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Anyway, apologies to LLD as I have distracted us from the original intention of the thread so for my penance stick me down for another £20.

Seems like we want to price a bunch of supporters out of this kind of sponsorship. £450 is a lot of money.

Hard to say as some players have moved on so not on the page but still some info from last season: https://ptfc.co.uk/team/first-team/ My position is that if boots were not a big seller then look at reducing the price and/or working harder at pushing sales rather than just remove the option completely. Also, if we are just concentrating on tops this season why not add in the 3rd kit? From the AGM, tranche 2 Q&A and other updates it has always been the commercial/hospitality department that has had the finger pointed at it for our poor financial performance and this, in my opinion, does not help that perception.

I have to question that, because according to the BBC match stats their goalie didn't make a single save, and the BBC know their stuff don't they.

Don’t think people should be getting on McKays back .Young Lad has had a terrible injury and must have been really hard for him over the last year . If he has had setback you can only imagine what he is going through - including worrying about his own future etc .

More or less a complete reversal from last season's fixture against them. Goalless at half time then scoring six after the break.

First half we were very good. Possibly the best attacking play since the playoff run at the end of 22/23. The movement of Chalmers, Stanway, Crawford and Logan was a joy to watch. Been a long time since we've seen midfielders go beyond our front line and get in behind the defence but Stanway and Crawford did that really well. Lawless looked really good as he just see's things others don't. The interplay between him and Logan looked like watching a replay of Lawless and MacMillan. If we have been 7 ahead by halftime I don't think Edinburgh could have any complaints. Bud needs to do better with the Edinburgh goal but his distribution was pretty good as he was consistently hitting the channel between right centre-back and right-back to give Fitzpatrick something to run at. Second half raised some concerns. Logan dropped out the game as an attacking threat particularly when Lawless went off however not sure if that also was because he's not got the fitness to do 90 minutes of running beyond the wingers. Fitzpatrick and Reading never really clicked and neither is great a defending. Reading can carry the ball quite well but unlike Logan he wants to overlap and more than once was getting to close to Fitzpatrick and closing down his space, Reading also looked our defensive weak point and O'Reilly was having to step in quite a few times. Our midfield seemed to stop dictating the play and making the runs beyond the defence particularly when Stanway was subbed. I think that more shows that we are very light in midfield and I also think we don't have a midfield 'leader' demanding players raise their game. Of the subs Watt looked a little rusty but surprisingly good in the air and you can see he picks up some decent positions that should lead to goals. Horn again looked decent and if he had scored from his shot that would have been the best goal of the night. MacKenzie tried his best to add pace to midfield but he still lacks the aggression and presence that he needs to rediscover to be anywhere near ready to start in a championship game. Falconer only got a few minutes and never really got a chance to get involved. Really could do with a midfielder before the county game and additionally 2 fullbacks, a striker and goalkeeper before the season starts.

Or that there wasn't a lot of boot/glove sponsorship taken out. Anyone know roughly how many were?

Morton obviously looking at what we do and thinking "we can't just appoint a sporting director" so have come up with Technical Head Coach. Anyway welcome back to The Mekon. https://gmfc.net/billy-davies-joins-as-technical-head-coach/

These signings certainty change my narrative. A big welcome to Partick Thistle ladies and best wishes for a successful time.

"Close to a return"! Has McKay ever really played to merit the use of the word 'return'? Although not completely accurate the word 'debut' might be more appropriate.

This is what you used to get (info still on club website despite being out of date). https://ptfc.co.uk/hospitality-sponsorship/sponsorship/player-sponsorship/ What I can't understand is why when we should be looking to maximise revenue we are putting in place a scheme that limits each player to a maximum of £900 in sponsorship when even if we took out boots/gloves and worked really hard on the previous package each player could generate £1400. With a squad of 20 that is £10,000 we could bring in. If I was being unkind I might suggest this appears to be a decision that makes life easier for those in the commercial departnent rather than one that is for the benefit of the club. Easier to deal with 40 things to get sponsored than 100.

IIRC premium package as £450. Similar to this season but the shirt was presented already framed. Standard package was £250

Opposition was poor but there was some great football played 1st half. Crawford, Stanway, Logan and Stevie were excellent. Concerns? Fitzy. And Luke is lost in midfield.

Out of interest, what were the costs previously ?

I agree that yet another absence is concerning, especially when the previously expressed management view was that Dan was very close to a return at the end of last season, and with the benefit of pre season would come out flying this season and be like a new signing.

Some great stuff in the 1st half - Cammy Logan in particular was superb, and Stanway put himself about in style. 2nd half was disappointing in comparison. Still - top of the group.

Just back from Edinburgh city, we played well in the first half scored 4. had 3 disallowed due to a dodgy lino , don't know what was said in the half time team talk, but City's was better than ours, ..

Family members at the game were pleased with the Thistle performance with particular praise for Stanway, Logan and Chalmers. Watt looked good, but not surprisingly rather off the pace. Hopefully that fitness deficit can be made up fairly quickly. The second half was rather dull. Thistle had some good moments and Mackenzie did well, but in general Edinburgh City tightened up and closed the game down.

So, is Dan MacKay knackered again?

Happy to join the band with £20 as well.

Cheers for that FT

This is what I have been told: Going into season 25/26 we are having a slight change to Player Sponsorship, going forward we will have 1 shirt sponsor for a home shirt and 1 shirt sponsor for an away strip, we will not be continuing with boot or glove sponsor. We will also be streamlining sponsorship so we will be moving away from standard and premium and all shirts sponsors will be at the cost of £450.00. Included in Player Sponsorship for season 25/26 – Signed, match worn shirt presented at the end of the season. Name/Business noted on the player profile section of ptfc.co.uk and in our match day program 2 places in matchday hospitality in season 25/26 Access to an exclusive player sponsor event with the opportunity to meet your chosen player If you would like your shirt framed at the end of the season we will put you in touch with our partner framer who will be able to do this for you at an agreed cost.

Finished 4-1 to the Jags.

FT 4-1 according to the Beeb