PTFC1942 Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 I think Doolan should be out and be replaced by Rhys McCabe as manager before Hearts take him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiThistle Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 That was amazingly poor. I can’t imagine how painful it was for those watching in person. I would probably advocate board intervention by this point - speak with every single player and coach, get their opinion of what’s wrong, then make whatever changes are necessary. I don’t recall ever seeing a Thistle team this bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 I'm bringing a pillow next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derby Jag Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 It's an absolute shocker. Even if we fluke a draw or win out of this, he should be going tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End 2 Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Doolan just hasn't got it to turn this around. He needs to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Falkirk are controlling 75% of the pitch. They can walk and pass the ball to the edge of our penalty box before they are engaged. We are finding it difficult to have any easy possession in their half. Any hints of chances we have had have been on the odd occasion when Falkirk’s passing breaks down. Falkirk look as though the players all know each other well. We look like a bunch of strangers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 12 minutes ago, PTFC1942 said: I think Doolan should be out and be replaced by Rhys McCabe as manager before Hearts take him. Why on earth would he want to come to us ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Ffs same players in the same formation in the second half …..crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljaggo Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 How does bringing on defensive midfielder Bannigan increase the likelihood of us scoring? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 (edited) Bannigan has been excellent since coming on. We've been far more in this game since his introduction. ETA: the problem with this Thistle team is the total absence of a midfield, which then gets overrun. Bannigan shores up the midfield, gets the basics right and releases Turner, Fitzy, Robinson etc to play further forward and support Graham. The player we've singularly failed to replace in the last two seasons is Ross Docherty. You look after your defensive midfield and everything else begins to come together. Edited October 12 by Woodstock Jag 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnkebab71 Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Diak offers absolutely nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derby Jag Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Funny how people love to moan about Bannigan when yet again he's our best midfielder. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Thanks kris and goodbye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 In the circumstances, a decent last half hour and in normal circumstances a good point earned against a decent Falkirk side. Our record so far this season against the teams above us isn't actually that bad. It's been our failure to do the business against Morton, Accies and Raith that's cost us so far. 1 point from 9 in what should really have been 7 minimum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milhouse Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 1 hour ago, PTFC1942 said: I think Doolan should be out and be replaced by Rhys McCabe as manager before Hearts take him. Airdrie are bottom of the league... Which is nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 3 minutes ago, Woodstock Jag said: In the circumstances, a decent last half hour and in normal circumstances a good point earned against a decent Falkirk side. Our record so far this season against the teams above us isn't actually that bad. It's been our failure to do the business against Morton, Accies and Raith that's cost us so far. 1 point from 9 in what should really have been 7 minimum. There was no redeeming feature today it was awful and embarrassing. We should have been well beaten. The manager is clearly struggling and there are no .excuses. Performances are actually getting worse. He has to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 28 minutes ago, Woodstock Jag said: Bannigan has been excellent since coming on. We've been far more in this game since his introduction. ETA: the problem with this Thistle team is the total absence of a midfield, which then gets overrun. Bannigan shores up the midfield, gets the basics right and releases Turner, Fitzy, Robinson etc to play further forward and support Graham. The player we've singularly failed to replace in the last two seasons is Ross Docherty. You look after your defensive midfield and everything else begins to come together. Bannigan was good - excellent is over the top. Certainly did far more coming on than the far too easily outmuscled Stanway and the woeful Diack a bit concerning how much Megwa has regressed since joining us. Any time he tried to put in a cross he never looked up and it not surprisingly went to a Falkirk player. Also felt at times he was easily outmuscled at times though not as badly as Stanway is. Roberts outstanding in goals and thoroughly deserving of man of match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dl1971 Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 We were shocking today. Outclassed and very lucky to get a point. Why we didn't get some subs on at half time is beyond me. I'm afraid mcbeth isn't good enough