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21 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said:
I do agree with you. James is no longer a teenager so probably past the "bulking up" stage we often see with players in their late teens.
More as a generalisation it is not unusual for a player whose footballing ability is not in question to fail on loan at a lower league side then go on to be successful with his parent club. Most often it's a case of being bullied off the ball playing for the former and being protected at the latter. Kinda like a ball player with zero pace being successful as the players round him more than compensate. Like Ross Forbes in our promotion season. Point I'm making is it's not just the level we send our youngsters out to. Gotta take into consideration how they'll fit into the team they're farmed out to*.
* edited to that I don't think that's always been the case with us.
Agreed - Kris Doolan was one of those players, very little impact at Clyde.
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I see Connor Smith has returned to Hearts from his loan at Scunny - he is exactly the type of player we need. Was really impressed with him in a poor Accies team.
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Agree with all of the above, particularly given we only had a few weeks to get a squad together having lost the spine of our team. We’ve had to rely on loans etc so to be comfortably third half way through is very good. That’s not to say we don’t have glaringly obvious faults but I really expected a tough season.
Other big positives for me are Stanway becoming a regular, with MacKenzie and Diack getting some game time, and several key players tied down to 2025 or 2026.
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11 hours ago, Grubber8468 said:
Given the wee oddity’s outburst after Ross county game yesterday (which was possibly the most petulant and childish thing I’ve seen in a long time and hysterically funny!!!) is it worth trying to get turner back? He isn’t getting much of a game and given the second division in England is ‘100 times better’ surely adams will want to fill his team with players at that elite level!
He could always bring Cammy Smith into Ross County from Morecambe, would clearly coast it in the top league if he can play in League 2 .
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Back to pressing in ones compared to Raith who are pressing agressively as a team and moving the ball quickly
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Stanway’s pressing, Neilson’s reading of the game and tackling and Fitzpatrick’s pace have all been very impressive.
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6 hours ago, partickthedog said:
I am wondering if there is some past history between Brian Graham and Morton which pre-dates his time at Thistle. I have not noticed any particular issues involving Brian as we have played Morton over the past couple of seasons. However, at the latest game at Cappielow a couple of months back I was surprised at the level of animosity personally directed at Graham (but at no other individual Thistle player) for no apparent reason. That was what made we think that the roots of this must lie deeper.
I think he struggled badly at Morton as a young player and when he left made a remark to the effect that they were a brutal fan base to play in front of when low in confidence. Ironically he has played almost all of his career at a higher level than Morton.
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This game and our next league match against Airdrie feel quite important in terms of cementing a playoff place. Two trips to Fife and one to Tannadice in December will make it a tough month, albeit we have often looked better on the road this season.
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7 minutes ago, Yellow & Redneck said:
Dowds at the double for Ayr. That's 4 in 6. Clear to see why Doolan doesn't fancy him...
I’ve thought for ages that there is a player in Dowds but it hasn’t happened at Firhill yet. Had a debate with a guy at Ayr in the playoff game last year who said he was a total diddy, Paul Keegan type. Not sure we should be leaving him at Ayr in January as he is doing well for them
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8 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said:
The draw seemed almost like a win. A get outta jail result for sure. Watching Graham effectively playing in midfield was almost surreal. Williamson looked more comfortable playing wide left than McInroy. The two Bens and Neilson and maybe Bannigan at a stretch were the only ones getting my pass marks.
A nod also to Zander MacKenzie. He had a chastening experience against Arbroath and came on tonight to play against Thomas. Thomas got the better of him a few times but he stuck to his task.
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8 hours ago, Emsca said:
Totally agree . QP were the much better team - they had a shape , new what they were trying to do and had players who could control a ball and play a pass .
We were shocking and lucky to get a point .
Agreed. As a at Firhill, I thought their problem was the lack of an instinctive no.9 like they had in Simon Murray and sometimes trying to play one pass too many. I couldn’t believe the amount of space we gave Thomas and Robson given that they put us to the sword several times last season.
