Hamilton Academical 🔴⚪️ vs Partick Thistle 🔴 🟡

[javeajag]

13 minutes ago, laukat said:

I get that others could do more but Roberts does take a long time to get the ball out and more often than not will usher away valid short options in the favour of launching it and even then will take a good 20/30 seconds before he's put the ball back in play. We used to be a team that moved the ball quickly up the park and that starts with the goalkeeper. 

Of all the problems facing the team Roberts is not one of them 

[Yellow & Redneck]

I couldn't care less if Roberts didn't have feet. As long as he can save a ball with his hands, that's all that matters. A keeper with good distribution is a luxury at this stage. I'd settle for some midfielders who can show a bit of dig, and a manager who isn't tactically inept and completely uninspiring.  

[Dick Dastardly]

5 hours ago, Third Lanark said:

He needs to learn fast to drop players that are not performing such as Graham and to stop being loyal to certain players like Bannigan who is probably one of our highest earners yet we are lucky if we get 4 decent games a season from yet remarkably seems to be the first to get a new contract regardless 

I’ll defend Brian Graham and say that Haaland wouldn’t score with the service he is currently getting. All our problems are in the midfield who are creating the square root of nada.

[Jordanhill Jag]

1 hour ago, Norgethistle said:

Mail Levi and ask him, TJF don’t run the club and don’t run the football committee 

That's funny because TJF can respond in War & Peace to every finite detail when it comes to defending the Board but suddenly they have nothing to say about a separate "Football Committee"  from the Club Coaches ? 

So lets cut to the chase - it exists - it is obviously having a say on Football matters ( otherwise why would it be there ) as its separate to the Coaching Staff - I think its safe to assume that there will be Non Football people sitting on it having a say on Football decisions 

And obviously TJF are OK with it 

But the extent of there influence is unknown - so at present - its all Dools Fault - but we have no idea who else is in the mix - I'm assuming if Dools goes - everyone on the Football Committee will also resign in the spirit of shared responsibility ?  

And that TJF will demand this ? Otherwise why are they there ? 

As for Levi - he made it clear that he has no input  on Football   - so why would I e-mail him ? 

Welcome to Fan Ownership - a Club Board - A Supporters Trust Board - a Football Committee - all having a say 

But we still cant balance the Books - or Win Games - Pretty much says it all to be honest 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 29 by Jordanhill Jag

[Woodstock Jag]

5 hours ago, Jordanhill Jag said:

Its relevant because its been clearly stated that outwith the Team Coaching Staff and Manager there is a separate

”Football Committee”

now as its separate from Coaching Staff then the Question has to be asked who sits on this “Football Committee “ what is there remit and what Football Decisions do they make   

The appointment of a General Manager formally separated the football activities of the Club from the non-footballing activities.

The “football committee” is just an operational sub delegation from the Club Board, dividing up responsibility for day-to-day oversight of the footballing activities of the Club.

This partly ensures that other Club Directors have a remit which is more focused and away from on-pitch activities, ranging from commercial, to hospitality, to fan engagement and acquisition, to Academy and so on and so on.

Donald McClymont is the relevant director on it, and he is essentially the Club Board “point of contact” for the manager. This isn’t a new approach (Dougie McCrea was previously the responsible director on the football side, and you’ll recall he spoke to that part of the AGM presentation back in January). All that’s happened is that structure has been formalised a bit.

You’ll see more of the Club’s internal structures formalise further when the Corporate Governance Manual gets agreed and implemented. Some parts of the business are just further along the way than others towards that new structure.

In terms of the fundamentals:

The Player Budget is still set by the Club Board.

The wider Football Budget is still set by the Club Board.

The Club Board is still, collectively, responsible for ensuring that the budget, once set, is observed.

The Club Board is responsible for decisions about the recruitment and removal of the football management team.

The manager is responsible for how he spends the Player Budget.

If you want more detail on how the football committee works day-to-day, you can of course contact the Club directly to ask.

You can also email the elected Fan Representatives, who sit on the Club Board and openly invite questions from fans about how the Club is run.

You can also come along to Q&A events organised by the Club Board and ask them what the football committee does.

After all, Levi mentioned the football committee in mid-August in his welcome message to fans. Before the Club Board Q&A had been been announced.

