Albert's Ghost Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 Must win, get back top. Already gained a place before a ball is kicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 How on earth can this be called “must win” ? What are the terrible consequences if we don’t ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert's Ghost Posted August 29 Author Report Share Posted August 29 Behind Stenny in the league. That would bug me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 We already are, and have been for a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert's Ghost Posted August 29 Author Report Share Posted August 29 STILL behind Stenny in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 A game we certainly should waiting or doubts about our title chances need to be asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lady-isobel-barnett Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 Strong starting XI. Few good subs to see a match out but nobody on bench I'd consider a game changer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellow & Redneck Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 (edited) Another pathetic attacking performance. 2pts from QP and ICT. Wilson needs to give his head a wobble if he thinks Samuel and Watt will win us a league title. We could have played for another 90 and not scored - tippy tappy pish to the wide areas. And anyone who even has half a clue about football knows that Samuel hit a purple-patch last season and won't score even half the number he did last season. We really need another in the mold of Steven Craig. (Not a solution, but how can someone who never plays like Diack be eternally injured?) Edited August 29 by Yellow & Redneck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 We need a striker. Simple. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dl1971 Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 Played well but no cutting edge. We will play much poorer and win. One of those days.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dl1971 Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 Worth mentioning that we have Henderson to come back it. He'll score a few imo.. On the plus side I've seen many thistle teams dominate games like that only to lose a goal ourselves. At least that didn't happen.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 (edited) I couldn’t make it to the game today so I can’t comment on it. But if the Thistle fan who at full time told my wife that he’d “kick her f’in head in” would like to get in touch, we can arrange to meet up at a future game to talk about your conduct. Edited August 29 by Big Col 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Legend Blows Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 5 minutes ago, javeajag said: We need a striker. Simple. We needed a striker this time last season. 12 months on and still no sign of one. I'm gonna say it every week. League is there for the taking. We would be sitting on 12 points if we'd focused on the front line and not packed the squad wi right sided defenders and central midfielders. Horn away on loan. Diack might as well be as he'll never get a run. I'll be staying away til we start scoring. A season of turgid nil nils and 1 nils. No thanks. Glad Tony watt never phoned me midweek. How about getting Ceiran Loney back from Everton on loan? Canny be any worse than what we have. Just a random thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Legend Blows Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 (edited) 9 minutes ago, dl1971 said: Worth mentioning that we have Henderson to come back it. He'll score a few imo.. On the plus side I've seen many thistle teams dominate games like that only to lose a goal ourselves. At least that didn't happen.. Not the answer as I highlighted in the Squad thread. 'His league tally last year was 10 in 36 He got 9 in the first 17 and then 1 in the last 19 and that was the last game of the season. He got 2 in 36 over 2 seasons with Hamilton in the Championship. His best returns have been in League 1 with 10 in 31 and 14 in 28.' Edited August 29 by The Legend Blows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emsca Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 5 minutes ago, The Legend Blows said: We needed a striker this time last season. 12 months on and still no sign of one. I'm gonna say it every week. League is there for the taking. We would be sitting on 12 points if we'd focused on the front line and not packed the squad wi right sided defenders and central midfielders. Horn away on loan. Diack might as well be as he'll never get a run. I'll be staying away til we start scoring. A season of turgid nil nils and 1 nils. No thanks. Glad Tony watt never phoned me midweek. How about getting Ceiran Loney back from Everton on loan? Canny be any worse than what we have. Just a random thought. You’ll be staying away till we start scoring ? Thats really positive and helpful for the team . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 21 minutes ago, Big Col said: I couldn’t make it to the game today so I can’t comment on it. But if the Thistle fan who at full time told my wife that he’d “kick her f’in head in” would like to get in touch, we can arrange to meet up at a future game to talk about your conduct. Shocking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljaggo Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 22 minutes ago, Big Col said: I couldn’t make it to the game today so I can’t comment on it. But if the Thistle fan who at full time told my wife that he’d “kick her f’in head in” would like to get in touch, we can arrange to meet up at a future game to talk about your conduct. If he/she can be identified (CCTV?) then a sine die ban is needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearchar Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 Regardless of the lack of striker, this team really needs to sharpen up in attack. Counting from the (often unreliable) BBC stats, we seem to have had 19 corners - but not scored once. That indicates a serious lack somewhere. (To my unpractised eye, short corners against an opponent that is packing the box are completely ineffective, and can even result in losing possession.) What conversion rate from corners is the target? Then there are the tactics close to the end of the game. If the opposition is parking the bus, playing from side to side, even in the opposition half, just spends playing time unproductively. Instead of concentrating on scoring the winning goal, the team tried to provide a show of attractive football. There is a time and a place for everything, but league position does not depend on moral superiority, and now we're 2nd in the league because we did not play to the conditions. Maybe we're seeing the disadvantage of an inflexible belief in attractive football, as if that were an end in itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 9 minutes ago, eljaggo said: If he/she can be identified (CCTV?) then a sine die ban is needed. Yes, it was a man. Disgraceful behaviour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAGSMAN1968 Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 Just back from that Pretty grim ! we could have played till midnight and not scored. Didn't help that QP had 11 men behind the ball for most of the match. Couldn't watch that every week no wonder they only brought 200+ fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG1970 Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 A wee reality check today I think. Yes, it’s early days but it won’t just be QP that come to Firhill this season and sit in. Total domination of possession but no cutting edge. Ok, we hit the bar and there were a few near things, but if we are serious about winning the league we will need to be better. Ok, some players still getting up to speed but It’s been clear for a few weeks that we need another striker and maybe another no.10 (unless Henderson can fill that role?). Whether we have the money or can get the right one remains to be seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 (edited) I think if Samuel scores in the first few minutes we go on to win comfortably. In fact given the lack of attacking intention from QP if we hadn't entered their penalty area again the 1-0 would still have been comfortable. But not scoring given our absolute dominance highlights our most serious problem. I believe Samuel can be an effective impact sub but not a starting No 9, certainly not as a loan striker. Tony Watt is what he is and that ain't an out and out striker. To me it looks like we'll have to accept the status quo at least till January. Create as many chances as possible and hope our midfielders can be more clinical than today. Of course we've got a day or so to sign a 15+ goal striker. One that'll cost next to nothing in transfer fee and play for a pittance of a wage. Shouldn't be too much a problem arranging that. Edited August 29 by lady-isobel-barnett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter of '63 Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 I thought we played well enough in the first half but failed to make the sharp passes which might have seen us 4 or 5 up. Queens defended their box well with lots of bodies but made no attempt to score - McFarlane's only activity was two headed clearances.. As in the second half against Inverness, it looked like the opposition had worked out a plan to stop us making chances by cutting off space and crosses from Drodz & Fitzy - we don't seem to have other lines of attack.. Samuel & Watt are not as effective as last season and there were no game-changers on the bench. I was surprised to see from the game stats that we only had 19 corners....we didn't look remotely like scoring from any of them. If we can find some more imagination and cutting edge the League is surely winnable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Legend Blows Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 1 hour ago, Fearchar said: Regardless of the lack of striker, this team really needs to sharpen up in attack. Counting from the (often unreliable) BBC stats, we seem to have had 19 corners - but not scored once. That indicates a serious lack somewhere. (To my unpractised eye, short corners against an opponent that is packing the box are completely ineffective, and can even result in losing possession.) What conversion rate from corners is the target? The game wide average is a goal every 3 in 100. Even accepting the emergence of set piece coaches and teams being corner specialists, it'll still be single figures out of 100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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