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That was an eye bleedingly bad first half from Thistle but a great move to win the penalty.
We are fortunate that QP don’t have an instinctive number 9 type player.
We will regret it if we keep giving Thomas and Robson as much space down the left as we are
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I actually thought Williamson was decent at the start of the season, and we fell out of the Airdrie and Raith games when he went off. Strange how he has just dropped out of the picture, and Alston hasn’t yet even been in the picture
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The pitch is looking great, credit to the Caley groundsman
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Is there any indication of how long McMillan and Williams are out for?
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1 hour ago, Auld Jag said:
Dowds starts for Ayr tonight. Could do us a favour by helping Ayr beat Queens Park.
And he is off the mark in a quite remarkable game. His first goal since November 12th last year
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336 Queens’ fans today in a derby after three wins on the spin - it’s hard to see this not ending in tears for them at some point.
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Strangely a guy who had a really decent lower league career in England, but was dross for us, was Lucas Akins
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Worrying that, despite all of the central midfielders we have, we had to put a centre half in midfield to supposedly shore things up.
Banzo and Alston are good players but they are far too slow and poor in the tackle to play together .
Our pressing today was also a shambles. Airdrie were knocking it about at the back and rather than collectively pressuring the ball, individual players were closing down and no one cut off the outball.
Hard league spell coming up with QP at home and then trips to Greenock and Ayr.
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57 minutes ago, javeajag said:
Mmmm…. Wes Macdonald 3 goals in 35 games for Hartlepool …. Guess we shall see
Tiff had a similar pre-Thistle ratio, nine goals in 90 appearances.
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14 minutes ago, a f kincaid said:
Thistle have discovered in the past that signing players from the lower divisions isn't as straight forward as it might seem. Part-time players often can't afford to give up steady well-paid jobs outside football and go full-time unless the club is prepared to pay over the odds to make it attractive to the player. Harry Milne is a rare exception recently. Ironically when Thistle were part-time (or a mixture of full-time/part-time) it was easier. A hidden cost of being ambitious?
It’s a fair point but I’d be quite happy to sign a player like Tam O’Brien and let him remain part-time if he preferred.
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I could listen to Dools speaking all day - intelligent, eloquent and clearly thinks hard about the game. He appears to have a very clear idea of how he wants his team to play and the type of player he wants.
He needs patience in the season ahead. I do think he could go really far in the game.
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Very disappointed to see all three go and will be hard to replace, but completely understandable. All three (plus Tiff) have been excellent servants to the club. I wish them all the best, with the usual refrain of except against us
Doc in particular signed presumably in anticipation of a promotion push to the top league but ended up playing in League 1. He could have walked away from that pre-contract but didn’t.
Like everyone else, I think we may have a period of steadying the ship. However, being positive, we have the two best full backs and two best wingers in the league and Graham will still cause teams problems.
There are also some echoes of the 12/13 team. McCall left, McNamara had done little but we finished his first full season very strongly after a mediocre campaign. If I remember correctly, our main man Paul Cairney left and we were hesitant about the year ahead. Let’s be honest - who had heard of of Aarons Muirhead and Sinclair, James Craigen, Lawless or SoD. Jackie did though build a brilliant team around those players, some experienced heads like Archie and the emerging Banzo and Welsh. It’s not all about money all the time, as much as it helps.
Dools has had us playing some brilliant stuff - next test is now his eye for a player.
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59 minutes ago, sandy said:
Let’s hope we have the spine of a decent team once all the goings & comings have been settled.
Agreed - one of the real challenges facing Dools was the extended season and late end to the playoffs, presumably because of the World Cup.
We go to Peterhead four weeks on Saturday and the League Cup is not to be overlooked given it’s revenue potential. It’s a very short timescale in which to build a team - we all need to be patient if we don’t get off to a fast start.
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Playing well again and causing Raith problems…but yet another free header from a set piece, we must have lost about 20 of them this season