £400 season ticket for a rubbish seat

Yes, we commented on that at the game too. He hasn't looked out of place so far and would have been able to compete physically with, and no doubt annoy, the Falkirk Dramatic Society. Surprising.

If only UEFA were as pedantic about the standard of pitches as they appear to be about stadium seating.

I'm of the same view. I'm surprised he hasn't had a few minutes this season so far. The little I've seen of him he hasn't looked out of place.

With the amount of minutes that both Fadinger and Priestman have played surprised that we didn’t see Ollie Whyte at some stage yesterday

I felt we were poor yesterday at the game but when I watched the Sportscene highlights back I think there's be an over reaction. We weren't that bad. I think it's just we are not yet ticking along as we did last season. Last season was An extremely high benchmark. I think I possibly need to temper my expectations to actually see that we weren't that bad and should have won.

Ive liked the look of Mcallister every time ive seen him, i see more potential in him than Booth if im honest. Its a difficult one though, especially for the boy, he needs to play adult football to improve and if hes just stuck on our bench that wont happen.

This is the first his dad has heard about this, so might just be “paper talk” to fill column inches.

Taking a positive out of yesterday apart from a point and a clean sheet (happy with this tbh) I really liked Alfred’s post match chat, absolutely no bull sh1t manager talk, I totally agreed with everything he said and it was refreshing to hear. Each week I like this guy a little better.

A guy coming into our row before k.o. spilled his bovril all over the seat below. Fortunately the fan who sits there was standing up at the time and wasn't soaked/burned. Two new ST holders in the row behind me said they would be down at the ticket office asap to move away from the new seats. They are unsafe and uncomfortable.

As soon as I saw who was in charge today my heart sank. He is without doubt one of the fussiest referees in the league and possibly the poorest, which is saying something! I was literally pulling my hair out (whats left of it) all afternoon. Some of his decisions were absolutely mindblowing. You do have to wonder at times what it is he is seeing? Remember this is the guy that sent Dan Casey off for handbags v Kilmarnock and when VAR intervened, convinced himself he was right! Falkirk played to it all afternoon and he bought it every time. Very depressing so early in the season!

Said was good first half. Nothing much came off for him second half. Oscar and Fadinger both worked there socks off, but the connections in front of them werent there today. Moorman had a great first half but thought he tired a little second half and got himself in some difficult situations before he was substituted. Voted for Knight-Lebel. Thought he absolutely strolled it today. Looks a very promising addition.

Surprised at some of the negativity regards todays performance. Whilst we were far from our best, misplaced numerous passes and fluffed a number of very decent chances, there was still a lot to like. Maybe a sign of how far last season raised the bar? I thought Falkirk offered nothing first half. Content to spoil the game, commit fouls and go down at every turn. All ably assisted by Chris Graham who must be the worst referee in the league (which is saying something). We should have been a couple up at half time and that would have maybe allowed us some more breathing space as we did tire badly second half. Although not as fluent a performance as we would like there was still some excellent football played. Said was box office first half and some of the stuff he pulls off is ridiculous to watch. The move where JT shot wide whilst having his shirt removed from him would have been even better than last weeks goal of the season entry. Add to that the 2 second half moves spurned by JT and Johnny K and I left feeling that it was 2 points dropped rather than a point gained. The squad is light, we have a lot of games coming thick and fast with not a lot of time on the training pitch right now to bed in the new players and managers ideas. I think by the time we get to the end of the window and things start to calm down, we will be in much better shape.

The Rancid is reporting that Zander McCallister may go out on loan this season. I'm a wee bit surprised as I thought he could make a few starts for the first 11 this term.

I agree with many earlier comments about our hectic schedule, small squad, and burn out. So our overall assessment should be seen in this light. In summary a good result, but a poor performance. I was surprised at the bench today. Why list 3 keepers? Just plain odd. Also, we were told Thor was just about fit, yet no place on the bench for him. A bit of expected squad rotation in the starting 11. We had a decent first half and created and squandered a few chances and could have been 2 goals up. However, the midfield just wasn’t right and didn’t support our front line, such as it was. I felt sorry for TJ as he was so plainly out of position. No surprise at the half time change, as Booth simply wasn’t at the races and was battered and buffeted by more physically mature opponents. A promising prospect and good to see him get game time but maybe a loan to a Championship or first division club would be more beneficial to him this term. I thought the defence played well, especially the central pair, but am looking forward to JK returning to right back. Sparrow has done ok in an emergency with his boundless energy but you need more than that at right back. The midfield lacked creativity and looked to be a man down in the first 45. In the last 20 minutes they ran out of gas as Falkirk piled on the pressure. Having said that, they only tested Paulsen once in 90 minutes. Up front we were non existent to be blunt. Overall we probably just deserved to win and were unlucky to see thew woodwork come to Falkirk’s rescue. They were streetwise and niggly and on occasion guilty of downright cheating. However to those who know John McGlynn’s methods, that would come as no surprise. Not a good look for Scottish football (SFA please take note for the forthcoming summit). Hopefully Sparrow is ok for Thursday, but would hope that Johnny K is fit enough to start at RB.

I wouldn’t read to much into that, last season was the same left wing ignored every game with the midfielders more that happy to turn around and play down the right when the pass out left was on. I’ve often wondered if it’s a statistical thing where more goals come from crosses from the right, maybe right footed attackers feel more comfortable with this? Honestly I don’t know why but it’s bugged me how often Longelo and others have been ignored when we’re building an attack. Although I’m happy that others are noticing it and it’s not just me being left footed and paranoid that see’s it.

58 per cent possession to well but we still allowed them 10 shots at goal and 18 touches in our box. Our record under JBA was keep.posession the other side can’t score but on 42 persent getting 10 shots away must be a worry. still we worked chances to win it and on another day could have got two or three goals. Still early days but would like to see a couple of new faces to strengthen the team and allow for rotation etc. hopefully no injuries and with some recovery work will be in good place for Thursday.

I noticed today, on quite a few occasions, that the other players completely ignored Longelo when he was in acres of space on left; preferring instead to play on a congested right wing. A few around us commented on this.

The gaffer said

Tell tale sign if someone is on way out, belting up tunnel with towel.

On way out?