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I watched Thistle against Connas Quay and thought, yes I can see what we're trying to do here. It was a feeling that I haven't had for a long time. Now okay, I'm not an expert. But still, there could be something in that.

C'mon, Jim. It's clear that the leak came from the selling side. It paved the way for the removal of the board. Did anyone really expect the 'other side' to disappear without putting up some kind of a fight? It's been a pretty unedifying spectacle all-round. Let's hope it's finally coming to an end, one way or another.

I listened to all of it, and I think you can sum GC up as:- Positives > a nice man who means well, knows management theory well. Negatives > can be mendacious with regards to player movements, has a selective memory, has poor man management skills, a complete fantasist with regards his worth to football.

I see he evaded the question of his thoughts on Mansell in place of Doolan

Nothing is ever Gary Caldwell’s fault , lives in his own fantasy world.

Ninety odd minutes of quality time sightseeing. Asda, Farmfoods & B&M are within 200 yds of Ochilview.

Sorry cant answer that. You should have asked something simpler, like when will Brexit be finally sorted out.

Expect to see him in next years Apprentice. Will fit in perfectly, everything that goes well it is because of them, anything goes wrong nothing to do with them, always somebody else's fault.

But if the rest of the playground can't hear them, how will they know their opinions are important?

Listened to the whole interview as well. If I was not a Thistle fan and had just heard this with no real knowledge of what went on i might think- Yeh he has a point. Was not given a whole lot of time; talks well; is clearly intelligent and Ido not doubt he works hard and has total belief in his methods. Sadly the fact is he is no good at managing a football club. He clearly struggles with man management, empathy and understanding. You can have all the theories you want but if you do not have the players on board, it is never going to work. Sounded to me like a pitch by the bold Gary for his next job application- Power- point at the ready. I am sure some other unsuspecting Chairman will be taken in by his smooth talking. God pity them.

As I say I haven't heard the interview and it's probably just a coincidence that SOD was bigging up McNamara. As a f k points out our away record was poor under McNamara (would most likely have cost us promotion had it continued when AA took over). The most noticeable change in tactics under Archie affected SOD & ATS. Both would check their runs around the half way line rather than previously when they would just bomb on regardless. Didn't mean they didn't still get forward but they were more careful. I wouldn't heap too much praise on Archie but at the same time SOD was around that time a poor defender, often drawing Muirhead or Balatoni out of position to cover. When he left us he was a more than reasonable right back defensively. SOD obviously will be grateful to McNamara for his initial breakthrough but at the same time had Jackie stayed at Firhill or SOD followed him to Tannadice it's possible his career wouldn't have taken off to the same extent as it has done.

Ok 100% upfront - I think the "Leak" was not planned and had nothing to do with the removal of the Old Board - I think it was simply someone who had the info gabbed - what side it came from originally - impossible to tell My View is that we had a very very strange scenario where the Board had No real links with the Main Shareholders - who as it happens are all former Directors - the norm is that there is still a working relationship - but this wasn't the case - so we ended up with Two Opposing Sides - and as you correctly state an unedifying spectacle being fought out in the Press and via Lawyers I think most Fans would be happy with the Status Quo and get on with getting the Club back to the Football

I genuinely have never met, or seen a post from, a single Thistle fan that does not credit McNamara for assembling a great team. I honestly think on that, we are all in agreement (I 'm happy to be corrected). Many criticise McNamara on the timing of his departure and many more on his actions (specifically in term of expecting a bonus) after his departure. Many more (including me) are of the opinion that his tactical ability was not sufficient to obtain promotion. This is based on our absolutely dire away record that season at the point of his departure (I was at most of these games and we were truly awful in many of them- 1 goal scored in total away to Airdrie, Hamilton, Dumbarton and Falkirk in a very short space of time). I think the "away only" form table at the date of his departure had us second bottom. This clearly was not going to win us promotion when only one spot was available. But everyone agrees, I think, that the group of players he assembled was great.

Hope its a standard Saturday 3pm kick off and not a Friday or Sunday game at some obscene time to suit the TV.

Stephen O'Donnell came across very well too. He spoke of some Thistle fans not giving McNamara any credit for the team he built all to suit there agenda. The Doolan scenario was completely unnecessary and put him under even more pressure from the fans than there needed to be. The manner of our defeat against Morton was disastrous.

Not trying to make a point either way in the general argument, but the above does not sound like sensible business. Surely you carry out your detailed assessment before you take over, and part of that assessment is whether or not you should take over at all. Seems rather too late to do this after you have taken over. What happens if your detailed assessment then tells you that you should not have taken over in the first place? It's a bit like posting too quickly on to a non-editable forum, and then reading your post and thinking "I should never have said that!"

I think there are a few people who have monopolised this subject over the 200+ pages and 5000+ who would have been far better conducting a series of PM's to discuss their issues and disagreements, I do not for one minute think there is any real interest in this forum 'discussion' within the wider membership of the group.

Which can explains some peoples deep reservations on fan ownership.

Effectively it is 2 out of 3 as he was just in the door before Celtic. I miss Caldwell for the exciting debates he brought on here.