in midfield. Then again Turner and Crawford missing in action again. Robinson had a shocker. Bannnigan at least steadied the ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearchar Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Midfield was a real problem, as it has been all this season, but kudos to a really stuffy defence that kept us in the game. Robinson was obviously not up to speed after his time out, but his presence is key to utilising Graham's skills (i.e. making up for Graham's weaknesses). Falkirk became frustrated after the first half hour and started fouling - a really good sign. Unlike some commentators here, I see a settled defence as key to winning a league like this. Sure, we all like to see free-flowing, high-scoring play - but this is a second-level league in Scotland. Tough defences win at this level. All we now need is to up our scoring, and we're on the right path. Frankly, if that means we end up bypassing midfield altogether, do we really care? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kenny Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 He'll get a stay of execution with the point but that was brutal again. I said it last week but why are we playing Turner out of position to accommodate Crawford? He offers nothing, on or off the ball. The difference Bannigan made was obvious. He proved again that he is our best midfielder, the only one who showed any intensity or willingness to get his foot on the ball. Get Turner and Bannigan in the middle. McBeth has potential but he's not ready to be a starting holding midfielder. I'm not convinced Falkirk have 11 better players than us. What they do have, is a manager who has a set formation, set tactics and has his team extremely well drilled in how to play one way. We have a manager who changes tactics every week, shoe horns players in to different positions every week and refuses to learn from any of his mistakes. The first half today was awful. We offered absolutely nothing. Our tactic is give it to Milne and Fitzpatrick and pray they can get by the 3 players marking them. Graham has nothing to work on but took his goal well, the one time we actually ran at Falkirk. Special mention to Diack for one of the worst substitute cameos I've ever witnessed! Absolutely no idea what happened to him today, looked done after 30 seconds. Home support of 3,500, down again and that will continue as the weather gets worse and we put in that kind of performance. What happens to Doolan will depend on where we want to go this season. I can't see him being able to change our current form. We have decent players, we need someone who can get the best out of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky jag Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Same message i posted last week. That was god awful. I love Dools, but he should be let go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 2 minutes ago, Fearchar said: Midfield was a real problem, as it has been all this season, but kudos to a really stuffy defence that kept us in the game. Robinson was obviously not up to speed after his time out, but his presence is key to utilising Graham's skills (i.e. making up for Graham's weaknesses). Falkirk became frustrated after the first half hour and started fouling - a really good sign. Unlike some commentators here, I see a settled defence as key to winning a league like this. Sure, we all like to see free-flowing, high-scoring play - but this is a second-level league in Scotland. Tough defences win at this level. All we now need is to up our scoring, and we're on the right path. Frankly, if that means we end up bypassing midfield altogether, do we really care? If it wasn’t for Robert’s and some woeful finishing from Falkirk we could easily lost 5. Check our defence shape for their goal …..schoolboy level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiThistle Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 One thing my untrained eye noticed in attack is how patient Falkirk were. They were happy to move the ball about in the final third to try finding the best opening and weren’t even afraid to try the other side of the pitch in the same attack. Meanwhile, we get a run down the left side and it’s one cross and done. I would imagine this has knock-on effects for our confidence as the game goes on because the players settle for this as the standard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow & Redneck Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 Get lost Doolan. Absolutely clueless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter of '63 Posted October 12 Report Share Posted October 12 (edited) I feared a defeat would effectively end our chances as contenders and my heart sank when I saw the same unbalanced team selection as last week. Falkirk were a well-drilled unit and much better than I expected -some excellent saves and blocks kept us in the game where we might otherwise have taken a beating. Within seconds of me thinking that Graham was completely past it, he scored with a very good finish. The team had a much better shape with the first substitutions - Turner has been wasted on the wings last two weeks and Bannigan's ability to read the game, make challenges & interceptions and get on the ball to make simple passes a welcome upgrade on Crawford's aimless ball-chasing. I'm not one for thinking that dumping the manager after some poor performances will be a magic solution but with what appears to be a big player budget we are showing very little. I hope Doolan learns from today - we need to do better. Edited October 12 by Winter of '63 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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