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We go to our not so happy place to try and break our run of winless league visits. There were some signs of a bit more energy in the first half at Falkirk before we went down to ten men. Martin seemed to fill that gap in midfield to some extent. No Graham gives the game an interesting dynamic as we will need the front three to step up. The main concern now is the defence as we have been shipping goals like it's going out of fashion since the Dunfermline game. Not expecting much but a win would be very welcome. C'mon the Jags.

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Megwa just looks at Oliver and gives him the opportunity to score. Not of much consequence but he does pick up his man at the second penalty. Fifth goal their left back is just left by Chalmers and as Turner is already assigned to his man Falkirk get another soft goal. Arfield looks like a great signing for Falkirk.

He played wing back for Livingston to good effect when he left us. He was obviously a good bit younger then so like Banzo I don't see them playing that role.

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A cash cow is a good thing in business from what I remember?

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Cheers Harry. Son's crying.

He did a great job with them 😉

I think you should be okay Mr D 😉

I was alluding to Mr McCall being quoted with an interest. Not for me personally but plenty will see him as an option. Not sure if he'll be considered by the board though? We'll find out soon enough...

That's plenty.

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Big game to begin the post Harry Milne era. A couple of new bodies in and at least two new starters in the line-up. Falkirk have added a couple of young loanees, including the lad from Dundee who seemed to do a decent job for them. Scott Arfield also returns and will boost their fans. Not sure if we will try to match Falkirk's line-up like we did at Ayr? Mitchell Megwa Ashcroft O'Reilly Drysdale Martin Bannigan Chalmers Turner Fitzpatrick Graham I have a feeling Crawford could vie for the #10 role It would be good to see if we can be more competitive than our last two games with Falkirk.

Not sure someone saying we will be getting an update from the chairman is a big issue. If the details of what was going to be said were leaked then I'd see that as an issue. Shame the statement wasn't made at the start of January and it might have prevented some knicker wetting and conspiracy theories from some posters...

Decent statement from the club. I appreciate they couldn't confirm the two in and two out from yesterday but would it of hurt to state why we were releasing a raft of players earlier in the window? I think we all know we will be back to living within our means from next season moving forwards. We need to adjust our signing policy to getting younger players with a potential resale value rather than going for the more experienced players McCall and Doolan have favoured to fill the first team. We have a decent core signed up so hopefully the DoF and management team can put together an effective signing policy.

Not sure where you are getting these names from mate? The one a lot of Thistle fans will think of is a more recent ex-manager. He would be a Marmite choice too. It'll be interesting to find out who gets the role.

I'm okay going into the final third with a trimmed first team squad. I'd assume it focuses the manager's mind on the players he has. Almost worked at the end of Doolan's first season. Maybe Ablade getting a run could be the Fitzpatrick of that spell? The potential issue is does Doolan have his first eleven and first line of subs in mind now the transfer window has slammed shut? The club statement suggesting we are still looking to add to the squad suggests not. Then again what manager tends to say no to a new player? I feel we should certainly secure 4th place now but anything above that would be a surprise to me. Even a Hollywood signing wouldn't likely change that but still a good number of games to go.

HAAA

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Robbo almost 33 years old and he's got a 2 1/2 year deal from Accies. That's the kind of signing we'd normally make...

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We need to fill the hole in the middle of the park and then maybe we can get more control of games and get our creative players creating and scoring.