Duke Gekantawa Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Just now, Dick Dastardly said: There may be no truth in the rumour of some profitable defeats .... allegedly. That's a serious insinuation. Can you substantiate it? The forum can be open to legal action based on such an insinuation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 27 minutes ago, Duke Gekantawa said: That's a serious insinuation. Can you substantiate it? The forum can be open to legal action based on such an insinuation. No, but there has always been a rumour and I only said it was a rumour that may have no truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Gekantawa Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 Just now, Dick Dastardly said: No, but there has always been a rumour and I only said it was a rumour that may have no truth. I really don't think anyone should be repeating such damaging "rumours" without knowing the truth or being able to substantiate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Gekantawa Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 In any case, under UK defamation law, repeating someone else's defamatory allegations can make the repeater as liable as the original source. Merely adding "it is alleged that" or "it is rumoured that" will not help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dl1971 Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dick Dastardly said: No, but there has always been a rumour and I only said it was a rumour that may have no truth. Why raise the rumour now? What's your point as the discussion was about his favourite thistle game. Edited March 30, 2020 by dl1971 Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 5 hours ago, Dick Dastardly said: No, but there has always been a rumour and I only said it was a rumour that may have no truth. I heard similar. Thankfully there is no truth to the rumour. Time to let that old dog lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 Saturday 4th April, 2020 at 1:59pm The latest message from the manager arrives for you today, on the date of another scheduled home game, against Arbroath, which is now postponed. Enjoy! Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock; so why is the red and yellow so dear to me? Firstly, let’s get an undeniable fact out of the way. Perhaps a little bit different to my first stint in charge of this awesome club, I need to win games to remain here. By that I mean that I completely realise that being a Jags man does not make me exempt from the laws of being a football manager. I freely admit that the job is a bit more difficult than I realised (more on that another time!) but these laws are kind of set in stone and apply to every full-time gaffer. Back to why Thistle … and there are two strange coincidences that happened before I fell in love with our club. It may have been around 1987/88 that I attended a reserve game at Firhill; the opposition was either Dunfermline or Hamilton. I was there to watch a pal of mine (Stevie ‘Snowy’ Morrison). I sat in the main stand and got chatting to an older gentleman who was there to watch his son play for Thistle. He was called John Elliot and his son was called Thomas. I met Tommy about a month later, we became great pals and, many years later, he was the best man at my wedding. Already Thistle was starting to seep into me! Secondly, and at another reserve game at Firhill, I saw a striker play, a striker that I would sign a few years later; his name was Stephen Dobbie. He scored five, six, maybe seven goals that night and I went away with his name written in my wee book in capitals! I’ve managed a few international players but in terms of natural talent, most were a good bit behind him. Incidentally he still tells me he owes me a season! Why the Jags? Having lived locally for many (many!) years, my base of friends were, almost to a man, Thistle fans. None were working in the football industry … which in some ways explains my mediocre playing career! But they all loved going to Firhill and when I could I would join them. We always stood in the old terracing behind the goal. It was kind of beginning to start then. I started to realise that the team in Glasgow that most suited my personality was Thistle and I think that’s important. I couldn’t get my head round wanting to watch any team that was going to win almost every week; how can the taste of victory be so incredibly sweet when it is almost guaranteed? Another reason why I evolved to the red and yellow. There are other reasons but I will leave you with one that rightly or wrongly, I believe. There are maybe another 10-12 clubs of our size in Scotland but we are the only club of our size that can claim to be iconic. Please be safe and please be healthy. IMc PS. I have also managed a player with the same levels of natural ability as Dobbie at Thistle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlgarveJag Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 Stephen Dobbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, AlgarveJag said: Stephen Dobbie ...at Thistle! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 I mind many moons ago Dobbie was one of McCall's FIVE target signings to get us promoted. Dobbie was the most unlikely to sign and he duly headed south of the border. I don't believe we signed any of the five. Pat Clarke was one but I'd have to give it some thought to mind the other three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljaggo Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 McCall doesn't actually say that Dobbie played for Thistle in the article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One t in Scotland Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 3 hours ago, jagfox said: There are maybe another 10-12 clubs of our size in Scotland but we are the only club of our size that can claim to be iconic. Iconic yes - not necessarily for the correct reasons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 Dobbie owes him a season, maybe we will get him 21/22 when his contract expires. TBH even a 39/40 year old Dobbie would do the job. More interested though in who he coached at Thistle with the same talent/skills as Dobbie and where he ended up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 8 minutes ago, Pinhead said: Dobbie owes him a season, maybe we will get him 21/22 when his contract expires. TBH even a 39/40 year old Dobbie would do the job. More interested though in who he coached at Thistle with the same talent/skills as Dobbie and where he ended up. Kris Doolan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 minute ago, Barney Rubble said: Kris Doolan. Couldn't you have let it go on a bit longer Barney? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Barney Rubble said: Kris Doolan. Yep it's so transparently Doolan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodstock Jag Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 3 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: I mind many moons ago Dobbie was one of McCall's FIVE target signings to get us promoted. Dobbie was the most unlikely to sign and he duly headed south of the border. I don't believe we signed any of the five. Pat Clarke was one but I'd have to give it some thought to mind the other three. Jamie Adams was one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinhead Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Barney Rubble said: Kris Doolan. surely if it was doolan he would have brought him back in january? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 5 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: I mind many moons ago Dobbie was one of McCall's FIVE target signings to get us promoted. Dobbie was the most unlikely to sign and he duly headed south of the border. I don't believe we signed any of the five. Pat Clarke was one but I'd have to give it some thought to mind the other three. I think Willie Gibson was one, maybe Peter Weatherson too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney Rubble Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 8 minutes ago, Pinhead said: surely if it was doolan he would have brought him back in january? Money wasn't available so eventually wasn't possible. Somebody - can't remember whom, maybe Mansell - was supposed to move on and didn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 6 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: I mind many moons ago Dobbie was one of McCall's FIVE target signings to get us promoted. Dobbie was the most unlikely to sign and he duly headed south of the border. I don't believe we signed any of the five. Pat Clarke was one but I'd have to give it some thought to mind the other three. Trouten? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 14 hours ago, Third Lanark said: I think Willie Gibson was one, maybe Peter Weatherson too Wish I hadn't posted now as I really can't mind all five. Think you might be right about Gibson but I've come up with a third, Richie Hart (definite) and a fourth I'm almost certain about is Bob Harris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Passenger Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 19 hours ago, Barney Rubble said: Kris Doolan. Harkins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Passenger Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 1 hour ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: a fourth I'm almost certain about is Bob Harris. Spot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partickthedog Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 4 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: Wish I hadn't posted now as I really can't mind all five. Think you might be right about Gibson but I've come up with a third, Richie Hart (definite) and a fourth I'm almost certain about is Bob Harris. Unfortunately he was snapped up by the Old Grey Whistle Test. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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