Lambies Lost Doo Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 A mountain out of a molehill for a player who is not a first team pick. A nice person by all accounts and someone who keeps himself very fit and has kept a respectful and dignified silence. However we need another centre half and the majority of people on here would have him as 4th choice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derby Jag Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 A mountain out of a molehill for a player who is not a first team pick. A nice person by all accounts and someone who keeps himself very fit and has kept a respectful and dignified silence. However we need another centre half and the majority of people on here would have him as 4th choice. Completely agree, the only difference between this and Baird, Forbes, Murray and Kerr from last year is the chairman mentioning to some fans about a potential loan. Still don't see what was so wrong about this tbh. Good luck to the guy, spoke to him once and he was a very pleasant guy but he isn't good enough to play at this level . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 I'd be surprised if Chris Jack hadn't contacted the club ahead of his piece in the ET. Equally I would be surprised if he didn't use this, and other forums, as background for stories. Covering a team for a local paper is a really difficult job. It helps to be close to the club you are covering but get too close and you can be thought of as nothing more than an unofficial mouthpiece. It's a difficult balancing act for even the best of journalists. And with the OF they don't even try to balance. Still we're lucky being in the same city with them we get the coverage we do get (though it's be a lot less if we weren't in the SPL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 I think we need to get this in perspective. The guy is simply not good enough. Whether he's that much worse than Balatoni or Muirhead is neither here nor there - he's not a long term prospect as a Thistle centre half. (In my opinion, both Balatoni and Muirhead could be.) It's ridiculous to criticise the management or the club for the situation as it stands. Again, the guy's not good enough - he was given a season to show that he could cut it at this level and he didn't show that he could. Personally, I'm relieved we've got a manager who's hard enough to make the difficult decisions when necessary. (And, for what it's worth, I'm kind off impressed he's got the nerve to hold out for better signings in the face of our failure to add to the squad in the close season. It's either nerves of steel, or he knows something posters on here don't...) He prob isn't good enough but if he's going so should muirhead and balatoni only improved once Mair came in.... I do worry about our defence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlsarmy Posted August 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 I'd be surprised if Chris Jack hadn't contacted the club ahead of his piece in the ET. Equally I would be surprised if he didn't use this, and other forums, as background for stories. Covering a team for a local paper is a really difficult job. It helps to be close to the club you are covering but get too close and you can be thought of as nothing more than an unofficial mouthpiece. It's a difficult balancing act for even the best of journalists. Doubt very much Chris Jack contacted the club, the piece he wrote was fairly ambiguous , he might want to fight for his place, the club might let him go etc and obviously no official quote from Archie or the club. Think he might have been showing a keen interest in our forum . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted August 1, 2014 Report Share Posted August 1, 2014 (edited) Only two minutes to pop up and troll me? You are slacking! hahahahaha, i was commenting on a post you'd made earlier that day in thread about patronising, as you well know, unless you really are more stupid than you normally project yourself to be. as it happens with so little going on with thistle and on forum over summer, i'm only dipping in every few days, so only now seen your latest attempt at repeating an untruth hoping someone will believe you. i'm sure you'll apologise for your error though. you coming to fleetwood tomorrow? pint? maybe if willjag is there too, you can offer a genuine apology to him as well for your erroneous allegatons. Edited August 1, 2014 by yoda-jag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert's Ghost Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Just released "by mutual consent". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 What the hell has gone on there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 We have signed another CB and the manager didn't think he was up to it Bit of a shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaggyMad Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Well in the managements eyes he wasn't good enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Passenger Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Those who hinted at having some knowledge of his situation can share it now, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dan Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Good luck to Gabriel, I hope that he finds a club soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Scimmia Rossa Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 It was pretty much as reported by the ET( taken from here). There were specifics that were personal and it would be unfair to post. Nothing outrageous though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglemon Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Bye bye Piccolo... you caused me to shat myself anytime the ball came near you but I wish you all the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Good luck with the future Gabby, still think you have the makings of a very decent player 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb1876 Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Good luck Gabby, shame or didn't work out with Thistle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Those who hinted at having some knowledge of his situation can share it now, surely? I was only aware of the an on going situation. He'd been told his future lay elsewhere. There was the possibility of seeing his contract out on loan. Gabriel wished to see that out at in Spain if possible. That was just a possibility but the real difficulty I believe arose over severance. No reason to believe there was anything to suggest severance negotiations were not amicable.. I'm just surmising that Gabby didn't feature in any pre season games as either his head wasn't quite right or Archie didn't want a player who wouldn't feature this season playing. Either way that's academic. Think it was the Arch that said elsewhere that Gabriel should've gone out on loan shortly after signing. Kinda agree even tho' we would've been light on numbers. Personally I thought that Gabriel could've become a decent enough defender. On two occasions he played almost faultlessly and I can see no reason why that couldn't have been replicated far more often. He was by and large very good in the air. What I feel let him down was his distribution and maybe just basic football. Put another way I don't think he was exactly ideal for our build from the back approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) hahahahaha, i was commenting on a post you'd made earlier that day in thread about patronising, as you well know, unless you really are more stupid than you normally project yourself to be. as it happens with so little going on with thistle and on forum over summer, i'm only dipping in every few days, so only now seen your latest attempt at repeating an untruth hoping someone will believe you. i'm sure you'll apologise for your error though. you coming to fleetwood tomorrow? pint? maybe if willjag is there too, you can offer a genuine apology to him as well for your erroneous allegatons. Are you going to post anything of sense, or even remotely grammatical, this season? Or are you back on the Buckie? Edited August 21, 2014 by kni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derby Jag Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Are you going to post anything of sense, or even remotely grammatical, this season? Or are you back on the Buckie? Hahahahahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlsarmy Posted August 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 Well in the managements eyes he wasn't good enough. Doesn't really make a great deal of sense, still think there could be a player in there, we must be cash rich if we can afford to pay off a player with a year left on his contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabbath Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 The boy should elsewhere for a career the footballing option was never going to work for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty trained Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 The lads just put up a thank you message to the club and especially the fans, for his year in Glasgow. On his twitter account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kni Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 The boy should elsewhere for a career the footballing option was never going to work for him Please post a comment in plain English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibberish Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 The boy should elsewhere for a career the footballing option was never going to work for him Lack of any form of respect for the young lad trying to make his way In life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rid Skwerr Posted August 21, 2014 Report Share Posted August 21, 2014 The lads just put up a thank you message to the club and especially the fans, for his year in Glasgow. On his twitter account. Yes - read it earlier. A very gentlemanly and dignified post thanking the fans and his team mates. The very best of luck to Gabby and I look forward to hearing how his career progresses, as I hope it does. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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