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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

I was not there, but I heard that there was a long delay in the drinks being served. For some reason, the Hamilton goalkeeper had been put in charge of this.

The view seems to be held by several posters on here that, if only some rich benefactor had stepped in, bought up the shares the directors were off-loading and somehow taken us back to the glory-days of Thistle being a huge and successful club, all would be rosy at Firhill. Well it didn't happen. No multi-millionaire came forward with bottomless pockets and offered to fund us out of the financial drain we faced. Fan ownership was one solution and one which a lot of fans were willing to show faith in. A few fans are putting a lot of effort in to making it work and are supported by a large proportion of the rest. This is done with a background of a barrage of constant criticism from a few people who have a dislike of fan-ownership but who never once have come up with any viable alternative.

His family had been posting regularly on Facebook about so many jags players visiting Bobby in the hospice. Likes of Alan Rough, Chic, 1971 team embers etc etc. At what must have been a very difficult and emotional time for him and his family these visits were clearly a tonic to them and helped put a smile on Bobbys face. Well done to the club for helping to organise the visits and that.

You're mostly not in favour of being frozen out of having of influence at Firhill. We get it. Run for the TJF or stfu.

Is that not a task for the Number Two?

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

IMO, Doolan should still be our manager.

Imagine if they had offered this during the Gabby Piccolo era! You’d have Thistle husbands getting kicked out the house by the hundreds!

The squad was too big at the start of the season, now it is too small. The January clear out was due to a massive overspend in summer, cuts had to be made. The people running the club are not qualified to do so. It's as simple as that.

Didn't look like Dan O'Reilly had been practising overhead kicks.

Maybe he criticised Trump on social media!

You know what ? I have no idea what you want for PTFC. A club where the ownership revolves every few seasons, never making a profit but sometimes plunging towards financial ruin as under 3BC, which, by the way is where I think all your questions about where did the money go should be directed. Or do you want one that on the face of it is taking a gradual approach to get us back on an even keel with the help of some investment from a well off Thistle fan and some of his network. You did say when the club is stable off the park it is successful on the park. But it seems you wanted immediate success

That’s about the only line from Blazing Saddles you can say now! 🙈

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.

There's nothing like an announcement from the club to get supporters embellishing the truth, filling in the blanks and making up stories to further their own agenda. This is usually done by a section of the support who don't seem to like anything Partick Thistle do. Then if the club doesn't say anything they're being secretive and not including fans who after all, own the club and should be involved in every decision!

This could be our last home game of the season, let's hope we get a good home crowd that gets.behind the team. How thistle would it be to beat the top 2 after losing to what is now the bottom 2. Also the bigger the crowd the more money we get and after the season we have had we need every penny we can get.

One hope I have is that the sporting director takes the board a further step away from the pitch. It should allow them to concentrate on financial and operational issues and the SD can pay attention to on field and squad activities

The leading scorer for 3 seasons for club and league and you want rid as a player ? Who do you suggest will replace his goals ?

Doolan is one of the main reasons. He signed absolute crap on ridiculous long term deals (i.e. Sawyers). Just like Archibald, he will never get a full time managers position ever again. Both him and our bowling club board full of absolute jokers have royally screwed us.

Never again! The last tradesman left just the other week. Should never have let the Club talk me into it. Jack Storer was bad enough but when his faither turned up that was the end!!!

Yes indeed, let's keep paper planes rocking all over the world! Dunfermline (and Raith) to go down, down, deeper down.

Game management yesterday was completely the fault of Graham and Wilson. Players should have been hooked at HT, with Ablade getting a full 45mins. But the squad itself - that's the fault of Doolan and Co's unbalanced and scattergun approach to recruitment over the last two seasons. Absolutely no coherent strategy whatsoever which means we lack both pace and height in key areas. Not to mention an overabundance of carbon copy, copy and paste players that have no discernable attributes that make them stand out or offer anything different.

Stop trying to shoehorn Brian Graham into the next manager. Brian has NO previous managerial experience, He has won zero as a manager, so why is he being projected as our new manager. We are lucky this time, and still have an opportunity to seek a real experienced manager. Brian thanks, but stick to your day job…

I had the laughing emoji there but maybe I shouldn’t as the way things are happening over there anything is possible 😯 Not a country that’s going to be part of my holiday plans for several years I think

Bobby was a stalwart of the excellent 800 Club around the nineties and was Jags Lottery manager for many years, bringing many thousands of pounds of income to the club. Always a very pleasant bloke to talk to and a diehard fan . Very sorry to hear of his passing and condolences to his family.

I'm really going to miss this place come the season's end. Not.

You get a card like a credit card nowadays (and online account), with a number so clubs can check your credentials when you go to work for them.

Brentford and Brighton and Hove Albion may argue that point

There seems to be a lot of jumping to conclusions on the first day of this new appointment as to particular pathways the appointee may go down. As said before, I am neutral on this appointment, neither disappointed nor excited. However, I am prepared to give our new Sporting Director a chance. To paraphrase Aragorn at the gates of Mordor, a day may come when I reach an informed conclusion as to the worth and effectiveness of this new appointee, but it is not this day. He has my support and best wishes meantime.

Personally would still think Rhys McCabe is the best option, Airdrie have been vastly improved of late since their injured players have come back.

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 ?

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

See. Told you we only need to score one. 😀

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.

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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/