JaggyMad Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Our player of the month / top assists in the league, before Craigen for starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaggyMad Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 ^^^^^^^^^^ Who would you have played? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 Our player of the month / top assists in the league, before Craigen for starters. Must admit to being surprised Stevie didn't start ahead of Craigen but given Welsh & McMillan are returning from injury/sickness I can't see where Archie deliberately played a weakened side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaggyMad Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 (edited) As you say lawless not starting, especially as banzo was moved left to accommodate Craigen in the middle. Banzo should have been in the middle with lawless out left. Not bashing Craigen, but he isn't better than banzo in the middle or better than lawless. 2 centre backs, injured, so nothing that could be done about that, so why start with a weakened midfield when we are forced to use our most weakest centre pairing? Edit..after a wee bit of thinking, I would say dools should have started before Craigen. If he wanted to play banzo left for a reason, then Stevenson could have dropped into the middle of midfield and dools up front. Edited December 3, 2014 by JaggyMad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meister Jag Posted December 3, 2014 Report Share Posted December 3, 2014 I thought the Muirhead / Balatoni partnership wasn't that bad. Celtic seemed off the pace and their finishing was poor. I honestly couldn't fault our effort and we tried to play football. (I remain hopeful that Craigen will improve.) Substitutions seemed to work out well didn't muck up our shape etc. All in all, always bad to lose to the OF but seen worse. We move on to Saturday. But well done to all! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gingerjag Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I wouldnt take 1 nil defeat beforehand unlike some. Its pathetic saying you would accept defeat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I wouldnt take 1 nil defeat beforehand unlike some. Its pathetic saying you would accept defeat. I have to agree. Folk go on about other teams lying down to what used to be know as the OF, but we are every bit as guilty of failing to raise our game against them, time and again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I've been at the emergency vets with a dog that's eaten a towel (she'e in overnight , waiting on a call about an x ray, may need surgery)- why no Frans and Seabo Do dogs need that much fibre in their diet ? (I'll grab my coat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meister Jag Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I've been at the emergency vets with a dog that's eaten a towel (she'e in overnight , waiting on a call about an x ray, may need surgery)- why no Frans and Seabo In between ranting about last night's game I meant to say that I hope all works out okay for your dog. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 One report of the game last night gave the crowd as over 40,000. Does that seem right?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 One report of the game last night gave the crowd as over 40,000. Does that seem right?? I wondered about that as well. I saw the stream for about 15 mins & thought it looked like a very low crowd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meister Jag Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 One report of the game last night gave the crowd as over 40,000. Does that seem right?? Yea, and 20,000 of them were Thistle fans. Place was honestly about a third full. Does that make it around the 20,000 mark? Even that seems high TBH. But no way that was a 40k crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Highlights now on Youtube. Gallacher had an excellent game; saved us on several occasions. Osman's header: a sitter! (Great ball in from Bannigan.) Doolan's effort near the end: excellent piece of quick thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cup Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Craigen is limited in ability but he's stronger, he'll work harder and get about the pitch more than Lawless. Going with Craigen makes sense if you want a team that will close Celtic down fast. Would Lawless had made any difference? Probably not. He'll be back in the team for the important game on Saturday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaggyMad Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Yes there was 40,000 there last night....green seats! Lucky if there was 20,000 max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 close, but no cigar. whilst the green arse cheek were not at their best, we should take a reasonable amount of positives and pride from last night. galls proved he's still got it, and should retain the jersey for the foreseeable. aero and conrad, were overall, pretty solid and decent. no bookings and appeared no injuries. no player had a stinker, and we troubled them at times. possibly with a bit more incisiveness, not being up against gordon in top goalkeeping form, and a penalty shout near the end if it had gone our way, and we could have been on here today praising our battling, spirited and unified