Zaphod Beeblebrox

With Graham extending and banzo getting two years, just a thought but maybe they have both accepted a pay cut as long as they get the extra year thus reducing the wage bill for the season ahead. obviously not great if the are both rubbish next year and we have them tied down.

Agreed. Think a year extension would have been okay. Not keen on the two years. also just looking at the list of players in talks with the club and the only first team player left is sneddon. Mason mccready and James Lyon in the list too. But basically that’s it. Should be all new signings after this

Can’t say I am too sad about doc leaving. Last 6 months I thought he was awful. Gave the ball away too many times, looks to have lost some pace and his penalty summed it all up, weak. note: not saying he was a bad player for us over his whole spell it’s just to me he looks off the pace and I would be surprised if he is still a Dundee utd player next off season even though he’s on a two year deal.

Just out of curiosity but who actually gets the money from shirt sales? I always assume greaves paid thistle a certain amount each season to be the supplier and any shirts sales etc. go fully to greaves. Or does each side take a percentage of each sale?

I always thought Blair gave his all in most games he played for us. Sure his performances were poor in some games but don’t think he ever hid too much. Great signing at this level and sure he will chip in with a fair few goals.

Although it is defo not happening now I was in two minds about a Doolan return. 1. It would have been a massive boost to the club and fans to have the legend that is Sir Kris Doolan return and would hopefully galvanize the support a bit. 2. What if he return and was absolutely rubbish would this sour his legacy and simple leave everyone with the memory of an aging striker who couldn't replicate the form of his first spell. I know people will say he wasnt great in his last season with his but to be fair who was?? Disappointing if the someone on the board is deciding who we sign and dont sign. I cant see McCall standing for this. Surely he has a budget and as long as the players he brings in are within this budget then the board shouldn't really have an input. The only instance where I would expect the board to interfere with a signing is if that player had some sort of ongoing issue that could potentially damage the reputation of the club which Doolan certainly does not.

Doncaster will decide that 2 teams should be relegated as Brechin finish 2nd in league two and deserve promotion.

The problem is the SFA will want to send a message if not to us and hearts but the rest of Scottish football to say dont try and take us or the SPFL to court. A small fine or suspended fine/sentence will not do this and only give precedent to other clubs in the future. In saying that I still think they must have some common sense and realise that we have been punished enough through relegation to impose a ridiculous fine would be crazy and given the support we have received from some sports journalists could just end up being a PR nightmare. I think we will get the minimum fine with a slap on the wrist.

Tough start to the season. Clyde and Cove Away & Falkirk and Airdrie at home.

Yeah sadly its a bit bland. Would be nice enough if they put some red and yellow trim on the top to give it a bit of colour. I have been holding off buying the home top as I usually like to get the away ones but Think its the home top for me.

Imagine that. Thistle win the league 1 title and the SPFL decide that there will be no promotion or relegation due clubs not playing the required number of games of 36.

I will await the Thistle and Hearts response although not expecting it to say too much as we probably just have to accept our fate now. Not surprised in the ruling but like others glad we at least tried and hopefully the person who is fronting our legal costs is paying for this all especially if we have to compensate others. My hope from this was that the SPFL dirty laundry was aired and we could show what a shower of s**te they are. I have never been a big fan of Scottish football and this whole episode has really confirmed it for me that Scottish football is a waste of time. I will of course continue to support thistle and give the club as much backing as possible.

Foster is a good signing and as someone else said he is the kind of pro we have been lacking. Will call people out for not pulling their weight. We havent really had anyone like that for a long time apart from Anderson in his spell last year. Foster at RB and penrice at LB should be pretty solid for league one level. With the remaining players from last season and with Lyons and Niang who both done really well at this level last season we should be able to compete. Current potential team for next season Sneddon Foster o'Ware Brownlie Penrice Docherty Bannigan Gordon Cardle (Maybe??) Lyons Graham (Rudden)

