Claudia Gentile Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 11 hours ago, Jacky1990 said: Did we not have McBeth on trial for a good few weeks before signing him? Not against doing the same during pre season, especially early weeks while the squad will still be short. We must have one of the better track records with those moves: Doolan, Erskine, James Craigan and now McBeth. Missed anyone? I think we were put onto McBeth by Gary Fraser? Dools and Erskine might have been via Bobby Dinnie? I think these golden nuggets are from recommendations to a degree. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky1990 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 2 minutes ago, Claudia Gentile said: I think we were put onto McBeth by Gary Fraser? Dools and Erskine might have been via Bobby Dinnie? I think these golden nuggets are from recommendations to a degree. I'd assume so, but we cant be the only team getting recommendations to have a look at these or similar players. Dont know if its just that we are a bit more willing to give them an opportunity? It has happened too often to just be luck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claudia Gentile Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 7 minutes ago, Jacky1990 said: I'd assume so, but we cant be the only team getting recommendations to have a look at these or similar players. Dont know if its just that we are a bit more willing to give them an opportunity? It has happened too often to just be luck. Middle part must have something to do with it, I would say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baba douche Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 45 minutes ago, Jacky1990 said: I'd assume so, but we cant be the only team getting recommendations to have a look at these or similar players. Dont know if its just that we are a bit more willing to give them an opportunity? It has happened too often to just be luck. I'd read somewhere that Paton had recommended McBeth to another club but they never followed it up. Gary then recommended him to us, and the rest is history. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggyness Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 46 minutes ago, baba douche said: I'd read somewhere that Paton had recommended McBeth to another club but they never followed it up. Gary then recommended him to us, and the rest is history. I happen to know that McBeth was recommended to Ayr at some point, maybe before he went to America, but by whom I don't know. Anyway, their loss is our gain 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Gekantawa Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 7 hours ago, baba douche said: Christie Elliot, I still can't believe he got a full-length professional football career out of being really fast and a nice guy. I can barely remember anything that he actually did of note in the (checks notes) 7-8 YEARS he was with us Good luck to him, he did a lot better than I thought he would! He was never rated as highly as he would have been had he been signed as a full back, I reckon. Because he was signed as a forward and was rubbish at that, and then tried as a winger and wasn’t that good at that, there was always the feeling (for some, not me) he was just filling in at RB (sometimes LB). However he did become a genuinely decent reliable fullback at least defensively (i.e. his core duty). It was also useful to have pace in the wing, even if his crossing left something to be desired. One of the reasons we went down was that Elliot was injured for more than half that season. It is worth noting he was a regular for much of those 7-8 years, and they were our most successful years in recent history. He then won promotion with Dundee. tl;dr: Decent player, underrated. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagsCG Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) Did Christie retire due to injury or something? He can’t be too much past 30. Vaguely recall him playing against us during his stint with Dundee, looked odd seeing him in another teams’ colours. Edited May 30 by JagsCG 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 10 hours ago, baba douche said: Christie Elliot, I still can't believe he got a full-length professional football career out of being really fast and a nice guy. I can barely remember anything that he actually did of note in the (checks notes) 7-8 YEARS he was with us Good luck to him, he did a lot better than I thought he would! I'll jog your memory with a few notable Christie moments: - Scored within 5 minutes of coming on for his debut v Hamilton @ Firhill (2011) - Scored the only goal @ New St Mirren Park (2014) - Supplied the cross for Ade Azeez to equalise @ Celtic Park (2017) - Supplied the cross for Kris Doolan's bullet header v Sevco @ Firhill (2017) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) 10 minutes ago, JagsCG said: Did Christie retire due to injury or something? He can’t be too much past 30. Vaguely recall him playing against us during his stint with Dundee, looked odd seeing him in another teams’ colours. I think he just got a good opportunity of a job offshore and went for it rather than being injured. Edited May 30 by Pie Of The Month 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad Lib Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 10 hours ago, baba douche said: Christie Elliot, I still can't believe he got a full-length professional football career out of being really fast and a nice guy. I can barely remember anything that he actually did of note in the (checks notes) 7-8 YEARS he was with us Good luck to him, he did a lot better than I thought he would! You could put him absolutely anywhere, bar perhaps centre-half, and he'd be solid (in the top flight!) Honestly don't think we've had as versatile a player before or since. Hugely underrated. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 14 minutes ago, JagsCG said: Did Christie retire due to injury or something? He can’t be too much past 30. Vaguely recall him playing against us during his stint with Dundee, looked odd seeing him in another teams’ colours. He’s working off shore now (I think) so I’d guess that he’s just making better money by not being a footballer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finlay21 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 6 hours ago, jaggyness said: I happen to know that McBeth was recommended to Ayr at some point, maybe before he went to America, but by whom I don't know. Anyway, their loss is our gain By Ryan Stevenson who was involved with Glenafton at the time 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 TBF to Ayr, if Ryan Stevenson recommended anything to me I'd ignore it too 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EwanMubs25 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 New kit release at 9am tomorrow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Gringo Jag Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 22 hours ago, BigMadMental said: Thistle mens teams have posted nothing about the womens team so you must be following the womens page as well CRASH! Warning shite patter alert Cover yer eyes everyone it's an emergency... to late. Sorry guys, mince patter far a mince patter merchant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baba douche Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 minute ago, EwanMubs25 said: New kit release at 9am tomorrow I hope it's flesh-toned, with just BBG's beautiful face on the front. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) First thought is that I can't make out any of the audio apart from Graham saying Thistle, don't know if that's deliberate or just my hearing. Edited May 30 by Fuctifano 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Gringo Jag Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 2 minutes ago, baba douche said: I hope it's flesh-toned, with just BBG's beautiful face on the front. Bet you do It will be the same 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 1 minute ago, Fuctifano said: First thought it that I can't make out any of the audio apart from Graham saying Thistle, don't know if that's deliberate or just my hearing. Also given that this year's away kit was a copy of the 2008/9 away kit, is that black and pink a copy of the 2014/15 away kit? I think he says “We live for the game, it’s in our blood, it’s in our strip, that’s what makes us Thistle” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMadMental Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Glad to see black remaining prominent in the strip anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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