dl1971

It wasn't a suggestion, just what I thought may be occurring. I've no wish to join the board, but I suspect you may still have ambitions, with all your plans.....

Invest more money in improving the team?

That's what I said....you do of course realise ( I trust ) that from here on in every single post you make will apparently have to be evidenced ( sic ) or based on irrefutable fact. If not the hypocrisy police may be having words...No opinion is to be allowed or countenanced by order of javeajag...should be a fun forum.

The truth is we don't know and it is acceptable because its ahem....reality. 99.5% of thistle fan base ( I have no evidence ) accept where we are, irrespective of the why.

Seems like a very promising signing. A goal scoring defender too! Now if we could get Thomas.....

You have lost it. Or you are confusing me with someone else? I've consistently said I want us to get promoted if at all possible. It's why I go to the games, hoping for the best outcome. By whatever means....

So your position is you still expect us to get promoted? Just to pin you down, is promotion via the play offs a success? For future reference later in the season.

You can say that about any sacked manager. For example Wayne Rooney or Steve Cooper may be muttering I would have won the league if.....

Aye. Let's compare us to probably the best two teams in Europe. I think their defenders may be outwith our budget.

We can still get promoted. As you say it doesn't matter how. Automatic or play offs. You seem reluctant to give Doolan ( or the team ) any praise no matter what. That is of course up to you but your reasoning seems to have little....reason. I hope we do get promoted by whatever means, but if we don't it's not the end of the world. I don't think anyone has said not being promoted is a great outcome ( bar your own post ). Anyway onwards to Greenock. I'm predicting 4 3 to us...

Excellent. A full team then lol. Seriously though, given modern day squad sizes are we really out of kilter? And does it matter....if Thomas made a critical difference?

Javeajag won't be happy until we have a goal difference of +100 with no goals conceded. I'm enjoying watching thistle score plenty of goals under Doolan. Be interested to see the total stats under Doolan ( including play off results ). It's impressive I'm sure.

But none are as good as Thomas. Do we actually have 9 or is that exaggeration?

I'd take him in a heartbeat. Could make a significant difference, either challenging for the title ( unlikely still ) or the playoffs.....

Great second half performance. And a clean sheet! Should be quite a game next week. Nothing to fear if we take our A game.

New keeper signed. Looks like a change coming. Offensively we are averaging 1 94 goals scored per game, so not much wrong there.

Pssst. Read my posts. I said promotion is possible via the play offs. Difficult to see us winning the league notwithstanding a mysterious algorithm.

We won 2 1 last time out. I'd rather think that...

So what does your verification of data show where thistle should be? Essentially your view is I'm afraid , subject to all the usual parameters. It is an opinion based on the square root of a finger in the air. You therefore are the same as all thistle fans, neither right or wrong. Accept it and move on.

Strange game. Some great attacking play, offset by a horrible sneddon error. Bar the free kick defensive played well, particularly Neilson and Milne. Graham had an off day. All in all good result. Never dull!

We could still get promoted via the play offs.....remember we very nearly pulled that off. Who knows , if we can somehow recruit well in January it's not beyond the bounds of possibility. Perhaps you have written us off for promotion, but I haven't.

This is the equivalent of Rangers asking the SFA for the VAR audio. Meaningless and will achieve nothing. What next? Get the forensic accountants in for a financial analysis debate.

It's everyone's fella

Nb your last paragraph is not a fact. It's an opinion.

Irrespective of the budget Raith have a better team than us this season. Not by much possibly, but table doesn't lie. Football is played on the field, not on spreadsheets. Very very few fans ( bar yourself ) expected us to be genuine title contenders and that is how it is panning out. Sometimes it's better to keep your expectations balanced. No matter what we will all be wishing Doolan the very best January transfer window. If that doesn't transpire I'm sure you will be vocal, so let's hope you will have no need to be vocal, meaning we are doing well. That would be splendid.