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Topic Originator: Paralex
Date: Thu 2 Jan 01:05
A new year has dawned and the first snowdrops are peering through the rain soaked soil. Everything down Halbeath Road way is as gloomy as the weather and yet in harmony with the snowdrops I find myself looking ahead to the joys of Spring and also the first game of 2025. Partick Thistle away. What could be better. A half hour stroll to Firhill. Meeting up with my PT supporter pal, join him in the home end, listen to his patronising commiserations even before the action commences, as he anticipates a Thistle win. But my heart is elsewhere. I look over and see the intrepid Pars fans who have made the journey and who still believe we can win and I take heart. Hope does spring eternal. We can do this. We came back and grabbed a point from Falkirk. Let`s grab a victory at Firhill.
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Topic Originator: General Zod
Date: Thu 2 Jan 06:47
Hey, save some drugs for the rest of us, maaan š„“
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Thu 2 Jan 07:19
With no manager in place and our only serious coach on holiday I can`t imagine it`ll be pretty.
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
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Topic Originator: Kozmano1
Date: Thu 2 Jan 07:23
I havenāt even seen us score in my last 5 visits to Firhill. Itās safe to say I wonāt be spending up to Ā£60 on a day out watching us this weekend!!
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Thu 2 Jan 08:25
Enjoy your day paralex .. COYP
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Thu 2 Jan 09:51
The influence of too much recent alcohol ?
Think positive though š
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Topic Originator: ubisanman
Date: Thu 2 Jan 09:54
Quote:
Paralex, Thu 2 Jan 01:05
A new year has dawned and the first snowdrops are peering through the rain soaked soil. Everything down Halbeath Road way is as gloomy as the weather and yet in harmony with the snowdrops I find myself looking ahead to the joys of Spring and also the first game of 2025. Partick Thistle away. What could be better. A half hour stroll to Firhill. Meeting up with my PT supporter pal, join him in the home end, listen to his patronising commiserations even before the action commences, as he anticipates a Thistle win. But my heart is elsewhere. I look over and see the intrepid Pars fans who have made the journey and who still believe we can win and I take heart. Hope does spring eternal. We can do this. We came back and grabbed a point from Falkirk. Let`s grab a victory at Firhill.
In laws are all Jags and I`ve had to endure watching the Pars from the Jackie Husband stand for last 5 outings. NO MORE!
I`m dragging my daughter and her BF along to the Colin Weir stand on Saturday. Promised them the NW will be on form. They`ve been the only real highlight the last couple of games at Firhill. Actually them and the shocking refereeing.
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Topic Originator: Berkey
Date: Thu 2 Jan 10:06
Was a cracking win last season where it all seemed to go right including thistle having a perfectly good goal checked of as offside.
A point feels like the best we can hope for, thistle have picked up more than double the points we have in the last 5 league games. If weāve to have any chance of escaping the playoff position weāre going to need to get something from games like this inc a few wins on the road.
Expecting tidser to be announced today, but with no new players heāll have to set up the same way mccpake did, try and keep it tight for as long as possible and hope we get a break from somewhere or the opponents make a mistake and we get something from the game. I fancy it will be like this unless he gets some cash to spent on better attacking players.
Hopefully another cuffing for airdrie on Friday night.
The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity!
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Topic Originator: Berry
Date: Thu 2 Jan 10:39
Whereās best to park?
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Topic Originator: Paralex
Date: Thu 2 Jan 11:18
Yes, I can feel your pain ubisanman. My PT pal, to be fair, does join me in the Norrie for our home games against PT, but that doesn`t change the usually negative result.
As far as parking is concerned, I don`t take my car there but I think parking is free in the streets between Maryhill Road and New City Road. Most Dunfermline fans I notice seem to have parked beyond Firhill to the North West of the stadium. I`m not sure either, if parking charges apply on a Saturday.
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Thu 2 Jan 12:39
Quote:
Berry, Thu 2 Jan 10:39
Whereās best to park?
The age old question when we visit Firhill š a street without restrictions or yellow lines Id say!
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Thu 2 Jan 13:20
Quote:
Dave_1885, Thu 2 Jan 12:39
Quote:
Berry, Thu 2 Jan 10:39
Whereās best to park?
The age old question when we visit Firhill š a street without restrictions or yellow lines Id say!
Maybe try my new years resolution too Dave š
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
Post Edited (Thu 02 Jan 13:20)
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Topic Originator: Berry
Date: Thu 2 Jan 13:50
Yeah any other helpful suggestions would be welcome.
Post Edited (Thu 02 Jan 13:50)
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Topic Originator: Connor560
Date: Thu 2 Jan 14:51
I tend to park at the flats behind the stand with the goal and walk back down the hill.
Tend to get parked easily and quick getaway too.
C'mon Ye Pars!