[partickthedog]

Returning this thread to topic. I thought that Myles Roberts' distribution yesterday was reasonable. David Mitchell is exceptionally quick. Jamie Sneddon was exceptionally slow. Myles sits somewhere in the middle of the two in terms of speed, but has sufficient additional qualities in his game to make me far more confident with him in goals than I do with Mitchell or did with Sneddon. I am guessing that our defence may think the same.

The only downside with Myles is his distribution and I think that he has been working on this. Yesterday he did play quite a substantial number of balls to his defenders rather than booting upfield. I still believe he could do it more and quicker, but he is getting there. Given the other excellent qualities he brings, I would not regard Myles as part of the problem.

[partickthedog]

One other thought that occurred to me from yesterday's game. Hamilton scored a fairly cheap goal when a tall central defender (at least I think he was a central defender, you can correct he if I am wrong, though it would not detract totally from my point) got his head on a free kick.

None of our central defenders seem to be able to do this. Our only regular goal-scorer in this situation is Harry Milne. If you are going to field three central defenders (and I personally would prefer to revert to two) and make the game more stodgy, surely one potential upside which has not been realised is scoring more headed goals from set pieces.

Edited September 29 by partickthedog
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[Norgethistle]

10 minutes ago, partickthedog said:

One other thought that occurred to me from yesterday's game. Hamilton scored a fairly cheap goal when a tall central defender (at least I think he was a central defender, you can correct he if I am wrong, though it would not detract totally from my point) got his head on a free kick.

None of our central defenders seem to be able to do this. Our only regular goal-scorer in this situation is Harry Milne. If you are going to field three central defenders (and I personally would prefer to revert to two) and make the game more stodgy, surely one potential upside which has not been realised is scoring more headed goals from set pieces.

I watched the Hamilton goal earlier from the pitch side camera, and the pick up and challenge for header is poor, they all seem to misjudge the jump

[Jordanhill Jag]

36 minutes ago, Woodstock Jag said:

The appointment of a General Manager formally separated the football activities of the Club from the non-footballing activities.

The “football committee” is just an operational sub delegation from the Club Board, dividing up responsibility for day-to-day oversight of the footballing activities of the Club.

This partly ensures that other Club Directors have a remit which is more focused and away from on-pitch activities, ranging from commercial, to hospitality, to fan engagement and acquisition, to Academy and so on and so on.

Donald McClymont is the relevant director on it, and he is essentially the Club Board “point of contact” for the manager. This isn’t a new approach (Dougie McCrea was previously the responsible director on the football side, and you’ll recall he spoke to that part of the AGM presentation back in January). All that’s happened is that structure has been formalised a bit.

You’ll see more of the Club’s internal structures formalise further when the Corporate Governance Manual gets agreed and implemented. Some parts of the business are just further along the way than others towards that new structure.

In terms of the fundamentals:

The Player Budget is still set by the Club Board.

The wider Football Budget is still set by the Club Board.

The Club Board is still, collectively, responsible for ensuring that the budget, once set, is observed.

The Club Board is responsible for decisions about the recruitment and removal of the football management team.

The manager is responsible for how he spends the Player Budget.

If you want more detail on how the football committee works day-to-day, you can of course contact the Club directly to ask.

You can also email the elected Fan Representatives, who sit on the Club Board and openly invite questions from fans about how the Club is run.

You can also come along to Q&A events organised by the Club Board and ask them what the football committee does.

After all, Levi mentioned the football committee in mid-August in his welcome message to fans. Before the Club Board Q&A had been been announced.

Thank you for the response 

However what your describing is very different from a Committee - and for clarity -this is separate from the Club Football Staff ?  

If its simply the Manager reporting to a nominated Director - why is there a Committee -and who else sits on it ? 

As for the Club Reps - Im sorry but why bother - there was a Q&A - the Board including TJF Rep made it quite clear that Tranche 2 in there eyes was a No Brainer - if I remember the response from TJF Rep it was in essence why would any Jags Fan not want Tranche 2 ( not the exact wording but along those lines ) 

This is before we have actually seen any financial information on how the Club is being run ( beyond the selective info cherry picked released by the Board) 

the Reps ( including TJF Rep) and even the Board are supposed to be neutral regards major changes to the Club Structure - they are clearly not 

therefore contacting any of them is a waste of time as they have clearly accepted the “ God Wills It “ modus operandi of the Board without question 
 

 

[Woodstock Jag]

Just now, Jordanhill Jag said:

Thank you for the response 

However what your describing is very different from a Committee - and for clarity -this is separate from the Club Football Staff ?  

Kris Doolan is on said committee! You're overthinking this.

