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Hi everyone Over the weekend I was very outspoken in relation to the Sporting Director recruitment post and in particular Levi Gill and Iain Baraclough. Levi very kindly reached out to me about it - which he didn’t need to do and provided a detailed account of the procedure around it and other concerns I had, again he did not need to do that. I have no idea who the sporting director will be but I should add when he or she is announced I will not be concerned with how the process was done to appoint them. We will obviously have our own choices or preferences which is understandable but I thank Levi for reaching out in relation to my concerns in relation to the appointment and also clarifying with me my comments where I unfairly mentioned my concerns about potential bias with a candidate. I was too quick to Jump to conclusions. While I very much love my club and always will do I have been very vocal with comments made and at times it could possibly be seen as confrontational and some posters may feel I have even come across as aggressive with and therefore apologise if I have. Whenever he or she is unveiled I have no concerns regarding the recruitment process for the SD, obviously everyone here will have their own preference. As probably the most vocal poster in relation to the SD appointment it’s only right that I jumped the fine line from being a committed and passionate fan into not being in possession of all the fact or processes involved which in turn no doubt unfortunately upset people and was disparaging towards Levi’s role in the process. Apologies to any upset I caused on here and await with interest to see whoever he or she will be

As an ally (and with 5 female descendants all following Thistle-admittedly one is only a week old and in the USA, and has not had an opportunity to object yet), I would want to give a big shout out to HerGameToo, who will be match ball sponsors, matchday mascot providers and very much in evidence in other ways at the game tomorrow https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/her-game-too-dedicated-fixture-partick-thistle-v-ayr-united/. Football is indeed a game for all!

Hi admin, as someone who has a terminal illness, I fully appreciate your decision. Football is fun but it truly ain't the most important thing in life. I would like to add my voice to the chorus of thanks for all the time and effort spent on our behalf. Speaking selfishly, you have given me many hours of fun and 'introduced' me to some lovely friends I am never likely to meet in person. So MANY thanks again - it has been greatly appreciated.m.

Didn't realise his mother was ill. All the best to her. As fans we see players playing week in week out and if some performances fall short from what we expect, some fans are not slow in showing how they feel. We should realise that like everybody else, anybody connected to a football club could have things happening in their private life that could affect what they do in their job.

The time we now live in it is easier than ever to communicate with each other. Imo the problem is the people who don't accept that others have the right to have a different opinion from them. On this forum we are all Partick Thistle fans and at the end of the day we all want the same thing, Thistle playing at the highest level possible and also doing well off the park. We may have different views on how to achieve these goals, but that doesn't make one person's post more valid or relevant than another person's post. Although this forum is the only online presence i have, imo most internet sites have the same problem. The sooner people decide it's best to just agree to disagree the internet could be a better place for all. This forum has been spoiled for the many by a few. Feel free to disagree. Thanks again @admin you done a great job.

It's that point 5 at the end that worries me. If it had been 193710244 to 1, I would be OK about it.

That’s us beat Queens, who beat Sevco, who beat Celtic. Ergo Glasgow is ours-

With being founded in 1876 it won’t be that long before we have a huge anniversary for our beloved club and can only imagine there will be all kinds of great special edition merchandise being produced- that I really need to start putting the pennies away for now. With it being a big anniversary might get a lot of non jags fans but football collectors purchasing special edition merchandise and hopefully raise more funds for the club as well. Does anyone know when the club will be commemorating it: season 2025-2026 or season 2026-2027 or january 1st 2026 to 31st December 2026 ive just realised that’s 2 calm non aggressive posts I have made in 2 days - I’m getting the hang of this at long last 😂

This post will get you kicked off the internet. 😉 Well played. 👏 (Let’s just hope Levi doesn’t ring JJ every time he posts)

Good post and avoiding saying your wrong is something we all find very easy so well done you.

Some very tedious comments here…..it looks like the club are going through a fairly standard recruitment process where surprisingly people in the industry know other people in the industry which of course doesn’t happen in any other walk of life. im assuming the club will appoint who they think is the best candidate and we will find out in due course whether their assessment was correct.