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Topic Originator: parsmad68
Date: Thu 2 Jan 15:08
Quote:
Berry, Thu 2 Jan 10:39
Whereās best to park?
Park the bus just behind our keeper. Thatāll do nicely.
As you pass Firhill on your right, take the left at the top of the road and there is a long slow winding road that is best to park on. I think it is Murano Street
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Topic Originator: Berry
Date: Thu 2 Jan 15:11
Thanks folks!
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Topic Originator: Indiapar
Date: Fri 3 Jan 17:04
Good luck to the boys tomorrow. Hopefully get a good result.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Fri 3 Jan 17:48
Sounds like John McLaughlan knew from the start of the week he might be looking after the team tomorrow. From COWS -
Dunfermlineās caretaker manager will take the team into Saturdayās fixture away to Partick Thistle seriously seeking the clubās first league victory of the season on the road. For John McLaughlan that has meant cancelling a family holiday to Lanzarote but he enjoyed his first match in charge and is relishing another. Speaking at lunchtime he told the website how delays in appointing a new manager meant he was called upon yet again:-
āAfter the weekend, I got a phone call to say that the deal probably wouldnāt go through as quickly as theyād hoped, so I had to cancel my holiday and take the team. For me, it was a no-brainer, the club comes first and itās an honour and a privilege to still be in that position as caretaker manager.
āI can go on holiday any time, so I made that decision on Tuesday and obviously took the training all week, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and today, so itās been a good week and the players are focused for tomorrow.ā
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Topic Originator: Indiapar
Date: Fri 3 Jan 17:51
That was a very good gesture by him.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 3 Jan 17:57
Cook better watch his back. John`s wife will be after him! š
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Topic Originator: Lambo1885
Date: Fri 3 Jan 18:13
Quote:
jake89, Fri 3 Jan 17:57
Cook better watch his back. John`s wife will be after him! š
Either that or she`s enjoying a peaceful holday on her own šš
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Topic Originator: parsfan97
Date: Fri 3 Jan 18:14
Hopefully undersoil heating is on at Firhill or itās a waste of cancelling his holiday
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Topic Originator: Berry
Date: Fri 3 Jan 18:28
Would assume weāve covered any losses John has made in cancellation fees / loss of deposit etc.
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Topic Originator: TAFKA_Super_Petrie
Date: Fri 3 Jan 19:11
Don`t think Bar67 in Lanzarote would have been particularly bouncing yesterday anyway so he won`t have missed much ;-)
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"People always talk about Ronaldinho and magic, but I didn't see him today. I saw Henrik Larsson; that's where the magic was."
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Topic Originator: tappies par
Date: Fri 3 Jan 22:58
Do we think Tidser might be in the stand tomorrow with it probably being announced Monday due to the Kelty Hearts statement? Will we get that new manager lift and boost some teams get? Claw back some points on the teams above and narrow the gap.
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Fri 3 Jan 23:03
Letās hope so.
Hearing good things about him from Kelty Hearts supporters.
āBuffyās Buns are the finest in Fifeā, J. Spence 2019ā
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Topic Originator: Buster_Brown
Date: Fri 3 Jan 23:06
Quote:
tappies par, Fri 3 Jan 22:58
Do we think Tidser might be in the stand tomorrow with it probably being announced Monday due to the Kelty Hearts statement? Will we get that new manager lift and boost some teams get? Claw back some points on the teams above and narrow the gap.
Really hope so and would be surprised if he was not assessing the players already
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Topic Originator: Paralex
Date: Fri 3 Jan 23:20
I`m hearing that P Thistle have undersoil heating, which is just as well because the grass in this area is quite frozen and the pavements icy. By kickoff time, it should be 3 degrees.
I noticed today that metered parking in the Maryhill vicinity is 7 days a week from 8am till 10pm and they charge Ā£4 per hour. If you`re coming by car leave early and find streets with free parking to the North West of the stadium.
Post Edited (Fri 03 Jan 23:22)
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Topic Originator: Paralex
Date: Sun 5 Jan 01:26
Maybe not too crazy after all to have been looking forward to this game. I think I even enjoyed it more than the 4-3 game at Airdrie two years ago. Maybe some of the gainsayers need a bit of humble pie?
Post Edited (Sun 05 Jan 01:27)
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Sun 5 Jan 04:03
Quote:
Paralex, Sun 5 Jan 01:26
Maybe not too crazy after all to have been looking forward to this game. I think I even enjoyed it more than the 4-3 game at Airdrie two years ago. Maybe some of the gainsayers need a bit of humble pie?
Why?
There wasn`t much to suggest we could string results together, hadn`t won away in God knows how long and when posted we had no manager and the coach hadn`t announced he had cancelled his holiday.
Not a humble pie situation imo.
