ChiThistle

We started well but this hoofball is hard to watch.

Ayr TV announcers saying the field is a bit “slippy”…..I guess we should expect at least one awful goal then.

Suggest we go a 4-2-3-2 with Graham and Ablade upfront and hope the ref doesn’t notice.

This morning, my toast had a currant ratio of 1.0. It was delicious.

This documentary is gonna be amazing.

That was complete garbage.

Floor! ….… ….… …although….

Yeah I might just be unrealistic about Scottish sports merchandise compared with the over saturation of US sports merchandise (you can get team-themed anything here). Figured I’d check. Pretty sure the club itself has some of these. So they’re available SOMEHOW….

Oddball topic but I’m writing this from an IKEA…. Does anyone know any shops that sell PTFC rugs? Looking for a rug for my PTFC-themed home office; found a couple sites that purport to sell them but they seem like sketchy dropshipping sites. If all else fails I’ll contact the club but figured I’d start here first.

That’s what I always thought. A signal to start any designed movement in the box.

Looking back, the investors got a 10% stake in Thistle for 500k. Two questions: 1) Will the second tranche result in additional 10% stake? 2) Does the initial offering imply that PTFC’s enterprise value is just north of 5M, given our debt and cash reserves?

So do you think we have a legitimate opportunity to increase revenue by maximizing use of Firhill as an event space beyond match days (which would require staff)? If so, would you attempt to retain staffing levels but cut costs through outsourcing…..some of it? All of it?

I don’t think anyone would disagree the books need to be balanced in order to maintain long-term health. From what I’m gathering, there are two divergent opinions on how to achieve this: 1) Tear it down and build back up from scratch by significantly reducing overhead, the majority of which will come from playing and non-playing payroll. 2) Find a way to “rebuild the plane as you’re flying it.” Option 1 gets you where you need to be faster but takes you longer to get back to where you were. Option 2 affords you the ability to continue building off what you have, but questions abound as to how to properly maintain “flight” while you’re doing that. Jim sounds more Option 1 and others (TJF included) sound more Option 2.

Not to derail the conversation 😁 but reading back through the pages I realized JJ has been calling Woodstock Jag “Woodland Jag” this whole time, and now I can’t stop picturing Graeme living in a treehouse in the middle of a forest somewhere.

I’m actually concerned about our ability to do that. According to the update, we have the POTENTIAL to get a six-figure sum from selling Ceiran Loney. A tall striker (most lucrative position) who was bagging goals for the youth sides, and we’ll never get the chance to realize his potential true asset value. So our best talent will only ever generate a 5-figure sum. Compare to someone like Ricco Diack. Talented, but not someone the bigger clubs are lining up to take a punt on. Ricco now finds himself 2nd or 3rd choice striker. If he doesn’t get a chance to score for fun, we’ll never realize his value either. I’d like to see him loaned out somewhere he can be a first choice striker.

I understand beer and sandwiches were served….. 😁

I’m gonna need to convert this into an Excel. In fact, maybe that’s my new project.

Just so I understand, it was still mainly Jacqui Low’s board that had us on course to lose 600k in one year, right? (I’m calling it 600k because the Rangers tie was a lucky get). I’d love to see the line-item list of how we got there. Where we overspent, what didn’t materialize, etc. There was a lot of talk about the “margin of safety” - I didn’t realize we were going to need the full million to make that happen.

Dire reading that. Informational, but dire. Some revenue improvements but living largely off donations. It seems that budgeting for stadium repairs is a new concept as well. How on earth were we set up to lose 600k in a single year?!? Would love more details about that.

Thing I’m most concerned about three games in is that we don’t seem to know who our starting 11 are or what formation we’re playing. Hell of a time to be figuring this out in the fly. I never want to see 4-1-4-1 again. Or whatever that was. (edit: “are” to “our”)

The Club Board invited them to take part (for some reason) and I assume perhaps the board rep didn’t have an interviewing background? That said, I’m curious whether, if it came down to TJF liking Candidate A more but the board liking Candidate B, who wins out?

You also can budget for roles without them being for a full fiscal year. Many companies strategically delay hiring to achieve the cost savings. The full salary won’t hit the budget until next year.

So that means he plays Fright Back? 🤪

Curious about this Casper Nilsson rumor. Haven’t seen anything to suggest it’s legitimate other than a single post on Twitter……

I’m confused about Zander. Three year deal to 2026 and we only ever play him at something other than his natural position. And even then he gets little game time.