dl1971
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Impossible to predict of course, but if raith get beat again I think they find it hard to recover; so 2nd up for grabs. Morton looking dangerous too and I think they will be in the play offs too. Not easy for us to beat ICT either, but 50/50 game. All to play for.
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3 hours ago, sabbath said:
Season now over. This is the time for Dools to build for next season. three goals in twenty minutes v Ross County, Two up against Cove, Two up v Raith and now today. In 71 this lack of football knowledge would have seen us being scudded by Celtic in the second half. Simply putting your hand up to a F@#k up is keach. As a player Dools was a club Legend, as a manager just another runner in the pack of keach managers in Scotland.
Yep. Worst post I've seen for quite a few weeks. Congrats.
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23 minutes ago, Jimmy McD said:
How can this mob survive at all.. they bring 300. Fans today to the 5th round of the Scottish cup, We would take more than that Vs anyone..
Get that. They live off being in the SPL and the revenue that comes from that.
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Couldn't make the game today and gutted we lost. Will watch highlights imminently. Bit of context. We've just lost to a team who have been in the SPL for quite a few years. Their players and budget likely to be far superior to us. So is it really surprising we got beat?
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2 hours ago, a f kincaid said:
Yesterday was 50 up for Doolan. W 26 D 15 L 9 Goals F 102 A 60.
Amazing stat. Plus a GD of plus 42!! Average of 2 goals per game quire something over 50 games.
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I can't say whether Academies are financially viable or not. What I would say is what would happen if Academies didn't exist? They and systems like it benefit our young immensely, whether it benefits any senior club. Sometimes the greater good applies and perhaps the perceived cost is pretty irrelevant.
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Happy with that....
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7 hours ago, AirdrieJag said:
Great result today. Ideal draw would be one of the uglies away. £250k for the club coffers which we could really use.
No thanks. Let's have a bit of ambition. Decent winnable tie and then get the financial rewards LATER in the cup.
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Blink and you miss the highlights.....thanks BBC
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1 hour ago, Lambies Lost Doo said:
Spoiled the result with bullies taking the Ross County drum
https://twitter.com/theukcasualsway/status/1748733719622332513?t=ml6-n40re7MwUIgHkLy6HA&s=19
Idiots. But "spoiled the result"? Nope
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32 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said:
Think it says more about the lower reaches of the SPL
Turning a positive....into a negative.
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Very interested to hear John Robertson saying on BBC that this thistle team could compete in the SPL. Nice to hear.
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Fantastic result. Maybe dools was right to start BBG. Also pleased for Banzo given some of the flak he has received. Home tie next please.
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One more please!!
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Playing well. Let's keep in going!
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39 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said:
The "funniest" (i.e., most infuriating) thing about Sneddon in possesion of the ball is the following, almost unvarying sequence:
1: Catches the ball, 2: with one hand urges his team-mates to get up the field, but 3: he has no intention of releasing the ball, so drops it on the ground and stands still, until 4: an opposition player makes a half-hearted attempt to approach the ball, 5): ever, alert, Jamie feigns to go to kick the ball, and so 6: the opposition player gives up his half-hearted approach (satisfied that his manager will have clocked how alert he is), 7: Jamie, now with both hands free, flaps them back and forward in what I think is a gesture to urge his players to get up the field, but 8: he still has no intention of actually doing anything yet with the ball, as he's enjoying the moment, but eventually 9a: he makes a short pass to a defender three yards away, or 9b: he punts the ball directly to an opposition player in the middle of the park or else out for a shy. Since step 1, this sequence has taken anything up to 30 seconds, but usually longer if we are losing and time is running out.
And as for taking goal kicks, that's something else! As a rough guideline, double the amount of time taken to release the ball (largely due to the obligatory strolling across the 6-yard line to the opposite side of the goal to where the ball went out, with possibly a change of mind half-way there).
Thankfully Jamie does distribute the ball a tad faster than it took you to type this ( maybe not much in it ). However, I suspect his distribution capabilities have very little outcome on our games. Bigger picture out there.
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I'm hoping the winter break may mean RC are rusty, allied to the player churn in their team. Far from impossible we could win it.
