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Only one class loan signing!
LYLE TAYLOR!
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Please add our names, both season ticket holders.
Tommy Dickson
Jayden Dickson
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Scottish Government Grants; SPFL state "the money has been divided following the normal SPFL distribution model".
James Anderson donation; SPFL state "the money will be split evenly among 42 clubs".
Go figure!
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11 minutes ago, Fearchar said:
There was clearly nobody lurking in the box and few prepared to run into the box - until Gordon came on, after which he and Graham seemed to get in each other's way. Why do we insist on punting crosses into the middle of the box, then? (Not to mention the standard lower-league Scottish giant centre-back opposition.)
Williamson only needs to work on one thing: making sure he can put a cross in with his left foot. That alone would make him unpredictable and threatening for any opposition defence. (The one-footedness is a wretched habit which coaching should break: all professionals should be equally capable with either foot - including Bannigan!)
Agreed! I have always bemoaned the fact that too many professional footballers are one footed.
Also, why are players classed in the narrow bracket of being able only to play in the one position? A professional footballer should be capable of playing wherever he is required, to a reasonable level. Senna proves this point at this moment in time.
Our midfield is too negative. Need more creativity similar to the Erskine, Lawless, Higginbotham style of the recent past. Surely, we can coach some midfielders to be more positive, making runs beyond Graham, or working 1 - 2's on the edge of the box, similar to Doolan/Erskine?
This can all be adopted on the training pitch, rather than constantly waiting on a transfer window to go and sign another forward.
Just plodding on without trying something different is no solution at all!
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Interesting comments from Ian McCall in this article!
Is the team in the right frame of mind?
McCall praises 'terrific' players after win, thanks Thistle board for behind the scenes support.url
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Pathetic stream!
Takes away any enjoyment!
Looks like another season of putting up with an amateur product!
Why do other clubs, many with smaller budgets than ours, get things like this right!
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So what happens tomorrow?
Do Thistle and Hearts attend meeting together or separately?
Who attends the meeting on behalf of the Clubs and the SFA?
Is there any legal representatives in attendance on behalf of the Clubs?
Is it only the Compliance Officer or/and a panel of SFA officials?
If it is a panel, who is likely to be on it?
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1921 - Scottish Cup Winners.
1971 - Scottish League Cup Winners.
Every 50 years!
2021 - Are we piling in for a cup victory at the end of this season?
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2 away games at most of the northern teams:
Cove Rangers - Montrose - Forfar
1 away game
Peterhead
Looks like Doncaster and Blair trying to make sure we have a lot of traveling costs, as well as rewarding his 'friends' with potential gate money?
Makes it easier to boycott!
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Just shows how the system works!
We automatically assume that the legal system is about justice and fairness, sorting out what's right and what's wrong?
It is all about following Laws/Rules that have been decided elsewhere!
i.e. - Tax avoidance and Tax evasion - One is legal, the other is illegal!
Easy to sort! Make them both illegal! Will never happen because the lawmakers do what they are told by the rich and powerful!
Same in Scottish football - You have to challenge or change the lawmakers before any thing will be fair and just for all!
Namely - The SPFL and the SFA!
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I go tae the fitba to get away fae the family!
Gie's a break!
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9 minutes ago, Woodstock Jag said:
You do realise that if the voting criteria for an ordinary resolution were 51% Thistle would have been relegated even if two and half times as many clubs voted against the SPFL Board's resolution as actually did?
I do!
My point is, Neil Doncaster has often been quoted as stating that the resolutions passed because of a democratic vote!
95% of clubs can vote for a resolution, and it could still lose!
The dice are always loaded, and, IMO are corrupt!
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55 minutes ago, Woodstock Jag said:
This is completely reasonable.
There is no realistic prospect of the Clubs agreeing a permanent criteria to deal with seasons that cannot be completed because of emergencies. In times of pandemics or similar, you need coherent and decisive leadership rather than to have the Clubs squabbling among themselves.
It is sensible, in those circumstances, to give the SPFL Board actual power, but very clearly to limit it to the current pandemic.
Only if we have ' conflict of interest ' applying to decision makers on the board i.e.: no directors of football clubs allowed to make decisions.
And, a truly democratic voting criteria i.e.: 51% - 22 votes win. Not the loaded, and corrupt, 77% - 32 votes win!
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1 hour ago, exiledjag said:
I attempt to answer your points below:
Type of player: players who show energy, belef, enthusiasm and commitment; who are willing to fight and run all day, have a positive and winning attitude and who make things happen! We also need a reasonable level of footballing skill and especially pace throughout the squad. All the above qualities we haven't seen in the past 3 years. As we progress through the Divisions to the SPL we will need to increase the skill and football brain elements.
Squad good enough for promotion: nearly but not yet!
Board support for McCall: Yes
Can McCall get us promoted: Yes. Longer term I see him in a Director of Football type role.
In general we really need the whole club but especially the playing side, to be more positive and filled with people, especially players, who look as if they really want to play for thr Jags! As for us fans we need to be more positive and less critical of individual players, more enthusiastic and loud particularly when a game is going against us! We need to focus more on supporting and lifting the team and less on off-field Board room matters.
