Jacky1990 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 I'm getting closer and closer to the McCall out camp with every passing week. He's now had more games than Caldwell and he has taken us several steps backwards from what was already a shambolic position. My only fear about punting him would be the likelihood of either Archie or Gerry taking over til the end of the season or them giving it to Graham and Foster in the interim. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peter LaFleur Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Falkirk and Thistle trying to out do each other in the shitebag rankings here. Both of us will bottle the playoffs if neither win the league. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudgeMudge Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Team selection was daft tonight. I understand changing the forward players, but not the defence. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlife Crisis Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 26 minutes ago, Jacky1990 said: I'm getting closer and closer to the McCall out camp with every passing week. He's now had more games than Caldwell and he has taken us several steps backwards from what was already a shambolic position. My only fear about punting him would be the likelihood of either Archie or Gerry taking over til the end of the season or them giving it to Graham and Foster in the interim. Archie would be punted with McCall. You can see from the shape and tactics the influence that Archibald has - side to side, overly cautious, backwards play, fill the squad with players who are past their prime or just talentless, plus blind loyalty to players such as Bannigan who are clearly beyond their best days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cilitbang Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Falkirk show they’d drop points even without us chasing them for added pressure. Yet we dick around with lineups rather than get the result 1st then rest players (against part timers).. The worst part is another season in this league doesn’t affect Low getting a job post Thistle after another failure to her list. Thank god there’s internationals this week i can pretend to care more about 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Jag Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky1990 Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 3 minutes ago, Hammer Jag said: Wouldnt want her in as manager. But I am all for giving her a few drinks and getting her to give the team a wee post match dressing down. I reckon a few of the players need told they are a lot shiter than they think they are. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passionate Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 8 minutes ago, Hammer Jag said: Whatever the question is The answer is ..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knighthawk Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 McCall needs punted, p45 at the ready please. Im sick to the back teeth with excuses and the COVID-19 situation that the McCall faithful continue to bring up. the guy has assembled a very poor full time squad, that unfortunately are just competing in league 1. it was the wrong appointment from day one. if anyone wants to defend this diabolical performance. Ask yourself the question. what club would want McCall as their manager? Zero in the PL, zero in the championship & maybe 1 in league 1. Lastly, For a team that has made 6 changes, and therefore should be relatively fresh. Forfar actually looked more up for the game, looked quicker and fitter. There starting 11 only had 2/3 changes, a reserve goaly and the players all probably were working yesterday and today. get McCall, Archie, Scall & the rest to F***. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawfield shed boy Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Q . Surely this aint just doon to Archibald. Where did it go wrong / Board change / over spend on average nonsence?!Am i disappointed ?! Obviously not thro healthy fitba rivarly but interested compared to my lot who have much less media and love attention 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERSOUTH Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) Don't know who is curently worse McCall or Neilson suppose atleast Hearts are top of ther league.... Partick are to big to be in league 1, They said they would have stayed up well things havn't improved much from last season...... Edited March 30, 2021 by SUPERSOUTH -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 Just to add the proverbial bluebottle to tonight's dungheap , sounds like Erskine has done his hamstring signalling the end of his second stint at Firhill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERSOUTH Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) 2 minutes ago, jagfox BLM said: Just to add the proverbial bluebottle to tonight's dungheap , sounds like Erskine has done his hamstring signalling the end of his second stint at Firhill. Quick you've still time today to sign another lowland league striker in his place Edited March 30, 2021 by SUPERSOUTH 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cilitbang Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Soo giddy he’s had to edit typos’ on both of his shite baits. