Eastendtales

Bit annoyed as I will miss this. But predict a comfortable away win. I think Jak might come on to seal it for us.

Definitely. Those 3 available were scoring far more goals and conceding fewer. Ergo more points.

I thought Benji, Holmes and McCann all struggled last night, despite one scoring, one hitting the post and the other hitting a decent fee kick. We go into a Tue/Sat/Tue/Sat run of games, we need everyone being ready to kick on from here now. How good was it being able to bring on Moffat, Jak and Welch? Makes a huge difference when you can bring on a little bit of quality.

Great performance all considering. First half, we played well in spells but left a lot of gaps for Thistle to find, bit frustrating. But we were competitive which is the first time I think I can say that for ages. Aye we needed some luck tonight but what team doesn't at times? Walcott I thought played well, Otoo was fantastic throughout. Todd was a sensation, and shout out to Allan who looked decent, also putting in some great set plays. I hope we can build some momentum from this and stay clear of further injuries. Having a strong bench clearly helped too.

Fully expecting a complete doing. Will avoid this once again, its not enjoyable in any way watching us right now. If we get Ashcroft in beforehand, I'll consider it but for now, I'm out.

I think the priorities are all screwed up. I like the idea of an academy and training facility in house, but it should only be implemented after we've established ourselves in the top flight. The income disparagy between tiers 1 and 2 is huge, never mind 3. The fact we're facing League 1 football again with this project choking us of income needed for the first team is unacceptable.

Well, I'd approach him if I were looking for a manager. Don't blame him if he is done with first team responsibility though, the pressure and stress must be stupid.

Jack Ross. I'm sure he'd love another punt at management instead of coaching Newcastle youths.

We've gone a whole quarter without beating any of the sides in the league. I thought these 3 home games represented a chance to put some breathing space between us and the bottom, perhaps even gaining a little traction towards 4th. Instead, we are possibly in a worse state than under Hughes at this point. I don't see us winning another game at this rate. Too many passengers in the squad just not good enough. On the bright side, Kane on the highlights looks a decent find. IF Ashcroft or another experienced centre back can come in and organise that back line, and we somehow stay up, he'll be labelled a hero and rightly so.

McPake out

I just wish they had done this last week against QP. It sounded a very frigid performance. We need everyone in that squad, in the club to be standing up, demanding better and going out and at least trying to assert ourselves.

I'm worried if he can't seem to motivate this squad. But it feels strange if that's true because you only have to look at both away games at Airdrie last season to see examples of how we fought to the (not literal) death. Has something changed? I dunno. Everything is worrying right now though, or I might be projecting my own inner concerns out through this.

Sometimes looking like you care is almost as important as actually caring. Fans need to know that we're not being led by someone who has given up.

Eh, nobody has forgotten that i am fairly certain.

Then I hope you run out of toilet paper at the critical moment sir.

Nope.

1 day down this week, no new experienced signings.

To stay up we're going to have to start winning games. That doesn't look like happening anytime soon.

I've long thought that. He'd be a very good player in a team full of energy and making runs. We're far too pedestrian and he often has no attacking runs to try connect with. He tries to bring composure to our game, but it isn't effective when we're a slow, plodding bunch of chimps.

Cheers for that! Time will tell when I cave in and come crawling back...

Another absolute disaster waiting to happen.

Bryn fckn Haliwell! And Simmons backing off Lennon when he scored. Backing off. Useless chunt

I think McCann plays better when he stays on the bench.

Lots of people hearing lots of things. I'm not convinced any of it is true.

Had no idea my comment would spark a debate. FWIW, I don't let defeats get the better of me for more than that evening at worst anymore. I'm 37, but when I was in my late teens and early 20s I used to let it get to me quite bad. That 8 1 scudding at home from Celtic? Smashed in a light switch and the bathroom wall when I still stayed at my childhood home. Next day wasn't much fun getting a bollocking on top of the hangover. I can't help feeling scunnered to watch now though. As most of you know, I watch from abroad. The past 35 years my weekend has been geared towards our game on a Saturday. Even over here, I'm moving plans and stressing out at missing seeing the game from the sofa at home. On my own, with no social aspect around it. I've moved Saturday plans with my wife to accommodate getting home to watch the games to which she's been very patient. I'd say I maybe see 75% of games each season. Between VPN issues and awful ParsTV connection this season I've not even had that. The last game I enjoyed watching was when we scudded QOTS 5 0 to seal the league. This season I've not enjoyed a single game. Not one, not fully. I'm happy when we win and I'd happily take season after season of grinding out results like last year but it wasn't pretty. The football has been brutal the majority of the time, really awful stuff. We're staring at another relegation if form doesn't change around immediately. That's bad management from top to bottom and completely unacceptable, injuries or not this season. I've backed the structure and the personnel until the Morton game. Now I find myself questioning everyone and everyone. I've had some personal issues to deal with and normally the football is a welcome distraction. But given the circumstances, its another fcking stress at least for 90 minutes and I could be doing without that right now. I've stuck through thick and thin before and I'll continue to but if right now I simply CBA to watch tomorrow's game, that's what I'll do. There's a wee thing called Karnival for the next 4 days and I've planned to go enjoy it tomorrow with some good company. I'll 100% keep an eye on livescore but until improvement is made, I'm not wasting my time working around it anymore.