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
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Topic Originator: Berkey
Date: Sun 5 Jan 09:30
The game yesterday was effectively free hit for all involved. No pressure on anyone and very little responsibility. Had we lost, the conversation would have quickly turned to the next manger and we were not expected to get anything anyway.
The Pressure returns once a permanent manager is in place as both him and the players become accountable for performances again.
The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity!
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Topic Originator: Ahoy!Ahoy!
Date: Sun 5 Jan 09:46
Iād like to think Tidser has been in conversations with McLaughlan over the last week or so and some of the football we are seeing is based on how Tidser wants us to play too.
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Sun 5 Jan 09:48
Quote:
Berkey, Sun 5 Jan 09:30
The game yesterday was effectively free hit for all involved. No pressure on anyone and very little responsibility. Had we lost, the conversation would have quickly turned to the next manger and we were not expected to get anything anyway.
The Pressure returns once a permanent manager is in place as both him and the players become accountable for performances again.
I can`t agree with that at all, Berkey. No pressure? Every game comes with huge pressure when you`re in danger of becoming detached near the bottom of the table.
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Sun 5 Jan 09:55
Quote:
Berkey, Sun 5 Jan 09:30
The game yesterday was effectively free hit for all involved. No pressure on anyone and very little responsibility. Had we lost, the conversation would have quickly turned to the next manger and we were not expected to get anything anyway.
The Pressure returns once a permanent manager is in place as both him and the players become accountable for performances again.
Come on man.......just admit you`re on the wind up with this? No pressure?! Free hit?! No responsibility?!
I`m glad the players didn`t have that attitude. They gave everything and I`d love to hear their response to your post. I think most would disagree, to put it mildly.
The majority of us think that was just about the perfect away performance.
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
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Topic Originator: CrossPar
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:00
Quote:
Ahoy!Ahoy!, Sun 5 Jan 09:46
Iād like to think Tidser has been in conversations with McLaughlan over the last week or so and some of the football we are seeing is based on how Tidser wants us to play too.
I would think that was unlikely. You surely wouldn`t allow someone who is not yet an employee of the club to influence the team when it is possible the deal may not get over the line? I think John McLaughlin deserves the credit for the last 2 results. He may go down in history as the only Pars manager with an undefeated record!
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Topic Originator: Kdy Par
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:17
Quote:
Berkey, Sun 5 Jan 09:30
The game yesterday was effectively free hit for all involved. No pressure on anyone and very little responsibility. Had we lost, the conversation would have quickly turned to the next manger and we were not expected to get anything anyway.
The Pressure returns once a permanent manager is in place as both him and the players become accountable for performances again.
Couldnāt disagree more. The shackles are off and the players are starting to show that McPake was a major hindrance.
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Topic Originator: the saline hill puma
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:17
Quote:
da_no_1, Sun 5 Jan 09:55
Quote:
Berkey, Sun 5 Jan 09:30
The game yesterday was effectively free hit for all involved. No pressure on anyone and very little responsibility. Had we lost, the conversation would have quickly turned to the next manger and we were not expected to get anything anyway.
The Pressure returns once a permanent manager is in place as both him and the players become accountable for performances again.
Come on man.......just admit you`re on the wind up with this? No pressure?! Free hit?! No responsibility?!
I`m glad the players didn`t have that attitude. They gave everything and I`d love to hear their response to your post. I think most would disagree, to put it mildly.
The majority of us think that was just about the perfect away performance.
Berkey is pretty accurate in what he says.
It was a free hit for the players and staff in place yesterday.
But it was great to see the players take that freedom and show how they can play. As I`ve said elsewhere, it`s now on them to go and back that performance up and show they can do it more than a one off game. We`ve had these sort of performances before and reverted to type the week after, however I will say yesterday felt like it was a bit different.
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Topic Originator: Berkey
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:19
I didnāt nessesatilymean it how youāve taken it da no 1.
They played with freedom as the unique circumstances meant even if they had lost the game and been poor it wouldnāt have mattered as much as it would have under mcpake given new man due in. Of course itās to the players credit that they went out and got the result.
No chance was tidser involved in anything unless something has been signed and agree.
The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity!
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Topic Originator: alwaysaPar
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:24
The squad as a whole have felt a big sense of relief from the last couple of weeks as training has been a totally different contrast from the last year and a half
Dare I say it , they have actually enjoyed going to their work for the first time in a long time
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:26
Quote:
Berkey, Sun 5 Jan 10:19
I didnāt nessesatilymean it how youāve taken it da no 1.
They played with freedom as the unique circumstances meant even if they had lost the game and been poor it wouldnāt have mattered as much as it would have under mcpake given new man due in. Of course itās to the players credit that they went out and got the result.
No chance was tidser involved in anything unless something has been signed and agree.
You`re on a public forum so you need to ensure as far as possible that your posts are not open to misinterpretation. It seemed clear to me that you were downplaying yesterday`s great result and performance. Rather mean if I may say so.