team performance getting a point. as it is, contrary to what many (usual suspects) on here predicted pre-match (especially for some real knicker-wetters when they saw team line-up ..... i believe some put bets on us losing by more than 4 or 5 on seeing the cb's pairing ..... the same cb's pairing that ran same opposition close last season in 2-1 game incidentally), the players and archie, shaggy and co can feel proud at their efforts, and even a bit gutted at not coming away from the east end with a wellearned point ..... and if nothing else, full of determination to ensure they put in a stirring and professional performance vs killie on saturday and bag the 3 points convincingly. while we shouldn't run before we can walk, i am of the opinion we should start looking up the table more than we look down it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Some post-match stats: First time no Thistle player booked in competitive action this season. First competitive Thistle game with no bookings since 1 December 2013 (vs. Aberdeen in the Scottish). End of Christie Elliott's marvellous appearance run - 28 consecutive games (including friendlies). 100% Abdul and Steven are "last men standing" having appeared in all 18 competitive matches this season. Abdul has never missed a match since his debut vs. Dumbarton in July, 22 in a row. Abdul has 1,620 minutes of unbroken game time under his belt, made up entirely from every single competitive minute of football we've played so far. Die Mensch-Maschine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I think that was absolutely the case. Our truly dismal record against them, and against the team that preceded sevco, continues. It must be about the worst of any other of the top 12 or so teams in Scotland. Truly abysmal. If you take the League Cup Final in 1971 as the cut-off point, since then (all competitions and friendlies) ....... Played 73 Won 9 Drawn 10 Lost 54 Goals for 54 Goals against 162. In the same time frame the record against Rangers is........ Played 71 Won 10 Drawn 15 Lost 46 Goals for 63 Goals against 138. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jukebox Rebel Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 It could be worse. We once went 48 League games (1897 to 1923) without a win over Celtic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1 John Lambie Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I've never seen us beat one of the Old Firm, been going just about every week since 99/00. Long overdue for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Nixon Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 Aye, 1899. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter of '63 Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I've never seen us beat one of the Old Firm, been going just about every week since 99/00. Long overdue for me! The 2-1 game at Firhill last season was the first time I've seen us play either of the Old Firm since the 80's...though I'm not sure I missed too many victories in that time. Certainly haven't missed sharing a stadium with their fans. I've seen us beat Rangers at least three times - John Gibson's Game in 1971, a last minute winner by Brian Whittaker a few years later and in the season we first got relegated from the Premier League (82?) a double for Tony Higgins in a 2-0 victory, all at Firhill. Only seen one victory against Celtic...Hampden October 1971...think that finished 4-1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I went to the Hampden game only to find out that it was all ticket and they weren't selling. Gave up and went to the pub when I heard the crowd cheering Celtic's opener. Long before smart phones, I only discovered that we'd won 3-1 when I got home hours later. Bitter sweet. I didn't admit to anyone at work the next day that I hadn't got in. Was at the Rangers 3-0 game a couple of seasons earlier, and I think I remember a 1-0 over Celtic at Firhill that somehow felt fairly ordinary (which seems really strange). And I think that's it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 I went to the Hampden game only to find out that it was all ticket and they weren't selling. Gave up and went to the pub when I heard the crowd cheering Celtic's opener. Long before smart phones, I only discovered that we'd won 3-1 when I got home hours later. Bitter sweet. I didn't admit to anyone at work the next day that I hadn't got in. Was at the Rangers 3-0 game a couple of seasons earlier, and I think I remember a 1-0 over Celtic at Firhill that somehow felt fairly ordinary (which seems really strange). And I think that's it. Stevie Docherty scored if I remember right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted December 4, 2014 Report Share Posted December 4, 2014 (edited) No, just looked it up in the History book. It was Geordie Shaw. The one thing I remember about that game was Chic getting stick from some of the fans coz they reckoned he wasn't trying against his favourite team. He went mental when we scored and I think got in a bit of trouble for signalling "inappropriately" to these fans. Celtic finished fourth that year which is maybe why it was a wee bit underwhelming. Stephen Docherty came a bit later. Maybe there's a game I'm forgetting. Edited December 4, 2014 by allyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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