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3 minutes ago, Jordanhill Jag said:
You need to Trade properly - the TJF Money should be used to give the Manager additional Funds beyond what he has
Because we are not breaking even as a Business in normal Trading - TJF money is simply reducing the Trading losses
Yep. I understand that fundamental aim in the mid to long term for TFJ funding. In the short term I'd argue that money is spend in the most prioritised areas. We could argue endlessly what constitutes short, medium and long term financial planning, but the direction of travel since less than a year ago is far better than most of us could have imagined. Perhaps next year's accounts will evidence that improvement. If not this thread will make a lazurus like recovery.
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1 hour ago, javeajag said:
To be fair I think JJ is saying ….
if you lose £300k in year one but reduce that to £150k it may appear you have improved things but when you add in the now £175k from TJF then the underlying business performance is basically the same .
I get that but equally I'd argue the money from TFJ ( aka the fans ) is good business, showing a positive relationship between the business and its customers. If that's not business related I don't know what is....
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2 hours ago, Jordanhill Jag said:
Im saying nothing of the sort
To get a true picture comparing losses from previous Years in actual Trading Terms you have to remove TJF cash from the Calculation as its not generated by Trading and previous Board did not have this level of a Donation
So in actual Business Trading we are still running at similar losses to previous Seasons of circa £300K
TJF cash is giving a False Reading to the actual Financial Stats
Money is money. Do we count income from the centenary club for example? Do we count 50/50 profits? Irrespective of views, surely the TFJ income stream is valued. You may view it as a donation. I view it as investing in the financial future of the club.
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7 minutes ago, javeajag said:
The task of everyone who supports the club is to make us more successful and to do that we need to critically evaluate what we do well and what can be improved.
given the Boards we have had in recent years the to do list is long but that’s an opportunity.
I agree the list may be long. But these things take time with the best will in the world. I'll say it again, I'm grateful to TFJ in particular how they have undoubtedly improved things in a relatively shall period. Rome wasn't build and all that....
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The more I read this read the more I think why anyone would put themselves forward for either TFJ, JT or the board. Pretty thankless task. I'm not sure how many on this forum are actually on one of these entities, but given the number of ideas circulating maybe they should be. I seem to sense a lack of gratitude for all those doing their best in trying circumstances. We should never forget that.
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1 hour ago, Jordanhill Jag said:
Did you get answers on the Reliability of Income Forecasts ?
Do we have any info on the Reliability of the Forecasted £150K Losses ?
Can you advise what the Detailed Plan was to increase Revenues ? ( beyond increasing Hospitality )
Given the Cash Injection & TJF Monies - we should be Break Even this Season ( and that's allowing for a Competitive Team on the Park ) This is a £2.5MN Turnover Company -its in the Owner Managed Bracket of Companies - if we don't have people capable of turning it into Break Even without donations - change them
And what we are now saying is that TJF cannot ask awkward questions because of NDAs - so seriously what is the point ?
Even when there was a statement that they were involved with the Investment Process from the USA ( as opposed to the Fait Accompli they were presented with ) the TJF Reps in the Room said Nada
If we cannot get to Break Even this Season - TJF address that and replace the Board ( included there Directors ) under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should there ever be a requirement for a Second Round of Funding unless there is some massive issue that we are not aware of
The Board between the USA & TJF are getting £675K Cash input into a £2.5MN Turnover Company & forecasting a loss - are you kidding - you would be fired immediately in the real World
So we are a Bowling Club - Zero Ambition - if that's what people are happy with - Keep Buying the Pins
In financial power terms PTFC have always been in a bowling club ( sic ). I suspect the same terminology could be uses to describe all football teams in Scotland bar the OF. To say the club has no ambition is simply not true. Nb I think you have some valid points on sustainability, but your message is being lost in the delivery.
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57 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said:
Let's hear it, simply: How would you rack up profits?
You don't like benefactors putting money into the club, you don't appear to approve of spending money in the hope of improving the team...
What the hell do you want? Give a concrete plan, not just some abstraction.
He doesnt appear to like TJF putting money into the club either, or supporting the club in many ways.
Kris Doolan, One Year In...
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The stats speak for themselves. I'd imagine if you'd said to the fan base in Feb 23, here is your next 50 games statistics in advance, 99.9% would have thought it highly improbable.