Jaggernaut

I'm with you, regardless of how many times you post it!

And then watch all the absent glory hunters scrambling for tickets when we get drawn against their big team in the next round.

One the one hand many people think that it's alright for a manager to scream profanities at the players and hurl insults at them, either from the dug-out or in the dressing room. It's called motivational lifting, or something like that, and I'd guess that just about all of the great managers have done it. On the other hand, some people consider it unacceptable for supporters who have spent a lot of money and who feel cheated by players' lack of effort and motivation to show the same kind of reaction as the manager. Why is that?

Nobody said it's a big issue.

You're probably right. I've never seen a single episode of the Simpsons, and I suppose I'm doing fine.

Imagine being able to say, many years from now....: "I was there that day." Bring it on!

They should at least allow children in free, to give them a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see the legends that are Culter.

Maybe I'm just too resigned to how far Thistle's standing in football has declined over the past few decades. We're not very good at all, and have suffered defeats against many teams that as a youngster I'd never have thought we'd ever play against let alone lose against. We are no longer any kind of "big" player. The stadium shows it, the drifting away of thousands of fans shows it, and the teams that we put out show it. These will all require big changes if they are to be halted or reversed. In a thread weeks ago I stated that this Cup tie was a banana skin waiting to happen. Yes, it's embarrassing, but honestly, based on the football I've been watching this season, especially when Thistle are away from Firhill, the result is no surprise. That's why I think that some of the suicidal-like posts are over the top. The manager and the players have the opportunity to get it right next time, having been seriously embarrassed on Saturday. If further embarrassment occurs in the replay, then I might just be contacting Exit myself.

Simon Storey

I saw him play one excellent match, then several very average ones. Maybe he's been brought down to the level of the rest of them, or is uninterested now because he's offski soon.

He's unlikely to have removed it if all the folk who commented had said it was brilliant, so I think it's clear where the impetus came from.

The sideways nudging seems to have become too much of a habit, though. That's why some folk have been calling us a crab football team. Side to side with no urgency simply gives teams plenty of time to line up their two ranks of defenders in front of their penalty area, and we don't have the pace or nous to get through them. Ross County have done this repeatedly against us, and I wonder whether that's not what Culter were advised to do on Saturday. Agreed on the Barcelona bit!

Not really.

Congratulations.

Fix.

Bump. There's usually some a post or two about the event.

Excellent photies.

No need to wait until then: http://www.oldglasgowpubs.co.uk/images/Pub%20Images/John_Hughes.jpg

Put it up. I'd like to see it! But I see that some of those who have seen it have decided that they know what's best for me and everybody else. Admin, I think this entire thread should be deleted, as it shows the club and its fans in a bad light.

Excellent photies. Looks like a great game. B)

I'd imagine that when we got a draw against the h*ns at Ibrox a couple of years ago there were hundreds or thousands of h*ns supporters raging on their various forums, about how they had been embarrassed by wee Thistle, how some of their prima donnas need to take a good look at themselves, etc etc. These upsets happen, and it was a great result for Culter. We didn't lose, so it wasn't by any means the worst result in the club's history, as some are claiming. You'd expect normal service to be resumed in the replay, and a comfortable win for the Jags. Another draw or a defeat against Culter should lead to the manager being immediately sacked. By all accounts the team was rotten again on Saturday. That's becoming a regular occurrence. I noticed that Culter had 2 corners, whereas we had 12. Yet even against a mediocre junior team we did nothing with those corners. I wasn't there, but I'm guessing they were mostly the floaters that have been shown not to work for us time and time again. I missed the game on Saturday. I'm looking forward to the replay!

What next? No colourful clothes in a public place? Women having to cover up their faces?

Ach, aw right then. It's a coo's face, looking at you. Easy, once you've seen it.

I can just picture it now: people shivering, teeth chattering, noses running, too miserable to engage in conversation, muttering abuse....... and that's just me and Jaggernautess in the hoose looking at the internet that evening.

Can we take it from your other items that the wife is giving up the golf?