Jaggernaut

Personally, I'd like to see this thread locked and if possible deleted. It has absolutely nothing to do with football, and the person who started it must know that.

Looks like we'll all be deleted before too long.

Looks like we'll all be deleted before too long.

Oh no! Thank you for everything!!! And best wishes. Here's hoping that somebody as dedicated and talented as you can take over the reins.

At our level it's like children pretending to be pop stars; imitating and even sometimes comical, but ultimately just playing around; nothing original, and they'll never actually become pop stars (I'm speaking from experience here!).

Yeah, you're right. My frustration at yet another winless result spilling over. Even mentioned to my brother on our chat that it was the best we've played for some time (especially the first half).

Basically more of the same with these winless wonders. Actually, Doolan in charge would have fared no worse than our results in the past two performances. To be fair, again there are some signs of improvement. Here's how I saw individual performances: Budinauckas: Looks dependable enough, though we've rarely seen him under real pressure (thanks to the defence, maybe). Clearly belongs to that cult that believes in taking as long as possible before releasing the ball. One day while he's standing with the ball at his feet, teasing the forward to come for it, he'll get caught out by somebody who moves and thinks faster than him. Megwa: Was having a kind of dream game, which turned into a literal dream for their equalizer. What on earth was he thinking? (Was he even earth at that moment?) Reid: Contender for MotM. Think we've got a good one there. O'Reilly: Standard, solid performance. Ashcroft: Standard, solid perormance. McBeth: For me, easily our MotM: The only one showing the will to take proceedings by the scruff of the neck and try to go at them. You can see his frustration with what's around him. Martin: Decent performance. Looks like he has more to show. Bannigan: Looks busy, actually does little. The King of "Stop immediately and see if you can pass it backwards!" Graham: Did what he's paid to do as a player: scored one goal, missed more chances. Chalmers: Excellent effort, especially in the first half. Another who I think has to lower himself to accommodate the limitations of his team mates. Crawford: I had to check the team sheet to see which player in the starting line-up I'd forgotten. Yep. Substitutes: Turner: Committed a foul, got booked. Our free kicks and corners were no more feeble than the ones he serves up week after week. Wasn't missed, and apart from the foul and card, wasn't noticed. Stanway: I think he should start: has more grit and two or three starters put together, and some good passes. Also got booked (again); congratulations. MacKenzie: I remember one header and one blooter to nowhere. Enough to guarantee his place on the bench before his next 5-minute appearance as a sub when we are desperate. Another observation: What the f*** is it with these goal kicks when we have two defenders on the 6-yard line and one passes it 3 yards to the keeper, who then has to do something with it as an opposition player bombs down on him? It's an absolute piece of sh*te, and somebody will need to show me convincing evidence of any team anywhere actually benefiting from this "tactic," which obviously has been copied from somewhere. The playoffs: If we make it, surely we'll go out in the first round.

If not, he can leg it.

Children who used to be called "cretins" were (are) often prone to petulant outbursts (one of their various mental disabilities).

Fortunately, so do we.

That's right, and we were also the best-form team in the league at one point not so long ago. But in the overall picture to date, we are Miles (or should that by Myles) off being the best, and Airdrie are by some margin the worst.

Looking at this realistically: Livi are undefeated in their last 6 games (won 5 and drawn 1). We have only 1 win in our last 6 games, and most recently failed to beat the worst team in the league. We know the outcome of Friday's match that we'd (presumably) all like, but unfortunately, the likely outcome is somewhat different. At this point I'd like us to go back to being "the great unpredictables."

Yes, that team also came into my mind. Yon match against Dunfermline when we scored 5 being another example of the brilliant attacking moves.

I was thinking something similar: the Scotland women's job probably comes with a much greater salary than you'd get from being the manager of Thistle. If BBG lands that job at this stage of his career, he's a very lucky guy. A bit like Maxi, who probably can't believe his luck, given that he wanted the Thistle job when he finished playing.

Sign him, we need younger legs!

Very happy for BBG if he wants and gets the Scotland women's manager position.

That's the kind of football I enjoy watching. McParland's young team in a nutshell!

I'm not sure it's a fitness issue. Teams are indeed faster and quicker, because we have been playing painfully slowly with all the passing from side to side and backwards without getting forward by even an inch at times, and too often even going back. This means that the forwards have nothing to run around for, because the ball isn't coming in their direction. No movement up front, so the midfielders hold onto the ball, and as they're getting no service (until the inevitable worthless punt), the forwards simply wait or walk around, and so the vicious circle goes. And then when opponents rob us of the ball and make a beeline for our goal, our midfielders are slow as hell to turn and to even try to chase them because they've been at walking pace and need to start from being immobile. The opponents have too often built up enough speed to slice through our final defensive line, who've been left exposed by the midfielders.

So, BBG will be in charge again for Friday's match vs Livingston, with a clear message from the Board: "Get interim!"

For me, the positives were (first half only; the second half was awful): - less of the robotic, predictable, and utterly non-constructive sideways/backwards passing deep in our own half - Megwa having the best game for us that I've seen him have - Chalmers looking threatening, Stanway adding dig in midfield. - Reid looks solid enough at LB (but I said that about Sayers...) -Budinauckas looked OK (but I said that about David Klein...) Negatives: - Players getting themselves trapped into tight wee triangular passing routines on the wing, with the players hemmed in by the opposition and going absolutely nowhere. While this is going on anybody further up makes any runs because, well, nothing is happening as long as the ball is stuck in this wee triangle, before usually ending up with the opposition. -Overall slowness. It sometimes most obvious at throw-ins, which can take up up to 20 seconds to end up making a 2-yard throw. If we'd kept up the tempo and movement of the first half, we'd probably have won, but the "ain't gonna win" mentality appears strong in this team. Another frankly unacceptable result, against the worst team in the league. In my current mood I'd put money on a Livi win on Friday.

Oh, great low shot by Stanway came back off the post, then in the same move a goal-bound shot from (I think) Chalmers brought out a fine save by the keeper.

Good work and pass into Graham by Megwa. Looks to me like less of the tippy-tappy sideways passing deep in our own half, trying to be more direct. Stanway tackling well, passing well. Chalmers again looking like he could do something excellent... maybe it'll come. Reid looks solid at LB, though clearly not as adventurous going forward as Milne. Defence looking OK overall, with young Bud looking comfortable in goal. The Pitch looks pretty sodden.

Can't add the game to my check-out basket....

From our line-up I'm guessing that we'll be using only one side of the pitch....... Looking forward to the live stream, and no doubt will chip in with a comment or two here at half time.

Inspector Rebus himself would be proud of that piece of sleuthery