Just now, Jordanhill Jag said:

If its simply the Manager reporting to a nominated Director - why is there a Committee -and who else sits on it ? 

To provide the football management team with supporting infrastructure.

If you want to know who else is involved, you can always just ask the Club.

Here is the email address: [email protected]

Or you can ask the Fan Representatives. You can contact them on [email protected]

For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Trust nor TJF is involved in the football committee.

Just now, Jordanhill Jag said:

As for the Club Reps - Im sorry but why bother -

Because they know the answer to your question? Or are you not interested in having it answered?

Just now, Jordanhill Jag said:

there was a Q&A - the Board including TJF Rep made it quite clear that Tranche 2 in there eyes was a No Brainer - if I remember the response from TJF Rep it was in essence why would any Jags Fan not want Tranche 2 ( not the exact wording but along those lines )

I'm not sure this is relevant? You're not going to ask them for a piece of factual information because of things that were said at an event you didn't attend about something completely unrelated?

Just now, Jordanhill Jag said:

This is before we have actually seen any financial information on how the Club is being run ( beyond the selective info cherry picked released by the Board)

Again, there may or may not be a reasonable criticism here, but this is... completely unrelated to who is on the football committee and who provides advice and support to the football management team?

Just now, Jordanhill Jag said:

the Reps ( including TJF Rep) and even the Board are supposed to be neutral regards major changes to the Club Structure - they are clearly not

Again, I'm not sure what this has to do with who sits on the football committee and what its remit is?

Just now, Jordanhill Jag said:

therefore contacting any of them is a waste of time as they have clearly accepted the “ God Wills It “ modus operandi of the Board without question 

This is a bit like refusing to contact HMRC to query how much tax you personally owe because you think the Chancellor of the Exchequer's fiscal rules are rubbish.

The Fan Representatives have the factual information you are asking for. They sit on the Club Board, the board from which the "football committee" is a delegated body and to which it is accountable.

[jaggy]

Another match thread hijacked 

[Jordanhill Jag]

1 hour ago, Woodstock Jag said:

Kris Doolan is on said committee! You're overthinking this.

To provide the football management team with supporting infrastructure.

If you want to know who else is involved, you can always just ask the Club.

Here is the email address: [email protected]

Or you can ask the Fan Representatives. You can contact them on [email protected]

For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Trust nor TJF is involved in the football committee.

Because they know the answer to your question? Or are you not interested in having it answered?

I'm not sure this is relevant? You're not going to ask them for a piece of factual information because of things that were said at an event you didn't attend about something completely unrelated?

Again, there may or may not be a reasonable criticism here, but this is... completely unrelated to who is on the football committee and who provides advice and support to the football management team?

Again, I'm not sure what this has to do with who sits on the football committee and what its remit is?

This is a bit like refusing to contact HMRC to query how much tax you personally owe because you think the Chancellor of the Exchequer's fiscal rules are rubbish.

The Fan Representatives have the factual information you are asking for. They sit on the Club Board, the board from which the "football committee" is a delegated body and to which it is accountable.

The Jags Trust Reps - the TJF Reps are supposed to represent the Fans 

They have simply become a mouthpiece for the Cabal that is running the Club into the Ground - why would anyone contact them ?  
 

TJF Rep asking at the Q&A why any Jags Fan would not want Tranche 2 - why would anyone contact him ? 
 

they have zero credibility - zero 

[Woodstock Jag]

3 minutes ago, Jordanhill Jag said:

The Jags Trust Reps

There are no Jags Trust Reps.

I am suggesting you contact Allan McGraw and Alistair Gray. Two individuals who were directly elected by the fans as their Club Board representatives in May.

3 minutes ago, Jordanhill Jag said:

- the TJF Reps are supposed to represent the Fans 

TJF has only one representative on the Club Board.

3 minutes ago, Jordanhill Jag said:

They have simply become a mouthpiece for the Cabal that is running the Club into the Ground - why would anyone contact them ? 

I don't know about you, Jim, but when I want the answer to a question, I ask the people who know the answer to the question. I find this drastically improves the prospect of "getting an answer to the question".

Several years ago now, there were concerns about the fact that Three Black Cats had not transferred the Main Stand and Bing back to the Club on the promised timescales. I didn't just whinge and bitch about it on here. I emailed Gerry Britton. And I got a reply the following day, explaining the situation.

Just because you don't like or rate people working at the Club, doesn't mean they are unable to provide you with simple factual answers to your simple factual questions about (a) who is on the football committee and (b) what it does.

