eljaggo Posted April 4 Report Share Posted April 4 Could TJF withold payments until Q&A issues are resolved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted Sunday at 04:34 PM Report Share Posted Sunday at 04:34 PM On 4/4/2026 at 8:21 AM, erty13 said: Motherwell are an established premier league club benefiting from the additional revenue of bigger prize money and larger average attendances. They have also been very successful in the transfer market. Being in the Premier league gives you financial stability, It is completely different financial model trying to win promotion to the premier league where you are competing against clubs with parachute payment, or owners who would throw in an extra £250k to try to secure promotion. If you want promotion you have to invest in the team, then stabilise your financial model. If you don’t balance your financial model then your gambling the clubs future chasing promotion. That’s not prudent. I believe TJF could grow more if they could announce major funded projects with their members funds, things folk can see. Rather than helping balance the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted Sunday at 05:32 PM Author Report Share Posted Sunday at 05:32 PM 53 minutes ago, Norgethistle said: If you don’t balance your financial model then your gambling the clubs future chasing promotion. That’s not prudent. I believe TJF could grow more if they could announce major funded projects with their members funds, things folk can see. Rather than helping balance the books. At this point I would take just getting the Q&A published. But with regard to ringfencing funds it is not something I am against but as you say it needs to be something people can look at and say "I contributed to that". At the moment the first thing that springs to minds is the floodlights - if I recall correctly at the last Q&A with the Board we were applying for a grant from the SFA but still needed to contribute around £100K so that could be an option. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted Monday at 06:17 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 06:17 PM The post AGM Q&A is now available: https://thejagsfoundation.co.uk/club-agm-february-2026-qa-responses/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambies Lost Doo Posted Monday at 06:42 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 06:42 PM A daft question but who are "the trustees" mentioned in the Q&A? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted Monday at 06:48 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 06:48 PM 4 minutes ago, Lambies Lost Doo said: A daft question but who are "the trustees" mentioned in the Q&A? The majority shareholder is the PTFC Trust. It is a trust, with trustees and beneficiaries. The trustees are two fans organisations: TJF 1876 Limited (The Jags Foundation) Partick Thistle Supporters' Association (The Jags Trust) Those two organisations are represented by their respective elected boards. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted Monday at 10:18 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:18 PM Hardly worth the wait. Hopefully there is news on the board and prospective CEO/ General Manager role and what their remit would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliballibee Posted Monday at 10:20 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 10:20 PM 3 hours ago, Woodstock Jag said: The majority shareholder is the PTFC Trust. It is a trust, with trustees and beneficiaries. The trustees are two fans organisations: TJF 1876 Limited (The Jags Foundation) Partick Thistle Supporters' Association (The Jags Trust) Those two organisations are represented by their respective elected boards. Apologies if this has been asked before but is it possible, or even desirable, for both fan organizations to merge or at least come under one overall group, a bit like Hearts? It seems, to my eyes anyway, that a club the size of Thistle having two fan organisation's is a bit unhelpful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted Tuesday at 10:41 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:41 AM Answers all seem pretty open ended to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted Tuesday at 10:51 AM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:51 AM Having now had the Q&A it would be good if the strategic plan was published quickly so we can see both what is in it and how it is to be achieved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagged Edge Posted Tuesday at 12:09 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 12:09 PM With regards to the Q&A responses, whenever I read or hear the words "robust" and "innovative" I physically wince. I have heard that crap so many times over the decades - they always prove to be neither "robust" nor "innovative". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljaggo Posted Tuesday at 12:30 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 12:30 PM It all seems too complicated, with ample opportunity for buck passing, a lack of responsibility, and little transparency from the terracing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted Tuesday at 05:31 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 05:31 PM “ Fan Rep/Club Board Communications What plans do the Fan Reps and Club Board have to communicate with the 2,500 fan owners that they represent? We have a communications plan to increase the visibility of all board activities, which encompasses the club website, match programme, and social media channels. A schedule of in-person events will also be published in due course, which will entail a large Meet the Board event as was held in late 2025, but also surgery-style meetings with Fan Reps and other board members throughout the year.” we are 2 months on from AGM, more from latest fan rep elections and communication is zero from board, and has been for years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Jersey Jag Posted Tuesday at 06:23 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 06:23 PM Just read these responses with increasing despair. Are the board so complacent that they don't feel in any way compelled to give a clear answer to even the simplest of questions? ChatGPT could have been given a prompt to reply to the questions in an evasive style and been more informative. The low point for me is the question and answer below. This is absolute nonsense and anyone that thinks it is acceptable to reply in such a condescending and meaningless way should not be in this job. Dreadful, worse than nothing. When will the Club be appointing a new Chair? The Board fully intends to appoint a Chair. With the AGM now behind us, and a clear plan to now work towards driving the club forward for the next five years, the composition and skillset of the Board is high on our agenda, and we will make an appointment in due course. