Mick1867

Same season, 17 on the midweek bus to Montrose when we pumped them 6-1 ( a few more went up by car mind you)

We love their beer and they love our whisky ( plus what HD said )

Ahem...I know a few Yeah it's a worry but thankfully the word is getting out and we're (slowly) getting there. However, I feel the club should be doing more to encourage more of our support to become members. Of course maybe that wouldn't suit some of them, having to associate with us plebs

The important question is....just how many aliases does The Artist Formerly Known As Elementary Penguin have on this site now?

If people were being truly genuine in their passionate belief of the amateur ethos then surely these same people should have a problem with us playing against professional teams. A bit like when we refused to join the SFL until 10 years after it was formed in 1890. Thankfully common sense eventually prevailed back then. I would be sad to see some fans go if we turned pro but I think the club will be able to move on and prosper without them. Is this an age thing? I'm no youngster but I haven't spoken to anyone under 30 who cares that passionately about our amateur status, although there must be some out there

Feckin hope so, I'm no going down that tattoo parlour again

Ah, the wee magician Paul Walker being one of those players, probably the most effective loan player we have ever had. He was brilliant, he played the last 8 games of that season and I doubt we would have ended up 3rd division champions without him. Stranraer took Scott Edgar on loan in exchange, a tremendous piece of business by Cowboy. Some might call it a slippery slope, others might call it an expected progression. The trapdoor to the Lowland League combined with our departure for Lesser makes it a subject that has to be considered imo . I started supporting Queen's because they are my local team, nothing more. I love and respect our history but we'll always have that no matter. If we end up semi pro in League 2 or amateur in the lowland league, I'll continue to fully support the club but I'd rather stay competitive in the SPFL, as long as we have the finances to manage that. It would be a brave ( and probably foolish) committee who chose to decide this without a members' vote however.

Re the meeting about Lesser This was organised by a member of the Supporters’ Association committee - not the club – so well done to him. A midday before a home game might have got a bigger attendance but I can only guess the idea was to encourage folk into the social club for a few pints before the game and to get bodies on the supporters’ bus - which was going straight to Broadwood from there after the meeting - so from that point of view it was a success (we don’t usually run buses to there or Coatbridge anymore as fans were going by public transport or car so the buses were running at a loss) There was only so much they could tell us regarding the funding at the moment due to confidentiality clauses with the SFA but there was other things mentioned that I don’t see a problem getting shared with fans on here Work on the ground will start at the end of this season. They are looking at initially building a 1900 seater stand, which is more than enough for League 2 games but could be an issue if we get certain Premiership or Championship teams in a cup draw. Some suggested moving such games to Hampden but the general mood in the room was play the game at Lesser and give the away support at least the percentage of tickets required under the rules. It will be a better atmosphere and as long as every regular QP supporter gets in then who cares? I doubt the SFA would let us play there anyway Folk raised the point about terracing and could this be put across from this stand (or behind a goal) They will be looking at that as well but to get the new ground licenced there needs to be a certain amount of covered seats so that’s the priority at the moment. Gerry Crawley was very keen though that the place should have the look and feel of “a proper football ground” so that leaves me more hopeful that there will be some sort of standing area eventually. They didn’t confirm at the meeting what side of Lesser the new stand will be but I heard from a source later that they are looking at “building around” what is already there ( i.e.the offices, social club, and the “farmhouse” dressing rooms) I imagine that would be a complicated task for any architect to incorporate into the design so not sure how accurate that source is to be honest Our future status was also discussed – amateur or semi-pro? A few opinions either way and a decent debate. It could be the difference between having an amateur team in the Lowland League or surviving and being competitive in the SPFL. Certainly an issue that is very much on the table once we leave Hampden.

Is this your opinion on his performances in recent matches or have you always thought this about him? He certainly hasn't played like this for most of the games I've seen him play this season or indeed in his previous spell with us , especially the season we stayed up in League 1. His departure before last season was a big contributing factor to our relegation imo, we never replaced him with a player of similar quality Can't believe you don't rate him yet bemoan the loss of inferior players but I suppose it would be a dull as f**k world if we all thought the same

There's a few on our committee I have no time for but the rest are a decent bunch. Let's also not forget that every January the committee put on a free night for the players, coaches, and office staff ( and their other halves ) a tradition that has been happening for years. This usually involves a slap up meal and a free bar. Pretty sure none of the squad complain about that

There's been a few Michaels that have played for us over the years. My favourite was probably Mick Hendry, a proper goalscorer. I doubt he or the team he played in got £500 for a players' night out. Different times though Joe Bananas eh

Players on amateur contracts can also now give 28 days notice if they want to leave and we can't stop them, no matter how much or little the manager rates them I'm sorry things don't work out for some players but if they don't want to hang around and fight for their place then bye bye.

Nae bother Gulliver. Make sure you tell Mark all this next time you see him

Splendid news

Edinburgh City drew yesterday so I assume they'll now be heading for Inverness on Saturday while some of us will be trying to avoid getting dragged round the shops.

A c**t of a human being.....and he obviously never played on a red ash park if he thinks artificial pitches are the modern day equivalent.

Cheers FF. This will be absolutely filthy listening

Not as much as it hurts my brain reading your awful playground patter

Whit? In what way has he not been tested properly? He's an inexperienced youngster who has been playing well against more experienced pros. He's had to deal with all types of players from wee nippy forwards to big lumps. Some of his tackling has been great, especially in the TNS game against full timers. He's by no means the finished article but he has certainly been tested.

We dominated that area in the Clyde game to be fair, especially in the first half when their midfield hardly got a kick. The competition for places is great but they're going to have to wait their turn if we keep winning

IDLES at the QMU was outstanding last Saturday night. Place was absolutely bouncing. Second time I've seen them this year and they just get better and better Sleaford Mods tomorrow at the Barras

Did you not get lifted for that the last time you were through? Those malts eh..

"Stephen O'Donnell and Stephen O'Brien had a fight over it. Neither wanted it so it just lay there in tatters on the dressing room floor" ( copyright Daily Record )

All this positivity just before we head off to play the team bottom of the table. What could possibly go wrong? Cup runs are superb of course but the cup is "the mistress", the league is "the wife"

Cheers. Didn't realise that those two OF jokers are actually on a working group for this competition. So unfortunately not much chance of the Colts getting binned from this cup any time soon. That'll be the same Chris McCart of course that thought Andy Robertson was never going to be good enough