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Fair enough I agree on his day he can change a game. But has he had many if any of those days this year? Going by stats and by being at games, Lawless has been the most creative player! Osman has been consistent all year...Surely that deserves a contract over our best player (last year)

Osman has been one of our best players this year, Higgy has massively under performed, would be no where near the top 5 performers this year... I'm sorry but 3 good months last season doesn't make you irreplaceable! Get Osman signed up ASAP!

Love the Doolan stats!!! Really enjoy reading these! Good work. Could be wrong, but I'm sure Lawless has 8 assists this year?

I assumed you would be wise enough to work out in which context i was using the word so sorry i didnt explain that in easier terms for you. The toddler type slanging match is getting old really fast, i am willing to concede and let you get on with the housekeeping as i am no longer bothered about or expecting an intelligent answer.I also have absolute sh*t to watch on telly that takes precidence over this quite easily.

My opinion is simply that and if its sh*t its sh*t but i am as intitled as anyone else to voice it. I never said He thought he was better than any other player i said i thought him forbes and baird were better than elliott or craigen; two guys that played a handfull of games each last year and that i m not really impressed with this year if i m honest, but again thats just my opinion. I think we have been creating chances all season just not converting them we were doing that with stevie in the team aswell and as for the twitter thing i only checked his twitter to see what had been said after being prompted by comments on here and i never saw anything on there about team selections i fail to see where the spoilt pr*ck attitude towards a player that was imense last season is coming from on here is there something i have missed. I dont see why commenting on him being left out of a team when he hasnt signed a deal is bonkers it happens all the time all over the world and i certainly didnt mean it to be disrespectfull to anybody but i still think it is a valid comment, archie could be giving the guys who are tied up more game time because he doesnt know if stevies going to sign or it could be the dip in form but he wont aclimatise to this league the way doolan is starting to from the bench, and he certainly wont do it with fans on his back.

Please give your specialist insights and give me a chance to defend my opinion instead of waiting on another halfwit to retort to your insult making you feel justified. I thought the whole point of a fans forum was to be able to express your opinion or gain information on matters concerning your club, not to insult fellow fans that might have a different take or opinion from you. The funny thing is i put my opinion out there and i am happy to have it scrutinised or disagreed with i somehow doubt you would feel the same if anyone disagreed with yours.

Agreed.

Fair doos and quite right about forbes it just riles me when jags supporters get tore into there own players.

Elaborate .

I ve jist been on his twitter to see what this is about he replied with lol when asked why he and forbes were not playing so how is that a question on team selection i think he should block the guys who think they have a right to make crap comments to him or for that matter just make stuff up.

His form was pants because he was carrying an injury, he uses the ball better than any other player we have and when he does lose the ball more often than not he will fight to get it back. Lets no beat about the bush here, on his day he is a cracking player and it now looks as if football politics are coming into play, maybe because he hasnt signed a new deal ? bit unfair if thats the case cos neither has sinclair and both paton and erskine didnt get dropped despite comitting there future careers to dundee utd in jan last year. I would also rather he was peed off about not starting rather than not giving a hoot it means he does actually care about playing for the club and not being in the team. Can someone enlighten me on the fuss he has made about a new contract aswell i canny be reading the right papers and the players in this league arent a foot taller or wider than the ones from last year so i canny accept the bullied excuse either that keeps cropping up when your no the biggest, he got kicked about all last year but because he was scoring goals and tied up for a while it was fine. Another thing that might be annoying him is the fact that craigen and elliott are getting a shout before him aswell lawless forbes and baird for that matter are all better players than both of them and anyone who has played the game ( and i have albeit a while ago now ) will be able to see that archie is chucking in the bigger of the guys hes got instead of the ones with obvious attributes and ability. If it is a case that he is waiting to see what sort of contract comes from elsewhere then thats up to him if the deal that we offered him wasnt right for him, it is after all his or any other players job, do you really think higgy and osbourne would have signed for us if they were offered better deals elswhere.I remember welsh dragging his heels a bit aswell at the start of the season and didnt see him getting villafied for his deal not being right the same time as the other guys, i reckon maybe he was wanting more than what was on offer at the time and maybe got it. I know it shouldnt always come down to money but football is a very short career and any person in any workplace has the right to make more money or work in a better environment if they so choose or are given that opportunity why should that change if your a footballer. I thought at times today we could have done with a bit of craft espescially when izaguire looked completly out of it for about 15 - 20 mins, higgy looked shattered and wasnt tracking back late on in the game why not chuck lawless or even baird on for the last wee while we had only made two subs. I thought craigen or even welsh ( who was complete gash today ) should have been off before bannigan i also never saw craigen win a physical battle all day, does that mean he got bullied ? and for me we again made it easy for the opposition to score and conceding goals is worse than not scoring them, the defence need to wise up and nobody is talking about them getting bullied at set pieces or open play which is basically what is happening to them.

Dae u actually support thistle m8 cos you've never got a good word to say on here. we still have three quarters of the season to go and your already calling some in the team flops.I ve been to every game this season home and away and i missed three last year i would hardly call any of the boys flops in fact i would say most of them are trying to hold there own and probably trying there best to compete with players that are better than they are used to and managers that are more tactically aware. Also the teams playing youngsters you are talking about are established spl clubs that have bigger budgets and scouting networks than us, it really is sad to see fans stick the boot in to there own team at any opportunity, the boys we have got earned the right to play in this league by winning a trophy last year, they are not world beaters and did anybody really think this would be anything but a hard season. Unfortunatley we are not blessed with an abundance of cash to go and get three or four top class players so our manager who is on a massive learning curve the same as his young team is working with the tools at his disposal and although they havn't set the heather on fire they have created alot of chances and in spells have done really well, yes we need to convert the chances but more importantly we need to stop gifting goals, we have had one clean sheet this season against Dundee utd on the first day that is the real worry for me, and in 12 competitive matches we have scored 14 and conceded 16 how are strikers supposed to have confidence to go forward if the defence is letting them down. Hearts, Hibs, Kilmarnock all had one chance and scored with them and all for me were defensive mistakes that is the difference between 3 points and 9, St johnstone had a few chances but again a defensive error cost us in that match, if the back line had seen those games out without the mistakes and took maximum points we would be tied top with celtic. The team we have is doing ok and the only real gubbings we have had were the first half at Motherwell, Aberdeen ( a team most in the game are tipping to be second this year ) and Dundee utd ( arguably the best strike force outside Celtic ) other than that we have competed well but been a bit wet behind the ears. Bottom line, let the manager and his team learn and let them know we can see them through the bad times as well as the good, i am sure the boys are hurting after a game they know they have dominated and come away with a mugging the last thing they or for that matter fans that want to support there team positivly need to hear is them getting labeled flops.

Totally agree.

Zola is a diddy, Piccolo cost us that game.and unfortunately the lower end of the table clubs are paying there players double - treble what we are so can attract an ever so slightly better calibre. It is swings and roundabouts, does the club risk an inflated wage for goals then we still concede like in previous games, or do they make do with what they have and hope Hearts Kille and St Mirren capitulate. Archie picked Piccolo, his subs have been rank and like for like subs is not game changing tactics, and as far as i can see apart from Osbourne and maybe Higgy his signings have been pants and Kerr is a complete waste of a wage maybe we could have used that extra money for the striker we so desperatly need.

Your completly right m8 there is to much negativity we are supposed to be thistle supporters, and were no Barcalona.