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I hope the chair of the Jags Foundation tokes some learnings from the events over the last few days. The club board are under some real pressure with the accident to the sporting director and were doing the right thing for his family by restricting information.. They probably thought we have a meeting with the Jags Foundation in a few days where we can explain the added challenges of the loss of a key person to the club whilst they are recovering. They would not have expected the Jags Foundation to issue a public statement to increase the pressure on them before the board meeting. This is not how you work together for the benefit of Partick Thistle, it is even worse when the Jags Foundation still had a member on the board of Partick Thistle. The Jags Foundation need to agree how they communicate to work with the Board, rather than in a way that creates division and opposition.

They chose to make this very public, which resulted in the discussions on social media. The TJF board were elected to act on our behalf, there is no need to send this before the meeting with the club board. It was poor judgement.

That is how a professional organisation would have done it, rather than launching a few very public grenades. I don't see any benefit from their approach other that generating more unrest at the club during a crucial time in the preseason business.

You elect a Jags Foundation board to engage with the club board. I would have expected better from the Jags foundation. Have these discussions with the board in private not through social media.

I would hope that they would look at the balance of the squad, between senior players and emerging youth talent. Find a squad balance that develops young players. Doolan just signed expensive senior players, but that is not a sustainable model. Not many players on our books that have any value. We should be developing a few players every season.

I think this is just a case of poor judgment from someone in a position of influence in the club.

Not sure why the young goalkeeper was started he looked a bit out of his depth. Where was Mitchell, he was a sub but never warmed up. We subbed four midfielders, I think this affected the balance of the team in the second half. Not sure why at corners against airdrie we had every man defending. Why not leave one player upfront.

Where the club have screwed up and played into Brian Grahams hands is the long contract extension he was given as a player. The only way to get him off the playing books would be to appoint him as a manager. Until this point we will either be a team with very little movement upfront, or not being a club that can attract other strikers as he will always insist on playing.

Was not just the change in keeper, we changed our full backs due to injury, and then split up the best centre back paring.

You just need a manager who is good at recruitment. The top three managers in the division don't need one. We are only considering one as Doolan is very poor at recruitment.

100% it is the managers fault. He has signed the players to replace the ones we have lost. He can not build a balanced squad. The squad is full of highly paid experienced players. If you list who we have lost and compare it against who has been signed as a replacement, it is not down to lack of finance.

I think most other players would not have been sent off, but unfortunately BG is a target for referees due to his constant anticts on the pitch. I am not sure if the referees encounter him a the manager of the ladies team and this also clouds their judgement. If I was a referee I would not give him the benefit of doubt when making a decision. Erty

Every fan knew before the season started that no right back was an issue. It was not hindsight.

Auditors do not tell you to make the change to incorporate the ladies team.They can only confirm that the change is OK to do, or facilitate the change. The decision was made by someone on the board.

I think the board have finally woken up and realised that Doolan can not be trusted to build a squad. We pay big wages for senior players and give emerging talent no chance of developing. We carry the cost of an academy but do hot know how to progress players into the first team.