La Scimmia Rossa

I wonder if this is still his plan and he's waiting on an opening/move.

No, what i'm saying is, i believe it's a myth that our support is disappearing. Unless you or anyone else has actual evidence to the contrary? ie numbers? I've seen lots of discussion/opinions but no actual facts? That was a quick 5 minutes work but i think it holds up to some level of scrutiny? Re the budgeting process i have no idea how it is done but i outlined in another post, how many variables there are and from personal experience how budgets can naturally be skewed towards a positive outcome. Again, if anyone has actual evidence of how the budgeting process is done and specifically where it's gone wrong, i'm sure we'd all be interested to see it. Clearly a budget set with three years experience, should be more accurate than a budget set over two.

Stick me down for another tenner,

Let me know too?

Where is the evidence that we attracted more supporters in the Championship than in the SPFL? Ignore the big one off games- down the years these have always brought out the latent support. If you isolate the games v teams that brought next to no support in our championship winning year,(i dont have the away crowd figures so this makes it easy to indentify core support) this is what you find August 25th Dumbarton 2,944 September 1st Hamilton Academical 2,603 22nd September Cowdenbeath 2,527 October 20th Airdrie United 2,545 November 24th Livingston 2,508 December 15th Raith Rovers 2,221 January 26th Cowdenbeath 2,543 February 19th (Tuesday) Hamilton Academical 2,046 February 23rd Airdrie United 3,021 March 9th Dumbarton 2,715 March 23rd Livingston 2,897 (international weekend. Wales fans in attendance) Allowing for 100 away fans at each game that gives an average Thistle support of 2500. Last season our lowest league , Saturday crowds were v ICT, County and St Johnstone . The lowest being 2603, the highest being 3196 and the others being around 2900. None of these teams brought over 250 fans. Ross and ICt were barely over 100. So at worst you can say the core support is holding up. At best i think you can say it's slightly up? It's not an exact science and it might be slightly skewed but i just don't by this argument being put forward by some.

I'll give you a tenner.

If Hammill signs you have to think Ross Wilson has been the "filter" again. He's been pretty helful to us over the last wee while.

4th time lucky?

From other thread. Hammill move is on. http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2015/09/02/ex-huddersfield-town-winger-adam-hammill-close-to-partick-thistl/

Hammill is on! http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2015/09/02/ex-huddersfield-town-winger-adam-hammill-close-to-partick-thistl/

Things have changed. We've signed players and used up the budget. So the offer that would be on the table, won't be the same. The same would apply to SOD. We've signed to players-Miller and Amoo-because he has gone. Things don't stand still. It is also a two way street. We are trying to better ourselves. Maybe the manager thinks he can add better quality players-Muirhead, Cerny and Booth for example with the money available? It's not personal with Conrad. I like him. He did a great job. Was brilliant with my wee boy every time in player zone. However, having four centre backs who are essentially first teamers would be a waste of a very limited budget.

I think so JAF. might be being greedy but two first teamers plus Rudovic.

Rudovic is at the end of his trial now? I assume as LIB says, he'll be made an offer?

Just to clarify. I like Conrad. What is sad is that he shouldn't have been in this position. At his age and experience, he should have been walking into a team. On the bench for Dunfermline? FFS

Just been tweeted by Jeff Holmes freelance sports photographer . I asked whether Firhill is one of his stops today. " Yes . Possibly". He does all the club's press shoots, so got to think there's another unveiling.

I'm with the passenger bloke. The Conrad Conga has left. Time to move on. The way he's hawking himself around is pretty sad.

Any names for the RB?

Danny Swanson has had his contract terminated at Coventry...

Chris Jack saying no further business tonight. Could be movement tomorrow. That suggests loan deal?

Played v Wigan pre season?

No idea re the detail. I'm sure we'll find out soon enough though.

Aye very good. It wouldn't matter if i said i was Jack Hendry's Da( i'm not) you'd still get the usual suspects popping up. Lets just say its a good source and others will be able to confirm. I have no idea if the add-ons make it up to 250k.

Just posted on other thread. 100k up front. Plus addons.

So it seems it's c 100k up front. Plus add-ons. Decent bit of business considering...

Ronaldo playing again as trialist tonight...