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Statistical pedants are the vital core of our support.

All true. Also for the integrity of our league there has to be significant advantage given to the team finishing second over the teams in the third and fourth places. Clearly there's not enough prize money in the kitty to do it on a purely monetary basis hence the additional games. Besides coming fourth in a tiny league of ten means that team is often likely to be only marginally above being classed as mid table. It shouldn't then be made any easier for that club to "get lucky". Anyway I'd much prefer it if we had larger normal sized leagues. Two up, two down automatically and play offs to decide if a third club could progress or not.

Oh, we can do something about it next week 🤞😂

3 points must be our aim tomorrow

https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/mcmillan-and-graham-named-in-the-pfa-scotland-championship-team-of-the-year/ congratulations to Brian & Jack

Absolutely agree that it would be harsh, but a fit and firing Robinson is one of our best players who could be vital in such an important game. I suppose that Zander would have to make way, but he should get some significant game time later, as both Robinson and McInroy tend to fade after an hour.

Some well deserved recognition for our Scottish Cup winners of 1972, line-up added to page... a few questions remain, who's the guy bottom right, and which one of the civvies was a sub, and did he start? 1971-72 Reserves →

Back row, left to right: Tommy Rae, Charlie Smith, Ian Dick(?)., Bobby Gray, Donnie McK, Brian Ralston, Jackie Campbell, ?, ?, John Gibson, Bobby Houston Front row, left to right: Jackie Husband, Bobby Gray Snr, Jim Mullen (?), Archie Lochrie (?), ?, ?, Eddie the Pru Man.

I've never really understood why Celtic Rangers games can't just be organised separately. Let them play each other twice in the league and then let them play additionally wherever and whenever they want, as many times as they want. Take it around the world for all I care, in a big angry petty travelling circus. Sky will pay because there's enough grunty people want to watch it. Call it the Two Cheeks Trophy Challenge Tour. You don't get this out-of-the-box thinking from Doncaster

Far too sensible an idea to ever be adopted in Scotland. For me the best set up would be 2 leagues of 16 with 2 up 2 down & a playoff between 3rd top/3rd bottom. Below 'league 2' regionalise the leagues (as they do below the National League in England). It makes no sense to me that Cove travel to Annan or Elgin City travel to Stranraer (and vice verca). There are enough teams in the central belt who can move between leagues if necessary. It's working in England and elsewhere in Europe regional leagues operate below the top divisions. Teams in the top league will complain about losing fixtures but what they really want is the ugly sisters at home twice a season for the extra gate and TV money.

The whole league setup is based on self interest of the bigger clubs and not what supporters actually want. Unless the supporters of those clubs pull back on their goodwill (spending) nothing will change.

It’s just a pity we managed to lose the 2 games when we had the protection 🙄

Oh, no, is that our jimmy on Celtic colours?

So sad to hear that Jags fan Willie Limond has passed away.https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/sport/national/24253546.former-british-commonwealth-boxing-champion-willie-limond-dies/ RIP, Willie

Assuming no further injuries, the pool against Airdrie is minus Adeloye, Bannigan, Lawless, O'Reilly (?), Robinson (??), Sneddon, Williams, and anyone else that I may have forgotten about. McMillan, Muirhead, Fitzpatrick and possibly BBG are all in deep need of decent recovery time. We're not quite running on fumes, but the lack of adequate cover is certainly a feature right now. That said, it has to be all hands to the pumps on Saturday. Whatever the result, I wouldn't be tinkering too much in the remaining games before the play-offs unless absolutely necessary.

Given the importance of the next 2 home games it would be great to see, as well as a big crowd, hospitality sold out so lets hope the club are answering phones and picking up e-mails from Monday. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/hospitality-places-on-sale-for-final-two-regular-season-home-games/

From Willie Paul (the pioneer) to Willie Sharp (the Old Firm slayer) all the way to Kris Doolan (the milestone man) and Brian Graham (Peter Pan) via (super) Maurice Johnston in-between, this brand new Partickle explores the exceptional Thistle strikers who've dominated particular teams in the same league season by bombarding their goal nets. An astonishing realisation re Brian Graham ensues... The King Of The Slams →

Wow, great observation! A real difference maker to our position...

Currently 9 points ahead of Dunfermline and 9 points ahead of Ayr United, with 3 games left and a healthy advantage in goal difference over both. Every single goal in the Slam and Hogan is essential to our current position.

Scott Brown v Jim Goodwin who binned him at Pittodrie? Incentive central.

A good result especially considering how many players were unavailable today. We’ve certainly tightened up defensively as a unit and McBeth is proving to be a good signing.

Take a point & move on.

Looking at the bench, we’ve done tremendously well to be 3rd at this stage of the season.

Do we have a player called Loney, or are things so bad, we have had to bring in an emergency loan player for the bench?

That's the most lightweight subs bench I've ever seen I think. We desperately need bodies back from injury.

That's the one I was referring to in my earlier post from league game in August 2001. Archie marked him out the game and at one point he threw himself to the floor to try to get a foul, Archie leaned over him and I'm sure just politely told him to get up and he threw a punch and got sent off.

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Does anyone here remember the last time we played at Starks Park on Grand National Day? Scenario.- Season 2004/05. Raith already relegated having previously accumulated only 13pts beat us 1-2, effectively relegating us as well. One person on here (let's call the poster, me) on leaving the ground spots three unselected regular team members sauntering back into Starks having forsaken our match for the lure of Aintree. This poster who lived a relatively short journey from Kirkcaldy and still irate at the result (and no doubt the world in general) too promptly posted observations on the then current Jags forum. Didn't foresee that some web lurcher from the Daily Record would pick up on this. By Monday said paper would deem such an incident worthy of headlining import. Looking forward to tomorrow's game in full knowledge that whatever the result I won't be on anything like the downer I was on 19 year ago.

Great read! Would love BBG to keep banging them in all the way to the Premiership.

History says that statistics become meaningless when it comes to Thistle. The more unlikely a thing is the more likely Thistle will do it.