You don't want answers. You just want to whinge.

[Lenziejag]

11 hours ago, Jordanhill Jag said:

That's funny because TJF can respond in War & Peace to every finite detail when it comes to defending the Board but suddenly they have nothing to say about a separate "Football Committee"  from the Club Coaches ? 

So lets cut to the chase - it exists - it is obviously having a say on Football matters ( otherwise why would it be there ) as its separate to the Coaching Staff - I think its safe to assume that there will be Non Football people sitting on it having a say on Football decisions 

And obviously TJF are OK with it 

But the extent of there influence is unknown - so at present - its all Dools Fault - but we have no idea who else is in the mix - I'm assuming if Dools goes - everyone on the Football Committee will also resign in the spirit of shared responsibility ?  

And that TJF will demand this ? Otherwise why are they there ? 

As for Levi - he made it clear that he has no input  on Football   - so why would I e-mail him ? 

Welcome to Fan Ownership - a Club Board - A Supporters Trust Board - a Football Committee - all having a say 

But we still cant balance the Books - or Win Games - Pretty much says it all to be honest 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So what. You think this committee is picking the team ? I believe you are trying to create a problem that doesn’t exist.

[Jordanhill Jag]

7 hours ago, Woodstock Jag said:

There are no Jags Trust Reps.

I am suggesting you contact Allan McGraw and Alistair Gray. Two individuals who were directly elected by the fans as their Club Board representatives in May.

TJF has only one representative on the Club Board.

I don't know about you, Jim, but when I want the answer to a question, I ask the people who know the answer to the question. I find this drastically improves the prospect of "getting an answer to the question".

Several years ago now, there were concerns about the fact that Three Black Cats had not transferred the Main Stand and Bing back to the Club on the promised timescales. I didn't just whinge and bitch about it on here. I emailed Gerry Britton. And I got a reply the following day, explaining the situation.

Just because you don't like or rate people working at the Club, doesn't mean they are unable to provide you with simple factual answers to your simple factual questions about (a) who is on the football committee and (b) what it does.

You don't want answers. You just want to whinge.

Completely different - Gerry Briton was an employee 

 By contacting them it pretends that they are Fan Reps - who are representing the Fans - they are not - they have made it quite clear at the Q&A they are going to push the Board Line  - so why give them any sort of credibility 

As for the Football Committee its clearly more than a Board Rep speaking to the Manager ( which your initial response attempted to imply ) otherwise there would be no need for a Committee

Im assuming the same Committee decided this was the Promotion Year and threw the Kitchen Sink at the Football Budget

It simply shows that those making key decisions have no idea what they are doing - we do not even have a dedicated Strength & Condition Coach ( which is very clear on the Park ) its not Football Manager 2024 

We don't even have the basics in place from our “ Football Committee” 

[Jordanhill Jag]

3 minutes ago, Lenziejag said:

So what. You think this committee is picking the team ? I believe you are trying to create a problem that doesn’t exist.

Its clearly there for a Reason - what other Clubs have a “ Football Committee” separate from the Coaching Staff  

If its not influencing Football matters - why is it there ?  

 

 

[lady-isobel-barnett]

Well done to the Jags U18s who won 4-3 away to St Johnstone.

Plus I'd just like to thank the staff at the Toby Carvery, Strathclyde Pk for their friendly service. Very much appreciated.

 

*Hope nobody thinks I'm hijacking the thread by mentioning a game of football and premises kinda near New Douglas Pk.  If so, sorry. I'm just assuming a match thread is the place to post largely unrelated things.

[laukat]

I thought the "Football Committee" was the bit at most games were Doolan and McDonald stand on the touchline discussing what change they should make, wait and watch until we go a goal behind, look at the attacking options available on the bench and then notice that Bannigan isn't there so both agree that the obvious sub is Stanway?

[Jordanhill Jag]

23 minutes ago, lady-isobel-barnett said:

Well done to the Jags U18s who won 4-3 away to St Johnstone.

Plus I'd just like to thank the staff at the Toby Carvery, Strathclyde Pk for their friendly service. Very much appreciated.

 

*Hope nobody thinks I'm hijacking the thread by mentioning a game of football and premises kinda near New Douglas Pk.  If so, sorry. I'm just assuming a match thread is the place to post largely unrelated things.

