Lenziejag

Falkirk and QP draw is probably the best result for us today - 4 points dropped between the two of them, keeps QP 6points behind and Falkirk only 8 ahead.

Guess we aren’t trying to play on the left hand side tonight.

Maybe the beer affected how they were feeling

No - but even after two defeats we are only 6 points off 2nd.

I don’t think that is right. A couple of the charts presented in November showed the cash flow trend through this season with the investment and a typical breakeven year. There is no cash flow need to cut costs this season based on those charts.

Your last sentence is the whole point about this, though. When was the decision taken ? Before the Morton game - makes no sense. After Morton - a bit knee jerk.

This is why it is important to know when the decision was taken to start cutting costs. Before the Morton game seems inexplicable to me given the run of results we had been on. For me, this talk of cutting costs has come from nowhere!

I understand all of this. All of it was known at the start of the season when the club were happy to run with a budgeted loss for this season. At the meeting to approve the 2nd £500K investment, the roof repairs were also known about and were hopefully going to be spread over a few seasons. So, my question remains - why now on the back of an exceptional quarter when we picked up 22 points. What changed ? I don’t really expect you to be able to answer this question unless you have contacts at the club.

Exactly my point. We are far too ready to write a season off after a few bad results and blinkered to improvements - no matter how good. Result based as long as it suits us.

The thing is, I don’t understand the need to offload players at this time. We just had a £500K investment approved in November securing our cash position. There was no indication that the budgeted loss was under pressure. We had taken 22 points from 9 games. There was every reason to give Doolan additional support not take it away. That is why I have asked when the decision to cut costs was taken and why.

What necessity ? Did the £500k not come through ? Has something else happened that was going to make the budgeted loss worse ?

I wonder if that ex player rookie manager was getting hounded for a mediocre start ?

Getting rid of player who is playing consistently well, instead of two or three who don’t get a sniff of a game seems like a really bad decision to make and I don’t think even you with the low opinion you have of the Thistle board believe they would do that willingly.

If what is being said is true that we are trying to offload players, he isn’t getting the financial backing and if that knowledge has been circulating, then it is no wonder we get performances like Dunfermline.

I meant the decision to cut costs.