jagfox Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Two words for you m9...Danny Devine Thanks for the flashbacks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Gary Caldwell is the shite and the bag in which it is kept, the piss and the stain it leaves. The plague and the boils lanced in respect of it. He needs punted into the Sun so that the atoms of which his body consists can usefully be made subject of nuclear fusion and at least facilitate the continued existence, rather than the slow and inexorable demise of, this universe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 16 hours ago, forameus said: EDIT: And I know he's scored, but whatever we're paying Kenny Miller is too fucking much. I think getting rid of Doolan was probably the right decision in a footballing sense, but to replace him with someone like Miller, on probably decent wages, is something you just can't dress up as anything approaching a good decision. Releasing Doolan wasn’t a football decision in the first place, imo. Caldwell has tried to clear out anyone who the fans have an emotional attachment to, regardless of their performances on the pitch. I don’t disagree that it was time for a change (re. Doolan, Erskine, Elliott) but I do think Caldwell has done it to prove some sort of “this is my team now” point, rather than because they weren’t effective on the park. That said, 6 goals in 11 games playing in this rabble is a good return so far for Miller. He spends a lot of time coming deep to get the ball, but more often that not gets in the right place at important times, such as last night. Been quite happy with him so far. One of very few players I can say that for. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 If the getting rid of Chris Erskine and Kris Doolan from our club was a footballing one then I am a Martian iguana. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_do_nicely Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) Doolans testimonial has fair crept up! Info on the os: https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/matchday-information-on-behalf-of-the-kris-doolan-testimonial-committee/ Only face missing from the thistle line up I'd like to have seen is Mark Roberts, other than that it's pretty much a fantasy side. Nice to see Liam Buchanan in there too, had a good spell with us. Will try not to reflexively make hissing noises whenever mcnamara gets on the ball. Edit: nice change being able to look forward to going to firhill too. Edited September 14, 2019 by Thistle_do_nicely 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Has he gone yet? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Cerberus said: Has he gone yet? Dunfermline are prolonging the agony... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firhill_Basin Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) I was relatively behind him until last night,. Theres been a core of Thistle fans who have hunted him since day one because he succeeded Archibald. Stuff like the "promotion was his remit" was nothing more than a soundbite to convey positivity and totally unrealistic given the circumstances. Hes had a clean go at it this year however, and what I've seen more or less has been rubbish. We have some good players, we have a big squad. We are nowhere near promotion, probably going to struggle over the course again and theres teams with a fraction of our resources evidently doing better. Last night was the point of no return for me, it was dreadful. Even sneaking a win last night would have delayed the inevitable. I'm fine with Lennon or McCall in the medium term. I think we need to shed this image of clinging to people with an association to the club however. Its a big part of our weak mentality, we're scared to take risks outside of the box, we pigeon hole ourselves with this mindset. Only fans should run the club, long serving players are irreplaceable, only ex players/legends should manage the club. Its a load of nonsense. Wish the fans would look at things more objectively without the emotion attached to it every single time. Edited September 14, 2019 by Firhill_Basin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Long serving players aren't irreplaceable but Caldwell didn't replace them, so I have plenty of emotion when I say that Erskine would walk into Caldwell's dug shit team. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Blaming loyalty for our current predicament would have a bit more credibility if bringing in an outside no-mark with zero affection or prior link to the club and punting long-standing reliable players to better football teams hadn’t been such an unmitigated disaster. This club performs at its best when there is leadership and when the right attitudes are encouraged and rewarded. Those things can be found beyond the Thistle community but frankly why cast the net so wide when recent experience shows that when we do we cast it shallowly as f**k. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Genuine question, but do you think if you held onto Archibald you'd be better off right now? He fully deserved the bullet from you, but it wasn't that long ago he was looking like being the next big thing in Scottish football management. If he'd weathered the storm of a pish season, last season, do you think he'd have had you doing better this season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sting777 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Like others, I have been willing to give him the benefit of the doubt after the way we played after new year, but that is now looking solely down to the Skippy signing. Last night was abysmal and you can only think that a defeat next week would seal his fate, finances permitting. A few names have been bandied about but If it happens I would be happy to give Craigan a chance. I believe he has left his Motherwell u/21 job plus BT loses the Premier League coverage next season (I think) He might be up for it. He was very highly rated at Fir Park. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sting777 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said: Genuine question, but do you think if you held onto Archibald you'd be better off right now? He fully deserved the bullet from you, but it wasn't that long ago he was looking like being the next big thing in Scottish football management. If he'd weathered the storm of a pish season, last season, do you think he'd have had you doing better this season? He should have left immediately after the Livi play off game but as for your question, yes, I think we would be better off, but not by much!! Edited September 14, 2019 by Sting777 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Doolan's big day tomorrow. I can't say I'm a big fan of that programme cover but no doubt I'll get one or two. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Psychosis Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Ludo*1 said: Genuine question, but do you think if you held onto Archibald you'd be better off right now? He fully deserved the bullet from you, but it wasn't that long ago he was looking like being the next big thing in Scottish football management. If he'd weathered the storm of a pish season, last season, do you think he'd have had you doing better this season? We were so bad for so long that if he was going to turn it around it would have happened long before he got sacked. I can't remember the exact number but I'm fairly sure we went something like a full calendar year without an away win. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sting777 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 1 minute ago, jagfox99 said: Doolan's big day tomorrow. I can't say I'm a big fan of that programme cover but no doubt I'll get one or two. That is awful but like you I will be getting a couple!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D'Jaffo Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 I wonder if McCall didn’t bring him on today to avoid risking him an injury ahead of tomorrow’s game? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 2 minutes ago, Uncle Psychosis said: We were so bad for so long that if he was going to turn it around it would have happened long before he got sacked. I can't remember the exact number but I'm fairly sure we went something like a full calendar year without an away win. No doubt, but he was also a big reason you went up and then finished in the top 6 too. 2 shite seasons on the bounce, absolutely deserved to be punted, no question on that front, my question is more if he survived, do you think you'd be in a decent state for this season under his management? Hell, we might be looking at him if McPake has a disastrous season! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted September 14, 2019 Share Posted September 14, 2019 Archibald had ran out of ideas. His time was done. We may have been slightly better off had we kept him, but it’d be much of a muchness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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