Battered Bairns hit by MacIver op blow

FALKIRK are facing up to life without forward Ross MacIver until potentially as late as February after he joined their list of long-term casualties.

- BY ALAN ROBERTSON

But boss John McGlynn is sure elder Bairn Brian Graham can carry the load after a goalscoring return to the starting XI.

MacIver, who started nine of 12 topflight games, had an op on an ankle on Monday to join centre-back Lewis Neilson in playing his last game this year.