elevenone Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Brian 3-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag36 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 1 hour ago, javeajag said: Get your Sneddon and Muirhead excuses in now …. 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 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 After being 2-0 down a good point. We need to sort the defence out tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG1970 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Defences on top 🙄 Great to come back from 2 down and then 3.2 BUT…. The old defensive frailties continue to hurt us… a couple of poor goals conceded, then a third immediately after getting the equaliser. Really poor against a bang average ICT. plus a lack of alternative to an off form Lawless down the right blunted some of our forward play options it’s clearly time OReilly got a start and one of the keepers got theirs too… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Just now, Auld Jag said: After being 2-0 down a good point. We need to sort the defence out tho. Sneddon needs to be dropped …..we had two keepers in the bench give one a start on Friday …..the defence needs a shake up as well. we have conceded 1.6 goals per game and every team knows we can’t defend cross balls. all of their goals today were simply awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow & Redneck Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Fight. Luck. Jammy. Never give up attitude. Whatever one of them it was, it's probably a good point. But Doolan needs to put his big boy pants on for Friday and ring the changes at the back. O'Reilly and Stewart to replace Sneddon and Muirhead or Neilson. We are shipping goals, and once again blew another chance of closing the gap on 2nd place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Well that was unexpected. Good to be able to come back but clearly not good in the fact that we had tocome back. Will be intersesting to see the highlights. Hope those who travelled have a safe journey home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 (edited) 16 minutes ago, javeajag said: Sneddon needs to be dropped …..we had two keepers in the bench give one a start on Friday …..the defence needs a shake up as well. we have conceded 1.6 goals per game and every team knows we can’t defend cross balls. all of their goals today were simply awful Agree, which is why i said defence needs sorted out. Edited February 17 by Auld Jag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 2 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said: Forget about second place. Going to be lucky to get second in this match Never say never with Thistle DD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Not a bad result re cementing our place in 3rd but obviously Raith are the real winners this weekend. After losing from a two goal lead last week it's nice to see us at least nearly redress the balance. Couldn't make it today so I'll be interested to hear proper opinion from those who made the trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy McD Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 9.15. Saturday night and nothing from Dools O.F. site or Jagszone. Why.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watties wallies Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 20 minutes ago, Jimmy McD said: 9.15. Saturday night and nothing from Dools O.F. site or Jagszone. Why.. he is driving the team bus down from Inverness cutbacks an all that 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 1 minute ago, watties wallies said: he is driving the team bus down from Inverness cutbacks an all that 👍 Is there a team bus or do the players still car share ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy McD Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 5 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said: Is there a team bus or do the players still car share ? The team went up to Inverness on Friday afternoon by bus I presume to stay over night before the game .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 13 minutes ago, watties wallies said: he is driving the team bus down from Inverness cutbacks an all that 👍 Is he the manager or COACH (driver). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG1970 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 The post match interview is up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Brian isn’t happy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 2 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: Not a bad result re cementing our place in 3rd but obviously Raith are the real winners this weekend. After losing from a two goal lead last week it's nice to see us at least nearly redress the balance. Couldn't make it today so I'll be interested to hear proper opinion from those who made the trip. Just in from Inverness. Mixed bag of thoughts. Poor first 20 minutes, but then we came into the game. Strangely we conceded all 3 goals at times when we were actually playing well. I am generally supportive of Jamie Sneddon, but sadly he did look to be at fault with at least the first two goals. The first goal was a speculative long ranger which had good direction but nothing like the power Kerr McInroy generated last week. Jamie seemed to scoop his hand over or round the ball. A solid shovel of the ball to the side looked to be eminently possible. The second goal was at the far end so harder to comment on, but it appeared that an Inverness player had an unopposed header from 2 yards in front of the centre of the goal, in an area you would expect the goalkeeper to be commanding. First half we were very slow and ponderous, shuffling the ball from side to side with no pace or creativity and then launching a long diagonal ball. Even when well directed, by the time the target player had got the ball down, the initiative