RodMcDonaldJag

Team went to pieces when he moved to midfield. How anyone could think otherwise is baffling. Id sign him for RB but not for midfield. Not a replacement for Paton in any way, shape or form.

I wouldnt mind going back to Diadora. Delighted if we get rid of Puma - I think their gear has been shocking in both look and quality.

Couldnt disagree more. The 'quality' of the strips is an utter disgrace. The material is cheapest of the cheap and very flimsy. If the strip was, say, £25 then i could understand but when you are paying £45 for something that is as poor quality as what we have then it doesnt make sense. Im hoping we ditch Puma with the end of the Greaves deal. Anyone remember the Secca strip? I still have mine from the Div 2 winning season and it puts the Puma stuff from the past two seasons to shame. BRING BACK SECCA!

McCarthy is a decent manager at Championship level and I would fancy him to get them into the playoffs this season and, if they dont win the playoffs, then id expect them to challenge for the title next season.

This is an area that Christie Elliot particularly lacks in. Hes fit as a fiddle but looks clueless at times as to where to move. I thought being at the club for some time now with Kris Doolan, who i think is the best in the business in the first division, would have benefitted Elliot but it hasn't. I know a lot of folk would like to see McGuigan go out on loan but I wouldn't be against Elliot getting some regular football elsewhere for 6 months. As has been mentioned above, I see Craig more as a partner for Dools rather than backup. Whatever happens - Loving the attitude this team has. On the playing side, this has to be one of the best Jags squads we have had in a long while. Would love to get Jackie signed up on a long term deal!!!

Not more than he loves himself.

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Great post Ross, couldn't have put it better myself.

Excellent response and one I would love to see mirrored by our board.

Am I the only one that doesnt fancy the Playoffs at all? We should have a straight 2 up and 2 down rule. If there is still a desire for a playoff game, let 3rd play 3rd bottom over two legs. Why is 2 up / 2 down not the absolute minimum that is being demanded / discussed?

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Dont think its Mackie.

Id imagine Welsh would be one of the singings.

Me too. Always known him to be a striker. Just because someone gets played in a position does not mean he can play there. Anyone remember Dick playing The Hoor at left wing back for a half of a game?!?!?!

Are these rumours regarding Ronnie McDonald from a reputable source or from pie and bovil type folk who are putting two and two together and making 5? Think McDonald getting involved would be a positive move but no idea if he is even keen to get involved in football again.

Totally agree.

Top goalie and top lad! As Ian said, id have him at Firhill anyday.

Would definitely be trying to bring him in. Still easily good enough for our level and, as has been mentioned, would be a great leader on and off the park.

Agree 100%

Totally agree, current away strip is best we have had in a long time. Gutted to hear we are keeping the home strip as I think it is awful.

Dont think thats quite true. He played under Dick Campbell at Forfar apparently. Thought McGuigan was poor today but no way he was nearly as bad as Elliot. Cannot see what Elliot offers at all and I wouldnt be too sad to see him have his contract cancelled by mutual consent in the summer. If he does stay then i reckon a 3 month loan deal would be beneficial for him next season. *Apparently he didnt play for Forfar after all.... Apologies

Final ball tonight was horrendous. Stephen O'Donnell was particularly poor in that regard. Also, the amount of times he is caught up the park and clearly makes no effort to get back is concerning. Thought Paton had a solid game and Sean Welsh looks to have a bit of class and creativity about him when on the ball. If Cairney was being scouted tonight then i don't think we have much to worry about as he was totally anonymous.

I honestly dont understand why more teams dont ground share. As PT said earlier, I wouldnt be against a permanent share if it benefitted both sides.

Looking to take up a bit of mountain biking. Anyone got any tips /hints - Equipment, trails around Glasgow etc? Cheers

Much like Saturday, I thought we were the better footballing side without creating any chances. We will continue to draw / lose games if we do not start creating even half chances. Its all about opinions and dont grudge anyone theirs but I honestly cannot see the logic in even considering sacking Jackie. If we are no better this time next year then perhaps we could consider a change in management but until then id persevere. He is clearly a rookie manager though and is making mistakes, it is his ability to learn from these mistakes that he should be judged on. I still feel that the team is lacking a real leader on the park. I love Archie and consider him a Thistle legend but he has never been the type of player to grab the team by the scruff of the neck and drag them through the game. Positives first - Was pleased to see that Jackie was prepared to admit his mistake from saturday of playing Flannigan and dropped him completely from the 16. He shouldnt get near a Thistle jersey again. I though Naismith looked decent with a good bit of football about him and he beat his man a good few times in the first half. Cole was ok but tired considerably at the end. Negatives - Our inability to create any goalscoring chances. We are crying out for a bit of creativity in the middle of the park. Strikers are not going to score by continually coming deep for the ball. Can we please lay to rest all notion that Kieran Burns is any sort of footballer? He is far too lightweight and looked completely disinterested after about 10 minutes having realised he wasnt going to get a sniff against Mensing. Burns visibly chucked it in just about every 50/50 he should have been involved in. It has to be said that this was a masive misjudgement by McNamara to play Burns against Mensing. Someone suggested a week or two ago that we should consider starting with Burns and Fraser... Lunacy! Burns is hopeless and Fraser, a headless chicken. If our youngsters are clearly not good enough then we must accept that and move on. Paul Cairney has to be moved back into the centre of the park as hee is wasted wide. As soon as the Hamilton defence had realised that he would be cutting inside all the time he was far less effective. I like Stephen O'Donnell and reckon he is, potentially, a decent player but he is clearly very low on confidence and should be dropped for a couple of games to give him a break. He panicked nearly every time the ball came near him and this almost cost us a few times. All in all (and i know some will find this ridiculous) I still dont think we are massively far away from being a decent side. If we could get a striker and a creative attacking midfielder then we would be causing teams a lot of problems. As it is, we lack any sort of link between midfield and attack and do threaten opposing defences at all.