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted Tuesday at 08:35 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:35 PM 2 hours ago, New Jersey Jag said: Just read these responses with increasing despair. Are the board so complacent that they don't feel in any way compelled to give a clear answer to even the simplest of questions? ChatGPT could have been given a prompt to reply to the questions in an evasive style and been more informative. The low point for me is the question and answer below. This is absolute nonsense and anyone that thinks it is acceptable to reply in such a condescending and meaningless way should not be in this job. Dreadful, worse than nothing. When will the Club be appointing a new Chair? The Board fully intends to appoint a Chair. With the AGM now behind us, and a clear plan to now work towards driving the club forward for the next five years, the composition and skillset of the Board is high on our agenda, and we will make an appointment in due course. You are absolutely right. I am sure that our friend @Jaggernaut would liken this to tippy tappy passes across the back without actually going anywhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted Tuesday at 08:38 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:38 PM Could have just said "some time" and saved a lot of words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted Tuesday at 11:28 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 11:28 PM 2 hours ago, partickthedog said: You are absolutely right. I am sure that our friend @Jaggernaut would liken this to tippy tappy passes across the back without actually going anywhere. 😆 True enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted Wednesday at 09:46 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 09:46 AM At the risk of repeating myself, there is so much good stuff on the pitch at the moment with the first team still in with a chance of winning the division, the under 19s currently top of their table, the under 17s sitting 3rd in theirs and the womens team back in the top 6. However, this season has been terrible in terms of communication and that is from both the club and TJF. I don't know if it is down to the large turnover in people within both groups but something has just not felt right this season and it needs to improve moving forward. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle_1876 Posted Wednesday at 11:13 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:13 AM 1 hour ago, Fawlty Towers said: At the risk of repeating myself, there is so much good stuff on the pitch at the moment with the first team still in with a chance of winning the division, the under 19s currently top of their table, the under 17s sitting 3rd in theirs and the womens team back in the top 6. However, this season has been terrible in terms of communication and that is from both the club and TJF. I don't know if it is down to the large turnover in people within both groups but something has just not felt right this season and it needs to improve moving forward. If we did manage to get promoted we would need the infrastructure to support this off the park, at present league 2 clubs would put us to shame off the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted Wednesday at 11:34 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 11:34 AM 18 minutes ago, Thistle_1876 said: If we did manage to get promoted we would need the infrastructure to support this off the park, at present league 2 clubs would put us to shame off the park. I feel confident based on this season in Baraclough and Wilson doing the football side of things but less so in the other areas like Commercial, Finance & Communication. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted Wednesday at 02:16 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 02:16 PM 2 hours ago, Fawlty Towers said: I feel confident based on this season in Baraclough and Wilson doing the football side of things but less so in the other areas like Commercial, Finance & Communication. I think the Club Board and TJF need to rapidly up their game in terms of communication Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawlty Towers Posted Wednesday at 03:52 PM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 03:52 PM 1 hour ago, sandy said: I think the Club Board and TJF need to rapidly up their game in terms of communication It has been an issue at club level for a few seasons now but normally TJF are quite good - seems to have been an issue though this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Jersey Jag Posted Wednesday at 06:18 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 06:18 PM 21 hours ago, allyo said: Could have just said "some time" and saved a lot of words Or have Kenny Dalglish appointed as our spokesperson, to have on repeat "Mibbes aye, mibbes naw..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted Wednesday at 09:07 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 09:07 PM 5 hours ago, Fawlty Towers said: It has been an issue at club level for a few seasons now but normally TJF are quite good - seems to have been an issue though this season. Could you explain what, specifically, you mean by this? I genuinely can’t think of anything that TJF has failed to communicate (promptly) to the fans this season. To the best of my recollection, every time you’ve asked us about when something was going to be published or announced it was answered promptly and/or it was something that was for the Club, not TJF, to answer. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted yesterday at 02:48 AM Report Share Posted yesterday at 02:48 AM 8 hours ago, New Jersey Jag said: Or have Kenny Dalglish appointed as our spokesperson, to have on repeat "Mibbes aye, mibbes naw..." Live from Munns Vaults 🤣 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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