Mencius Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 For me , with (dis)honourable mentions to the Dick, and DJ there is a clear winner in my 30+ yrs watching the Jags.....step forward Sandy Clark. Took a team with one league defeat (in the game before he was appointed away at McDiarmid) to winning 2 of the next 17. Included in that shambles was a 5-4 Hogmanay humping from Albion Rovers ffs....despite being 2 up after 3 mins and also leading 4-2 as I recall. Archie showing up pretty well so far as stats below show (great site for the statto's amongst us!) http://www.fitbastat...games.php?id=16 http://www.fitbastat...ger_records.php According to that site Bryce is one of our top ten best ever managers (% games won), well ahead of the likes of Mcparland, Auld and Lambie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Strangely, whilst Auld brought us some success. I've heard many say it was the worst football you could ever imagine watching! Rough in goal and 10 across the back. We got the reputation of being boring for a time under Bertie. I can see where people were coming from but that was largely based on our away game. At home we were entertaining tho' we could shut up shop if need be. Be unfair to compare us back then to the likes of Ross Co last season but like them we definitely played to very different tunes depending if we were home or away. It's also got to be remembered we were successful in remaining in a top flight of only ten clubs for years and you can't do that playing free flowing football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearchar Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 All good sides are built on the basis of a solid defence. A well-known, knowledgeable football reporter of my acquaintance echoed my own thoughts when he mentioned this to me recently, after I had explained what our recent defensive record was like. (Do mhuinntir na Gàidhlig: bha sin dìreach mun do nochd mi fhìn agus Uisdean MacIllFhinnein air prògram spòrs madainn Disathairne sa chaidh.) We've had a great season, but without the addition of defensive strength under Archie, there would have been no promotion this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mull Jag Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Clark took a good team to a rotten Team Campbell- squandered a big budget and played rotten football Bryce- out of his depth McVeigh- Unlucky but really a talentless bully While they are all rotten and deserve no praise the winner is Collins and imbecile of a man who only got the job cause Lambie told the board to give it to him Somebody should do a poll!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyo Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Archie showing up pretty well so far as stats below show (great site for the statto's amongst us!) http://www.fitbastats.com/partickthistle/manager_games.php?id=16 http://www.fitbastats.com/partickthistle/manager_records.php They're doing Archie a disservice, with Cowdenbeath as a draw rather than a win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Towers Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Murder Macleod is getting off very lightly here. What about if the question was "whose face would you least tire of punching?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 Murder Macleod is getting off very lightly here. What about if the question was "whose face would you least tire of punching?" But Chic Young never managed us ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddy Thistle Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 For me the worst three Thistle Managers were Derek Johnstone , Sandy Clark and Benny Rooney closely followed by Dick Campbell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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