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The endless inferno of Hades couldn't make me suffer more than that combination.

And I think TJF need to do there job and start standing up for the Fans on matters of Wellbeing & Safety As for Beach Towels - I need that High a Sun Cream Factor -I would be better wearing a Duffel Coat and a Ski Mask

Simple answer ...... Don't go to crappielow Why give a club your money when they treat you like crap

Jim, I think you need to buy a beach towel.

Shame, it would have been nice to win on Saturday...😉

Now officially a good start: https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/brian-graham-and-mark-wilson-chosen-as-the-glens-championship-manager-of-the-month-for-march/

I just hope that the person (sporting director) is appointed sooner rather than later so we can get on with all the things that need doing moving forward.

TJF simply passed supporters onto the SLO - and we have seen the response to the compliants via the Club Statement - a proper Supporters Organisation would have expressed major concerns - and made it clear the Wellbeing & Safety of our Fans is a Priority -and that they were raising it with the Club formally - instead they blanked it - not for the first time The responsibility lies with our Matchday Ops Manager & the SLO - however TJF are responsible for making sure that our Fans are looked after - otherwise why are they there ? Instead they passed it off as a joke trying to sell Beach Towels

Phew. Thought you were escalating things there!

Airdrie have certainly hit a bit of form over the last few months. Only 3 defeats in eleven games - two against Falkirk and one against Ayr United. I do feel it will be too little too late for them but at least they are putting up a bit of a fight. McCabe not getting the recognition he deserves. People seem fixated on league position, rather than consider all the circumstances he has had to work with. Queens Park - oh dear. They are in freefall and their run in does not look good. Huge matches coming up soon v Dunfermline and Hamilton.

And with Ferguson only manager at the other arse cheek until end of season, we could have him as manager with Lennon as SD. How’s that for a conspiracy ?

Not sure about that. His tenure at Dunfermline co-incides with that announced for Graham (end of season), Maybe the delay in announcing the sporting director is linked to negotations between all the parties involved. I love conspiracy theories.

For those who weren't keen on a certain Mr Lennon taking charge, not a bad start at Dunfermline. Personally I would have been happy if he came to us, as he seems a decent manager, but unlikely now.

Their Cup win against the blue erse cheek seems to have jinxed them.

I though they bought the whole stand from Love street, put a daft row of seats in the cowshed that reduced the size of the away end and then left all the remainder rusting behind the cowshed. I think its all disintegrated now I have no desire to get back to the SPFL 10000 seater stadia criteria but how can they charge the same price for standing in the open air as you would have to pay for sitting in a relatively Modern stand at Firhill, Grangemouth, East end park etc ?

IIRC the council with input from police and fire services

But for Greeockers, Cappielow is like Disneyland.

Stevie Wonder...

Good points about Cappielow being raised here.

Unless Morton get serious cash investment or help to build a new ground from local authority (also skint) then they are only going one way. Cappielow will never be brought up to any sort of reasonable standard and eventually that will put even home fans off going to watch them. Mind they bought the roof from the old love street terracing conversion - Is that still sitting in some warehouse down there in bits? Firhill has it's away fan experience issues, namely main stand toilet facilities, but Cappielow has been a dump for decades now. Personally, it's one of the grounds I decided I wasn't going back to after the covid season fiasco. Football is dear enough without having to sit / stand in midden like that. Coupled with being in Greenock, it is up there as the worst away day in Scotland.

Who signs off their fire, health and safety reports for the ground

I was more thinking that I don’t think Airdrie will get 10 points from their 5 games or even 9 if they somehow were to overturn the current 16 goal difference.

Whilst the behaviour of the 'ultra's' needs to be tackled what shouldn't be missed is that Cappielow isn't of an acceptable standard to watch a professional football game. Firhill isn't going to win architecture prizes but we offer fans a seat with protection form the weather and a decent view of the game. Every other club in the league has invested in their stadium with even Ayr building a new stand. Morton have got by with lazy romantic notion of its a 'proper old ground' and barely putting a penny in. In this day and age not to be offer shelter from the weather shouldn't be allowed. If that means reducing the capacity of the ground or closing of sections then so be it. Saturday the away end of the cowshed was closed because of fan behaviour. However if you are going to force one set of fans to stand in the rain then why not both? Admittedly the 'sunroof' on the home Cowshed probably also gave some of the home support a wash but that just added to how embarrassingly dilapidated the ground is. If supporters are being forced to stand in the rain why are we getting charged the full £22? if the club is in discussion with counterparts at Morton can they ask them to lower ticket prices if they expect us to stand in sub standard facilities? I have no wish to impose costs on clubs nor do I buy into the idea that Morton is a grudge match so I have no extra animosity towards Morton. However Morton's lack of investment in facilities is a form of financial doping and If Morton had to address some of the basic lack of facilities would they be playing in the championship?

Here's my take on Saturday's events. 1. The Cowshed was closed to Thistle fans because of the missile throwing incidents on Hogmanay. I assume that this was on the advice of the police. 2. No move towards the Cowshed was made during the first half when the rain was at its heaviest. Draw your own conclusions 3. It did appear that our SLO did try to 'talk our fans down'. I can't comment on how successful this was. 4. Whilst the focus has been on the Ultras/Young Team, a couple of 40yo's in front of me thought it would a hoot to join them. These guys really should know better. 5. From my vantage point in the WDE some of the policing did seem unnecessarily heavy-handed when a couple of young guys got into the Cowshed. 6. Whilst the young team have been a generally positive development, police acquaintances of mine have confirmed that, unfair or not, they have gained a reputation as potential troublemakers. The club needs to recognise this.

At the moment, everyone is scoring 5 against Queens Park.