20 goals. 96 bookings.

Just finished packing and up at 4.45 for the train to my hometown. Can't wait to watch The Jags tomorrow night. Glasgow here I come.

Memories are short. Dools achieved a lot since he stepped up to replace McCall. I’ll always be grateful for that

Best performance of the season. Similar to Tuesday in that we gave Ayr United very little and we took our chances.

It's now 10 (TEN) competitive home games without defeat versus Ayr United, 2020 to date, an extension of our H2H record best against the Honest Men. Encouraging.

Perhaps he was just dropping off his tracksuit. At last!

Two goals in his last 4 Thistle appearances from Alex Jakubiak, and a goal every 7 minutes of his second spell. The stats of a legend.

Just a thought, but why doesn't the Club begin a feedback section on its website to replace this site? After all its a fan owned Club and they should welcome the views and opinions of their owners.

Sad to hear for one so young having to deal with difficult family issues (not that I know what they are) Wishing him & his family all the best.

Whilst I've given up on any change in the top tier for the reasons you've given, I can't for the life of me work out why the divisions below the top are these stupidly small leagues. Why not two leagues of 16 (or even 18 if clubs want to keep the same number of games) below the top league? Is it really just the relativley small dilution of prize money?

I wish nothing but success for KD in whatever he does next.

Horrible ground. Horrible club. Horrible team. Horrible fans. Horrible manager. Horrible stewards. Just horrible. GIRFUT.

Just in from that shittthole... what a disgrace not to let our fans into the main stand, 20 minutes we stood waiting to get in, thanks to all the young guys who came out, and eventually we got in.. great result for us.. but don't think I will be back there..

Archie is a legend

A real big loss for the club Welshy leaving, in whatever way it is.

You don't know any other candidates You don't know he is "mates" with Levi Gill You don't know he's even a candidate You don't know Joe Savage is a candidate You didn't know until very recently he left Flyde You've made a bizarre accusations about Levi Gill's politics and questioned his motivation. I have no idea why you are talking about Rhys McCave Maybe take a lie down and see what the decision actually is and judge based on what is said by those involved.

Jay from The Inbetweeners. Love your work ♥️ @Third Lanark

The Megwa injury in the warm up definitely threw a spanner in the works. The whole team looked out of sorts early on and Fitzy really wasn't sure of his role. Also, the pitch isn't helping at all, it really is a bobbly mess and difficult for any team to play football on. As others have said, it was like watching a game from earlier in the season. A terrible game of football. Slow build up, then a long pass upfield, looking for scraps. The problem in the first half was, we had too few in attacking positions and the ball just kept coming back to our half. Banzo MOTM by some distance for me. Crawford, without doing anything of note in attacking sense, worked very hard and Ashcroft, apart from one sloppy first half pass was excellent. I suppose the positives to take are we didn't lose and it's another clean sheet, with only two goals lost in the last five games. Probably the most pleasing aspect for me though was the management team recognised it wasn't working and changed the formation at half time. It was a better second half and the team looked more comfortable after the break. Also, interesting that Brian Graham has now been substituted mid way through the 2nd half the last two games - something Doolan was never doing. I wasn't getting too carried away with things over the last few weeks and I'm not going to get too despondent about last night. Things have picked up since Graham and Wilson took charge and perhaps last night can be a bit of a wake up call, there is still much work to be done.

To be fair Banighan clearly got the ball …. Both of them !

This seems to answer your question. The words "pre-match grub" might give you a clue. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/aitken-suite-on-friday-night/

I do hope Inverness get themselves sorted.

Paul Ritchie?

Think some of us are looking at this with rose tinted glasses, re Doolan he was a bit unlucky losing Myles Roberts and Harry Milne in the transfer window, also BG getting sent off against Falkirk didn’t help also making him unavailable for the Raith Rovers game . Doolan left us 10 points off 3rd place and that’s where we still are . Doolan would have got slaughtered for drawing with bottom of the league Airdrie at Firhill It’s been better in patches over the last 4 or 5 matches but the lack of creativity is an issue playing such a narrow system with 3 at the back and having to rely on Megwa and Reid for width . Hopefully we keep improving.