Agreed - however our Season is a Carcrash - the Managers Job is under threat - if there is wider influences beyond the Football Management & Coaches then its correct to question them 

Having a “Football Committee “ is highly questionable - no one is suggesting they are picking the Team - but its a layer that is not required and even subtle influences that the Manager may come under are not acceptable 

Managers are judged on there decisions - there is no place for a “Football Committee”

I also find it ridiculous that we are recruiting a Media Manager and we do not have a dedicated Strength and Conditioning Coach 

I will go further - Brian Graham should not be managing the Woman's Team - its impacting on his day job 

He is not allowing proper post Match Recovery on a Sunday which is crucial as you get older as he is managing the Woman's Team 

if he is our Goal Scorer - he dedicates himself to that solely 

a Strength and Conditioning Coach would ensure our players follow a proper regime - Sunday Recovery Run is Key - ask any Competitive Athlete 

instead we have a Football Committee 

The performance on the perfect reflects what is going on off it 

 

 

[jlsarmy]

12 minutes ago, Jordanhill Jag said:

Agreed - however our Season is a Carcrash - the Managers Job is under threat - if there is wider influences beyond the Football Management & Coaches then its correct to question them 

Having a “Football Committee “ is highly questionable - no one is suggesting they are picking the Team - but its a layer that is not required and even subtle influences that the Manager may come under are not acceptable 

Managers are judged on there decisions - there is no place for a “Football Committee”

I also find it ridiculous that we are recruiting a Media Manager and we do not have a dedicated Strength and Conditioning Coach 

I will go further - Brian Graham should not be managing the Woman's Team - its impacting on his day job 

He is not allowing proper post Match Recovery on a Sunday which is crucial as you get older as he is managing the Woman's Team 

if he is our Goal Scorer - he dedicates himself to that solely 

a Strength and Conditioning Coach would ensure our players follow a proper regime - Sunday Recovery Run is Key - ask any Competitive Athlete 

instead we have a Football Committee 

The performance on the perfect reflects what is going on off it 

 

 

Did anyone say the managers job was under threat ?

If you watched our games this season, you would see that the lack of creativity in the team is impacting Brian Grahams goal tally and performance . He was top goal scorer in the division last year and also Player of the Year when managing the Women’s team 

Definitely agree with a Strength and Conditioning Coach , should be a necessity for any team at our level .

[jagfox]

18 hours ago, Thistle88 said:

You’re the biggest cry baby on here shut it 😂. 

I know. Just worrying times mate.

Just feels bad as I have doubts Doops can turn this around, even if he gets the next 3 or 4 games.

[Jag]

I'm more interested in who is making our 'on field' football decisions at the moment, rather than who is making the decisions off it. The manager has been well backed by the board /directors / TJF / football committee / the kit man *delete as appropriate and we have a very large playing squad, with a fair amount of quality amongst it.

On the pitch, Dools is clutching at straws. Last season, we initially had three wingers (if you include Wes McDonald) in the squad and, for the second part of the season - after McDonald was released - we had two. Despite this, we consistently lined up in the same formation, playing with two wide men, Lawless and Fitzpatrick. Wee Stevie then got injured, leaving us with one - yet we still persisted with the 4-2-3-1 set up, trying to fit square pegs in to round holes.

Clearly, he didn't want to be short in that department again, so he made sure we were well covered in the wide areas, and brought in Smith, Chalmers and McKay to add to the two wingers already at the club. Obviously McKay and Lawless are out injured at the moment but we still have three available. So why on earth has he now decided to play without wingers after never moving much from his preferred formation? I said a few weeks ago that I was more bothered about the speed we moved the ball at and where we played the game, rather than the formation, but I'm pretty sure that lining up with five defenders (I'm aware the two wide boys are meant to be in midfield) is having a negative effect on the way we play. The 3-4-2-1 system isn't working. I could understand lining up with three at the back v Ayr United, given they play with two out and out strikers, but after an abysmal showing v Dunfermline last week it should have been put in the bin.

It looks to me like the manager is trying to come up with new systems for the team, rather than working on fitness, intensity and where to play the game.

I'm as keen as anyone for Kris Doolan to succeed as Thistle boss but it isn't happening at the moment, and I can't see it changing any time soon.

[Derby Jag]

24 minutes ago, Jag said:

I'm more interested in who is making our 'on field' football decisions at the moment, rather than who is making the decisions off it. The manager has been well backed by the board /directors / TJF / football committee / the kit man *delete as appropriate and we have a very large playing squad, with a fair amount of quality amongst it.

