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just seen these i have ..... simply not good enough says archibald on ptfc.co.uk took consolation from second half display on bbc not one word about his selection, and why he started with stevenson up top and no dools or taylor. after today, i would have thought it would have been wise for archie to hold his hands up and admit, what every single supporter who paid to see the game today knew from before a ball was kicked, he got it wrong today with his first eleven. he can go on about players not doing their job or whatever, and even with justification, but to not address the glaring question on the lips of every thistle supporter, that was being repeated from 2pm when the team was announced, is poor show imo. he could have answered such a question with " i set the team out in same shape and players as close to what we had last time we played them, because it worked then ". that very response was what many were predicting archie would come out with, around me at the game and in the pub afterwards. but as many pointed out during and after the game today, that was an away game, on a pitch that was an infinitely better playing surface, and where yogi hughes would have known when he got the teamsheet today exactly how we were going to play and how to counteract it, as no way jose was he going to let his team get mortalled again. added to that, we had been playing better with stevenson behind the striker, and we had the added bonus of now having taylor, a player who bullies defenders and can hold them off ..... as he ably demonstrated in the second half with his goal. and yet we started with neither taylor or doolan, and archie chose to not mention why after the game. i am no archie hater ..... check my posting history if your memory is unsure ..... but tonight, i have lost a degree of belief in and respect for archie, with his team selection today. from the discussions i have had with other jags at the game and in pub afterwards, i am not alone in that. and that is sad. i want archie to succeed, shut up the booboys and naysayers and ones who revel in our defeats and who are only truly happy when they are stirring up trouble when we aren't doing well ..... but when we put out that first eleven when we had better options and everyone in the support sees that and knows that and are bemused at it, and archie doesn't even address that basic fact ..... eta ..... just rereading this post, see i put "positions" when i meant to type "players" in fourth paragraph, so edited to correct this inadvertent error. ..