milhouse

Made a good effort of it against opposition from league above - don't overreact. Were people expecting an easy game?

I don't think there is evidence for this currently. Objectively he improved results after taking over last season, and the play-off run was impressive of itself despite the eventual outcome. A dreadful result on Saturday, but we are 3rd after a quarter of the season, 9 points from the bottom 2 sides. The usual reason for considering managerial change at PTFC is relegation, or imminent threat of it, which is not currently happening. This time last year we were just embarking on a run of 5 league defeats in a row under Ian McCall which effectively ended our challenge. Something similar might happen now, of course, but it hasn't yet.

Oh well. Not at this, but Dundee Utd would seem to be well on course to win the league (still unbeaten). Which would reflect playing budgets, of course. We'll just have to move on from this one. Our result v Arbroath at Firhill concerned me more. We'll remain 3rd today, still a very tight league, but top 4 again this season would be completely satisfactory, in my opinion.

No idea how the managerial contracts work at PTFC - or what the process would be if form tails off completely the rest of the season and we think that we need to appoint a different manager. As has been mentioned before, in the UK I'm not sure why football clubs never seem to have the model found in other countries/other sports of a more colloborative approach (Moneyball-style) with people tasked with finding and signing players (e.g. McCall), then a coaching team with a head coach (e.g. Doolan +/- Graham, MacDonald).

Wouldn't it be very unusual for everyone to know a manager is leaving but still take charge for a match?

I didn't read it saying Doolan until rest of the season?

An end to the "becoming the 4th team in Glasgow" theory as well, despite current league positions. We have a far bigger support than Queens Park.

Alan Archibald demonstrated no interest either when we were in the top flight, happy to discount a minimum of 6 games a season. I actually think the second of his late collapses in the same season to a dreadful Sevco side was the start of his downfall.

Just imagine the 'injury time' as well if they aren't winning after 90 mins.

Quite sad really, the attitudes on this thread, but they are probably understandable given our record against the Old Firm over the last 20 years (which is an embarrassment). I appreciate how difficult it would be for Thistle to go to Ibrox and win, but a number of comparable teams have done so in recent years. 1982 was the last time for PTFC, 6 years before I was even born. Should it really be that long for it to happen again? I'm going to keep turning up to find out.

Big Injury Time is definitely in vogue as well after the World Cup. Expect 10 mins + at the end if they aren't winning.

3 defeats to Queens Park in a season is enough to spiral anyone into an existential crisis.

Akinyemi is a good striker but Ayr are otherwise unspectacular. Spent a lot of time surrounding the ref. We were significantly better than our last outing against them.

Why do you think that? Not being cheeky, just would like to know where you see that from.