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:33
I think it`s really unfair to be anything other other than full of praise about the result and the performance yesterday. To say they only managed that because it was a "free hit" etc is pretty disrespectful if you ask me.
I`m not sure why some folk bother watching the Pars. There seems to be zero enjoyment to be had even when they win convincingly.
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
Post Edited (Sun 05 Jan 10:33)
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Topic Originator: Dandy Warhol
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:38
Quote:
da_no_1, Sun 5 Jan 10:33
I think it`s really unfair to be anything other other than full of praise about the result and the performance yesterday. To say they only managed that because it was a "free hit" etc is pretty disrespectful if you ask me.
I`m not sure why some folk bother watching the Pars. There seems to be zero enjoyment to be had even when they win convincingly.
This.
It seems to physically hurt some people to give credit where it`s due.
I don`t wanna go down like disco.
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Topic Originator: d3monstrate
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:38
At no point was the result or performance downplayed... He told it as it was, on the run up, a team with 1 point away all season against a team unbeaten at home...Can imagine quite a few people had Partick on their coupon yesterday...
Could it be, much like his view on McCann, that you see the negative in everything they say?
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Topic Originator: AndyBird
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:44
Quote:
Berkey, Sun 5 Jan 09:30
The game yesterday was effectively free hit for all involved. No pressure on anyone and very little responsibility. Had we lost, the conversation would have quickly turned to the next manger and we were not expected to get anything anyway.
The Pressure returns once a permanent manager is in place as both him and the players become accountable for performances again.
When you are in our position I donāt think any game is a free hit. Strange take.
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Topic Originator: Raymie the Legend
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:45
Quote:
alwaysaPar, Sun 5 Jan 10:24
The squad as a whole have felt a big sense of relief from the last couple of weeks as training has been a totally different contrast from the last year and a half
Dare I say it , they have actually enjoyed going to their work for the first time in a long time
Nail on head, right there.
It`s bloody tough being a legend
Ron Atkinson - 1983
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Topic Originator: Berkey
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:46
I didnāt say they only managed it due to it being a free hit. I said it was effectively a free hit in the same way the Falkirk game was. We were not expected to perform and no one was under pressure as effectively thereās no manager in place.
Not downplaying the performance at all which was by all accounts the best in the last couple of years.
But of course thereās certain people who like to put a spin on it so they can have a go. They canāt help themselves then accuse me of the same thing.
The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity!
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Topic Originator: Rusty Shackleford
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:49
Some amount of mental gymnastics and armchair psychology you go through to put a negative spin on literally everything. I can see where you`re coming from on this but there`s no such thing as a free hit when you`re in danger of being cut adrift in a relegation play off place.
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Topic Originator: the saline hill puma
Date: Sun 5 Jan 10:51
Quote:
Berkey, Sun 5 Jan 10:46
I didnāt say they only managed it due to it being a free hit. I said it was effectively a free hit in the same way the Falkirk game was. We were not expected to perform and no one was under pressure as effectively thereās no manager in place.
Not downplaying the performance at all which was by all accounts the best in the last couple of years.
But of course thereās certain people who like to put a spin on it so they can have a go. They canāt help themselves then accuse me of the same thing.
I think if you told some folk the day of the week they would argue with you tbh š
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sun 5 Jan 11:09
Maybe John McLaughlan is the best judge of pressure in the lead-up to this fixture. Here`s what he said after yesterday`s game -
āItās been a lot of pressure because Iāve been taking training and trying to do bits and pieces. Itās been 24-7. Iāve not had any sleep because youāre worrying about whatās the right team. But when you get a performance like that and a result like that then it makes it all worthwhile.ā
It`s incredible to me how some fans try to find any excuse to downplay any success we have.
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Topic Originator: Berry
Date: Sun 5 Jan 11:35
Absolutely no chance is any game in this division home or away a free hit.
Ranger or Celtic are the only teams in Scotland I would ever put in that category.
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Sun 5 Jan 16:30
Quote:
Berry, Sun 5 Jan 11:35
Absolutely no chance is any game in this division home or away a free hit.
Ranger or Celtic are the only teams in Scotland I would ever put in that category.
Spot on, Berry. No way was that game yesterday a ``free hit." Every defeat this season has increased the pressure on the players (and the management team), another notch or two.
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: JTH123
Date: Sun 5 Jan 16:46
You make some fair points in many of your posts Berkey. Unfortunately you have a tendancy to go overboard with some of your more negative observations as well as finding clouds where most of us see the silver linings.
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Topic Originator: CrossPar
Date: Sun 5 Jan 17:16
Ironically, after the last 2 matches, if Tidser is appointed, the pressure to keep this going has increased big style!
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Topic Originator: DBP
Date: Sun 5 Jan 18:09
Thatās the danger now, couple of losses and the calls will be to get John back in!
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