The best way to shaft the SPFL and its members is to win games. When clubs we know who are against us (votes or comments) come to Firhill we should give them hell everytime their players touch the ball. We should also display big Anti-SPFL banners all around the ground. Another tee shirt BB?
While appreciating our friends (16 clubs who supported reconstruction), we should make sure for the other 26 clubs Firhill is 90 minutes of hell including their Directors and Officials who watch the game from the JHS! Anti-Club (specific) banners would be good.
No more Mr Nice Guy for certain clubs.
Do not know if it is a breach of rules?
But, I would request that our board do not offer any access to the boardroom, no hospitality and no complimentary tickets to certain teams directors and officials. If they wish to attend Firhill then they can pay at the gate and sit with their own supporters, also giving Jags fans the opportunity to tell them what we think of them, as they approach and leave the stadium.
When Jim Oliver was a blazer at the SFL, he suggested that the complimentary ticket rule should be stopped, as invariably they were being issued to people (hangers on), who in the main could well afford to pay to attend a football match. At face value it is a significant loss of income for every club.
His proposal was shot down in flames!....................... Some things never change!
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3 hours ago, javeajag said:
Probably in average 100,000 a club = £4,2m.....then maybe adjusted per league
My understanding from Ann Budge's comments on Sportsound, and subsequent quotes in the media, is that the donation is for the lower league clubs to assist with completing a fixture list next season!
Doncaster gets involved and it is now to be a fair distribution of funds for all 42 clubs?
Should be split between 30 clubs IMO, the top league have persistently voted down any resolution to ensure that no clubs will be unfairly affected by the current situation.
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There should be strings attached! Namely, that the funding is to be distributed to the lower league clubs only, to allow them to complete a fixture list at this difficult time!
SPFL will just pool the funds, and distribute them to all 42 members, asking them to vote on it!
Current split of monies is 84% to the top 12, 16% to 30 lower clubs!
So, for every million pound donated, the lower league clubs would receive £160,000 between them!
Aye,right!
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Would it not be the case that if member clubs meet the criteria to continue next season,Hearts, Thistle & Falkirk. Then the SPFL are duty bound to find the clubs fixtures to play?
Also, if member clubs decide, for whatever reason, not to participate in completing a fixture list. Then they should be expelled, or resign from the organisation?
Therfore, the SPFL should establish the number of clubs who meet the criteria, and organise the Leagues accordingly. (No voting required!)
Thistle are one of only 6 clubs out of 42 who operated at a profit according to the last available financial results!
If forced to cease conducting business by a voting process, would this not be in breach of Restrictive Trade laws!
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12 hours ago, Pinhead said:
Lambie was not a twatwaffle like that clown Robertson, to compare them like for like is an insult to Lambie
I was being light hearted and having a bit of fun with my comments!
Cabin fever setting in?
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Harry Redknapp is looking for a team to invest in, and has not excluded Scotland!
Davie Robertson of Kashmir fame as manager! (Nearest manager I have seen to John Lambie).
Now that would be worth supporting!
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How many causes can we get on the one shirt?
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Neil Doncaster spending his 30 pieces of silver in the Celtic superstore!
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Bigot Brothers TV Solution
First teams to play in Glasgow Cup! Home and away over 2 legs!
2 Fixtures home and away in reconstructed league!
Potential to meet in League Cup and Scottish Cup!
Could produce 2 to 6 meetings to satisfy Sky's demands!
Get the 'Hot Balls' out to guarantee the minimum of 4!
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Just noticed that the top clubs in the German League have donated 20 million euros into a ' solidarity fund'. To be distributed to clubs who are financially struggling within the lower divisions.
They feel they have an obligation to the game as a whole!
Wouldn't something similar save face for the SPFL, the bigot brothers and others who are throwing accusations all over the place?
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16 hours ago, Barney Rubble said:
McCall has had a good look at Fox and Sneddon since taking over, so there's a reason why Fox is the current number one. You're reading too much into selective quotes in a newspaper interview. In my experience, on and off the pitch, every goalkeeper, Scott Fox included, detests losing goals. You bloody well know about it when they do.
Also, where is your evidence to back up the bit in bold?
He is a professional footballer, therefore he is paid for his services - win, draw or lose!
Body language when he concedes a goal gives me the impression that he is not to perturbed! - No pride!
He is not alone here, the squad in general seem to lack any pride in their performances, the jersey or how the fans feel!
No leadership, not only in the six yard box, but across the team as a whole! We need a leader, a true captain on the park, who can get angry, cajole and encourage his team mates to perform on the day!
Options for action against the board
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I don't believe boycotting a home match will bother our brass necked directors in anyway whatsoever!
Particularly concerned that such an action may have a negative impact on the players. Our best chance to win a trophy is in the cup competitions, the team deserve a big support in the forthcoming cup tie against Arbroath. After all, the team and the fans are the club!
Let's get behind them!
I am not suggesting or condoning anything illegal, but why not get more personal targeting the two main cretins, businesses in Edinburgh? Away day in Edinburgh, protesting and handing out leaflets outside Indigo and Murray Beath Murray offices - right to protest, and all that!