sandy Posted May 26, 2019 Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Dark Passenger said: State of this. State of your hair, mate. I look forward to hearing how much you will put into Thistle next season. Money where yer mouth is... Edited May 26, 2019 by sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted May 26, 2019 Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 53 minutes ago, Barney Rubble said: No idea what your point is from that post. The point of competing is to win promotion, not to make money. Aye, sorry. Wasn't really meant to come over like that. Simply musing as to what would've been the better result for us today. I for one haven't a clue and I guess a question mark would've come in handy in my post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Passenger Posted May 26, 2019 Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, sandy said: I look forward to hearing how much you will put into Thistle next season. Money where yer mouth is... Go on, you're clearly dying to remind us of the THOUSANDS of pounds you ploughed into the club, you tiresome b*wbag. Making up for being a Johnny-come-lately? Must make it easier to turn your back on the club, I suppose. Edited May 26, 2019 by Dark Passenger 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted May 26, 2019 Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 When Jack Ross took over at St. Mirren, he struggled until the January window, they just stayed up and then won automatic promotion the next season. Lets hope Thistle can do that . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted May 26, 2019 Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 4 hours ago, Woodstock Jag said: The point is that although they will rarely be used every team should have a substitute specialist goalkeeper. They should to do to avoid ruining the competitiveness of games if goalkeepers get injured and to make it less common to force goalkeepers to tough it out, aggravating their injuries in a game. Since this is the case, it makes sense to assume that a squad needs more than simply 14 players, since in the majority of games it will be sensible to use three substitutes, none of whom are goalkeepers, whilst having the option of a goalkeeper on the bench if something goes wrong. Who decided that the 3 subs used should be outfield players. What was the timeline and justification for a) introducing a substitute in the 1st place and b) the incremental increases of numbers on the bench and allowed to be used. I am struggling with the premise made by Firhillista that because there are 7 places allowed on the bench, then the minimum squad size should be 18. If the authorities increased the places to 10 with no additional subs allowed does that mean the minimum squad size should be 21 ? Of course 14 is too few. The minimum needs to allow for injuries and suspensions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firhillista Posted May 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 10 hours ago, Lenziejag said: Who decided that the 3 subs used should be outfield players. What was the timeline and justification for a) introducing a substitute in the 1st place and b) the incremental increases of numbers on the bench and allowed to be used. I am struggling with the premise made by Firhillista that because there are 7 places allowed on the bench, then the minimum squad size should be 18. If the authorities increased the places to 10 with no additional subs allowed does that mean the minimum squad size should be 21 ? Of course 14 is too few. The minimum needs to allow for injuries and suspensions. I'm struggling with why people are struggling with this! Six substitutes are allowed, one will conventionally be a goalkeeper and the remaining six outfield players, half of whom will be brought on during the game at the discretion of the manager to replace injured/tiring players or to attempt to make an advantageous tactical difference. Three from six gives a degree of flexibility, so, crudely, you have two defenders, two midfielders and two attackers. Why would Thistle want to give up the flexibility this system brings, simply to have players available for a reserve team? My original point was that, unless you can afford to pay for a squad numbering in the upper twenties, reserve football seems a little pointless. I expect we'll run with a squad of around twenty. So, about seven still to come in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 18 hours ago, partickthedog said: That's a fantastic list, thank you. I see that Ledgerwood had to come off on 7 occasions, so that might have been a bit of a concern. Would the likes of McGowan and Harvey who each had 3 stints in goal have been given special goalkeeper style training as there was at least an appreciable risk that they might have to step up now and again? I am absolutely certain that Albert Craig played in goal against Stenhousemuir at Ochilview. It was near the end of the second of our three seasons in the third tier, ie the season before our promotion under Lambie. Perhaps it was a temporary role, while the principal goalkeeper recovered from injury, but then returned, which is why it is not in your stats. Can't answer your first point PTD but you're absolutely correct on the 2nd. Budinaukas twisted his ankle just before h-t away to Stenhousemuir 22/4/2000 and was stretchered off. Craig went into goal and shipped a couple of goals in the 2nd half. Lambie was quoted as saying Bud would have saved them. Well remembered. Will try to do better! Incidentally, IIRC I think it was Thistle that actually tabled the motion at a SFA (?) AGM that clubs had to have goalkeepers on the bench. Not sure when that was however but it adopted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 2 hours ago, a f kincaid said: Can't answer your first point PTD but you're absolutely correct on the 2nd. Budinaukas twisted his ankle just before h-t away to Stenhousemuir 22/4/2000 and was stretchered off. Craig went into goal and shipped a couple of goals in the 2nd half. Lambie was quoted as saying Bud would have saved them. Well remembered. Will try to do better! Incidentally, IIRC I think it was Thistle that actually tabled the motion at a SFA (?) AGM that clubs had to have goalkeepers on the bench. Not sure when that was however but it adopted. Thank you AFK. Always better at remembering these little details from away games. Presumably because you go to the ground less often, what happens there sticks longer. Totally unrelated and apologies for going off topic but my best memory from Ochilview was the usual tannoy call for the owner of car 123XXX to return to his vehicle, and a steward leaving to great applause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 9 hours ago, Firhillista said: I'm struggling with why people are struggling with this! Six