I know it's been Cheltenham Week but I don't think the refs wearing blinkers the last couple of matches has really worked.

Something to do with supporting his Mother’s illness I believe

No problem. I always appreciate your contributions and your wonderfully well recalled memories of past days and personalities. Following Partick Thistle is a regularly befuddling experience for all of us more than occasionally!

I think if you do away with the titles it's not really much difference from past situations. The Sporting Director is in effect the manager with one major difference. The Head Coach replaces what would have been the assistant manager. Obviously the major difference is the Head Coach will now pick the team, be in control of training, and be in overall charge during match time. Tho' I'm not advocating McCall for the job he's not too bad an example. His strengths are behind the scenes, player recruitment, sourcing players and general man-management. He's not as strong on in-game management and reportedly delegated training anyway. In theory it should mean an easier transition for a younger person taking on the role of Head Coach. Just now you can have all the basic tactical nous and all the badges going. But if you can't source the right players and your man-management skills are under developed you'll not last as a manager. Another benefit would be if your Head Coach moves on there would be less turmoil. Similarly if the Sporting Director leaves there'll be no change to day to day training and playing matters. I realise I'm not answering why/if PTFC can afford both a Sporting Director and a Head Coach. A matter of quality naturally comes into that costing. I am pointing out that theoretically it's more a case of reallocation of duties than extra man power.

There's more to being a SD than just looking for players though. That's just a scout. I'd have serious concerns about McCall's experience, abilities and general persona transfering into a board level strategic role.

I agree that it is Joe, but he does have an amazingly Aero-like facial expression and haircut.

Thistle's insane run of 20 (TWENTY) regular league games unbeaten at Hampden Park (1936 to date) is second only to the ground club-record (23) which, understandably, was set at Firhill (twice - 1911 & 1971). We couldn't… could we?

Might want to restrict discussions to football related matters. Some of the recent discussions on here might not be welcome or appropriate on an official club site

Problem is this doesn't address the 4 games a season issue, it only adds 2 teams to the bottom half post split. Broadcasters are only interested in the 2 ar$e cheeks and to a lesser extent Hibs & Hearts playing a minimum 4 times a season (and inevitably in both cups). I'd much prefer 16 or 18 team leagues with fewer midweek games however clubs won't give up the TV money generated by hosting the ar$e cheeks twice a season.

By having a league structure that aims to benefit all member clubs rather than just two? Just a suggestion. Silly, I know.

To my mind the problem with goalkeepers is no longer the time they take when holding the ball but the amount of time they take on bye kicks. The amount of time you will see them walk over struggle to pick up the ball, walk back, place it one side of the goal, then the other side, wait and see if a short kickout is on before waving everyone up field is were they waste time the most. Should have a time limit on how long they have to take the kick. One of the rules that annoys me the most is stopping the game when a player goes down with a supposed head injury and the ref restarts the game with a drop ball usually in favour of the defending team To my mind most teams take advantage when defending their area by getting a player to throw themselves to the ground to stop play and it just disrupts the attacking team I get that head injuries can be more of a cause for concern. However if we are going to stop play for a head injury it should mean the player supposedly suffering the injury goes off for an injury assessment for say minimum 2 minutes but you don't get to replace him. I suspect that would take away the play acting.

Regarding your last point, it might be more helpful not to appoint referees who are also working as poultry farmers.

Thanks for everything and I'm extremely sorry to hear of your personal situation. I also understand why you could be "uncomfortable with the direction" the forum has been taking. At its best I view the forum rather like pre and post match patter in the pub. A place where you can argue the toss about players, the odd rumour or two and general football/Thistle matters. And just like the pub if you go on and on about one particular issue you'll soon find yourself propping up the bar at the quiet end talking to yourself. One major difference between pub banter and the forum is respect. Folk say things on here that they either wouldn't say face to face or if they did would start a rammy. There's some posters who seem to take themselves too seriously on here. Perhaps we're all guilty on occasion, and it's not much of a sin, but there's definitely a few serial offenders on this forum.