potty trained

days long gone indeed, days now when sid's ability to trap and pass are a plus compared to his team mates. when now we are faced with a right back with no left foot, wing backs who can't tackle.... need i go on.... all i'm saying is... in the grand scheme of things, sid is one of the standouts... yes, he's not a standout for brazil... he's just a stand out for us... and i don't see any better coming behind him!

maybe a reality check is in order... Cause i can't remember the last time i saw players of the class you mention... certainly not under mccall... so maybe donnelly is the best we can hope for? and once you take the rose tinted specs off... alan wasn't anything great, his brother was a far better player.

I've got to take my hat off to the shed boys, uberteeb's right, the atmosphere died when the players chucked it, so you can't blame the fans for doing the same. At the away days you got a crowd of train dwellers, the ian mac's, dave.j's, honk honk's, all those guys who made the atmosphere at an away game, they met up with other folk at the game and had a great day out. From what i saw of ayr, dingwall and dundee, they were the atmosphere. It was all based around fun, the pleasure of being a jags fan, getting out of the city and singing it loud. All this ultra **** is a waste of time, it stereotypes and locks people into a certain genre, one which is not welcome in scottish football, unless you're a celtic fan. What do i say? Well, take a look at this forum, do these lads post on here? Not many if a few. They've moved on and they're on their own forum, joining forces with the boys from the City Centre Bus... They're starting up 5 a side teams, playing each other every week. Organising train trips to annan... Fact is, come the end of july, it'll be these guys we look to, to get their tops off in rain soaked dingwall etc. These guys are the away day face of the Thistle terrace, and we should be proud of them, join them, and live it! ultra's? not welcome at firhill.

makes you wonder though, when you look at the p!sh he was playing around? started every week practically, was in the posters predicted starting 11 on a friday, and none of them posted in a negative way, they wanted him in... so here's to next season, more Sid? Hope so, because if not, it's going to be Keiron!

Are you testing people to see how long it takes for their replies to become abusive? Mod3:-He very well might be - don't fall into his trap...

Good point, i was reacting to the previous posts re refusal to buy season tickets, blurring every shambles into 1. adding 2 plus 3 and getting 7. Can I get Tom Hughes' job?

apparently this will allow him more time to spend on the CF...

your written english is right comin on at some pace.... sits back and waits for some pointless thread written in half sentences of broken english.

Not really, it is common practice/a common occurance that if you are a director, then you should support your club financially. Our directors do, via the yearly fee they pay, what you need to ask though, is that enough? When a director picked up 35k last year for a "job", that he will now be doing for free, so that we can employ 4 coaches, you need to ask: Who benefits from partick thistle more? The fans, from watching the product on the park, or the directors from their companies financial gain through meeting and greeting at the clubs expense? In that respect, i can't fault anyone who says they will not purchase a season ticket. Has the director's fee increased by the same % as the season ticket?

Great to have them signed up as coaches and i'm not bothered if sid starts and holds his place in the first team, he proved the doubters wrong last season by being an asset to the team. Maxwell as number 2 though? that i find strange, but if mccall has a very tight coaching budget, then thats obviously the best he can do. this though, just shows how little these four guys are on: The Jags supremo admitted the behind-the-scenes restructure was needed to allow McCall to build his coaching set-up with emphasis on developing the club’s increasingly promising batch of kids. Cowan said: “In the past, Partick Thistle have paid no more than lip service to developing a Youth structure and the coaching of young kids. “That is now not the case. We are determined to back the manager and, of course, Gerry Britton, our Youth director. “To allow that to happen we have had to make tough decisions but believe that has been the right thing to do. “It will now allow us to provide the manager with the coaching staff needed to develop and get the best out of our Youth players In that, cowan tells us that prentices 35k wage is what enabled us to pay maxwell, hinchy, sid and jaggy mac's wage for this season. By my reckoning, they're probably on about £200 a week!

irrespective of the effect this is having on those who attended last season. what effect will the £17 admission have on stay away fans and non thistle fans who the club must surely be trying to win over? who in their right mind, who does't go regularly to Firhill, is going to sit on a saturday morning, reading the weekend times and think.... i fancy going to a game today, Mmmm Firhill seems a good shout, who they playing, Brechin City? How much is it £17? £17? na.... yer awright!

a poll of the forum's members show 40% as season ticket holders but 24% as regular pay at the gate punters... so what benefit does this scheme hold? are we going to see a mad rush like never before, for season tickets? or are we going to see less pay at the gate fans attending over the course of the season? someone above says that the rise in gate prices is 6% and compares it to the average wage rise. good luck thistle... i predict a further drop in the home and the away gates at firhill this coming season.