Jaggernaut

Maybe in some kind of sanctuary, with similar creatures?

Spent most of his time grunting and screeching about the board, probably while scratching his baws. A bit like one of his cousins who posts these days (but tends to shut up when we've won).

Great result in the end. My relatives who were watching on tv and chatting on WhatsApp were emphasizing our walking-paced, sideways and backwards passing, leading to absolutely no openings and combined with a lack of movement up front. Judging from many of the comments on this thread, many if not most other people see these issues clearly. So why doesn't Doolan? PS: They also said that Graham was honking: terrible ball control, terrible passing, too slow. We need to be lucky that he actually gets one tap-in on target per game.

It would be interesting to know how many first- and second-half goals we've scored at each end of Firhill over the past several seasons (or whenever this superstitious starting the match facing the north end started).

Just saw a photo: I like that Accies top. Maybe it's not to the taste of some folk who don't like mustard, which I love!

Old pretenders at that. Let's see more of our young pretenders!

Since the prediction polls started appearing at the top of the matchday threads this season, I think they've all ended up with "Jags win" prevailing. Like others, I often let my heart rule my head in such matters, but it currently looks like "Accies win" is the overall prediction for this match. Presumably the realisation is sinking in that we just cannot count on our team to beat lowly or mid-table teams. Sad state of affairs.

He can ski-daddle!

Ian McCauld doing the commentary.

JLow's time at Firhill always reminded me of wannabe tories: all about appearances, spin, and spending money, but in reality ending up in fur coat and nae knickers.

Kick-off was held up that day to let the crowd in. Looks like those who did eventually come in changed their mind.

Anybody know of an effective treatment for crimson simianitis?

Certainly looks a bit on the mad side!

I'm guessing your alluding to biggest Jags hero of all time (well, at least in my lifetime), Dave McP. It was indeed a less than scintillating start to new manager's career, but what a season it developed into, and then the one after that! 👍

Thanks for that information. You've corrected my memory, and now I remember feeling surprised (and disappointed) at his rather sudden disappearance at the start of that pretty amazing season. I wonder if he had any regrets in the long term about leaving when he did.

Did Flanagan leave after we were confirmed relegatees in early 1970? I thought he'd gone earlier in the season than that. Surprised to see there doesn't appear to be an Archives article on him; he was a good wee player for us.

Good point. Those who went to England certainly made some dosh, even if they didn't shine especially brightly. Of those who stayed in Scotland, Joe McBride went on to have a truly amazing scoring record for several clubs. And Arthur "Bomber" Duncan is a legend at Easter Road. I'm not sure if Badger (to Killie) or Somner (to St Mirren) actually did any "better" when they left us, either in terms of performance or for themselves (in the long run).

To the earlier list we could add Joe McBride (to Motherwell and then others), Hugh Tinney (to Bury), Arthur Duncan (to Hibs). From the League Cup winning team: Jimmy Bone (to Norwich), Denis McQuade (to Hearts) And from later: Mo Johnston (To Watford), Jim Melrose (to Leicester City).

Three on show at Tannadice yesterday: Penrice (scorer), Spittal (hit the bar), Holt. With the exception of the latter, we never got to see them really perform for us. Who are the others currently playing at a higher level? Nisbet, Docherty?....

Doesn't all the play-off money get distributed across all the teams in the League? So, sack people left, right and centre ("review overheads" in your parlance).... some would argue that is a sure way to reduce our ability to generate income. Over-reliance on "stats and software": agreed. I can't help thinking that some players might well believe that they're doing a good job based on some technological outputs rather than their actual performances and the team's results. Review scouting & recruitment: some of our young teams seem to do well, so what's happening to the players? Current youngsters in the first-team squad have basically been frozen out by the manager to allow several 30-and-overs with reduced pace and motivation to play every week. Or parachuted-in players who looked good but are being found out.

Dunfermline had a single point from nine away games until yesterday. The result was inevitable!

Any manager who starts almost every reply in an interview with "Listen,...." should be avoided.

What would you do?

I think you have a point there.

They are part of the problem in what is looking increasingly like a Dads' Army team.