[Sao Paulo]

Pretty poor on our part.

Perhaps a more comprehensive post later once I've calmed down.

[Milevskiy]

Usual pish by Clyde. Dont think the players knew what they were ment to be doing half the time.

[whitelees jag]

EASY EASY EASY

C'MON THE JAGS

SSEB

[CK]

Wilson is the only starter who gets pass marks from me. Arbuckle, Bradley & Smith(who was ridiculously booked) looked lively when they came on. Everyone else was terrible. Perhaps we will start with at least one natural striker next week?

[The Arch]

Deserved victory just about for us, I would say. Clyde could have easily snatched the draw in the last ten mins though

Pretty boring first half, which involved some nice interplay amongst our midfield trio. David Rowson is head and shoulders above most midfielders in this division.

Start of the 2nd Gary Harkins floats in a nice ball to the edge of the box, Twaddle rises well to head it into the middle, and Chaplain sneaks ahead of the last defender and slots it in the corner. Having 3 in the middle allows Chaplain to focus on making these sort of runs, and he does it so well

We sneak a free kick on the edge of the box, and although Clyde's wall is about 5 yards away, Rowson has time to slip the ball to Harkins who powerfully finishes bottom corner. Quite similar to a goal Masterton scored against us at Broadwood last season

Clyde's penalty was probably a foul, even though I wasn't sure it was in the box. Robertson tries to hoof the ball, thinking nobody is behind him, and Imrie jumps infront of him. Robertson connects with him, then Imrie slots the ball past Hinchie.

Clyde could have snatched it at the end but I thought that would have been harsh. I don't like moaning about refs but I thought freeland was awful for us. Every time keegan went up for a header, he was hit from behind, and got nothing. Similarly quite a few challenges we made were given as fouls, then Marvyn Wilson repeatedly did similar challenges and got nothing

Good win, and hopefully carry it on next week. 3-5-2 brings a solidity to the defence we used to lack

[MTJ]

Deserved win, thought we sat back too much after we got the second goal though.

Where did the clown of a ref get the 5 or 6 mins of added time from?

[Mushroom]

Had we played someone who could score, we quite possibly would have been 2-0 up at half time.

David McGowan missed a sitter and Mikey McGowan took on a shot that he really shouldn't have because he thought it stood a better chance than putting it into the box, had he had someone like Valentim to aim for a goal would have been alot more likely.

Why isn't he getting a look in though, it is clear from the two reserve games that the guy can score. In fact he nearly did against Livingston too! Instead, we play two wingers.

If McGowan starts next week and missed chances cost us, Hendry should recieve a formal warning.

If we don't beat Montrose, he should be sacked.

On a yet sadder note, both of the defences records which I was banging on about came to an end. This again, is down to us not having a striker, the midfield was trying to forge out chances for themselves to shoot as they were our most clinical finishers (worryingly) this left the defence exposed.

Hutton appears to have taken a huge dent in confidence after last week. He dropped about 4 crosses.

Either that or someone put oil on his gloves.

On possession and quality of play, it was a very even game but we were punished for not having a striker on the park, I dare say I'm not the only one who is getting pissed off with him starting Div McGowan. He's not ready to start at this level, and he's not a fucking striker!

This post has been edited by ochil-clyde: 03 November 2007 - 18:39

[Radford]

Why do Clyde insist on saving their best peformances for us!

[Sao Paulo]

I thought we began the match quite brightly - winning the 50/50's, battling hard & playing with some fire in our bellies. We didn't forge much out in the way of 'clear cut' chances, but some good play from Imrie on the left gave Masterton the opportunity to strike one in from distance - duly obliging - Steven leathered it, and the keeper could only parry into the path of David McGowan who stunningly managed to miss from all of six yards with near enough an open net.

After this point Partick started to come into the game some more, winning several corners and getting balls into the Clyde box, needless to say though we dealt with them pretty well for the first forty five.

The first half overall was pretty even. Only with Clyde having the most clear cut opportunity to gain a lead.

In The second half...

Thistle took the initiative almost straight away, and a diagonal ball played upfield by Harkins (sp?) was headed across goal; Scott Chaplain's smart front post run saw him glance this inviting cross into the Clyde net for 1-0 Thistle. Disappointing defending from a Clyde perspective.

Clyde attempted (meekly) to find a way back into the game but try as they did could not break through Thistle. Rather strangely it was only after Thistle struck again, for their second, that Clyde really made a fight of it. Though Imrie converting a penalty around five minutes from time wasn't enough to get anything in the end.

To surmise, the quality of Thistle's finishing won them the game & Our lack of a cutting edge lost us it.

How long will we leave this unaddressed?

David McGowan must be ousted, and McLennan used in moderation. (This being only a couple of things from the large list of things that I would do differently from Hendry.)

This post has been edited by São Paulo: 03 November 2007 - 19:16

[ClydeNewcomer]

This is actually the worst day of my life. Thistle beat us at home, and on my way home my car breaks down on the m8. I spend nearly 30 mins talking to a guy on the emergency phone, could not hear a word he was saying with all the traffic in the background. I wait in the freezing cold for over an hour. The breakdown van comes out and tells me my engine is fucked and it might not be worth getting it fixed. On top of that I had to pay him 55 quid to take me home.

