Jaggernaut Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Three on show at Tannadice yesterday: Penrice (scorer), Spittal (hit the bar), Holt. With the exception of the latter, we never got to see them really perform for us. Who are the others currently playing at a higher level? Nisbet, Docherty?.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifexile Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Jack Hendry and Liam Lindsay spring to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 59 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said: Three on show at Tannadice yesterday: Penrice (scorer), Spittal (hit the bar), Holt. With the exception of the latter, we never got to see them really perform for us. Who are the others currently playing at a higher level? Nisbet, Docherty?.... Blair Spittal got player of the year with us - so he must have been putting in some decent performances for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 (edited) Stephen O’Donnell Pretty soon we can add Myles Roberts to the list. Edited January 6 by Dick Dastardly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 I wouldn’t really count Robert’s as he was a loanee. Many loanees went on to bigger and better but they were never ‘ours’ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Tiffoney at Dundee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Paul McGinn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 (edited) ATS no doubt bettered himself financially playing in English League One. Don't know if that division is considered a step up or not from our top tier? Ryan Edwards scored a goal in a Scottish Cup Final with Hearts but you can hardly say he went on to have a glittering career. Edited January 6 by lady-isobel-barnett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Gekantawa Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Elliot had a fairly successful swansong at Dundee, winning a promotion and a final (albeit relegation) season in the top flight. McMillan is a regular at Exeter in English L1 (under Caldwell). Reference to the Lady's comment above as to whether this is actually a step up. McIver has done well since leaving and may very well be playing at a higher level next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljaggo Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 These successes should be pointed out to some of our current squad, and some encouragement given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 24 minutes ago, Duke Gekantawa said: Elliot had a fairly successful swansong at Dundee, winning a promotion and a final (albeit relegation) season in the top flight. McMillan is a regular at Exeter in English L1 (under Caldwell). Reference to the Lady's comment above as to whether this is actually a step up. McIver has done well since leaving and may very well be playing at a higher level next year. English L1 is much higher than our level. Most Premiership teams would struggle. Our level would be around top end Conference/ bottom end L2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Gekantawa Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 9 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said: English L1 is much higher than our level. Most Premiership teams would struggle. Our level would be around top end Conference/ bottom end L2 I expect that this is right. The fact that part-time teams regularly play (and are often competitive) at our level would bear this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laukat Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Kevin Nesbit. Always amazed me the transformation in him after he left us as he looked a waste of a wage while at Firhill. When he re-appeared at Raith Rovers he looked like he had lost about 2 stone and had an attitude transplant Perhaps @Jordanhill Jag had him running up and down Cleveden Hill? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 18 minutes ago, laukat said: Kevin Nesbit. Always amazed me the transformation in him after he left us as he looked a waste of a wage while at Firhill. When he re-appeared at Raith Rovers he looked like he had lost about 2 stone and had an attitude transplant Perhaps @Jordanhill Jag had him running up and down Cleveden Hill? Maybe Diack should have a word with Nesbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledjag Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Didn't Nesbit, after leaving the Jags, admit that while at Firhill he wasn't sure he wanted to be a professional footballer and that as a result his attitude was right. I think things changed for him when he was on the end of some straight talking feim McGlynn. He was also a year older as well and perhaps a bit more mature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenski Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 I always thought that James Penrice was under-rated when he was with us. The only one who has surprised me is McIver, although I didn't see he play in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordanhill Jag Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 31 minutes ago, laukat said: Kevin Nesbit. Always amazed me the transformation in him after he left us as he looked a waste of a wage while at Firhill. When he re-appeared at Raith Rovers he looked like he had lost about 2 stone and had an attitude transplant Perhaps @Jordanhill Jag had him running up and down Cleveden Hill? Well if its Good Enough for Laura Muir and Olympic Silver Medalist - its Good enough for Thistle Fitness isn't complicated and you don't need Body Belts & “ Stats” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 (edited) A problem with Nisbet was he had outgrown the youth set up physically