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I think we'll tranche them. Sorry, trounce

What a signing Brian Graham has been. 71 goals. Only three of these were before Covid lock-down; the rate is hugely impressive. And leading the women's team to consecutive top six finishes and a cup final. I've been watching Thistle for forty years and only Kris Doolan has scored more goals for Thistle in all that time. I'm not sure that we appreciate him as much as we should.

He's doing well but he has a lot to learn. You cant expect someone in the first year of a job to know everything. Fortunately I think he's bright enough to understand that.

I think we can compete with them quite easily. The problem is that we can be a very shaky team when it comes to protecting a lead, and regardless of league form etc they were the team with all the confidence and momentum after they scored a goal.

I just looked it up. Three of their starting outfield players were 6'4" and one was 6'5". I don't think I've ever seen a teams with so many really tall players.

Hate to say it but drums and banging gates are ruining the experience for me.

Mine was in junk mail. Cheeky fekkers

Yes. Same problem for me

When's the last time you saw Red Rum?

Lyle Taylor?

My argument is that if you finish 4th in a league of 10 it should be very difficult to get promoted through playoffs. But not a night for arguing. Well done Thistle!

No question, Brian Graham is a great striker at this level. But in Adeloyw and Diack we have great options

Decent result. Don't see us winning the league but Rovers are shaking and I think second is definitely achievable.

Jeez they must be rolling in it.

Maybe they could afford to have offered 18 months but only offered 6 months because they're signing Harry Maguire in the summer

Yeah. I'd say league level and money are both factors when I say "better offer". And I see what you're saying, it wasn't in our gift to offer the higher league level. Which again is why we lost them and why its very difficult to just go out and replace them like-for-like.

It's pretty simple. There are two reasons why players leave clubs. Either the club wants them gone to replace with better, or the player wants to go because there are better things on offer elsewhere. Replacing the latter is always going to be difficult because, by definition, players of that quality and reputation are receiving better offers elsewhere. So you have to find a gem. Or develop one. And that is never easy. If we were able to offer what Holt, Turner, Tiffoney and Docherty left for, why wouldn't we just have offered it to them?

Close run between that and his other one. And then if he'd scored his first chance that could have been a contender too.

Debate won

Ffs

Being a Raith Rovers fan this season looks like great fun

That little kid banging the gate down the front of the JHS again. Goes right through me.

I think Doolan deserves some leeway. Last season's run was spectacular. I think he's bright, positive, brave and a good communicator and has lots of good attributes to be successful. He also has the whole legend thing, which is maybe worth something (but shouldn't be overplayed). But I also think he's possibly a bit naive as a manager, and has a lot to learn. This is natural, given that he's been thrown in to his first job with minimal preparation. As long as he learns, and I think he's the type of person who will, I have confidence. But he must accept that yesterday was unacceptable. I don't mind losing to a better team, but that was an embarrassing and indisciplined collapse. As a squad of players we are much better than that. I wouldn't read too much into our capabilities, based on yesterday. I still think we're definitely good enough to finish in play off. But the attitude yesterday was beyond questionable. Regarding comments on Harry Milne, he'll come good again I think. You don't just become a bad player, but you can lose confidence. I suspect that's all it is, and a few decent performances, and breaks, will see him right.

Please end it ref. Worst I've seen for years. So embarrassing

Are we just bickering over names, or is there a fundamental difference between a trust and a foundation? I genuinely don't know. I assume the "Trust, dear oh dear" comment referred to the PTFC Trust?