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Yep - great day all round. Had a feeling from this morning that the wind might affect the game - and a stronger side might well have punished us in the first half - but felt a lot better after the second goal went in. Noticed Osman, Balatoni and Lawless put in a great shift, but Taylor still stood out as one who could finally put it in the back of the net. Also looks like Archie has mastered the art of what to say at half time and subs to make. Defence seems a lot more mature as well, after the first goal all I was shouting for (from experience) was for the defence to keep their concentration, but at 2-0 it did look like there was going to be only one winner. Don't think I'm the only one...but feel sorrier for St Mirren than Motherwell right now! Massive step towards safety today. Would say if we get over 40 points we'll be fine. So one more win while there are 15 points up for grabs, no reason not to go for maximum points now the Celtic game's out the way. 8th temporarily is a nice bonus as well, time for a couple of Kronenbourgs.

Agree with most of what's posted above. Why not at least one out of Taylor or Doolan started is beyond me. Unless Archie went into the match looking for a replay in Inverness, but that's borderline insanity. Stevenson had little to no effect really - to sum it up he is a GOOD attacking midfielder but not a forward. He can help pressurise and help finish an attack, but can't play up the end of the park on his own.

Yup - http://ptfc.co.uk/ne...llthenorthstand

Hmm...OS has kick-off for this game as "10:10 TBC". Hopefully a typo or someone (Sky?) is looking at showing it before a lunchtime game elsewhere! Have seen morning kick-offs in some English leagues in the past so is a possibility...which is great news if you were hoping the game was on TV, not so great if you want to go to the game (and travelling from somewhere like Inverness!).

Yep, was at that game too. Remember it snowing really heavily - wasn't kick off delayed by almost an hour as well? And a peach Jamie Mitchell lob for our fourth/fifth goal? And a Hamilton player kicking the dug out in a huff after he was subbed.

Yep, don't think either side played to their best - especially with the first half wind and rain. At the end of the day, happy with a point as I wasn't reallly expecting anything out the game. Main concern is that Doolan's OK after going over on his ankle (by the looks of it). We definitely had the best chance in the first half, had a tap in waiting to be put in, but the pressure of the moment seemed to put the player off. Think it was Doolan.

Has anyone else had a go at this? Registered with the website tonight, have tried to purchase a £20 concession ticket (being a student) but it's not giving me the choice of anything other than the £30 adult ticket. Think a few people on here had similar problems with their season tickets a few months back? Also, at the basket, the 'Product' comes up as "Membership Updates". Probably to do with being a non-season ticket holder - my current memberships come up as "Website Membership - Perpetual Product". So, just got in touch on the 'Contact Us' link and asked if they could help. Just explained the problem and said I was willing to come into the office. Fingers crossed...

Could be the game Dick Dastardly is talking about - roughly 1998, we were playing someone like Clydebank or Stirling Albion. That kind of period. Anyway, was sitting in the JH stand and Thistle weren't playing well. A pretty big guy with a skinhead and leather jacket is standing up and screaming all the time - almost every time Thistle lose the ball he explodes ("That's f***in' schoolboy stuff" and the like). I think most people just guessed he was drunk or a bit nuts. Next thing, someone like Alan Morgan gets a hold of the ball and the guy goes "Right. Take your time. Keep it down." Then a defender tries to stop him and he goes "OK, just get past him." Then all of a sudden the player is through on goal and he shouts "Right. Shoot!" - he does and it ends up in the top corner! Also the stand was quiet enough for the player to hear him, so he must have known what he was doing after all! Just want to see if anyone else was there and remembers this? I was only eight at the time but is a really vivid memory.

Another thing I was thinking if Hibs go down - would TV maybe be more interested in the Championship? If the Premiership title is sewn up before a ball has been kicked, Hibs, Hearts and Sevco could potentially have more interest. I'm completely speculating now but what then is the TV arrangement? If all divisions are now under the same organisation I'm wondering whether TV contracts be division-by-division or just wholesale SPFL. Guess there will always be TV interest in Celtic games right enough.

Great reversal of the scoreline at Firhill as well.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas massive weight off the shoulders of Archie, the players.....and everyone on here!

Deja vu - we were 2 up at Tynecastle earlier in the season and were hanging on for a massive win then.

Was thinking the same, rounded off a great day from Thistle's perspective.

Hopefully it'll be a decent contest outside of top spot. Have been a lot of goals so far and with one obvious exception, anyone can beat anyone. Along with Thistle's play, it could be an interesting season. Looking at the fixtures, we are playing beatable sides for the next two months. We don't face Celtic and Inverness CT (who are looking good - 3 wins out of 3 so far) until mid October so could have a bit of a foothold by then. Found this fairly interesting - Odds (decimal): On Sky Bet, Thistle are 2.63 to get a top 6 finish and at 11 (10/1) to finish bottom. Hearts are now 1.57 favourites to finish bottom!

A lot more accurate than this: http://www.scotsman....rhill-1-3028572

Not going to drag 'One Step Forward Two Steps Back' back up, but Norgethistle makes a good point. These are the kinds of thing that could mount up and see the club losing money (again) the way a good few other Scottish clubs are at the moment. Exactly 5 years since this: http://www.ptfcnet.co.uk/siteclose.html Deja vu? Hate to sound so negative, especially for a first post and so close to the start of the season. I will still be along on Friday night getting right behind the team and am really looking forward to it, but thought this was worth mentioning. :-)