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MS RR Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 11 hours ago, cilitbang said: Falkirk show they’d drop points even without us chasing them for added pressure. Yet we dick around with lineups rather than get the result 1st then rest players (against part timers).. The worst part is another season in this league doesn’t affect Low getting a job post Thistle after another failure to her list. Thank god there’s internationals this week i can pretend to care more about Both Falkirk and Partick are shockingly bad this season. We're both clubs that should be pushing for promotion in the championship and instead we're embarrassing ourselves in League 1. Falkirk are there for the taking and luckily Partick have been even worse and not capitalised on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banditjag Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 10 hours ago, knighthawk said: McCall needs punted, p45 at the ready please. Im sick to the back teeth with excuses and the COVID-19 situation that the McCall faithful continue to bring up. the guy has assembled a very poor full time squad, that unfortunately are just competing in league 1. it was the wrong appointment from day one. if anyone wants to defend this diabolical performance. Ask yourself the question. what club would want McCall as their manager? Zero in the PL, zero in the championship & maybe 1 in league 1. Lastly, For a team that has made 6 changes, and therefore should be relatively fresh. Forfar actually looked more up for the game, looked quicker and fitter. There starting 11 only had 2/3 changes, a reserve goaly and the players all probably were working yesterday and today. get McCall, Archie, Scall & the rest to F***. Hard to argue with this. What is the worst crime here is how unfit and unprepared we are compared to part time teams. We have all day every day to identify an effective system and get it drilled into a first team. All day to work of fitness, stamina, skills, such as passing to their own team. Practice hitting a target even. The players can be seen driving into training anything between back of 9 and are all gone come 12. I'm not starting rumours but I've never seen McCall arrive or leave training. I'm not in the area every single day but have seen the car park emptying at 12 and have seen both assistants. Just wondering if our manager ever takes training. I might be and probably am naive to such things but what does a manager do at this level if the coaching team do the training. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlife Crisis Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, banditjag said: Hard to argue with this. What is the worst crime here is how unfit and unprepared we are compared to part time teams. We have all day every day to identify an effective system and get it drilled into a first team. All day to work of fitness, stamina, skills, such as passing to their own team. Practice hitting a target even. The players can be seen driving into training anything between back of 9 and are all gone come 12. I'm not starting rumours but I've never seen McCall arrive or leave training. I'm not in the area every single day but have seen the car park emptying at 12 and have seen both assistants. Just wondering if our manager ever takes training. I might be and probably am naive to such things but what does a manager do at this level if the coaching team do the training. From the style of play you can see that it is Archibald that is in charge at training. It’s the same unadventurous side to side slow cautious rubbish that was played post top 6. Wouldn’t surprise me if he had a role in recruitment as well, as most recent signings are truly awful. McCall, Archibald and Scally need sacking today to try and salvage the season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banditjag Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Midlife Crisis said: From the style of play you can see that it is Archibald that is in charge at training. It’s the same unadventurous side to side slow cautious rubbish that was played post top 6. Wouldn’t surprise me if he had a role in recruitment as well, as most recent signings are truly awful. McCall, Archibald and Scally need sacking today to try and salvage the season. Won't happen though as we have a seriously inept chair and board. The season is a write off. I firmly believe that has been the board's thoughts from early in the season. Agree completely with the archie comment. He should be regarded as a legend at the club and the longer this is allowed to go on the less if a legend he becomes. There will be no change this season or next. I was more than happy when low was ousted and McCall brought back but it hasn't worked. As long as the current board are in charge of our club we will continue in a downward spiral. It is unfathomable that a chair and exec who presided over two relegations and two failed management teams is still in charge of the club. Utterly baffling. If I hadn't bought a season ticket I'd have stopped watching 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I'd agree with the season being a write-off. I expect we'll take our place in the playoffs, maybe even 4th and come up against...Arbroath I guess? We'll lose to them in the semis and that'll be that. I'd usually be inclined to give managers time, but the approach after the return sets alarm bells ringing. As soon as the final ball of the season is kicked, they can all get punted. I don't see the point in doing it any earlier with just five (or nine possibly) to go. But if he takes to the dugout with his assistants when the next season kicks off, I'd be worried. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) I've been holding onto the hope that this is a rehash of the 2005/6 season where we were terrible after relegation to the third tier, scraped 4th, then won the playoffs against a team from the North East playing in blue. The first place that falls down is that even if we did finish 4th (which is far from a guarantee) the Championship club won't be a basket case like that season's Stranraer team were (IIRC they only named 13 players for the second leg, and still beat us on the day). I would support a change of manager but think there's no chance it happens until promotion is out of the window so whether that's after game 18,22, or the playoffs. Even then he's probably still got the ego to blame the fixture list / pandemic / injuries for his own faults- the interview last night was a textbook "look over there" deflection. Actually on that interview it annoyed me he said "2 players had knocks", why not say (for example) "Tiffoney and Wright picked up knocks against Airdrie, that's why they didn't start" which is a bit more honest. Edited March 31, 2021 by Fuctifano 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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