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Championship/Promotion celebration day at Dumfries to round the season off!

Russia's 5-0 victory does not worry me. I am still going for Egypt and Uruguay to qualify from Group A

BB I think that you should put us into qualifying sections . However, I would prefer it if you mix it up as being thrown in with Eljaggo, Elevenone and the Prince of Kadriorg looks like the group of death.

What did Bell O'Ware? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NztfOSyCCFM The answer-A Brand New Jersey!

Hopefully not a clanger.

Saved by the Bell

I agree that is a fair summary. His first season (which I think was more like two-thirds of a season) was very encouraging, he was our "go to " centre back as compared to Balatoni and the frequently injured Seaborne, and he capped it off with a fine and very important goal at Ross County. There was talk of him moving up a level when the time came for him to leave us. His second season just never got going. He was sent off in the first game at Hamilton, had niggling injuries, scored a horrendous own goal at Motherwell, and when he did begin to knock on the selection door found it difficult to displace a rapidly improving Lindsay and a more regularly available and reasonably effective Seaborne. He was part of the infamous 3 centre backs without a ball-playing sweeper experiment in the dreadful Scottish Cup tie at Tannadice, and by the time he secured a spot in the starting line up the season was just about over. So I tend to agree that he is a decent player and a good character, and there would be some encouragment in our being his team of choice over two of our rivals, but definitely not worth over-stretching the budget for.

Is "fenestration" short hand for festering and returning administration, like what keeps happening to Dundee and Livingston? Strangely fenestration does not seem to have caused either much harm.

What is Jonny Tuffey's contract situation ? He was great at recycling the ball and also drove the team up the park

Away in captivity. Required from us a song.

Coatbridge does provide the Time Capsule and the Summerlea Heritage Centre, while Ochilview rather surprisingly provides a decent view of the Ochils.

Our new signing certainly gets about a bit. He is name checked by William Shakespeare in the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet.

Is he the first Partick Thistle player to be mentioned in the lyrics of a Peter Sarstedt song?

Think I agree with you. Enjoy the sunshine walking along the canal from my office on Speirs Wharf. Probably get back quicker and certainly a lot more cheerful than huffing and puffing online. Other sales outlets should try this. Why stop at a humble canal? I could be striding along the banks of the River Amazon or breathing in the sea air round the Bay of E.

Paul McGinn?

If you include Miles Storey as a "semi-detached" member of our squad, he has played for Aberdeen (though not that often).

Not sure if that is a club appointment. More like a privilege or accident of birth.

Aggressive, but skilful midfielder with a wonderful curly blonde perm. Despite the tough image, always came across as a really nice guy.

BB, decided to follow the Archie method of repeating failed tactics, but expecting a different result. So after surviving relegation from the Scottish Cup pop up in the play offs, I have chosen to go with the teams I want to win rather than those I expect will win. Got to give Eljaggo a chance! A 3 4 1 2 B 2 1 3 4 C 4 3 2 1 D 2 3 4 1 E 1 3 2 4 F 3 2 4 1 G 1 3 2 4 H 2 1 3 4

Just wait 4 years. Brechxit will see the Angus Quadrangle secede from the rest of Scotland and apply for FIFA membership. Boasting a squad overflowing with the combined talents of Brechin City, Arbroath, Forfar and Montrose, and talismanic striker Rory McAllister recalled from exile in Peterhead, and managed by wily old fox Dick Campbell, the People's Republic of Angus will be the new Iceland and take the 2022 World Cup by storm!

Agree entirely with your first paragraph. However, many of us tend to know more about the older players as they have kept turning up to good effect against Thistle over the years! Michael Gardyne would be an obvious example. Must be ancient. Would have been a great signing 5 years ago, but not now. What we should hope for are a couple of well-known and proven players, plus a number of younger guys whom we have never heard of, but are bubbling under the surface and ready for a breakthrough season. The Stevie Lawless of 6 years ago, hovering on the fringes at Motherwell and completely unknown to me, is the sort of player that springs to mind. It must require a fair amount of insider knowledge and good scouting and contacts to unearth players like that. A player I have mentioned before who may still be relatively young and hungry and with something to prove is Sam Stanton. The shining light in the poor Hibs team that slid into relegation, I thought that he would walk the Championship the next season, but for whatever reason he dipped and has since then flitted from team to team without settling. I saw that he had turned up at Tannadice last season, but do not know if he has now been freed. Unless injury has taken its toll or his early talent has evaporated or he has attitude problems, could be the kind of player we need. Incisive attacker and could both score and create goals.

If Douglas Clark can tell me his preferred position, I can re-build the team round him. I do not know what sort of person he is, but could Douglas be that snarling, inspirational, win at all costs, take no prisoners , walk though a brick wall for Thistle captain we are craving?

Just say we had to play a game tomorrow and did not want to rely on the transfer listed players. Looks like we would have to go with the following (in 4-2-3-1 formation): Jamie Sneddon Christie Elliott Tomas Cerny Douglas Clark James Penrice Andrew McCarthy Stuart Bannigan Blair Spittal Callum Wilson Chris Erskine Kris Doolan Apart from the makeshift central defence of Tomas Cerny and Douglas Clark, that has the glimmer of a decent team. Good to watch and would play the Thistle Way.

You are on a roll today!

PS for Barney. I read an article on the BBC Sport website about Alan Kennedy who scored the winner for Liverpool in a European Cup Final. His nickname was .........Barney Rubble!