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  1. Ayr United ⚪️⚫️ vs Partick Thistle 🔴🟡

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    As others on here have posted, it is certainly the case that performances have been very poor - but equally alarmingly our league position is actually better than these dire performances deserve (in my opinion).

    In the relatively recent past our performances were generally ok but utterly ruined by the concession of a plethora of late goals. Crushingly disappointing but at least the general play was ok. We seem to have regressed and, again only in my view and as stated above, have accrued more points this season than we deserve (eg Ayr at home, Hamilton at their place a fortnight ago, Dunfermline home and away). 

    Personally not convinced a change in manager - other than the “dead dog bounce” we might get for the first few games - is the answer. Similarly not convinced of the current corporate structure at the club but again unsure if a change would necessarily result in improvements in investments both on and off the park.

    Sadly I cannot offer any enlightened solution to this current malaise but suspect that the next 3 months might be a painful watch.
     

     

  2. Ayr United ⚪️⚫️ vs Partick Thistle 🔴🟡

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    56 minutes ago, exiledjag said:

    Good result from Morton today.

    On reflection I was wrong to praise the team selection of playing 3 up front. I would still advocate playing 2 up front in a 3-5-2 formation which is  what I  hoped we would do today to combat Ayr's formation head on!

    I think from now on I will leave comment on team selection and tactics to those who know.

    The only caveat I would make as regards Morton would be that if they beat us next week they will be 6 points behind us with 2 games in hand - the “prize” of 4th place might become a 3 way tussle.

  10. Ex-Jags Doing Well Elsewhere

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    7 hours ago, Jaggernaut said:

    Did Flanagan leave after we were confirmed relegatees in early 1970? I thought he'd gone earlier in the season than that. Surprised to see there doesn't appear to be an Archives article on him; he was a good wee player for us.

    John departed in October 1970 just after a 1-0 defeat at Brechin. Admittedly this was our last defeat of the season but the team was still “bedding in” and the early results had been a bit mediocre up to that point ( a draw at home to Dumbarton the following week wasn’t really encouraging but after that results started to flow). Perhaps John took the opportunity that seemed a good idea at the time - a few weeks later I saw him score for Clyde against a very good Aberdeen team and his move didn’t seem like a bad one (although Aberdeen scraped a 2-1 win at Shawfield that day).

  11. Ex-Jags Doing Well Elsewhere

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    7 hours ago, exiledjag said:

    A few names for the old timers to dwell on from the 1960s Jags.. My memory might not be that great in terms of the clubs they left us for.hey 

    Neil Duffy (my personal favourite  all time Jags player) left us to go to St Johnstone

    Ian Cowan (left us to go to Falkirk)

    Gordon Whitelaw (to Dundee Utd)

    Billy Hainey (to Dundee Utd)

    John Flannigan (to Clyde)

    Tommy Gibb (to Newcastle Utd)

    Sandy Brown (to Everton)

    and from a later era:

    Alex Forsyth (to Manchester Utd)

    Alan Hansen (to Liverpool)

    Ronnie Glavin (to Celtic)

    Cowan, Duffy and Flannigan as far as I recall had their beat days with the Jags.

    Brown and Gibb had mixed success enjoying some good times but never totally convincing the fans that they were the real deal.

    Whitelaw, Hainey, Forsyth and Glavin all enjoyed success with their new clubs and definitively played at a higher level

    Alan Hansen - became a Liverpool legend!

    I am sure the above list can be added to and my views debated. But isn't that football!!

     

     

    As regards John Flanagan his departure was, as I remember, rather acrimonious insofar as he perhaps thought he was better than a second division player. He was a good enough player - indeed one of my favourites in the relegated 69-70 team - but perhaps jumped too soon? In hindsight a League Cup winners medal and not being relegated with Clyde that same season might have been a better reward. Maybe “doing well” post Thistle might not be the most appropriate thread given the above?

  19. Partick Thistle 🟡🔴 Vs Dunfermline Athletic ⚪️⚫️

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    Posted · Edited by JeanieD

    Perhaps time is confusing my old brain but my memory of the strip of that era was that the stripes were chubbier and the middle one at the front was red. 
    Tomorrow’s replica is ok but a 4th strip? ……….isn’t that a bit unnecessary?

    In fairness they do say “reminiscent” of the Auld era strip so I am perhaps being churlish as regards detail!🤔🤒

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