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eljaggo

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  1. I think the a major problem is the slow build-up that allows teams to get defenders behind the ball. Another striker (however tall) will not solve the problem unless we fundamentally change our tactics to a high ball approach - which few on here want. What I think is needed are midfielders who can get past defenders at speed to give another attacking option (through the middle of the park) to the one-dimensional wing back play we currently use to send in fruitless crosses to packed defences. It should be easier to recruit such midfielders than an effective striker.
  2. An allegorical reference to nae money, fewer spectators and skint clubs.
  3. Maybe a simple high screen that could be used for adverts set on the land owned by the club, that generated revenue and provided some shelter from the cold wind of change that is sweeping across Scottish football.
  4. Watched the game on First Row Sports, and thought that it was the best performance by a Thistle team I've seen for many years. They deserved their win despite the (non) controversial corner kick goal, with our first goal simply outstanding. Not a failure in the side, and it would be unfair to single out any one player for extra praise. Onwards and upwards.
  5. I don't know what constitutes a place or a corner kick having been taken. I've seen several versions mentioned - It doesn't really matter. The critical point was the AR's instruction to Craigen to move 10 yards back. If he had not been moved back the passage of play would have been different.
  6. The suggestion above that we get some advice from Billy Dodds on our attacking play has some merit. Archie and Shuggy (both defenders) have sorted out the defence and midfield and created a good platform, but we need some guile in the last 1/3 to allow us to bring the ball infield from the wingbacks. Doolan should invest in a new pair of boots, I've seen him slip too many times at critical points.
  7. That sums it up - and the season so far - very well. Seeing the Kilmarnock game on tele, I thought that we had learned the lesson from the Aberdeen game - don't get pushed about - so AA and the team seem to be very switched on. I'm sure therefore that they will adapt to complete what is a good emerging picture, i.e. score more goals.
  8. You can add John Lambie to the top of that list.
  9. Have they moved the town to the coast? Jings - that must have cost a fortune. A bit of a drastic measure to avoid your creditors!!
  10. Couldn't make the game today, but it sounds like a loud wake-up call. That might not be a bad thing this early in the season. Archie seems to me to be intelligent and savvy enough to learn the clear lessons coming out from the posts tonight.
  11. Man goes to a house to buy a dog, and asks the owner the price. £3000 says the man. Thats expensive for a dog. Yes, but it can talk, ask it a question. OK says the man, What's your name? Spot, says the dog. And you can really speak, says the man. Yes says the dog, English, German, and some Spanish Thats amazing says the man, tell me more about yourself. Well says the dog, when I went for my inocculations as a puppy, the vet discovered I could speak, so he gave me a job as a receptionist in his practice, but after a few months, I got bored, joined the Army and went to Iraq and Afghanistan. But I was doing security patrols, sniffing out IEDs and it got a bit dangerous so I came home, got a job as head of security in a wing of Belmarsh High Security Prison. The food was terrible, so I left and have spent the last 2 years at a farm in Aberdeenshire, where I looked after 200 head of cattle, 300 ewes and 150 breeding sows. But it was really hard work, and so I have decided to retire. Thats astonishing, said the man, why on earth do you want to sell a dog that can speak 3 languages, and who has done all these amazing things? He tells lies, says the owner
  12. At least three fans in North Berwick, and incredibly, two have won cars in the Club's lottery.
  13. Glad he's gone. Arrogant, egotistical, over paid (earned more from the BBC than Jeremy Paxman apparently). That leaves Shearer to be shunted. What I want is more football and less analysis.
  14. A really good book - great ending with the relegation "battle" with the team (+ directors + polis) from the south (forget their name). A must read.
  15. Did Ken Bates not own Thistle and planned to use it as a feeder club for Chelsea when he also owned them?
  16. How about a giant screen with continuous video of one end of the Maracana stadium.
  17. Great news. They could not have appointed a better management team. Big support now needed at Cowdenbeath on Saturday.
  18. Assuming league reconstruction (again) with two promotions from SFL1, even with a few hiccups we have a very good chance of promotion. Would it not be wiser to appoint an interim manager for the rest of the season, and then appoint a new "permanent" manager once a new (bigger) budget is in place when the TV deals and other sponsorship income is known at the end of the season
  19. 5 employees have been sacked at SFA - so Dallas has not been singled out.
  20. I can exclusively reveal that McCall has called up Xavi for a trial. If he impresses McCall, the deal will involve a swap for Alan Archibald. Plus all heritable property in Maryhill.
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