Jag36

Agree he needs a defensive minded coach.

Wouldn't be suprised if we put out exactly the same team again on saturday

We play the same team every week, make the same subs at the same time, and have dropped any guys like stanway, Lyons who showed a bit of promise. Our keeper problem has been clear since the start of the season and stewart is clearly not the answer. How is muirhead still getting a game after last saturday

Its very simple, with this defence and keeper we can forget about promotion. We can either make the changes or limp on to the play offs. That was our undoing last season, we've not addresed it so we're just falling into the same trap as last season

Said after the raith game we have absolutely no chance of promotion unless we change our keeper, that includes through the playoffs. Need a keeper who can command his box, distribute and not make a mistake every 2nd game

Think letting O'Reilly go to Thistle by basically saying you can get us promoted but we're not keeping you if you do, with the offer of a contract til the end of the season ,sends the wrong message to the rest of the squad. So agree can see Raith falling away

Said it before, if we don't sort out our keeper situation theres no way we are going up through the play-offs

My thoughts exactly, same response after every defeat- 'it doesn't really matter we've been playing not bad will pick ourselfs up'. Would love to see him p*ssed off just once after a defeat

Totally fed up with this team, why is bannigan still getting a game, sneddon absolutely no confidence in him and muirhead if you're injured go down and get treatment. Also why take stanway off again

Either give Mitchell a chance or the priority in january needs to be a solid confident goalkeeper

Well that needs to happen then cause whatever we have going forward without a decent keeper we've no chance

We have absolutely no chance of getting anywhere until we sort our keeper and defence out.

McCall would have been ideal as director of football/ head of recruitment. Probably still a possibility from McCalls point of view but don't see it happening Doolan seems like he has loads of potential as a manger but his lack of experience is beginning to show

The best we played last season was the playoff games without Bannigan, balance of the team much better without him Stanway looked promising in the early league cup. Also far to many loan signings- never a good thing

Just get to half-time at 1-0 and regroup. Thistle seem to have an inability to manage games effectively. Constantly throwing away leads, not seeing out games, conceding goals in quick succesion etc.

Thought Stanway looked decent in the league cup and gave the team a bit more balance and energy than when they play Bannigan/Williamson

Exactly, why should teams like Thistle have to pay to maintain a decent pitch when Killie etc. get away with it with a bit of extra cash for new players and wages, nevermind the advantage of being used to playing/training on the terrible surface

Hopefully this is a tough learning point for Doolan regarding his in-game management today. He's tinkered unnecessarily in lots of games before, sometimes we've just about got away with it , others we've not Hopefully he learns from today and we don't see it going forward this season

Pretty much throw it away again with our subsitutions. Doolan seems determined to make these unneccesary changes when we're comfortable in games. Sometimes its best just to leave it.

Sneddon is a good shot stopper but he has no presence, distribution and makes too many mistakes. Needs to be no.2 again for a while, though he has potential

Anybody know if all fans are allowed into the next home game given restrictions have eased or is it still only season ticket holders? Thanks

The decision is whether we play summer football and straight from there into next season or we call the league( null and void whatever,) now. Can't see lower league football being allowed to resume until april/May IMO summer football makes total sense- the possibility of fans being allowed in- the subsequent financial benefit of that.

Would make total sense to play through the summer if they have too. Would be very suprised if the situation wasnt much better by then. But do the SPFL even care enough to consider this or will they just pull the plug on the season and be done with it. Also im sure the premiership will be allowed to continue unless there are any other significant breaches of protocols and the SG intervenes

To be honest it probably makes sense for leagues without testing to be suspended at the moment. However the SPFL and SFA lack of consultation and commuication just shows the total disregard for the lower leagues. There has been money made available for scottish football that should have in part been put aside for testing in the lower leagues in this situation. Bottom line is its all about protecting the top clubs, keeping the sky deal going and lining the pockets of the SPFL executives. It was clear when the season got called ,and it is now ,that they basically couldn't care less about the smaller clubs. Can't see any signs that alternative options around testing were considered for the lower leagues looks like they were just offered up after the Dubai debacle without any consultation to appease the SG

I'll take that at the moment. No interest in Scottish Football now the way it is. The games so skewed that all we'll every achieve anyway at best is scrapping for survival in premiership..is that so much more enjoyable