Stephen1876

Playing well again and causing Raith problems…but yet another free header from a set piece, we must have lost about 20 of them this season

Agreed - Kris Doolan was one of those players, very little impact at Clyde.

I see Connor Smith has returned to Hearts from his loan at Scunny - he is exactly the type of player we need. Was really impressed with him in a poor Accies team.

Agree with all of the above, particularly given we only had a few weeks to get a squad together having lost the spine of our team. We’ve had to rely on loans etc so to be comfortably third half way through is very good. That’s not to say we don’t have glaringly obvious faults but I really expected a tough season. Other big positives for me are Stanway becoming a regular, with MacKenzie and Diack getting some game time, and several key players tied down to 2025 or 2026.

He could always bring Cammy Smith into Ross County from Morecambe, would clearly coast it in the top league if he can play in League 2 .

Back to pressing in ones compared to Raith who are pressing agressively as a team and moving the ball quickly

Stanway’s pressing, Neilson’s reading of the game and tackling and Fitzpatrick’s pace have all been very impressive.

I think he struggled badly at Morton as a young player and when he left made a remark to the effect that they were a brutal fan base to play in front of when low in confidence. Ironically he has played almost all of his career at a higher level than Morton.

This game and our next league match against Airdrie feel quite important in terms of cementing a playoff place. Two trips to Fife and one to Tannadice in December will make it a tough month, albeit we have often looked better on the road this season.

I’ve thought for ages that there is a player in Dowds but it hasn’t happened at Firhill yet. Had a debate with a guy at Ayr in the playoff game last year who said he was a total diddy, Paul Keegan type. Not sure we should be leaving him at Ayr in January as he is doing well for them

A nod also to Zander MacKenzie. He had a chastening experience against Arbroath and came on tonight to play against Thomas. Thomas got the better of him a few times but he stuck to his task.

Agreed. As a at Firhill, I thought their problem was the lack of an instinctive no.9 like they had in Simon Murray and sometimes trying to play one pass too many. I couldn’t believe the amount of space we gave Thomas and Robson given that they put us to the sword several times last season.

That was an eye bleedingly bad first half from Thistle but a great move to win the penalty. We are fortunate that QP don’t have an instinctive number 9 type player. We will regret it if we keep giving Thomas and Robson as much space down the left as we are

I actually thought Williamson was decent at the start of the season, and we fell out of the Airdrie and Raith games when he went off. Strange how he has just dropped out of the picture, and Alston hasn’t yet even been in the picture

The pitch is looking great, credit to the Caley groundsman