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The Fyrish Monument just along the road provides ready made goal posts and an excellent view. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyrish_Monument

WJ. Congratulations on your re-election. I hope that you now take off that hat and scarf, and cool down over the summer.

I agree with that as well!

Yes. @Norgethistle has been (and no doubt still is and will be in future) a tremendous worker and ambassador for PTFC in a range of different capacities, and his particular input to the TJF Board will be missed. The dedication from afar is incredible and I am sure that we will still see him at Firhill and a few away grounds as well. Always a pleasure.

Do any clubs disclose transfer fees? I appreciate that for bigger clubs there can be more or less well-informed media speculation on amounts involved. To bring it to our level, can anyone provide evidence of a Scottish Championship club officially stating (ie not just others speculating) the exact amount paid or received for a player?

That would seem somewhat surprising for a rookie manager/head coach. I could understand it more in an experienced manager who had an established and successful track record in running the whole show.

I though that you would want someone who plays for the Jersey.

Just needs 15 more goals for the career 100, or only 14 for a Flake.

Happy to be corrected, but I am not aware of TJF conducting its discussions with the Board through social media. As a member of TJF I received yesterday an email indicating various matters which TJF intended to raise at a meeting with the Board this week. I am not a social media animal, but I am not aware of TJF posting about this on social media. No doubt individuals, some perhaps TJF members and some perhaps not, have chosen to air their opinions on these matters by social media, but that is different from TJF itself doing so.

Looks like I was either ignorant or prophetic!

On the last point, WJ will correct me if I am wrong, but I am sure that the 2 directly elected supporters' representatives on the Board are not TJF representatives. TJF did previously have a representative on the Board, but after appropriate consultation decided to withdraw this. As far as I know the TJF representative has already stood down, leaving TJF no representatives on the Board (and perhaps making it easier for TJF to be critical!).

As the flood of submissions has slowed to a trickle, here is a quick analysis of the 19 predictions made thus far. Where posters listed all 10 places, I have awarded 20 points for first right down to 2 for tenth. Where posters made definite statements for some and more general predictions for the rest, I have endeavoured to allocate the same number of points appropriately. Accordingly the forum conclusion is as follows (with number of points in brackets): 1. St Johnstone (331) 2. Ross County (321) 3. Dunfermline (281) 4. Raith Rovers (268) 5. Ayr United (247) 6. Partick Thistle (219) 7. Morton (120) 8. Airdrie (118) 9. Arbroath (116) 10. Queen's Park (69) Accordingly St Johnstone and Ross County will battle each other to decide who wins the league, and who goes into the play offs, but can sit out the first round. Dunfermline and Raith Rovers occupy the final two play off spots, with Ayr United possibly having a say in that conversation. Thistle are in a lonely but safe 6th place (mid-table mediocrity?). Morton, Airdrie and Arbroath fight like tigers to avoid the relegation play off place, and Queen's Park are utterly doomed.

Begin Again!

If our board are not string leaders, hopefully they will do a decent job with the brass section.

I think that there were 5 “stooges”, to use Graham Spiers’ expression! But I agree with your general point. It is difficult for him to overcome that undeniable history.

I agree that this does seem remarkably careless. Anything to do with viewing and using footage of another person has to be sensitively handled, and comments about it should be considered and accurate.

Many thanks for all responses so far. Looks like bad news for Queens Park. Quite a few people have bought into the Neil Lennon hype. I am perhaps a little more sceptical about that. He does not appear to have lasted long anywhere for a while. Initial boldness, enthusiasm and energy seem to dissipate quickly. The predictions remind me of 2 seasons ago when financial challenges were revealed, and many were thinking that we would do well to survive in the division. In the end we were a fairly comfortable 3rd. The season immediately past had us tagged as among the favourites from the outset, and the club fed rather than downplaying that narrative with the league-winning budget comments. The team did not handle that pressure well in the early stages of the season. Perhaps a low-key low expectation approach will suit us better. Of course I have not helped by predicting us winning the league!

Let's all predict how the league table will look at the end of this season. None of this namby-pamby nonsense about waiting to see who signs who and has what budget etc. Just go for it now and see how silly or sensible it looks in May 2026. I will kick things off, although I do have a problem, as I cannot predict against Thistle. It seems to me like being disloyal or making a self-fulfilling prophecy. I am sure that other posters will not have such hang ups. Here we go: 1. Partick Thistle 2. Ross County 3. St Johnstone 4. Raith Rovers 5. Ayr United 6. Dunfermline 7. Airdrie 8. Morton 9. Arbroath 10. Queen's Park

That's interesting. I did go straight from the link, but the first thing I was then asked to do in Fanzone was to log in. However, maybe by doing that I "jumped a stage" in the process. I will ignore the link and start off by logging into the App next year!

Looks like you cannot "like" or otherwise react to an Admin post! This is just to say "Noted and Understood", and "Many thanks and much appreciated".

Renewed via Fanzone App with Jags for Generations, and hoping that might give me a chance of getting an away ticket to the Queens Park game. Only one gremlin in the process. I clicked for Renewal but was still told to select a seat. I checked the seat number of the seat in which I never sit in the John Lambie Stand and was told that it was already reserved (no doubt for me!). The next seat was available so I took that. Presumably in due course my old seat will be unlocked and somebody else can get it. I am not in the least bothered as to which seat number I have. However, I appreciate that for others this is more important. Have others managed same seat renewal through the App or does that necessitate some further interaction with the club?

Here is the link to the excellent Thistle Archive http://www.thethistlearchive.net/match-1999-09-04 4th September 1999. 5th game of the league campaign. Quinton replaces Jags legend Eddie McGuinness on 63 minutes with Thistle 1-0 down. Davie Elliot bags the equaliser in the 82nd minute.

Random memory, but did Davie Elliot score our equaliser at Stranraer on the day on which Quinton Jacobs made his amazing debut from the bench?

I'm a bit slow here, so please feel free to spell this out for my benefit (and perhaps for the benefit of others!?). Am I right in thinking that Lee Turnbull is not an exclusively PTFC employee? We buy in specific scouting services and expertise. Equally he is offering similar services to other clubs and therefore is not a significant drain on limited PTFC financial resources. You can tell me if I have got that wrong!

I have seen the odd morsel of information which seems to indicate that there is someone called Lee Turnbull who is now our Head of Recruitment. Is he an employee of the club or is this some sort of outsourcing arrangement? When was he appointed? Is this a new post or a replacement for someone who has departed? Who is he recruiting? I was assuming that for the first team squad, Ian Baraclough was in charge of recruitment? I am doing my best to get my head round the Sporting Director/Head Coach dynamic, and I think that I am just about getting there, and can see how Mark Wilson's particular skillset fits that model. I am puzzled as to what part of the jigsaw the Head of Recruitment is holding, and, in the absence of a contrary explanation, it does seem that we are multiplying off-field staff appointments at the expense of the playing squad. I am very willing to be enlightened and to have this explained to me, since, as always, I want to be positive!