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2 minutes ago, Albert's Ghost said:

Case in point - his pathetic effort late on Monday.

Yeah other than half a season for us when everyone in the squad was firing on all cylinders towards the end of the season he has been absolutely hopeless. Especially on the contract he has been on when he re-signed. Does not fit under Wilson's style

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1 hour ago, Dick Dastardly said:

The last chance free kick from Turner summed him up. What do anyone see in him ? Total waste of a wage.

I don't think it's fair to expect much from a player who has had very limited opportunity to find form over the course of the season. Most players need playing time to perform at their best. But that then begs the question - why was he allowed to take the free-kick? Can only assume it was because of what his team mates see at the training ground.

I think he could still be a decent player, but I think it's likely he'd be looking for an opportunity at another club now, and it's probably best for all parties for him to go.

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1 hour ago, Albert's Ghost said:

Case in point - his pathetic effort late on Monday.

I still don't understand why we didn't give that free-kick to either Chalmers who had a really goo attempt 5 minutes earlier or Fitzpatrick who bar Watt looked the player most likely to do something

Giving it to the guy who's only being on the park for 5 minutes and hasn't hit a freekick of note all season was a bit odd

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2 hours ago, laukat said:

I think Turner needs a fresh start somewhere that will play him regularly in his preferred position. To my mind he's not been the same player since we had him playing at right back last season.

I did read that Raith were looking at him however also read that Raith had some budget problems.

Wherever he goes I hope he can recover what he once had. If nothing else his dead ball delivery used to be excellent but its been a long time since I've seen even that.

Regarding Turner I think your right about the fresh start thats why I qualified why I would like him to stay.

He is not a midfielder in the traditional sense. He is though a midfielder who can get beyond the strikers and before he left us for Ross County thats where he excelled.  Regular football and he would soon get his dead ball delivery touch back.

However if we are not going to play him to his strengths then I agree we might as well let him go.

PS: Without wishing them any harm I hope your correct about Raith Rovers and budget  problems

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37 minutes ago, exiledjag said:

Regarding Turner I think your right about the fresh start thats why I qualified why I would like him to stay.

He is not a midfielder in the traditional sense. He is though a midfielder who can get beyond the strikers and before he left us for Ross County thats where he excelled.  Regular football and he would soon get his dead ball delivery touch back.

However if we are not going to play him to his strengths then I agree we might as well let him go.

PS: Without wishing them any harm I hope your correct about Raith Rovers and budget  problems

Looking at the RR thread on P&B - it's all about Turner, not about budget.

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Aidan Fitzpatrick - Assists 17, Goals 6

Logan Chalmers - Assists 9, Goals 12

Ben Stanway - Assists 4, Goals 12

Above is the stats for the season just ended for 3 players that will probably leave when their contracts expire. That means a lot of goal involvements being taken from our team. It would be good if we could persuade at least one of them to stay, if more than one was still with us at the start of next season it would exceed most of our expectations. All of the above players played a big part in us finishing second in the league, getting to the final of the playoffs and reaching the 1/4 finals of both major cup competitions. If we are to replicate or better it in 26/27 and all of the above leave it would be some effort by our management and recruitment teams to find suitable replacements to achieve that, of course if that did happen i have no doubt that would have other bigger teams (not sure any team is bigger than Thistle :thinking:) looking at our management/recruitment teams. We also need to hope that Alex Samuel can carry on his goal scoring form of the season just ended.

All stats from the magnificent @The Thistle Archive

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Hopefully the club will get the squad update out by the end of the week, not much of a break with pre season starting on the 16th of June so would be good to have the majority of the squad in place for that to give the coaching team the maximum time to implement their ideas.

Not squad related but see we are doing a full pitch relay so wonder if we will have any home friendlies before the league cup group games.

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42 minutes ago, Fawlty Towers said:

Not squad related but see we are doing a full pitch relay so wonder if we will have any home friendlies before the league cup group games.

As far as I know we do this every season. Apparently if you dont you end up with weed grass iirc.

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2 minutes ago, Very Bitter Jag said:

As far as I know we do this every season. Apparently if you dont you end up with weed grass iirc.

I remember reading a groundsman saying that even if the pitch looks OK at the end of a season unless you do a reasonable degree of work then you will see a deteroriation during the next season. It was just that last season we had the friendlies at Petershill but that might have been a timing issue.

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1 hour ago, Fawlty Towers said:

I remember reading a groundsman saying that even if the pitch looks OK at the end of a season unless you do a reasonable degree of work then you will see a deteroriation during the next season. It was just that last season we had the friendlies at Petershill but that might have been a timing issue.

Missing a trick not flogging off squares of it.

 ‘The undefeated at home in league turf, now have a patch in your own home’

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4 hours ago, Fawlty Towers said:

Not squad related but see we are doing a full pitch relay so wonder if we will have any home friendlies before the league cup group games

3 away friendlies so far, well 2 definite. Clydebank, Pollok and no doubt the Luke McBeth derby. 

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26 minutes ago, Jimmy McD said:

Surly if he's going somewhere he can do better than Carlisle..

You would like to think so but apparently Jordan Jones (ex Killie) earns over £3k per week there. In the 5th tier of English football!

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8 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

You would like to think so but apparently Jordan Jones (ex Killie) earns over £3k per week there. In the 5th tier of English football!

Would the very recent removal of Mark Hughes as Carlisle United manager have any impact whether positive or negative on this potential move for Fitzpatrick?

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1 hour ago, Jimmy McD said:

Surly if he's going somewhere he can do better than Carlisle..

Its probably a better standard than the Scottish Championship paying treble the wages. Also paying more than most of the Scottish Premiership as well.

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Joining the club on permanent contracts:

Josh Clarke

Ben McPherson

 

Returning to parent clubs:

Oisin Smyth

Ethan Ingram

Fraser Taylor

 

Departing the club at contract’s end:

Scott Martin (Joining Queen’s Park)

Kyle Turner

Dan MacKay

Zander MacKenzie

Che Campbell (MA)

Luis Cameron (MA)

 

In discussions:

Lewis Budinauckas

Logan Chalmers

Gary Mackay-Steven

Aidan Fitzpatrick

Ben Stanway

Thomas Horn (MA)

 

(MA) = Modern Apprentice

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