avie-man

Thats part of the problem - as outlined excellently in your post. Everything about the club is based on emotion, theres no objective judgement, we won't let someone with a fresh set of eyes come in from the outside and show the ruthlessness we need, there almost a suspicious like attitude from the fans, who now run the club about any outsiders. Thistle fans also have this warped sense of playing idealistic football, "the right way" rather than whats actually effective. We plod along with the legends on the playing side of things giving them as long as they like and the end result is 50 years of abject shite on the park and off the park ain't much better even after a lottery winner hanging around. Gary Caldwell would have been hunted after some of the form and showings of Doolan, Archie or McCall. Miles Storey or Shea Gordon or Juan Alegria or any number of bad players would get dogs abuse after a bad game cause they're not deemed to be one of our own whilst certain players get away with because of their standing in the club. Doolan isn't going to get sacked, they've made their bed, but they need to get him some help on the managerial staff and he could at least start by dropping certain players who give the impression they've become undroppable like Bannigan and Graham.

There you have it, one of the movers and shakers in TJF happy to accept shite. Sounds about right with the fans of this club. Chances of us ever doing what Killie did there. Zero.

Doolan out of his depth. This team is a mirror of McCall and Archie's. Any legends left for us to hire at this point? Seeing as we don't want anyone who doesn't understand the thistle way, of perennially losing.

Not like us to throw a lead away. Doolan's teams look and play the exact same way as McCall's and Archie's, total deja vu watching that. They aren't going to sack him so Doolan needs an experienced head to help him, and we all knew the risks giving him the job so it's up to them to help him. Brian Graham, the finger pointing world champion will be the next manager anyway so no rush from me to get him out. The fans have made it clear they don't want anyone who doesn't know the club in positions of power on or off the park, yet it's that clear minded, lack of sentiment that's sorely needed to put an end to the gravy train and gut the place. No more cushy deals for passengers like Bannigan just coz they're "legends". Its too cosy up at Firhill. Airdrie wanted that more yesterday which is totally unacceptable. They've a 30 year old manager and much smaller budget. Absolutely no excuses for what we saw.

More chance of the Warriors coming back here. We're skint and the athletics groups and local residents have basically blocked any further expansion of Scotstoun.

We will be feeding off the scraps, loan signings and maybe a veteran or two who will take peanuts to stay full-time. Bite your hand off for 8th now.

Whole stadium is a problem. JH, seats, as outlined, the roof has holes all over. Main stand just see above. Bing is an embarrassment. Main stand is the saddest as its a tremendous piece of architecture especially the exterior thats been awfully neglected. Needs to be a masterplan for Firhill and our facilities. Ayr United are building a new stand, Raith Rovers, renovating two. It seems like for a while now we've been ambling slowly towards the decay and disrepair of it with absolutely no plan until we hit a crisis, nor do we seem bothered.

Club need to be actively looking, and I'd like to think as cited above its been ongoing. Something of more substance to plug the holes as opposed to begging for supporters to dig deeper yet again. Planning permission last lodged (and granted) in 2015 (https://publicaccess.glasgow.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=NFR8NBEXW4000&activeTab=summary) for the firhill developments iteration. No willing developer at the time. I'd say the state of play around the stadium has considerably changed since then. That canalside land is not the derelict and abandoned ex foundry land it was in years gone by. Massive regeneration has gone into the canal from Port Dundas all the way up to Firhill in the last few years and isn't stopping, including even away from the close proximity of the canal down to the likes of the new bike lanes on Garscube rd.

Club have to be actively exploring options for the bing again at this point.

You reap what you sow. Bannigan has been an undeserved darling for years now and was a complete weak link the second he came on the field. Its our loser mentality that we put an average declining player like him on a pedestal and what a surprise hes heavily involved in the collapse. Roll on the testimonial when we can talk about all those great goals of his, sorry yellow cards. No surprise Brownlie at fault again either for one of the goals. Another one who the warning signs were there for. This year was a chance and we blew it. United will buy an otherwise weak league next season and we're left feeding off scraps again.

Think Graham needs a rest. Not got the legs to be playing twice a week now. Dowds and Mullen should be good options in reserve so no need to run him into the ground with loads of the season left.

Several parents appear to be picking apart the club's statement. I'm stunned.

Players and parents turned up to training during the week to find the teams have been cut with immediate effect. This is the club who told the fans they didn't need their money. All done on the hush as usual again, with nothing from the club as of yet. More transparency from the KGB than Firhill these days.

More things change the more they stay the same. Losing late goals, losing goals from set pieces, powderpuff mindset where we don't have the guts to grind out results against weaker teams, players mysteriously disappearing out of the team unexpectedly. That is one of the worst games I've been to where we haven't actually lost. Up there with Culter. Cove are a rubbish part time team who will be relegation fodder. We have the ability to win the league but we don't have the organisation or mentality to do it. It all goes back to McCalls loser mentality and Archibald's training. Not fit enough, not organised enough. If they weren't time-wasting they could have easily gotten a third.

The secrecy doesn't even look like it's over. Some guy Stewart Macgregor all over the club Facebook page who wasn't mentioned in the initial PTFC trust statement giving it the big I'm in the know and know what I'm talking about and then going quiet as soon as people question him about it. Imagine that? Weirs legacy is one of the worst thing to ever happen to PTFC. Money wasted on rubbish players, saddled us with Low and not a penny spent on facilities.