I am in agreement in a way. I think ending the season has turned out to be the correct decision as I doubt the remaining fixtures would ever take place or would probably result in the season not being concluded until January next year. There are however many things during the whole process that which have just to be honest stunk:- The Dundee Vote Saga - What happened here? What promises were made to Dundee by the SPFL & others to secure their vote or is it simply they changed their mind when the realised they were the deciding vote. Happy to vote on our side when they think it didnt matter giving them a morale high ground in the future and to show to their fans the are not going to promote Utd in a voting situation. SPFL Statement - Once the Dundee 2nd vote was cast the SPFL statement was a disgrace and made no mention or sympathy towards the relegated in these extreme circumstances. Basically like we didnt matter. Promoted Clubs - To be honest I dont mind the promotions of Dundee Utd & Cove Rangers but what really got me was the statements coming from Raith Rovers. Cove and Dundee utd were went in control of their leagues and really was just a matter of when rather than if but the Raith coming out saying they were deserved champions even though they were just ahead of Falkirk and even down to 5th I believe still had a chance. The audacity of their chairman to post these was ridiculous and I would not have cared too much if he was more humble about the whole thing. League Reconstruction - This was just a front and was never going to pass. Too many ego's in the game who cant see the bigger picture. It was brought up as a way to keep hearts quiet during this and occupied for a few months. Delay to arbitration - If indeed this hasnt went ahead and the documents have not been released then this may show the SPFL (& others) have potentially been up to something they shouldn't have. Promises made to Dundee & other clubs to secure votes, threats made to clubs who are voting against. The fact it wasn't disclosed that the season didn't need to be ended to release funds. SFA - This is a smoke screen to basically cover them and the SPFL while they get their story straight or in the very least paint us and Hearts as the bad guys for breaking the rules. I wasnt fussed about a court case at the time and I dont think we will get the outcome we are looking for. All I hope now is that this shows the SPFL particularly Doncaster for being completely inept at his job and we get some sort of change at the top.

With the threat of expulsion hanging over us maybe this gives us the chance to start Partick Thistle Newco and start in the 8th tier of Scottish football and rise through the well establish Scottish football pyramid set up in glory. It will be like one these football manager experiments. I am of course joking before anyone has a go at me

I was disappointed that we let him go at the time. We have just been relegated and thought he had a decent reputation when out on loan so he could have done a job as a back up to Doolan. However i suppose sometimes these things happen and maybe if he stay at thistle for the last two years he would be playing Junior football now.

Good Statement in my opinion. Like how they stated that our case is with the SPFL and not them. Also how to ask other clubs to pay for their legal costs only potentially causes greater division within Scottish football.

Paton tweeted more familiar faces to come. Was erskine not linked with them a few weeks back.

It was mention during the Scottish Government briefing that potentially (In Pencil) that fans would be allowed to attend games from October. They did highlighted that this isnt set in stone and is based on how we are limiting the Virus at present but this could change if we see any spikes in the mean time. I think the lower league clubs have potentially got this right. Aug/sept is probably too soon but fingers crossed everything going well football hopefully can return in October with fans.

I actually quite like it not too different from the the 2014/15 strip in the premiership . Glad its black shorts and socks. Dont normally buy a strip but think I will get this one

Did you happen to see who is representing the English FA. The one and only Bobby Barnes.

If this is true you really couldn't make this s**t up. Its the blind leading the blind.

This is getting interesting, I cant imagine us and hearts being kicked out the league. Hearts are too big for that( if it was just us I could see this happening) and how would the SPFL justify such a decision. "We are going to relegate you and if you complain we are going to kick you out the League." Imagine if we got demoted to the new 8th tier of Scottish football, Trips to Benburb and Petershill lol. It would be something you would simulate in football manager. I just hope some good comes out of this all. Scottish football is sick and the people who run dont seem to care especially for the smaller teams or anyone who is not the Old Firm.

So the shoe is on the other foot now and they don’t like it, well tough s**t maybe their chairmen should have thought about that. If only they voted for reconstruction then no one would be worse off than they already are but now with the threat of a £6m compensation bill they are starting to panic. To be honest I think if we won and they had to pay out this sum then a few clubs could well be gone.

Does this maybe have something to do with the Furlough scheme. Means clubs can leave their players on it until the very end and once furlough ends at the end of October they can begin their pre season training for starting in January. Also hoping during that time supporters are allowed back in stadiums.