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Bad injuries.

But...the club has today called the impact of his contribution "transformational".

This was on the cusp of the season we went on the win the league, right?

wut

Beattie told the Trust it was a "work in progress", though. Was he lying?

So, the club has refuted one of the allegations made by the "insider" while two have proven to be true, right?

That isn't particularly consistent.

The statement made it clear that the Chairman and Chief Executive had discussed the potential new owners' business model with the Trust, so they could have added that. After all, it exists to act as "a voice for Partick Thistle fans", not a little clique that's given enough exclusive access to information to allow it to take a position without balloting its members. You seem very reluctant to question why it wouldn't communicate that information, or why, if Mr Beattie sees fit to discuss these details with the Trust, why he wouldn't share the vision with the wider fan base that it purports to represent. I find that odd of you. What's also slightly strange is that it seems that the statement re. board changes wasn't issued by the club's communications team, but by a third party. I'd be interested to know if that third party is being employed by the club, a single shareholder or the group of shareholders that initiated the change - those same shareholders who're ready to cash in, apparently. it's all a bit weird, isn't it?

On reflection, his post about the Trust issuing a clear and unambiguous statement is a crock of sh*t, too. What was it he said about the previous board's statements? The most interesting thing is what they fail to say, or words to that effect? The below, taken from the Trust update, is a classic example of that. It mentions "transformational" "tried and tested" business models. What's the proposed business model? Where have they been utilised successfully? More questions than answers, and yet that's supposed to satiate the supporters? Aye right, Jim.

In what way do finances "appear to be a mess"?

Easy enough for Beattie to call bulls**t if that's the case.

That's my take on it, too.

Who said the club is struggling financially?

Seems to be, yeah. It's strange to think that, if memory serves me well, Beattie was one of the main opponents to greater fan representation. My guess is the Trust is being played and will be dropped like hot s**t once it's served its purpose.

To a degree, yes. But the Trust's communiqué also states that a conversation has taken place regarding the potential new owners' proposed business model, the details of which the Trust hasn't communicated to its members, nor has the 'new' board to the wider fanbase. It would've been great to put a question to the board about that at the open day, but they appear to have withdrawn from the planned Q&A session.

Internet pages can be edited @jaggymct - the quoted post looks like a cut 'n' paste job with its author being the individual who's picked up on the change to the agenda.

McGinty was the best of our three CHs. And his cross for Cardle's goal was sublime. I'm concerned with the ease that O'Ware's beaten the the air. It's been apparent over the course of the League Cup games - the goal we conceded against QP being a prime example - and it continued yesterday.

Thistle second best, but Alloa have Parry to thank for the point.

He started both of the League Cup games played on plastic. Subbed after 81 minutes against Queen's Park, played the full 90 against Hamilton.

I appreciate he's operating in a higher division, but it'll be interesting to see how Goodwin's side bounce back from this given the number of Caldwell's detractors who suggested we'd missed a trick by failing to appoint him boss (who knows if he was actually interested?!).

It has; they've widened it ahead of Saturday's game.

I'm not saying we're going to win the league, but I'd like to point out that the first competitive match of the 2012/13 season was a 1-0 win against...Clyde.

Squad following Austin's signing.

Three games, four goals (ignoring the OG for the purposes of this post), four different goalscorers. Bodes well.