scotty

Do clubs actually benefit much financially from the play-offs? I seem to recall something about the gate money being split between the clubs and the SPFL. I do realise that the prize money is greater the higher up we finish.

Translation please.

All the usual posters reappearing I see. "Thistle are rubbish, the manager's rubbish, the board are rubbish and the team is rubbish and all we need to do is go back to the old ways when life was so much better." The thing is we are where we are. We have no money to sack the manager and bring in someone else. Doolan got the job because he was already on the payroll and was all we could afford. Our signings were done late because we were in the playoffs and couldn't afford to gamble on getting promoted. The board is in a period of transition due to changes enforced by people playing petty power games with our club. We are a fan owned club due to the fact that no-one wanted to invest in the 3rd/4th financially attractive club in Glasgow and the shareholders at the time were desperate to divest themselves of their responsibilty for a football club. For me this season's goal should realistically be staying in this division. Being third, at this stage, is shooting above our level as we need this season to build for promotion next season or the one following. To do that the defence needs sorted out but we're not going to do that by dropping everyone and anyone as we have no-one to replace them. So by all means come on and moan about losing games and offer opinions about the solutions (that's what fans do) but we are in danger of just rehashing old conflicts over whose pals are best to run PTFC.

Surely the "level" of fitness attained is down to the player and not the coach. Or do you think someone coaching women would not be capable of coaching men?

Can one (or both) of you clarify?

I've not playerd football above a free-for-all level at school so am no expert on behind the scenes but do teams train as defensive units or are the goalkeepers and back line treated as seperate?

Guess that's the financial situation we're in.

For me the one thing that stood out as much as our defensive shortcomings was the lack of fitness in the team. Dunfermline were much sharper and quicker. We seem to have no desire to get forward quickly or to track back to defend. Our main tactict is to slow games down as much as possible and hope the opposition just switch off.

So how would we have persuaded them to stay? Offer premiership wages?

Sad to hear of another Jags fan away. In case anyone wishes to join in applause. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/john-livingstone/

So why didn't you? How many times does WJ need to answer this before you are going to accept the answer?

Thought this was it.

Aye, and no doubt get Morton in the next round!

Here you go. Clean as a whistle. https://cms.scottishfa.co.uk/scottish-cup/scottish-gas-mens-scottish-cup/goal-of-the-round-vote/

You did but it seems like technology has moved on since then.