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I would say most businesses need to increase revenue to survive.

Going forward, I’d really like to see better visuals for communicating things out to the fans. We seem to present everything in narrative form (you could even see it in the video - single PPT slide filled with text), which isn’t the best way to convey info. Concepts like the difference between PTFC Trust/Jags Trust/TJF and the general change in shareholding could be done with charts. A timeline would be really useful for the “who said what, when?” conversation and keeping people honest, especially when it comes to the board claiming to budget for break even and then changing to a planned loss.

Excited for this one and chuffed to be there in person. Bringing along my bro-in-law and a good pal from the Manc area. Recommendations for good pubs near the ground?

So the film series is then…. Tranche 1: A New Hope Tranche 2 and the Preservation of Power Tranche 3…..Return of the Jacqui?

One for the TJF board members reading this thread. For those unable to attend the meeting: 1) Is there a recommended way to submit questions in advance? 2) Am I correct that the vote will be held at the meeting? If so, is there a way to do a proxy vote or submit my vote in advance? Thank you!

Because he was on a hat trick? Wasn’t Robinson kept on for the same reason?

That was cathartic.

It was always going to require Thistle to find a way to be self-sustaining and find a way to live within its means while not sacrificing a lofty vision to return to the Premiership and beyond. The SPFL works against clubs like us in that regard, and it’s no easy feat to achieve both ends. Now, fate sometimes likes to kick me in the nuts as evidenced by the fact I’ll be in town for the meeting but can’t attend due to a wedding…..but the way I see it we need to point-blank ask all involved: - Whether the board thinks we can sustain ourselves AND achieve promotion - Specifics on avoiding the need for a tranche 3 - Specifics on how we become self-sustaining. I’d note JJ focuses a lot on “all they have is vague commercial revenue increases”, but I saw outreach plans to increase the fan base which made sense to me - What the secondary investors are getting out of this. Maybe it’s potential business deals, relationships, and contacts. Those have value.

Maybe we need to be more explicit about what Board success and failure would look like, and what criteria would lead the Trustees to remove Board members. There’s a case to be made against having a revolving door, and there’s a case to be made against giving them a dozen chances to get things right.

The most interesting point from the statement is that Tranche 2 isn’t just Donald McClymont. The 500k comes from 7 different individuals, all putting in a minimum of 50k. My main question is - what’s the motivation of the 6 who aren’t McClymont? Football investment isn’t one where you get your money back.

I’m going to need these threads converted into a shared Excel document with comments and track changes turned on.

I know it’s a trash draw, but the family and I are over that weekend and I was gonna need a home game or a nearby away game if I had any hope to see Thistle. So I apologize to everyone but I’m selfishly elated by this draw. 😝

Still too many sloppy, loose passes but I thought that looked a lot better. The midfield pairing seemed the right decision, but I don’t understand why we still have such trouble advancing the ball in attack. So many times, the defenders would throw their arms up because there was no one to pass to, then hoof it up.

One thing my untrained eye noticed in attack is how patient Falkirk were. They were happy to move the ball about in the final third to try finding the best opening and weren’t even afraid to try the other side of the pitch in the same attack. Meanwhile, we get a run down the left side and it’s one cross and done. I would imagine this has knock-on effects for our confidence as the game goes on because the players settle for this as the standard.

That was amazingly poor. I can’t imagine how painful it was for those watching in person. I would probably advocate board intervention by this point - speak with every single player and coach, get their opinion of what’s wrong, then make whatever changes are necessary. I don’t recall ever seeing a Thistle team this bad.