Lambies Lost Doo

Got 2 couples up from England in Glasgow in 2 weekends time and thinking about what to do and see in Glasgow and need to get my tourist hat on. Anyone done the same for people who have visited in a similar situation. I'm thinking Friday night - local for a couple of drinks in Shawlands. Saturday - weather dependent Necropolis, Merchant City, Alien War at The Arches, lunch venue to be decided, (hoping to sneak away to Thistle game with the gents), walk up to West End including Park Circus, Kelvingrove Park, University Avenue, dinner in West End venue to be decided) Sunday - late breakfast in Shawlands/Strathbungo (as stay in Cathcart)

Why do they want him to go? He is good enough for SPL.

I like going away and watching Scotland. I love my team of which I have no choice but to follow as that is where I was born and bred. Get so worked up and hopeful about them and then get kicked in the nuts on quite a few occassions. Still living off being in Paris 2007 with the Faddy goal. Agree about what cjptfc says, I have very little in common with so many of the "fans", it's like looking at a stag do from Brigadoon. The kind of people who demand that every sign in Scotland should be in English and Gaelic despite them never speaking the language and only 1% of the population speak it. On a side note I kept getting confused with signs in Cardiff and all the English/Welsh duplicity and that was when sober. Too many "characters" and not enough real lovers of football and the team.

How was The Brass Monkey gathering?

I would like to think we could get a crowd of close to 10k for this so I would say Fir Park.

I was in Cardiff and if you avoid the "organised" events and the 2 or 3 awful crowded pubs that the sheep all hang around then it was alright. 6 or 7000 fans there and minimal bangers but I did retire about midnight gutted about game before the real "party" started somewhere. The most annoying part of the day, excludiing score, was some ****** from up north somewhere accusing me of queue jumping at the bar in some horrible social club near the ground and rabbiting in my ear how unhappy he was although as I was struggling to understand him with his accent and how pissed he was. Can't be bothered with people dressing all up. They do it for attention and rarely care about the football. The Tartan Army has become a parody. I'm a Scotland fan not a member of the Tartan Army.

Watched NJ Devils and NY Rangers a few times when in NYC. It's a great game to watch and always fancied going to the Glasgow team. Went yonks ago when in primary school to the ice rink in Finnieston which is now a Curry's and other shops and was handed a ice hockey stick by one of the players. Proudly took it to school the next day and still have it. In addition I went to Basketball to watch Glasgow Rocks at the new Commonwealth Emirates Arena on Sunday. Was only a fiver and a good way to break up "Suicide Sunday" feeling on the evening. Had about 5000 there and would go back to it.

Hopefully there will be a return of buses if/when we get to the final. Fingers crossed. Never seen us in a final before and missed the semi-final against the TAFKAR (The Artist Formerly Known As Rangers) as I was in USA.

On Sunday The Rob Roy pub is showing Cowdenbeath game in London Paddington area.

This is one of those topics where if you don't have anything positive to say then don't say it. Supporters buses keep the Away support going, are a good laugh and get you from A to B taking out a lot of the hassle as the people who organise them take all that hassle to themselves.

Another suggestion is for the club/volunteers to have a big push say twice a season to push more people to join the fund. Advertise it in advance and then have people actively signing up supporters to join on a specific Saturday. "Sign Up Saturday" with additional bells and whistles to get people's attention.

Looking at that menu it would be great if the fans in the concourse could be offered different types of pakora, bajis, samosas and other delights to buy. I'd have a pakora and lassi over a pie and bovril any day.

It's not expensive either. Same price for adults. An extra £3 if you have a kid.

That's a great deal. So many good curry houses in Glasgow it's a win win for all.

Did he win though? (I would laugh out loud if he did)

As long as we get the £££££££

Hats off to yourself Jordanhill Jag for the replies and for "One Thistle" for making changes and delivering in a short space of time. From what I am reading and experiencing we have a core team who are trying very hard and succeeding at the early stages of the project to improve the spectator experience and to get the fans in and keep them. This is a long term project with many iterations and phases (cue project management speak) and it's very welcome to see people understand this. On so many projects like this be it work, football, societies etc I see people jump in with both feet first with little strategy a lot of noise and then they all fall out and the whole thing collapses delivering little. Already it is obvious that this is different. Lets keep this going but also to remember the best thing all we can all individually contribute is to bring another friend to each game. That doubles the attendance. If that friend has kids then we get more along. We will win fans and we will lose them but the 2500 who are attending are the people who have the most power to get those attendances up in the most cost effective way.

Does anyone know when the final will be played? Not counting my chickens but checked the SFL website and could not find a date. Would like to make sure I am in Glasgow or wherever for that weekend. Just in case.

Depends on your point of view. If it's my POV then my team let me down, everything was against me, the ref was blind, the opposition were dirty etc. If it's the other members of the team then yes. I am gash.

Footballers live off confidence. I played fives last night, made a few bad passes, and was gash the rest of the game as I was worried I would let me team mates down. Now my skill level is 2.3% of Chris Erskine but when people start shouting at each other and getting on at each other it will cause problems for that player unless they are made of steel.

Good thing about the loan players is they still train with the Thistle team and also train with their loan team so they are not "out in the cold" or missing any change in tactics.

I'm going. Think some of the reaction is becoming super score board phone in style hysterical. Hopefully we will be sharper in front of goal and get 3 points.

I don't know how hard it is but the tv cameras should be in main stand to show the crowd. It's very bad marketing and PR when it looks empty. Watching that a neutral potential fan would not be encouraged to come along and enjoy the experience.

Think the team will be below with Maloney and Rhodes getting a look in. --------------------MacGregor--------------------- Hutton----Webster-------Berra----------Dixon ---------------------Caldwell------------------------- Snodgrass----Adam-----Morrison---Naismith ----------------------Miller---------------------------

And from Greaves shops I believe.