The Partick Thistle thread

[FFC 1876]

47 minutes ago, Jacky1990 said:

 

Extremely idiotic of him if he signed with Dunfermline and cant get out of it now they're relegated. Also got to question someone who actively wants/wanted to sign for John Hughes.

If he does end up there, what a waste. 

There have been stranger things happen in football but given his love in for the navy blue I doubt he'll end up at Dunfermline. QP's sugar daddy has gazumped us the last time it was mentioned in our thread, apparently dishing out some lovely signing on bonuses.

[JagsCG]

Don’t really understand players signing pre-contracts with potentially relegated clubs, when if they’re a decent enough player (like Sibbald is) they’ll still get another club when they’re a free agent anyway. 

[DiegoDiego]

Don’t really understand players signing pre-contracts with potentially relegated clubs, when if they’re a decent enough player (like Sibbald is) they’ll still get another club when they’re a free agent anyway. 

If he wants to play for a city club it's realistically Athletic or Albion for him. Dunfermline have pulling power now.

[ATLIS]

1 hour ago, FFC 1876 said:

There have been stranger things happen in football but given his love in for the navy blue I doubt he'll end up at Dunfermline. QP's sugar daddy has gazumped us the last time it was mentioned in our thread, apparently dishing out some lovely signing on bonuses.

He was very close to signing for them on loan in January, Dunfermline refused to pay his wages. He had agreed to go, as has he agreed a precontract 

[AsimButtHitsASix]

7 minutes ago, JagsCG said:

Don’t really understand players signing pre-contracts with potentially relegated clubs, when if they’re a decent enough player (like Sibbald is) they’ll still get another club when they’re a free agent anyway. 

I believe you can still walk away from a PCA. Lamie done it to Dundee this season.

[ATLIS]

8 minutes ago, JagsCG said:

Don’t really understand players signing pre-contracts with potentially relegated clubs, when if they’re a decent enough player (like Sibbald is) they’ll still get another club when they’re a free agent anyway. 

To be fair precontracts aren’t worth anything until they’re official. You can walk away from one without any repercussions - in Scotland anyway. 

[FFC 1876]

6 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said:

10 minutes ago, JagsCG said:

Don’t really understand players signing pre-contracts with potentially relegated clubs, when if they’re a decent enough player (like Sibbald is) they’ll still get another club when they’re a free agent anyway. 

If he wants to play for a city club it's realistically Athletic or Albion for him. Dunfermline have pulling power now.

Or anywhere with a morrisons and a train station.

[HoBNob]

8 hours ago, FFC 1876 said:

There have been stranger things happen in football but given his love in for the navy blue I doubt he'll end up at Dunfermline. QP's sugar daddy has gazumped us the last time it was mentioned in our thread, apparently dishing out some lovely signing on bonuses.

He's agreed to join us a couple of times, including this PCA but the rumour is its got a relegation clause, smart from Sibbald. 

[Sting777]

On 01/06/2022 at 22:52, Bishop Briggs said:

I see Dowds as back-up to Graham in a 3-5-2 formation.

Do you think that Dowds could play on the right-wing in a 3-4-3?

Given Graham’s abysmal form in the 2nd half of the season, I will be astonished if Dowds isn’t the main striker next season

[Jacky1990]

18 minutes ago, Sting777 said:

Given Graham’s abysmal form in the 2nd half of the season, I will be astonished if Dowds isn’t the main striker next season

Given Graham's age and Dowds being okay at this level at best, I would be astonished if we dont sign at least one other player to be our main attacker next season.

[Pat Boon]

1 hour ago, Sting777 said:

Given Graham’s abysmal form in the 2nd half of the season, I will be astonished if Dowds isn’t the main striker next season

Yep. Graham's a last 20 minutes player now.

[Mediocre Pundit]

Pretty sure Graham was playing injured for a fair bit of the second half of the season. He’s fine as our main striker as long as we have someone running off him (like Rudden in the first half of the season - when Graham played his best stuff) and adequate cover to avoid relying on him too much (better than MacIver and Alegria)

[Pie Of The Month]

If we're basing who's going to be a starter on form over the 2nd half of the season we'll be looking for almost an entirely new team.

[DreamOakTree1]

6 minutes ago, Pie Of The Month said:

If we're basing who's going to be a starter on form over the 2nd half of the season we'll be looking for almost an entirely new team.

And pitch!

[Highlandmagar]

1 minute ago, DreamOakTree1 said:

And pitch!

New pitch on the way. And no sharing with no fuckers!

[Adrian Madaschi]

Surely Jordan Rhodes is coming in on the condition he's first choice striker.

[Jacky1990]

8 hours ago, Mediocre Pundit said:

adequate cover to avoid relying on him too much (better than MacIver and Alegria)

I work most Saturdays but Im sure someone on here could make themselves available and have more of an impact than those two

[JagsCG]

10 hours ago, Jacky1990 said:

Given Graham's age and Dowds being okay at this level at best, I would be astonished if we dont sign at least one other player to be our main attacker next season.

I think it’s got to be a priority. That said, anyone only looking at Graham’s 2nd half of the season is doing him a massive disservice given he was injured for much of it (and still played - such is his character) and he himself admitted he struggled to recover from long covid. A good pre-season behind him and he could still have a very vital role to play next season. The loss of Rudden (or the lack of signing an adequate replacement) also hampered Graham, they had worked up a decent partnership where Zak didn’t mind doing most of the running and hard graft. 

McCall did mention he was likely planning to go with a 4-3-3, which would mean one of Dowds or Graham, that might increase the likeliness of a third choice striker being a prospect or Premiership loan. 

Edited June 9, 2022 by JagsCG

[AMMjag]

A third striker who could feasibly start ahead of Dowds and Graham would be nice, but there are more glaring priorities for us in the transfer window just now. In order, I would say:

- A dynamic, attacking centre mid to breathe some much needed life into the Docherty-Bannigan pairing; the Father Stone of central midfield partnerships.

- Another winger, preferably right-sided. It's hard to find one at this level who isn't a hopeless sand-dancer, but even an Aiden Fitzpatrick type as a standard example should give some much needed balance and reduce the complete dependence on Tiffoney for a creative outlet in the final third.

- A goalkeeper who isn't signed as a back-up to Sneddon, but as a credible contender to replace him as #1. Sneddon had his moments last season but on the whole I'm not convinced he's a keeper that earns us more points than he costs us.

[Reid]

6 hours ago, AMMjag said:

A third striker who could feasibly start ahead of Dowds and Graham would be nice, but there are more glaring priorities for us in the transfer window just now. In order, I would say:

- A dynamic, attacking centre mid to breathe some much needed life into the Docherty-Bannigan pairing; the Father Stone of central midfield partnerships.

- Another winger, preferably right-sided. It's hard to find one at this level who isn't a hopeless sand-dancer, but even an Aiden Fitzpatrick type as a standard example should give some much needed balance and reduce the complete dependence on Tiffoney for a creative outlet in the final third.

- A goalkeeper who isn't signed as a back-up to Sneddon, but as a credible contender to replace him as #1. Sneddon had his moments last season but on the whole I'm not convinced he's a keeper that earns us more points than he costs us.

I think Turner is this player. Hopefully we don’t spend next season wasting him outwide again. If we’re playing a 4-3-3 he should be a starter in midfielder.