Jaggernaut

It all makes for a very interesting few days ahead.

Thanks for that post, Maxi.

It's a great view, better entertainment than a lot of the action on the park at times. I hope somebody takes some photos across the bing from the back of the JH stand before something goes up there and we lose the view for ever.

I could understand that, as I think that Maxi has recently been giving interviews to the media and described as "assistant manager". JM is the new buoy (or bhoy) on the block.

That's a good summary. Although more recently we've had a couple of victories away from him, his overall record away from Firhill is rank rotten. I might give him a 7/10, but wouldn't argue with 6.5. I pretty much liked him at Firhill, but strangely I'm not that sad at him going......although it'll be interesting to discover the precise reasons for his departure.

Fix!

No, but the BBC has.

Not a bad shout, though he could probably earn megabucks as a coach down south again. Incidentally, it's clear from Roughie's book that Roughie can't stand him, doesn't think he has much talent.

It would probably depend on whether he was on a contract or not. If it was a rolling contract due to finish this summer. McCall and the Board might well have agreed that he can go with immediate effect, so they save some money.

Looks like attendances might be going up already!

I knew there was a solution somewhere! Let's all belt it out tomorrow.

McCall is part of the reason for the falling gates. It's been a 3-5-year plan every year since he arrived, with some truly awful and prolonged spells of awfulness on the field at times, especially away from home. He's shown very little that would suggest he is somehow a top-notch manager in the making. Managers, like players, come and go. Monra Jags. Looking forward even more to tomorrow's match than I was a couple of hours ago. Edited to add: there is a problem..."Jackie McNamara's Red and Yellow Army" disnae quite roll off the tongue to easily.

Willie-K has been one of our best players this season.

In some kind of twisted way, all the injury problems are making me look forward to the game even more than I normally would.

No. The latest is that the rumour is back on.

Gotta also admit that it's enjoyable.

Great story.

Tres interessant, merci.....

Pretty much entire agreement from me. I've highlighted in bold three points that I think are worth emphasizing. First, Erskine did really well to work the space and then try to curl in the ball. Much better than the usual thing we see which is a player simply trying to blast the ball past the keeper and usually it ends up going straight at him. Second, yes, Jackie M is hopefully playing his last season for us. He was basically okay last night, but on one occasion in the first half when he had to race to put the ball out for a shy (which he did) the manner in which his pace over the last few yards declined was dramatic and plain for all to see. Third, the lack of shots was funny/frustrating/tragic. Had to laugh out loud at Cairney receiving the tap from a free-kick and then instead of belting it trying to skip beyond an oncoming defender and losing out completely. There were other examples. HIT THE F*CKING THING!!@!

Funny!:

Ha ha! Now that is brilliantly pedantic.

Some excellent action photies there. Image 5 shows what Grehan and Doolan were up against all night: several players on top of them right away. It was enough to snuff out any real danger from them both.

Even last night Grehan worked hard, though it wasn't really happening for him. However I did notice that he can't get past anybody from a standing start; he needs to be moving already when he gets the ball if he's going to get past somebody. Looking at those highlights, Falkirk could have scored a couple before they did get one back. I for one was happy that the match ended when it did.

Excellent photies. Yep, we should have gone in at half-time a couple of goals ahead.

We were well beaten by Falkirk last night, for one main reason: attitude. There was really only one team that seriously looked as it they wanted to win. Falkirk won the vast majority of 50-50 balls, and almost everything in the air. Sure, a lot of their challenges looked like fouls, but the bottom line is that they won them. So, attitude. And pace. When they attacked they were fast, and the ball went forward. Their first goal was a brammer that resulted from a fast series of passes. We looked like clodhoppers in comparision, with every move grinding to a halt as whoever had the ball turned back and either waited for support to arrive (which it did, but only alongside more Falkirk defenders), or passed it backwards. So, attitude and lack of pace. And tactics. I felt sorry for Greehan and Doolan being surrounded by at least five Falkirk players everytime they were near the ball, with our midfielders casually trotting upfield from their own half. The substitutions weren't associated with any change it approach that I could see, other than shambolic failures even to decide who was going for the ball, who is was being passed to, or even where the ball was on some occasions. The final 20 minutes were some of the worst footballing moments that I can remember from Thistle, and that's no exaggeration. If only Erskine's excellent attempt had crept under the bar in the first half...... PS: Boyle looked back to his old form last night; not very impressive at all.