substitutes are allowed, one will conventionally be a goalkeeper and the remaining six outfield players, half of whom will be brought on during the game at the discretion of the manager to replace injured/tiring players or to attempt to make an advantageous tactical difference. Three from six gives a degree of flexibility, so, crudely, you have two defenders, two midfielders and two attackers. Why would Thistle want to give up the flexibility this system brings, simply to have players available for a reserve team? My original point was that, unless you can afford to pay for a squad numbering in the upper twenties, reserve football seems a little pointless. I expect we'll run with a squad of around twenty. So, about seven still to come in. I'm still struggling with the arithmetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted May 27, 2019 Report Share Posted May 27, 2019 6 hours ago, partickthedog said: Thank you AFK. Always better at remembering these little details from away games. Presumably because you go to the ground less often, what happens there sticks longer. Totally unrelated and apologies for going off topic but my best memory from Ochilview was the usual tannoy call for the owner of car 123XXX to return to his vehicle, and a steward leaving to great applause. That happened to me at New Bayview back in 1999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 28, 2019 Report Share Posted May 28, 2019 On 5/26/2019 at 6:01 PM, sandy said: Haha, a brief interloping interlude from me, TBR! St Mirren did the Jags proud by keeping the Tangerines down. Meanwhile we shoot ourselves in the foot by getting the rid of good people like RQ who had built up a network for Club income. What has our Club become? A team that has to play the Bunnet next season... There are still the naysayers sandy, time will tell. The sad thing is that even if GC is successful, and I'm sure for the sake of our club we all want that, but this individual has changed the club so much. I think someone else called him a Johnny come lately, he's and jlow, in the door 2 minutes and bam, change. Now change is not always a bad thing, and that's what I mean, if it bring success then happy days, but for us old times it's success at what cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 Dean Watson Luke Scullion Andrew Rodden.....joining the club from the academy on two year deals 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 57 minutes ago, javeajag said: Dean Watson Luke Scullion Andrew Rodden.....joining the club from the academy on two year deals Great to see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 Delighted to read the above. I get the impression that GC is a grumpy bu@@er and would be hard to please so I'm thinking these players will be capable. I wonder if anyone on here has seen them play in the development games and can give us an insight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 From the PTFC Trust statement: “The Manager was pleased that the budget made available by the Board will enable a competitive squad of between 20 and 24 players to be assembled.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlsarmy Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 9 hours ago, javeajag said: Dean Watson Luke Scullion Andrew Rodden.....joining the club from the academy on two year deals Andrew Rodden shouldn’t be far away from first team football, scored some good goals in the 18s Good option to have as you could move Penrice into a midfield role and you’ve got a ready made replacement in Rodden at left back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javeajag Posted May 31, 2019 Report Share Posted May 31, 2019 2 hours ago, jagfox said: From the PTFC Trust statement: “The Manager was pleased that the budget made available by the Board will enable a competitive squad of between 20 and 24 players to be assembled.” So if you add in the three academy lads we are still looking for 5-8 players ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 10 hours ago, javeajag said: So if you add in the three academy lads we are still looking for 5-8 players ? Not sure if these three would be part of that 24? Find out soon enough lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 On 5/26/2019 at 8:59 PM, Auld Jag said: When Jack Ross took over at St. Mirren, he struggled until the January window, they just stayed up and then won automatic promotion the next season. Lets hope Thistle can do that . I dont think you can compare Caldwell with Ross. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Garscube Road End said: I dont think you can compare Caldwell with Ross. I can't of course speak for @Auld Jag but I took from his post that he was speaking about our clubs circumstances as opposed to the respective managers. Was it perhaps that st Mirren fans absolutely hated Ross for the last part of his first season and the fact that he managed to turn around the team from near relegation to league winners? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 41 minutes ago, Thistleberight said: I can't of course speak for @Auld Jag but I took from his post that he was speaking about our clubs circumstances as opposed to the respective managers. Was it perhaps that st Mirren fans absolutely hated Ross for the last part of his first season and the fact that he managed to turn around the team from near relegation to league winners? I definitely see what Auld Jag is getting at, but I personally don't think Caldwell is as near as good as Ross as a manager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Garscube Road End said: I definitely see what Auld Jag is getting at, but I personally don't think Caldwell is as near as good as Ross as a manager. No arguement from me. Work in progress Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted June 1, 2019 Report Share Posted June 1, 2019 9 hours ago, Thistleberight said: I can't of course speak for @Auld Jag but I took from his post that he was speaking about our clubs circumstances as opposed to the respective managers. Was it perhaps that st Mirren fans absolutely hated Ross for the last part of his first season and the fact that he managed to turn around the team from near relegation to league winners? Spot on Thistleberight. I hope Caldwell can do something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 15 hours ago, Garscube Road End said: I definitely see what Auld Jag is getting at, but I personally don't think Caldwell is as near as good as Ross as a manager. What is this based on?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Col Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 5 hours ago, the saint said: What is this based on?? For starters, Ross doesn’t have any relegations in his CV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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