I am really depressed

[MTJ]

Dominic Santini, on Nov 3 2007, 19:39, said:

I'm guessing that'd be from the 5 or 6 minutes your number 5 took to take a couple of throw ins.

ClydeNewcomer, on Nov 3 2007, 19:50, said:

This is actually the worst day of my life. Thistle beat us at home, and on my way home my car breaks down on the m8. I spend nearly 30 mins talking to a guy on the emergency phone, could not hear a word he was saying with all the traffic in the background. I wait in the freezing cold for over an hour. The breakdown van comes out and tells me my engine is fucked and it might not be worth getting it fixed. On top of that I had to pay him 55 quid to take me home.

I am really depressed

GIRUY

[David W]

We had the chances to net 4 or 5 but that's been our problem for a couple of years now. Div McGowan tries hard but isn't ready for this level of football (I think I've said that forty or fifty times now!)

Thistle came, defended reasonably well and scored a cracking second goal. Purely deserved to win as they took their two chances, whilst we spurned our several.

Referee actually had a decent game.

[Mr Roberts]

CLYDE AND THEIR MANAGER (PAT BUTCHER), ARE SHIT!!!!!

say hello to the seaside league for us. Even Stirling put up a better fight!!!

[davidy233]

ClydeNewcomer, on Nov 3 2007, 19:50, said:

This is actually the worst day of my life. Thistle beat us at home, and on my way home my car breaks down on the m8. I spend nearly 30 mins talking to a guy on the emergency phone, could not hear a word he was saying with all the traffic in the background. I wait in the freezing cold for over an hour. The breakdown van comes out and tells me my engine is fucked and it might not be worth getting it fixed. On top of that I had to pay him 55 quid to take me home.

I am really depressed

If that's the worst day of your life then you are lucky. It's only a car and money - oh and a 'derby' defeat B)

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[Garrowhillclyde]

Aye, well I eat my words regarding me reckoning we would win. Thistle deserved the game and we were pish. No arguments we were turned over. grrrrrrrrrrrr.

FUKIN BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!

[Nizzy]

monthebullywee, on Nov 3 2007, 17:48, said:

Scum should have had about 4 players sent off but because of the shit ref he didn't take any notice

ClydeNewcomer, on Nov 3 2007, 19:50, said:

This is actually the worst day of my life. Thistle beat us at home, and on my way home my car breaks down on the m8. I spend nearly 30 mins talking to a guy on the emergency phone, could not hear a word he was saying with all the traffic in the background. I wait in the freezing cold for over an hour. The breakdown van comes out and tells me my engine is fucked and it might not be worth getting it fixed. On top of that I had to pay him 55 quid to take me home.

Other posters have summed the game up pretty well, so I don't have much to say. We won because we played the way Clyde usually play against us at Broadwood - we defended resolutely and took our chances when they presented themselves.

I'd like to focus on two players, though:

David Rowson - fantastic. That old cliche of covering every blade of grass on the park was created for performances like his. Signing him until 2010 was a great piece of business by McCall.

David Hutton - Clyde fans better hope he packs the 'keeper gloves next week and not the marigolds. Shocking.

Clyde FC, Partick Thistle's bitches, season 2007/2008.

[Virtual Insanity]

David W, on Nov 3 2007, 20:23, said:

Referee actually had a decent game.

What about his apparent decision to leave the pitch with a player still down injured? Bizarre at best.

[LiviClyde]

I can only hope that by substituting him, Hendry has finally realised that David McGowan is simply not good enough for this level of football!

I wouldn't mind giving Christian Smith a go up front, with Arbuckle or Bradley or Cardle playing off him. He wins balls in th air, has the strenght to hold the ball and packs a shot. Can't be any worse than what we've been persevering with so far.

This post has been edited by LiviClyde: 03 November 2007 - 22:37

[davidy233]

Nizzy, on Nov 3 2007, 21:04, said:

Other posters have summed the game up pretty well, so I don't have much to say. We won because we played the way Clyde usually play against us at Broadwood - we defended resolutely and took our chances when they presented themselves.

I'd like to focus on two players, though:

David Rowson - fantastic. That old cliche of covering every blade of grass on the park was created for performances like his. Signing him until 2010 was a great piece of business by McCall.

David Hutton - Clyde fans better hope he packs the 'keeper gloves next week and not the marigolds. Shocking.

Clyde FC, Partick Thistle's bitches, season 2007/2008.

Niz - sorry to say this but doesn't alter the fact that you are the worst team I've seen in this league this year.

[Nizzy]

davidy233, on Nov 3 2007, 23:53, said:

Niz - sorry to say this but doesn't alter the fact that you are the worst team I've seen in this league this year.

Over both games or just the first? Last week's result doesn't say much for Dundee if we're "the worst team" in this league. You were lucky to escape with a point.

This post has been edited by Nizzy: 04 November 2007 - 00:10

[Thistle doo]

ClydeNewcomer, on Nov 3 2007, 20:50, said:

This is actually the worst day of my life. Thistle beat us at home, and on my way home my car breaks down on the m8. I spend nearly 30 mins talking to a guy on the emergency phone, could not hear a word he was saying with all the traffic in the background. I wait in the freezing cold for over an hour. The breakdown van comes out and tells me my engine is fucked and it might not be worth getting it fixed. On top of that I had to pay him 55 quid to take me home.

I am really depressed

That does kinda suck, wouldn't even wish that on a clyde fan