Albert's Ghost Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Not sure what to expect here. More up to the players than to Dools. Will they fight, like at Ibrox, or will they not bother so much, like the previous 2 weeks at Firhill? I'm not too hopeful I'm afraid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 New manager bounce to energize them. Victory for the Jags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Depends very much on what message they think is coming from the board. Are we bothered about 4th or better, or couldn’t care less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Can't wait to see Dools standing silently, arms folded, for most of the match! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westertonjagfan Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 I'll be there but not sure what to expect, TBH. Absolutely love Doolan like most fans but he can't be a longer term solution. Hopefully, the energy from the Rangers game will still be there. Also hope Tiff remembers that the keeper won't move out of the way and let him score when he's in front of goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 I think that from now to the end of the season will depend very much on how much the players want a new contract at Thistle in the summer. If some have already decided on leaving, we can't expect too much effort from them. Tomorrow will be a huge game to reset expectations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags on tour Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Pumped 4-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64669673 Doolan knows his first game at the helm could be his last and he is adamant he has given no thought to taking the job on a permanent basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 I don't want to sound naive, but Thistle are paying the players wages not McCall so they should be doing the best they can no matter who is in charge. Also who ever is going to be in charge, Dools or anybody could well be watching. Even if they see their future away from Firhill the should still be playing at their best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Auld Jag said: I don't want to sound naive, but Thistle are paying the players wages not McCall so they should be doing the best they can no matter who is in charge. Also who ever is going to be in charge, Dools or anybody could well be watching. Even if they see their future away from Firhill the should still be playing at their best. Agree there, AJ. I don't think we have to go as far as to mention the players are professional and thus they should act in a professional manner. Even if they aren't going to be with us next season they'll have to put themselves in the shop windae. Only my own observation but I believe we've not got a squad that is that likely to down tools. A major failing this season has been more down to too many drops in confidence. Last Sunday perhaps backs that up. No real pressure to get a result, nothing therefore to dent and we played fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Perhaps they'll feel like they've got a free hit. Away to a team higher up the table, manager has already been sacked, interim manager has said he has no interest in the job long-term. Nothing to lose really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elevenone Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 After scores tonight we drop to 6th with 7th placed Caley just a point behind so vital we take something tmrw for any play off aspirations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle88 Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 A win puts us 6 points behind second and 8 points behind first place with a lot of games to play. Still possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambies Lost Doo Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 This league is utterly bonkers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG1970 Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 33 minutes ago, Thistle88 said: A win puts us 6 points behind second and 8 points behind first place with a lot of games to play. Still possible. Someone will be along in a moment to say defeat and we’re potentially 9 points off 9th… I prefer your view … Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledjag Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 "A major failing this season has been more down to too many drops in confidence. Last Sunday perhaps backs that up. No real pressure to get a result, nothing therefore to dent nd we played fine" (Lady- Isobel-Barnett). I agree with this up to a point. However just as important a failing has been our inability to field a sufficiently strong team due to having an excessive number of players injured or unwell on at least 7 occasions, that is the 5 league games we lost in succession earlier in the season and the two games against Hamilton and Cove. I am at a loss to understand why this very important point is totally ignored on this website. Had this not happened I have no doubt the team would have pick up enough points to be sitting at or near the top of the league and IMC and his assistants would still be with us in their management position. The Team we fielded v Rangers was, with the exception of Hodson , just about the strongest team we could field and was the strongest fielded in weeks and low and behold we nearly pulled it off. Coincidence, strong team, great performance - no not in my opinion! I accept that injuries cannot normally be used as an excuse and in normal circumstances the management have to and should manage these situations. However no manager can manage having the scale of injuries we have had this season. I think that IMC had every right to use injuries as an excuse but unlike Dodds at ICT he generslly kept quiet and got on with the job, consequently to his personal cost! This club is not the Partick Thistle I have supported for 60 Years. I will be watching how the club behaves in the near future very carefully to decide whether or not, when my various ailments allow, it is worth the effort to make the 10 hour round trip to Glasgow to support them. I wish Doolan all the best.  