Jag

Why don't you tell him the fairy tale about the footballer who walked away from a three year contract after six months - without a pay off - or another job to go to - because he missed his Mommy and Daddy? That one is a cracker.

There are a number of ways it could possibly save money. There could be a retiree who goes to their holiday home in Spain every July and, rather than leave their house empty, lets the club use it at a reduced rate. Somebody who rents property could be between tenants, and want somebody in their flat short term. Someone with a four bedroom house whose kids have now left has room for a lodger and happy to help club at a reduced rate. There are many more possibilities. The club survives on volunteers. Whether that be office staff or programme sellers, people give up their time for Partick Thistle for nothing. There is a guy that works with the maintenance team, pretty much full time, who is retired. He could get a job in Asda or B&Q, but he chooses to work at the club - and doesn't get paid. Every summer the club ask for volunteers to help get stadium ready for new season, and people go in and help. Painting stairs, changing light bulbs, whatever. I don't think them asking for help for accommodation is much different, if different at all.

We don't get anything for hosting it. It's simply 'our turn'.

Harry Milne is now renting accommodation in Edinburgh. He previously rented in Glasgow. It is perfectly within the realms of possibility that the club put him up somewhere at first until he found his own place. Of all the things to criticise the club for, this would be bottom of my list. People seem to be coming up with all sorts from a very brief statement on the club website. They are actually trying to save money. Is that not a good thing?

I don't really get the big deal about this. As @Woodstock Jag says, the club are more likely to get a more favourable deal, whether that be financially, more flexible - or both - from the Thistle community. The idea Morton had is a very good one.

I do, but that wasn't the reason I was mentioning it. I was critical of Doolan over several things this season, included the signing of Sayers. However, it was only after he left the club that I learned it wasn't his decision.

Yes.

Nobody said the item was. @jagfox was referring to the social media posts that were put up about it and then deleted. Out with a fan with a few quid e.g. Colin Weir or Donald McClymont, who do you think would want to put money in to Partick Thistle? Investors invest to make money. And who would be giving up their shares?

Why do I have to ignore hindsight to see what we could have done better?

It was actually five wingers. Fitzy, Chalmers, Lawless, McKay and Smith. They knew McMillan was going last January, yet we were scrambling around looking for a loan right back for months. We had a left back that many saw as the best in the league yet they took a punt, giving a three year contract to a 20 year old left back that nobody had ever seen play. Then in January, we have to sell the good left back to help pay off the young left back, leaving us out of pocket - and out of left backs. It is time to do things properly. Unfortunately, I can't see that happening any time soon.

It was a decision made at board level.

I would have to agree with this. In isolation, yesterday's game wasn't the worst performance of the season, albeit so far off where we should be. I think it just feels worse, off the back of two defeats, meaning one point out of nine against teams struggling at the bottom of the division. Added to that, the result in Falkirk made things even worse. O'Reilly is never a left back. He is even further away from being a left wing back. I'm not sure if this says more about BG and MW or it does Josh Reid.

Hopefully, but I worry what the rest of the list looks like - if there even is one.

Doolan is definitely one of the main reasons but he wasn't involved in the signing of Sayers. And yes, the people running the club have absolutely screwed us. It's been a shambles, still is a shambles and there is no reason why it will not continue to be a shambles.

https://spfl.co.uk/news/spfl-statement-hamilton-academical-fc