Jaggernaut

Hind legs, aff, and donkey come to mind.

That's my guess too.

I'd forgotten about this.

Back to floodlights, I've long wondered whether the vast surface of the JH stand roof (and maybe even the main stand roof) would be suitable for solar panels. I've seen tennis courts that get lit that way, albeit it admittedly in a sunnier country!

I thought it was almost a carbon copy of the QP game. Yes, we tried to move the ball a bit faster, but faster sideways passing doesn't actually get us nearer to scoring, there needs to be more running at/around/through defences, rather than inevitable getting our to our wingers who are then standing still and often already double-marked (e.g. Drozd). Our final passes too often overhit or just wild (Smyth again!) and if our crosses even manage to get past the first defender, we just don't have a striker of anything near the class of Doolan or Graham. What does look very good at the moment is our defence, thank goodness.

Maybe that should be "lone" striker, because Watt and Samuels, for all their good work, aren't really strikers (imo).

Easy for some!

I need to pay more attention to Smyth, as I probably focus on the awful wayward passes that seem to be guaranteed in every game.

Highlights of the 3-0 win vs Aberdeen now on Youtube:

Ricco was frozen out of the first team at Firhill because BG was scoring (goals) so regularly. He's currently doing the same in Dingwall, so I wonder how they'll use Ricco there.

Nice donkey vocalization insertion after the horses idiom! Full equid points there, M'Lady.

Appreciated. Will watch things closely next time, looking especially for what you describe.

As somebody mentioned yesterday (I think), on countless occasions we were halfway inside QP's half, and they had 10 or even all 11 players in defensive position. Our tactic, time and time again: a square pass from one static midfielder to another, who might simply pass it back to the original passer, if a defender approaches him (i.e., the "get rid of this as fast as I can" action). Or, one of the two might wait until one of our wingers has actually run back, i.e., in the opposite direction from the QP goal, and is standing waiting to receive a pass, with already one or two defenders closing in on him. Drozd, despite having a decent enough game overall, was faced with this situation of having to try to beat two men from a standing start, with our other attackers simply standing watching what he'll do.... he often lost the ball in these circumstances. Sideways passing (especially at a leisurely pace) does not equate to "attacking" football.

Maybe this has all arisen because of a typo?: the "oversee" should be "oversea".

He scored again yesterday, twice, both from inside the 6-yard box, one a volley, one a header. I miss him.

The BBC league table has us and Livi both having played 4, winning 2 and drawing 2. We have the same goal difference, and yet we have 9 points and they have 8. Am I missing something?

Correct, the corners were truly pathetic, and of those of the 19 that weren't short, no more than 4 or 5 were reached by a Thistle player. Truly poor stuff. And as for the side-to-side.... 100% predictable. What is it with Thistle and our too-often failures to beat the worst teams in the league? Let's hope for a promotion playoff spot again, and if we get lucky, we might win it, because this team does not have the look of a Championship winning team.

Hmm, that kind of approach is too pushy for my liking.

Reading's third kit for this season.

What a star! Incomparable. Great singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, performer, humanitarian as well as supporter of animal charities. RIP

My post last night was largely wine-fuelled, and mainly a lament of our clearly dismal results against the erse-cheeks in the past several decades. As others pointed out, there is at least a greater chance of "upsets" in the men's game (and even trophies). But not, it seems, for us! Cup matches against top-flight teams, for example, can get us all excited in the build-up, but defeat seems-- sadly-- inevitable. As pointed out just the other day by TTA (I think): we've won only one of our last 21 matches against higher-ranked opponents in the League Cup. Jeez. For a team/club aspiring to be an established part the top flight....... well....... Monra Jags!

Let's take a moment to think about our men's team: We've failed to be a consistent top league club for 40 or so years, and have never managed a single victory over either auld firm cheek arse in 30 years. Qualify for Europe? Not even remotely near it, never have been. Are "they" going to have to do something about the "pointless" continuation of these kinds of statistics?

Really? And do we also need a FT full-back coach, and a FT central defending coach, and a FT winger coach etc etc?

They certainly came across as enthusiastic and a good fit for their respective roles.

I'm genuinely puzzled: Would most peopler prefer to see a main winner every month, with a piddling amount of money as the first prize? It will eventually be won (but who knows when!), and the winner will be absolutely delighted.