and went out on loan before he was mentally attuned for the moves. I think that had a negative effect on the player that he didn't shake off. I don't believe he was particularly that unfit latterly with us but enough to convince Archibald to release him. If he hadn't gone to Raith a free agent I doubt he would have turned things around. Never in doubt was Kevin's ability to score goals and he always had the knack of taking up good positions for assists. I imagine the only serious doubt was about his attitude. Dropping two divisions was the best move he made. Edited January 6 by lady-isobel-barnett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledjag Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 A few names for the old timers to dwell on from the 1960s Jags.. My memory might not be that great in terms of the clubs they left us for.hey Neil Duffy (my personal favourite all time Jags player) left us to go to St Johnstone Ian Cowan (left us to go to Falkirk) Gordon Whitelaw (to Dundee Utd) Billy Hainey (to Dundee Utd) John Flannigan (to Clyde) Tommy Gibb (to Newcastle Utd) Sandy Brown (to Everton) and from a later era: Alex Forsyth (to Manchester Utd) Alan Hansen (to Liverpool) Ronnie Glavin (to Celtic) Cowan, Duffy and Flannigan as far as I recall had their beat days with the Jags. Brown and Gibb had mixed success enjoying some good times but never totally convincing the fans that they were the real deal. Whitelaw, Hainey, Forsyth and Glavin all enjoyed success with their new clubs and definitively played at a higher level Alan Hansen - became a Liverpool legend! I am sure the above list can be added to and my views debated. But isn't that football!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledjag Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 24 minutes ago, fenski said: I always thought that James Penrice was under-rated when he was with us. The only one who has surprised me is McIver, although I didn't see he play in person. Agree either you on this. I think both players were under-rated while at Firhill. I thought the circumstances around Penrice leaving were strange which suggested things weren't right behind the scenes. As much as I thought Ian McCall was a good manager for us I thought he made a mistake letting Penrice go. Also with McIver I felt there was a player in there and we should have been more patient with him and given him more time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 6 Author Report Share Posted January 6 1 hour ago, exiledjag said: A few names for the old timers to dwell on from the 1960s Jags.. My memory might not be that great in terms of the clubs they left us for.hey Neil Duffy (my personal favourite all time Jags player) left us to go to St Johnstone Ian Cowan (left us to go to Falkirk) Gordon Whitelaw (to Dundee Utd) Billy Hainey (to Dundee Utd) John Flannigan (to Clyde) Tommy Gibb (to Newcastle Utd) Sandy Brown (to Everton) and from a later era: Alex Forsyth (to Manchester Utd) Alan Hansen (to Liverpool) Ronnie Glavin (to Celtic) Cowan, Duffy and Flannigan as far as I recall had their beat days with the Jags. Brown and Gibb had mixed success enjoying some good times but never totally convincing the fans that they were the real deal. Whitelaw, Hainey, Forsyth and Glavin all enjoyed success with their new clubs and definitively played at a higher level Alan Hansen - became a Liverpool legend! I am sure the above list can be added to and my views debated. But isn't that football!! To the earlier list we could add Joe McBride (to Motherwell and then others), Hugh Tinney (to Bury), Arthur Duncan (to Hibs). From the League Cup winning team: Jimmy Bone (to Norwich), Denis McQuade (to Hearts) And from later: Mo Johnston (To Watford), Jim Melrose (to Leicester City). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Regarding some of the older names, the thread title is players doing well since they left us. I think Denis McQuade is one that didn’t do well when he left. I think tbh Denis’s best days were behind him by then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Gekantawa Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 2 hours ago, exiledjag said: Agree either you on this. I think both players were under-rated while at Firhill. I thought the circumstances around Penrice leaving were strange which suggested things weren't right behind the scenes. As much as I thought Ian McCall was a good manager for us I thought he made a mistake letting Penrice go. Also with McIver I felt there was a player in there and we should have been more patient with him and given him more time. I'm not sure about the circumstances around Penrice leaving were strange, particularly. We really wanted Tiffoney, and a straight swap was a straightforward solution. Otherwise we would have had to stump up cash for Tiff, which I doubt we would've been able to do. In other words, we effectively received a fee (in kind) for Penrice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 The earliest strike pairing I can recall watching at Thistle was Joe Craig and Doug Somner. Both eventually did well elsewhere, although not to the same extent as at Thistle. I think that Joe had a good season and a half with Celtic before going downhill via Blackburn and Hamilton. He never attained to the same prolificity as at Thistle. Doug did well enough at St Mirren to be inducted into their Hall of Fame as well as Thistle's (but he did score more for Thistle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 There’s a guy called Alan Hansen who I think squandered his career somewhat after an initial promising spell with the Jags. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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