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There’s never any fighting any more. My (grown up) kids don’t believe tales of bedlam. But I ain’t advocating it’s return.

Yes. I certainly don’t recall the navy one !

Terracing standing. I love going to Cappielow to this day because of this. The original Thistle strip. Why oh why can’t we return to this? It’s unique.

Circa 1974, from memory Denis scored a late equaliser at Firhill. Bear in mind that we had some excellent players then. The replay was delayed many times because of a very cold snap but eventually took place at Central Park which was exactly as it is now except we were allowed on the terracing behind the goals. It was the coldest ive ever been, the ground was rock hard, floodlights were poor but Denis popped up with the winner. Bloody marvellous. It felt strange going back there in our promotion year when the locals seemed much more friendly.

McDaid was never pacy and always useless. Presumably Dundee have found this out. If we can dispatch some of the garbage in January perhaps McCall can use his contacts to bring in a pacy player.

I didn’t see today’s game but it sounds like the defence coped easily enough with 10 men against the best team in the league. I’ve watched footballers arguing with refs for years. Getting booked for dissent is totally unacceptable. It seems to be accepted as ‘part of the game’ but if I was a manager I’d have a fines system in place for this. (Don’t get me started on diving and feigning injury!). It sounds like this moron Rudden was picking up his (acceptable) booking then called the ref a stream of obscenities. Sack him now. He’s let down his team mates. And the fans. We don’t need filth like this at the club.

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Oh no! Possibly not unexpected. I’ve been dreading this. Was just playing some of his Bluesbreakers material last night. My pal once told me he went to a Queen of the South game all those years ago. He stopped at Gretna for a pint on the way home, went for a pee and there was PG at the next urinal. They chatted about his music over a pish. A cool dude and a magnificent guitarist and vocalist. Christmas Day will now be dedicated to the great man of Fleetwood Mac.

We have been pretty rubbish since 1971 comparative to other teams who have had some successes(and well done to the St Mirrens ,St Johnstones and Caleys of this world). However, nobody should demean this amazing event. It was the greatest day of my life and probably any other Jaggies’ lives who were fortunate to be there. Those players will always be heroes of mine. We shouldn’t need a reason to celebrate in 2021 after the awfulness of 2020. So this is going to be good timing. I think all 12 are still with us thank God and I hope in good health. I’ve met Roughy and the wondrous Denis but would love to have a Firhill event when they could all attend and meet the fans. Even better if the celebrations can raise some money for the club.

‘Hanging in the air’. Is it physically possible to do this for longer than the next guy? Wee McGlashan undoubtedly had talent but was this really one of them? I remember thinking this about Denis Law. But it must have been a mirage.

A penalty box striker is exactly what we need. We need someone with intuitive instinct to move into space. Graham is old, tired, slow, grumpy, has a suspect temperament and is finished. I really don’t like strikers that don’t score. I thought Rudden looked slightly slimmer than last year and if the Livi guy scores goals at this level, get him playing! McGlashan was no footballer but he knew where the goal was. Trigger was another instinctive striker. How we need someone like that.

We need to understand that all the teams in tier 3 are crap. We just need to be the least crap team. If we gain promotion, we can dump all the crap and improve, as we managed the last time we escaped this league.

I actually thought they were one of the best teams I’ve seen this year though by no means world beaters. They gave us absolutely nothing. Their defenders were always one step ahead of our weak kneed attack. Graham looks old. He looks finished. Possibly a never has been. The big CH embarrassed him. I thought Rudden, Lyons and Gordon looked slightly more energetic but the delivery to them was pathetic. Cardle has had a few good games but my God he was diabolical. We had a few decent moves 1st half and if Penrice had scored as he should we’d probably have won. Hopefully we can get back to mediocrity which would be sufficient for play off rather than the rank rotten which we were today.

Thistle are way better than nearly all these teams. Forfar, Montrose, E Fife, Dumbarton are rank rotten. Banzo, Docherty, Penrice, Foster and others are vastly superior players to the garbage that’s placed in front of us every week. But we should be humping them 7-0. We are dreadful in and around the box. Penrice was terrific in assisting both goals but we desperately need some composure in delivery and movement.

Our defeat to Clyde was our worst result since... the last time we lost to Clyde!

WAs it Gordon?

Absolutely honking. But Cardle looking good.

No commentary. A complete con from a diddy team!

Almost as bad as Rod McDonalds booking vs Sevco.

Docherty is in control of most games I’ve seen. He’s the captain and should stay captain. He sets a good example to lazy barstewards like Murray although needs to curb his own zealousness. O’Ware has given Thistle absolutely nothing and should never have been offered a contract never mind the captaincy. The 2 CB’s are playing well and the guy that was injured earlier in the season (McKeown?) looked perfectly competent too. Add Breen, and O’Ware should be 5th choice. Ive seen many goals this season from the English PL scored as a result of a cut back from the bye line to the edge of the box. So Williamson needs to get his head up and the mids need to bust a gut to get there. Presently he’s delivering to the corridor of certainty but perhaps not all his own fault.

This is the only reason that we shouldn’t sack McCall.

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I’m hoping Covid will end some time (Goodness knows when) to allow stadiums to open. I think Thistle will still attract a crowd of around 2,500 every week. The world will be a different place so surely streaming must continue. I don’t know how many people will be streaming but this must be a source of income for us and others. Blow away old, negative rules about no live screening. Let Jags fans all over the U.K. and the world stream matches at £10 per stream.

I agree with this entirely, and also those who complained about lack of pace. There was one occasion early on when Banzo passed the ball straight to a Clyde player, got it straight back, then missed Cardle again by 10 yards. Shocking!. Docherty cant seem to pass either and Gordon disappeared completely. Cardle was his usual self, giving the ball away every time he received it. And I had forgotten how rotten and slow Spittal is. God, I was so pleased when he left! And that Foster was dreadful. I’d love to be proved wrong but this lot look like a bunch of haddies.

Midfield have vanished! Clyde in control.