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FT Partick Thistle Clyde After an exciting game ended four each, Thistle win the penalty shootout to earn the bonus point and progress to the semi-finals of the Glasgow Cup! From the Thistle Facebook page. Sounds like an interesting night with a positive outcome. Thistle were 0-2 and 1-3 down, and came back to lead 4-3 before the final equaliser. Stevie Lawless started the game. I have not checked substitution timings to see how long he played. Jakubiak, Ablade, Mackenzie etc also started alongside many of the younger players. Would be interesting to hear from any who were at the game as to how those named and others played.

I think that the loss of Emma Lawton has been huge. She was an absolute stand-out as has been proved by her subsequent international success.

Not disagreeing with you at all, but I would perhaps tend to frame it more from the perspective that the team hugely over-achieved in the past couple of seasons, especially last season. In the early part of this season, we were conceding a lot of draws in games we would hope to have won. That did seem fixable, and I was hopeful that our bottom 6 campaign would provide the opportunity to get back into gear with a series of wins. Unfortunately we are now starting to lose these sorts of games which is rather concerning.

Just in after a thorough drenching in the Wee Dublin End. Not a bad game of football given the incredibly difficult conditions. First 20 minutes of the first half we were better, but then Morton took over for the rest of the half. Second half was more evenly matched in terms of both teams having shorter spells when they were on top. We had a particularly good 10 minutes leading up to the goal, so based on that I would say that we just merited the victory, though a draw would also have been a fair result. A few quick points to mention. Megwa was absolutely outstanding, especially in the second half, so was man of the match for me. Fitzy made a very strong impact off the bench, running at defenders and turning them inside out. Banzo was almost flawless and kept tidying things up all over the pitch. Budd did not have any difficult saves, but his positioning and alertness was very impressive. Always in the right place. O’Reilly put in some superb blocks when we were under pressure. He did really well for the goal. I thought that Turner’s cross was slightly over hit, but Dan got in a brave diving header at the far post. The ball took an age to cross the line! The referee seemed to end the game very early so maybe his watch had gone 5 minutes forward to remind him to do the other 55 later. I thought that we had a few minutes more bombardment to endure, so it was a huge relief when the whistle blew.

I could ask the same question about Ben Stanway.

What a shame for you to have to endure two such awful games. I hope that you are able to return soon and enjoy better fortune in your choice of Thistle games (and Scotland games, if applicable)!

Full-time. The best result!

Tomi Adeloye!

Now 2-2. A bit more exciting than Raith's last game.

I see that it is 2-1 now. On balance I think that a draw would be optimum (less points being handed out), very closely followed by a Raith win. A Morton win is the only outcome from which it would be difficult to take comfort.

It's that point 5 at the end that worries me. If it had been 193710244 to 1, I would be OK about it.

Falkirk’s win today means that we can no longer be champions.

Slightly off topic, but would welcome input. I was having a WhatsApp consultation with other Thistle-supporting members of the family who were in attendance last night. We came to the conclusion that the set of 4 games against Raith this season was the worst set of 4 league games against the same opponents in the same season that we could recollect. You will recall the dreadful 3-0 reverse at Starks Park that ultimately cost Kris Doolan his job. The earlier 1-0 loss at Raith was a poor game between poor teams, one of whom happened to score a fairly soft penalty. And of course we had last night. The only semi-reasonable game was the first at Firhill where we took the lead but were pulled back by a great free kick from Raith. Accordingly 3 rubbish games and one mediocre one. Can anyone recall such a set when all 4 games were rank, and which no neutral would ever pay money to watch?

Michael Max said it was 4-2-3-1, but Brian Graham corrected him and said that it was 4-3-3.

Budd still no saves to make!

Until tonight I thought that Reid was steadily improving. But agreed that he was awful tonight. As well as his poor touch, he kept losing possession through not guarding the ball well enough from a player coming up behind him.

Jakubiak had another good showing.

Second half a whole lot better. We were the only team in it, but still not great.

So I have now realised! However, he is playing more like Kelly than Fitzy! Think we still have to change things to get Fitzy further forward and perhaps get more pace on. Ablade?

Kelly playing right wing back. Dreadful first half. Raith seem to be filling the midfield and we cannot get out of our own half with any decent possession. Long hopeful punts towards Chalmers is not a tactic. Kelly is solid enough but we are missing Megwa and are short of players with a bit of speed and creativity. I think that we need to change our personnel and approach to push Raith back and get some possession higher up the pitch. Fitzpatrick to share the load with Chalmers would be a start.

This seems to answer your question. The words "pre-match grub" might give you a clue. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/aitken-suite-on-friday-night/

Apologies for the late alarm call. Hope you got up in time. Enjoy the game!

I think you are right

Agreed regarding Holt and Brownlie, but who is hiding behind Hyde?

A lot of the analysis of the sporting director/head coach appointments seems to be along the lines of who do we as fans blame for X or Y, as though the ability of fans to allocate blame is the most important aspect. Could we not take a more positive view of this potential future working relationship?