On the pitch, Dools is clutching at straws. Last season, we initially had three wingers (if you include Wes McDonald) in the squad and, for the second part of the season - after McDonald was released - we had two. Despite this, we consistently lined up in the same formation, playing with two wide men, Lawless and Fitzpatrick. Wee Stevie then got injured, leaving us with one - yet we still persisted with the 4-2-3-1 set up, trying to fit square pegs in to round holes.

Clearly, he didn't want to be short in that department again, so he made sure we were well covered in the wide areas, and brought in Smith, Chalmers and McKay to add to the two wingers already at the club. Obviously McKay and Lawless are out injured at the moment but we still have three available. So why on earth has he now decided to play without wingers after never moving much from his preferred formation? I said a few weeks ago that I was more bothered about the speed we moved the ball at and where we played the game, rather than the formation, but I'm pretty sure that lining up with five defenders (I'm aware the two wide boys are meant to be in midfield) is having a negative effect on the way we play. The 3-4-2-1 system isn't working. I could understand lining up with three at the back v Ayr United, given they play with two out and out strikers, but after an abysmal showing v Dunfermline last week it should have been put in the bin.

It looks to me like the manager is trying to come up with new systems for the team, rather than working on fitness, intensity and where to play the game.

I'm as keen as anyone for Kris Doolan to succeed as Thistle boss but it isn't happening at the moment, and I can't see it changing any time soon.

This is a great summary of my thoughts.

Also not to drone on about Graham but he seems to be the one immovable option in our attacking issues this year. Plays 90 minutes every game despite offering very little. Either that issue is due to him struggling this year or the team structure not being right. Both of those are issues for the manager that he has failed at so far. 

Finally on the credit in the bank that Doolan has argument. Id wager that Alan Archibald had significantly more in the bank ahead of his rightful sacking which I believe was after the same number of games into the season, with a much weaker squad yet with more league wins and points.

Edited September 30 by Derby Jag

[jlsarmy]

15 minutes ago, Jag said:

I'm more interested in who is making our 'on field' football decisions at the moment, rather than who is making the decisions off it. The manager has been well backed by the board /directors / TJF / football committee / the kit man *delete as appropriate and we have a very large playing squad, with a fair amount of quality amongst it.

On the pitch, Dools is clutching at straws. Last season, we initially had three wingers (if you include Wes McDonald) in the squad and, for the second part of the season - after McDonald was released - we had two. Despite this, we consistently lined up in the same formation, playing with two wide men, Lawless and Fitzpatrick. Wee Stevie then got injured, leaving us with one - yet we still persisted with the 4-2-3-1 set up, trying to fit square pegs in to round holes.

Clearly, he didn't want to be short in that department again, so he made sure we were well covered in the wide areas, and brought in Smith, Chalmers and McKay to add to the two wingers already at the club. Obviously McKay and Lawless are out injured at the moment but we still have three available. So why on earth has he now decided to play without wingers after never moving much from his preferred formation? I said a few weeks ago that I was more bothered about the speed we moved the ball at and where we played the game, rather than the formation, but I'm pretty sure that lining up with five defenders (I'm aware the two wide boys are meant to be in midfield) is having a negative effect on the way we play. The 3-4-2-1 system isn't working. I could understand lining up with three at the back v Ayr United, given they play with two out and out strikers, but after an abysmal showing v Dunfermline last week it should have been put in the bin.

It looks to me like the manager is trying to come up with new systems for the team, rather than working on fitness, intensity and where to play the game.

I'm as keen as anyone for Kris Doolan to succeed as Thistle boss but it isn't happening at the moment, and I can't see it changing any time soon.

Doolan has got a chance to turn this around , I believe we’ve got the players to do it 

Should go back 4 - 2 -3 -1 with an attacking philosophy, he’s got to make decisions in an over inflated squad , who drops out ( 4 centre halves for example )

The major issue I’ve got is the lack of firepower upfront, if Brian Graham isn’t scoring who does 

[jlsarmy]

7 minutes ago, Derby Jag said:

This is a great summary of my thoughts.

Also not to drone on about Graham but he seems to be the one immovable option in our attacking issues this year. Plays 90 minutes every game despite offering very little. Either that issue is due to him struggling this year or the team structure not being right. Both of those are issues for the manager that he has failed at so far. 

 

The biggest issue is who would you replace Brian Graham with , watching Diack against Falkirk proves he’s not ready for that role .