Red 'N Yellow Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Blackburn and some other Championship team were keeping tabs on Lindsay a while ago. I think Gary Fraser is our best chance of getting a fee for a player at the moment, but it means he needs to have a good season for us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Is James Craigen really a quality player or is the fact he's a nice guy make people think he's far better than he actually he is? He's tidy enough and OK at everything bar goalscoring without being spectacular at much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Is James Craigen really a quality player or is the fact he's a nice guy make people think he's far better than he actually he is? He's tidy enough and OK at everything bar goalscoring without being spectacular at much. I think he's good enough at Championship level, would have been surprised if another Premiership club had picked him up, although with him being English I did wonder if he'd go there at some level. Nice guy thing is probably true though - see also Balatoni. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Is James Craigen really a quality player or is the fact he's a nice guy make people think he's far better than he actually he is? He's tidy enough and OK at everything bar goalscoring without being spectacular at much. The nice guy thing might play a part, but is there really any doubt that he's good enough for Raith in the Championship? Hope he does well for them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Insanity Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 A lot of Craigen's best work comes off the ball, I'm not sure that's as big a factor for a top half first division team as it was for us. He reads the game well, gets into good positions and is more two footed than most, but his technical ability can let him down at times and he doesn't score enough goals considering how well he reads the game. He's improved a huge amount since he joined us though and hopefully starting every week at Raith will be good for him. You will likely have players with better technical ability than he does, but I doubt you'll have any that will work as hard. That's not to say he's a water carrier, his technical ability is ok just a bit behind the rest of his game. As I say he's improved a lot with us so if his technique catches up with the rest of his game you will have a terrific player on your hands. He will be frustrating at times though, just to be warned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Strip launch in George Square #thistlesquare on Tuesday. Article on OS is a bit cringey but suppose we might as well cash in on the Kingsley publicity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Sheridan Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 We rarely seem to do these things well....maybe Tuesday will be different. Fireworks, lasers, smoke, explosions, Doolan's Dorito Belly, has to be on show. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
professor challenger Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 A combination of appalling fixtures contributed greatly to our low overall attendance last season. Given that that won't be repeated and our numbers will be significantly increased, could someone explain why Motherwell and Kilmarnock have significantly more money than we do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Koop Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I used to entertain this notion that every time Thistle went into the top flight of Scottish football, the money went out of it. Not cause and effect, just a coincidence. The latest example was the league taking yonks to find a sponsor while spending most of its time pulling clagnuts out of its arse and attempting to convince everyone a club/company formed in 2012 was 140 years old. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rednyella Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 So, we've just signed James Craigen. Any good? Yes, he will be perfect for you. He is a top pro, good head on his shoulders and works extremely hard. He'll not let you down. He lacks pace, isn't the most skilful but makes up for it with a cool head and physical ability. He is a very good championship player. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 All the best to Craigen. I hope he does well at RR. I thought he was a bit wasted in the centre of midfield where some SPL games passed him by but he was good in the First division. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rednyella Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 A combination of appalling fixtures contributed greatly to our low overall attendance last season. Given that that won't be repeated and our numbers will be significantly increased, could someone explain why Motherwell and Kilmarnock have significantly more money than we do. They have about twice the gates. We get 3-5K a home game and they get 6-9k. This is one reason but one of the fairly more significant ones. Twice the money coming in to the club. They don't have to pay that much more, but as I said earlier on a post a 100-200 sheets a week can make the difference. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armand 2 Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Yes, he will be perfect for you. He is a top pro, good head on his shoulders and works extremely hard. He'll not let you down. He lacks pace, isn't the most skilful but makes up for it with a cool head and physical ability. He is a very good championship player. Not skilful? Physical? What player have you been watching? Not Craigen anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottymagoo Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 (edited) They have about twice the gates. We get 3-5K a home game and they get 6-9k. This is one reason but one of the fairly more significant ones. Twice the money coming in to the club. They don't have to pay that much more, but as I said earlier on a post a 100-200 sheets a week can make the difference. That's not entirely accurate... Celtic FC 44.585 Aberdeen FC 13.359 Dundee United FC 8.113 Dundee FC 6.966 St. Johnstone FC 4.592 Motherwell FC 4.286 Kilmarnock FC 4.076 St. Mirren FC 3.869 Partick Thistle FC 3.777 Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC 3.733 Ross County FC 3.525 Hamilton Academical FC 2.877 Edited June 26, 2015 by scottymagoo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 'N Yellow Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Strip launch in George Square #thistlesquare on Tuesday. Article on OS is a bit cringey but suppose we might as well cash in on the Kingsley publicity. Glad that the club are trying different things. You're bound to gain more publicity from an 'event' in town. Might as well use Kingsley whilst he's still a big thing in the media as well, even if it is a bit cringey 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Craigen couldn't lace Higgy's boots. He gives retweets out though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightmare Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I'd love to see Jimmy do well at Raith, but I hope he's not going to be expected to run the midfield there, because that's not his game. He's a worker with a nice range of passing, but needs quality around him or he'll be wasted. Kind of like a (far) lesser James Milner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuthejag Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 We rarely seem to do these things well....maybe Tuesday will be different. Fireworks, lasers, smoke, explosions, Doolan's Dorito Belly, has to be on show. What no Cat Harvey ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 TShirts are oot They're alright, I guess. Expected better. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 'N Yellow Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Those are actually pretty decent. I'm the opposite, I expected worse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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