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Just watched the game back and I would have taken Graham off as he did very little in attack, did not cause the living defence any problems. Adeloye has more pace than Graham however he does not work as hard, very rarely presses. We really should not need a striker to help out in defence as much as Graham does. Just sort out the defence.

Aero is the vice captain and will not get dropped, Banigan is one of the senior pros, and will not hit dropped. Doolan needs to make some tough decisions, to improve the team.

Graham missed 5 chances, I thought he was poor all day. Lawless lucky not to get sent off.

We freed up Antons wages to sign Wes and Tomi. Our scouting needs to improve. Too many of our signings in summer were hopeful punts. I fear this window will be the same, unless they have played for us before.

All teams have to do against us is stop the attacks from the wings. Our only plan is get to the byline and cross the ball for Brian to bundle in. We have no pace through the middle. One upfront against some teams just does not work. Goodwin knows how to beat us. 8-0 from the two games.

Did Brian Graham touch the ball tonight in the Dundee United half.

Diack has scored one goal and Tommy has not played enough to be certain he is a strong replacement for Graham. Dowds is only a few goals behind Graham in the goalscoring charts who could have bad spell simillar to the second half of the 2021 season. Not convinced we are as strong as you suggest in this area. I think Doolans lack of squad rotation and late substitutions, may put a few people off from signing for us.

He has scored 5 in 6 games.

Not sure if the Ayr fans would agree with your assessment. I think he just needed to play 90 min, rather than 15 min cameos. No striker is going to get played ahead of Graham.

This issue looks like it was rumbling on for a few weeks. He only posted after he was sacked. Your normally only sacked if you have done something really bad. I think sacking him without a dignified way out, forced him to defend his reputation. The board should have realised he would present his side of the story.

I personally don't care who was in the wrong, but it is disappointing that the parties / directors involved did not have the brain power to realise that if it was not resolved in the board room it would turn into a complete shitshow, once it gets on social media.. It gives the fans no confidence on how the club is being run. Everyone involved needs to learn from this sorry episode.

This is not about getting along , we publically removed the chairman.. That does not happen often in boards.

All the directors and chief exec should be embarrassed that what comes across as a disagreement, had to be resolved by quite an extreme step of removing the Chairman. Are they not all Thistle fans wanting the club to do well. This should have been settled in the boardroom behind closed doors. It the issuse can't be resolved then make sure that someone who helped when needed exits with dignity. This should have got to this stage, it makes the club look like it is run by amateurs.

Reading the statement, from the former chairman it, does not feel like fan ownership. Change the model, no consultation Individuals having too much power.

The kicker would be if Tomi does not live up to expectations. Last season he was a write off for him. I think that is why he was loaned out. If he does not get game time with Brian Graham playing all the time he will also struggle. 10-15 minute as a sub does not improve players.

I think for the fan model to work we need to be open to help from the wider fan ownership group. Why not ask the members if there is an expert in roofs. You never know someone might just know some of the leading experts in the county.

Why was Tomi not brought on for the last 15 minutes. Players need game time so that when we need them they know how to play the system. Graham was dead on his feet jogging apart from that mad burst that could have caused him a hamstring injury.

I think we had all hopped that the McMillian/ Lawless attacking threat on the right is replicated on the left. Harry is getting back into his stride, but I think it is time to drop Fitztrick and work out who can support Graham more as he is isolated and never going to burst through on to a through ball. All his support comes down the right wing. Hearts killed off the movement on the right and we had no attacking threat. Other teams may realise this as well and stop Lawless and McMillian.

Delighted with the win, but still not convinced with how deep we sat. There were too many spells of the game where we could not get out of our half. QP had lots of scoring chances and corners. A better team will punish us. In attack I thought Fitztrick was anonymous. Don't think he hit the byline once in the game. All the good work came from Lawless.

Graham should be dropped for that own goal yesterday. At the game you think it is unfortunate, but when you see it on jagszone it is really bad.

Whilst we are having a go at some of the team, let's not forget Brian Graham who was rubbish today. Not once did he win the ball in the air. I don't think he had a shot on target. I do remember him shooting at goal from 50 yards out. Yes he was being fouled, but the ref just like most refs will not give him the benefit of doubt as he plays for the foul rather than win the ball. Did he contribute anything in his 75 minutes.

Thought the pitch was very slow today. It had had a lot of sand on it and was bone dry. It did not allow slick passing. Was this deliberate. I don't think we played one ball, through the midfield, to the attack. We only put it out wide, where Falkirk doubled up and stopped the fullbacks getting into the game.

I think Doolan prefers a 4 4 2 formation. He used that all through the play offs.

What is missing for me is the proposed budget going forward for next season as this will inform us of the actual shortfall. Last season we lost money but we had high costs in most areas. A manager and two assistants, not many clubs at our level could afford this. We also have a chief exec and a chief operating officer, we are a small business, not many small businesses have both.

The squad just had too many senior players. For most of the season we had Mullen, Dowds, Smith, and Fitztrick on the bench. Great for the manager to have options, but not great for the senior players on the bench, as they all had limited game time. Most teams would only have two senior attacking options on the bench supplemented by loans or youth team. McCall built a squad that was more than the budget could sustain.