had been lost. McMillan's absence seemed an ideal opportunity to start O'Reilly, and move Muirhead to right back where he has always been decent, plus adding the long throw option. Williams did not play particularly badly, but he kept checking back and could not get any link up going with Lawless. I would agree with the poster who said that Lawless was off form, but only as regards the first half where he was anonymous. In the second half we stopped playing the long diagonal balls and began passing much more quickly and incisively through the midfield. Lawless came right into the game and had an excellent second half. McBeth really grew into the game and was particularly good in the second half. He was harshly penalised on occasion, so perhaps has to learn the dark art of winning the ball strongly without apparently committing a foul. Fitzpatrick was not on his best form, but kept trying (as witness his goal) and was unusually passionate in trying to galvanise the rest of the team into action. Scott Robinson was the real difference maker today. He is nimble and quick thinking on the ground as you might expect (as in winning the penalty), but also has a spring heeled leap to win unexpected and well-directed headed passes. We really need several consecutive injury-free performances like that. Graham took the penalty well and his volley for the third goal was brilliant. Great credit to the fans today. They really stuck with the team and inspired the fightbacks. For all the shortcomings in the team today, you do also have to credit their fighting spirit in keeping coming back, especially when the goals lost could easily have been dispiriting. Not quite sure where O'Reilly was playing when he came on, but he seemed to be everywhere, not least in the attack. Looks like a quality and committed player who should be starting. I am such a slow typer, 6 others have posted since I started. Apologies if I have duplicated anything they have said! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG1970 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 (edited) 9 minutes ago, jaggy said: Brian isn’t happy! Doolan tends to focus heavily on the positives in post match interviews, so it’s refreshing to hear Brian articulating the frustration he - and no doubt his manager - really feel. Edited February 17 by JAG1970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 A point away to a resurgent ICT under Big Dunc is probably okay in the greater scheme of things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirdrieJag Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 (edited) 1 hour ago, Jimmy McD said: 9.15. Saturday night and nothing from Dools O.F. site or Jagszone. Why.. Because it takes the media team at least 5 hours after the final whistle to do post match interviews, pack up their equipment, drive back to Firhill and start working on uploading interviews, match footage and highlights onto Jagzone. That's after they've driven up to Inverness in the morning, set up their equipment etc., recorded the game, done interviews with manager and a player etc. At least a 16 hour shift for some of them today, so maybe we should give the guys a break? 😂 Edited February 17 by AirdrieJag 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearchar Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 Lawless is coming in for some unjustified criticism here. It seemed obvious that ICT had planned to snuff out any danger from him: as soon as he had possession, three of their players pounced on him. Williams, behind him, was generally no help, as he seemed to be in a dwam while on the park. Only when Robinson came on did Lawless get an outball or someone sharp enough to combine with him. Before then, his only outball was across the park to Milne, which slowed any movement forward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag36 Posted February 17 Report Share Posted February 17 1 hour ago, jaggy said: Brian isn’t happy! 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 (edited) What a signing Brian Graham has been. 71 goals. Only three of these were before Covid lock-down; the rate is hugely impressive. And leading the women's team to consecutive top six finishes and a cup final. I've been watching Thistle for forty years and only Kris Doolan has scored more goals for Thistle in all that time. I'm not sure that we appreciate him as much as we should. Edited February 18 by allyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted February 18 Report Share Posted February 18 Having seen all three goals we conceded …. We cant defend like that and expect very much…..it really is poor. We have conceded 3 times as many goals as DU…..reduce that by a third and we would be challenging for the title. sneddon is at fault you can argue for all three or at least two of the goals.He clearly won’t come off his line ever but to lose a goal on the line when all he has to do is jump and catch it is amateur. How the third goal went in is awful, sneddon tried to kick it and missed. if you want to score against us simply pack the box and cross the ball you will get lots of chances. Teams have not surprisingly worked that out. We need a central defender who can both head the ball and command the six yard box. the space for their first goal was unbelievable, you wonder if we ever work on defending at all during the week. The midfield not properly defending the back line has long been an issue. we need to change the goalkeeper we had two on the bench yesterday, one needs to start on Friday. I would also either go to three at the back as we ended up yesterday or drop muirhead and play o’reilly. Then spent three days working on defending ! Doolan seems too nice after games like this …..it’s mostly positives….. graham on the other hand was clearly fuming and correctly saw it as two points dropped. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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