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laukat Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 Leaving aside the change in management tomorrow was always going to be pivotal in our season. Our record away from home this has been pretty awful with only 3 wins and 1 draw from 10 away games. If we're going to be in the top 4 we need to stop losing away from home and throw in more than the occasional win. McCall had already mentioned the need to alter our approach away from home and I think we saw what he was talking about with the move to 3-5-2 at Ibrox. For me I think we need to start 3-5-2 again and assuming all are fit and available bar Graham I would go with the following Sneddon McAvoy-Muirhead-Holt McMillan-Docherty-Turner-Bannigan-Milne Dowds-Tiffoney Harsh on Hodson who was very good at Ibrox but I think we need Docherty back in. Game plan needs to be don't concede at all costs, steal a goal and be able to protect it. Can't be going away from home and expecting to out score the oppostion, we've tried that all season and its rarely worked. If we need a goal late on by all means revert to 4-3-3 but we need to prioritise defence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G13 jag Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Lambies Lost Doo said: This league is utterly bonkers It is. Just makes the decision to change more ridiculous than ever 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibble Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 28 minutes ago, exiledjag said: "A major failing this season has been more down to too many drops in confidence. Last Sunday perhaps backs that up. No real pressure to get a result, nothing therefore to dent nd we played fine" (Lady- Isobel-Barnett). I agree with this up to a point. However just as important a failing has been our inability to field a sufficiently strong team due to having an excessive number of players injured or unwell on at least 7 occasions, that is the 5 league games we lost in succession earlier in the season and the two games against Hamilton and Cove. I am at a loss to understand why this very important point is totally ignored on this website. Had this not happened I have no doubt the team would have pick up enough points to be sitting at or near the top of the league and IMC and his assistants would still be with us in their management position. The Team we fielded v Rangers was, with the exception of Hodson , just about the strongest team we could field and was the strongest fielded in weeks and low and behold we nearly pulled it off. Coincidence, strong team, great performance - no not in my opinion! I accept that injuries cannot normally be used as an excuse and in normal circumstances the management have to and should manage these situations. However no manager can manage having the scale of injuries we have had this season. I think that IMC had every right to use injuries as an excuse but unlike Dodds at ICT he generslly kept quiet and got on with the job, consequently to his personal cost! This club is not the Partick Thistle I have supported for 60 Years. I will be watching how the club behaves in the near future very carefully to decide whether or not, when my various ailments allow, it is worth the effort to make the 10 hour round trip to Glasgow to support them. I wish Doolan all the best.  Very good post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 "This club is not the Partick Thistle I have supported for 60 Years. ' I haven't been following quite as long, but I'm struggling to think of the halcyon days where we operated an alturistic footballing community where everything was golden and rouge?. I very much doubt it ever existed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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belfastjag Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 I liked Ian. I felt he was a proper Jags man. I'm sorry he's gone in the fashion he's gone in. But I can't wait for today's game. I can't remember a match this season, I've looked forward to as much. I'm glad it's at Somerset. I've never seen us win there. We'll see how I feel nursing my first pint tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearchar Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 14 hours ago, exiledjag said: [J]ust as important a failing has been our inability to field a sufficiently strong team due to having an excessive number of players injured or unwell on at least 7 occasions, that is the 5 league games we lost in succession earlier in the season and the two games against Hamilton and Cove. I am at a loss to understand why this very important point is totally ignored on this website. Had this not happened I have no doubt the team would have pick up enough points to be sitting at or near the top of the league and IMC and his assistants would still be with us in their management position.... Â Managing absences is a vital part of running any set of employees, perhaps doubly so in professional sport. The former management team failed do so effectively. Curiously enough, one of that team had already shown the same inability to manage absences when in charge. The word on the street is that running a football team depends on results - not imaginary wins conjured up by willing injured players on to the park. I'm no football manager, but I'm at a loss to understand how this point could be ignored by professionals in the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 Good luck today Kris we are all rooting for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted February 18, 2023 Report Share Posted February 18, 2023 (edited) Could be 3 at back, with Tiff playing off of Dowds? Edited February 18, 2023 by jagfox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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