It's inadvertently become the topic on other threads, so we might as well start it off tonight.

Last chance saloon for Boneheid Rae or start of the Ian McCall Career Deathwatch thread?

Dundee are in crisis.

They have a huge injury list.
Their confidence is rock bottom.
They are in poor form.
They haven't won at Firhill since Rae has took over as manager.
We have been generally very good at home since McCall has took over.

My prediction:

Partick Thistle 1-2 Dundee.

Have to admit I'm surprised Uncle Fester is still in a job after Saturday I thought he'd have been a goner!

Forfar drew

Uncle Fester's ugly twin sister?

Alky skeletor would be more appropriate.

If we win I will collapse.

2-1 Jags

Thistle's defence gave our low-on-confidence side not a sniff at Firhill in August and Dundee just don't look like scoring at the moment. This division throws up more shocks than Nizzy's flashing antics but surely a home win is the only result on Saturday? And if Thistle get an early goal (as they did against us) it could be ugly. The flip side is that Thistle's strikers aren't getting amongst the goals themselves and Dundee went up to County a won when they'd been written off.

... oh, never mind ...

3-0 Thistle.

Dundee to hold for 52 minutes, then hold for another 30 then conceed 2 late goals.

That'll do. Can't see Thistle getting three goals unless another 30something defender is signed before the weekend.

ANOTHER? FFS, that's just getting greedy. IMO our defence (as fucked as it sounds) isn't that bad. It's our midfield giving the defence no cover meaning they have more to deal with. Saturday we IMO should line up at the back:

Cowan - McKeown - Malone - Fozzy.

Not *THAT* bad if you consider we could have had Williams and Lauchlan in there.

That's exactly the back-line I had in my mind, all pending on whether Fozzy's re-call is permitted by Arborath. (Strange that one, isn't it?).

You're telling me that we didn't have a re-call clause? FFS, I wouldda thought that was an automatic on ANY loan deal that is being used to help them get experience.

If we win, I'll wake up.

I read on the Dundee site that it isn't as straightforward as re-calling the player. Arbroath have to agree, I think.

Super Tommy would know more though.

You going on Saturday yi plum?

Indeedles, just sent the Black Milky Bar Kid a text for a seat. Be on MSN in a couple.

Who is this Fozzy, Dundee fans speak of? Is he related to Chris "Pozzy" Pozniak?

3 - 0 to thistle!!

No, he's a young left back who was sent out on loan to Arbroath last week. He looks a promissing player, and one who I've no doubt will establish himself in the first team, soon enough.

Craig Forsyth, a young lad sent on loan to Arbroath last week.

Thistle 5 - 0 Dundee

Can I ask, WTF is your obsession with Ohh Aahhh?

Who is Ohh Aaah? Is that another nickname for Chris Pozniak?

I was left bewildered by the "Ohh Aaah" statement aswell. I have no idea what it refers to.

I hope the players who are fit enough to take part can grind out a result in the face of all this adversity. Although maybe I'm clutching at straws.

I am hoping this is a draw but my head tells me a two goal margin win for Partick

So 2-0 Thistle then?

Tay FM reports Rae won't be able to bring in any more players on loan ahead of the game but he might be able to fix up a trialist:

Dundee boss Alex Rae has been told he will not be able to bring more players in on loan to help ease his current injury crisis as there is no money available. Rae - who managed to sign Rhian Dodds from Kilmarnock on a short term deal last week - may be able to fix up a trialist in time for the weekend match at Partick. The Dark Blues have just 13 fit players available for Saturday.

Get Gordon Wallace registered and get him on from the start. He can't be any worse than Curier.

You support St. Johnstone. So why on earth do you want Dundee to draw?

Probably because it would suit them league wise? I'd like Clyde/Airdrie to beat a team up at the top if it helped us. Partly because "derbies" of that nature do nothing for me.

Being a jags fan and knowing what we are like when we have teams we should beat - we rarely do
i dont even need to think that far back
Ross County is the one im thinking of, i wouldnt be surprised if Dundee knicked some points so people saying 5-0 and things like that is pure pish.

Just wait till you see us on Saturday.

"Beware of the wounded beast...for that is when it is at its most dangerous"




2-1 The Dee.

With the news that Forsyth can't be recalled for 28 days and the injuries i expect us to line up -

Douglas

Cowan McKeown Trialist Malone

Daquin Dodds Pozniak Gilhaney

Davidson Curier

That would leave us with Roy, Deasley, O'Brien, Mearns and one young defender on the bench.

Looks ok to me. A few players I would take there.

Hope we win though, we really should be beating teams like Dundee.

I think we might see Rae on the bench....that will keep the luvvies happy.

If you don't beat Dundee on Saturday, then you are useless, and deemed not good enough to go up.

We're not good enough to go up.

This is the season that most teams who would usually be deemed "not good enough" to go up, have a great chance to go up. Don't count yourselves out. Dundee are not dead and burried yet, either. No one will run away.

Dundee to get beat 1-0

Seen as Forsyth can't be re-called I'm going in to my crystal ball to change my prediction to just the 2-0. I expect yet another CD to be in on trial, he will have a sublime game and Thistle will sign him up, with him leading them to the title.

Early goal for the Jags and a late clincher as Dundee were going for a late equaliser.

For me it would be
Douglas
Cowan McKeown Malone
Pozniak
Dacquin Mearns Dodds Gilhaney
Davidson
Curier


Edit: It was meant to look like a 3-1-4-1-1 with Davidson just off Curier

A week off to recover we should be at full strength barring long term injuries, Jags to line up

.....................Tuffey..................

....................Storey..................
.........Kinniburgh Maxwell.........
Robertson.....................Twaddle

........Rowson McKeown Harkins....

...........Roberts Donnelly...........


Strikers are the most likely to be switched about in that team, McCall surely wont stick with the failure that was a Lennon Gray partnership, but I feel he may also be reluctant to start with the slowest strikeforce in Scottish football. Paton may also get a start at RWB with Robertson taking Kinniburghs place, but provided that midfield 3 starts I would expect us to win the game.

Anyone worked out who the trialist is yet?
It must be someone really, really pish.
Dundee finish with 9 men - 4 nil PT.

It's Colin Hendry.

To be honest, I don't think we've got much to lose, so would like to see us line up 3-5-2: