Jaggernaut

Always sad to hear that a Thistle supporter has passed away. Condolences to Dougie's family and friends.

Scapegoat prediction: Lawless. Let's face it, did absolutely nothing in games where he came on towards the end of last season.

He's been doing sfa for us to win matches for a good few years. Christ, even I could make 2-yard passes to somebody, or even easier, backwards, before I get tackled. I could easily get yellow and red cards and cop out of the match. To win matches we need to attack, and SB has done virtually zilch in that department for several seasons. And if his holding or stopper midfield role is his forte, then it hasn't helped us much, as we're still in the 2nd tier. Thanks for your efforts, SB. Sorry that Aberdeen rumour came to nothing all those years ago, but good luck at Ayr!

No doubt he'll get booked before long.

No pussying around! If they can't host the fixture, win awarded to the opponents!

Quick contribution: I hope BBG does well at Falkirk; he's a Jags legend without doubt.; would be happy to see him return some day. I'm hoping for at least 4 or 5 new signings: keeper, full back ( l or r), two midfielders (a stopper and a driver), a couple of sharp, mobile forwards..... we need more options than what we had last season, as the results showed. But I don't know who fits the bill.....🙁

Also good to see the very positive response from supporters volunteering to help spruce up the stadium for the start of the new season.

Clueless. (Me, not him, though he seems to be heading in the wrong direction....)

Seriously, all the best to BBG, who's been tremendous for us, a real big influence, but in the end was largely involved in stifling our style of play, as when we were near the opposition everything had to be aimed at him. I have a feeling that we might see him back at Firhill in a later stage of his career, when he's no longer playing. Now, we don't need another 30 plus some striker. Get in another young guy to play alongside Diack, and give them both a decent run in the team to start scoring. Get an attacking midfielder who can burst forward and shoot.

Has it actually been stated that it's us who received a fee? Maybe we paid them to get him off our hands.

Love it!

Rumours about us being interested in players who've signed for other clubs are not evidence of anything. Players are looking for the best deals they can get, and so players going to the likes of Falkirk, Livi, Ross, can earn considerably more than we can offer them. So yes, we could already have signed a few players... but they'd be ones that better-off teams had no interest in, and that would probably be for good reasons, and people would be on here complaining about the underwhelming players we've signed, blah blah. I think that for us this season it's a combination of "wait and see" (who's available and within our means) and "hit or miss" (could turn out excellent, mediocre, or worse). That's where we're at. I don't see how it could have been done much differently.

RIP Another great from the best era of popular music.

Next: volunteer players? "Gear (donated) will be available." ? Anybody remember George Cumming, an amateur who played for us in the 60s? He was a decent enough player! Went on to attain some refereeing-admin position in the game (FIFA). .... And of course, TTA has the info: http://www.thethistlearchive.net/george-cumming

Great story!

Just spent a great half hour browsing through various items in the museum.

Here's hoping for a smooth and full recovery for IB.

I've just stumped up.

Apparently the documentary will change to a weekly soap opera, to replace River City. Working title: "Nolly Deep."

I predict that the Jags will pleasantly surprise all of the pessimists (or realists) and blow the other teams away, starting from very early on in the season, and maintaining their excellent form right to the end (with a short-lived lull in results due to injuries and suspensions). Thank you.

My memory is a bit hazy, but I seem to remember that Hinchy hadn't played for some time (though I thought he was OK in previous matches) but then had to play against Dunfermline at EE Park, and looked like he'd never played football in his life. Absolute howler, slow and all over the place, gifting them at least one goal. I think that might have been the last game he ever played for us.

I heard that Falkirk have sold 6,000.

Those look like the penis bones of different species of monkeys!

Ah, right!: half-arsed pretentiousness! (Or maybe just positive spin?)

Begin again....