Dick Dastardly

When did a Thistle player last have 2 good games in a row ? He should be dropped as by the law of averages he is going to have a stinker. The other law to consider is that Thistle performance is inversely related to fans expectations on this forum. Based on the above comments, a draw is a good call

AHHAHHHHAHHHAAHA Q1 Cowdenbeath Q2 Dundee Utd

Driving up the M6 from Coventry last night and there was an interesting discussion on 5 Live regarding EFL club finances. It maybe available on podcast and worth a listen. Much of it is relevant to our situation, however there were several points worthy of note. Firstly, as a business football is a strange case, Essentially the main revenue stream (matchdays) is only open for business for about 30-35 days a year. Creating revenue from the primary assets from the other 330 days is the problem that chairmen need to solve. You can tinker with "improving the match day experience", but you need to generate income away from match days. It is a slow process to build your customer base. Essentially you need to attract your customers aged 5 or 6 and then keep them for the next 70 years. Loosing customers is much easier. A couple of EFL chairmen completely dismissed the idea of bringing on players as a sustainable way to improve finances from the bottom 2 English leagues there were only a handful of players who left for any significant amount. In most cases the clubs would not recover the cost of their player development. On the budget deficit (they were discussing why no Championship side made any profit) they compared the finances to a lottery ticket. In Scottish Championship terms, there are 10 tickets available, 2 of which have the chance to double or triple their income for next season (promotion). The odds of holding a winning ticket are improved (but never guaranteed) by increasing spending on playing staff. Looking at the risk/reward analysis, the rewards are so high that it is worth the risk, so everyone does it to the point where if you don't, then you end up being relegated. Relegation is not always a bad thing. Ipswich have increased their attendances with the supporters looking forward to travelling to new grounds and actually winning some games.

You think what you like, but I have the right to disagree

two more disagreements

This post might just spark another 200 pages of speculation

Settle for that

Wrexham away would be (almost) local for me. That said we have nothing to fear from any of the teams still in it

The facts are they are Empire loving Siths that went to Slytherin house and wear black cowboy hats. Those are the facts, now you decide.

The press report it as either “sacked” or “dismissed”. However you translate “separated” I think we can safely assume from all reports that Stendle did not go willingly.

No, but it was always on the cards. I'm not sure if it will be confirmed, as it was never announced when it was first rumoured

I can’t believe we are still going on about the pros and cons of a group who are not going to be buying us

It would be a local game for me.

Wrexham away next please

Good win, but I thought they were ver poor. When they couldn’t out muscle us, there was no plan B. both goals were well taken and came from good wide play and late runs into the box

Assuming that the consortium is off the table (and I'll wait until official confirmation before believing that) Are you now saying that there is a third option ... status quo ? Or are you saying all in with TfE as it is the only way forward ?

I don't know if it was why, but he was outspoken about the owners recruitment policy, saying he needed some experience rather than just kids (I paraphrase). That probably doesn't help

Why should I not be ? Norman Springford was satisfied by it, or is he not to be trusted either ?

who do ?

That is one hell of a claim. Is that supposition, or do you have any facts to back that up ?

Sorry to but in, but my main criticism of the consortium is that they will work for personal profit, while the TfE team will be working for the profit of PTFC.

He is a million miles away. Not even getting a regular game for a struggling Stoke side. Supporters have written him off

Guys. Who supported which previous manager has nothing to do with which buyers is better for the future of Thistle. With very little available hard facts on either side, we can only go on the concepts. Conceptually I do like the idea of fan ownership if it is setup right and we have the correct governance in place. I have backed them so that I can have my say in how (if successful) it is setup and I can always remove any funding if I don't like what I see. Conceptually I do not like the idea of money men coming in to profit out of Thistle. The fact that the current offer is from a group that have a questionable record at their previous clubs and are not popular with the supports of either does not work in their favour. (Peronally, I don't and have never liked McCall, but I think I'm in a minority of 1 on that one, so I'll not even try to argue it.)

And here was what I was asking.