Adrian Madaschi Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 He should focus on being a better footballer if he is not happy with his criticism. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sting777 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 No matter everyones thoughts on Caldwell, my decision was not to judge him until he got some of his own signings in. We are undefeated since that happened, he has cleared outa few and we are suddenly looking a helluva lot better. Lets hope it continues! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlife Crisis Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Not wishing to piss on anyone’s parade, but for me the jury is still out on Caldwell. 2 league wins from 13 attempts isn’t good enough. But here’s hoping we build on today and get a good run of victories doing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Midlife Crisis said: Not wishing to piss on anyone’s parade, but for me the jury is still out on Caldwell. 2 league wins from 13 attempts isn’t good enough. But here’s hoping we build on today and get a good run of victories doing. Can't be confident going by the form but I've seen improvements week on week. The line-up today was encouraging with McGinty jettisoned. I appreciate Storey isn't on the same level as Cardle but at least he scored/ involved in the goal. Please get well soon Joe Cardle. Edited January 27, 2019 by jagfox99 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagtastic Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Thought Storeys goal celebration was a get it up u northy ,might be wrongSo claiming the dregs of an own goal is worth a sullen/giruy celebration? [emoji23] I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt for putting pressure on the defender, however he’s a terrible footballer (I’m not sure which position he thinks he’s good at) who’s welcome to leave anytime he likes.His failure to control and finish an absolute gift from Fitzpatrick not long after his luckily deflected goal says enough about his contribution to date. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorOnopko Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 The time to judge Caldwell will be at the end of the season. We were 8th (I think) when he took over, and it remains to be seen whether his dire run of 1 win in 12 at the start of his time in charge will get us relegated (to be honest, it probably will). I wasn't there yesterday but sounds like Fiztpatrick was a MOTM candidate - the young talent who didn't get a sniff on our dismal run of losses and occasional draws in Oct-Dec. If we stay up then he'll probably stay on, as he seems at least to be able to recuit reasonably well. If we go down then he's obviously been a disaster for us. It's as simple as that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Possibility of Stoke City moving for Liam Lindsay if their move for another player falls flat... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar 2nd Tier Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Just now, jagfox99 said: Possibility of Stoke City moving for Liam Lindsay if their move for another player falls flat... Hopefully it's for zillions and we get a good wad of dosh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, VictorOnopko said: I wasn't there yesterday but sounds like Fiztpatrick was a MOTM candidate - the young talent who didn't get a sniff on our dismal run of losses and occasional draws in Oct-Dec. Just had a look at that nine-game run without a win, of which Caldwell was in charge for six. Caldwell gave Fitzpatrick his only start and brought him on for 30 minutes in two other matches. His only other appearance during that run was a cameo in Archie's last game. He didn't contribute to the win against Dunfermline, but he started the next game against Alloa...and made no impact. Caldwell's managed him well, imo. But that obviously doesn't fit the narrative of the #CaldwellOut brigade. Edited January 27, 2019 by Nizzy 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorOnopko Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 31 minutes ago, Nizzy said: Just had a look at that nine-game run without a win, of which Caldwell was in charge for six. Caldwell gave Fitzpatrick his only start and brought him on for 30 minutes in two other matches. His only other appearance during that run was a cameo in Archie's last game. He didn't contribute to the win against Dunfermline, but he started the next game against Alloa...and made no impact. Caldwell's managed him well, imo. But that obviously doesn't fit the narrative of the #CaldwellOut brigade. I think Caldwell is a pretty poor manager on the evidence of his first dozen games and the extremely low points total he has gathered overall so far. The arrogance in his terrible media handling is just an aside. He won't be leaving before the end of the season unless we're totally adrift, so I'm not part of the "Caldwell Out" brigade; we need to get on with it now. Fitzpatrick is notably talented and should have been playing more (one start for a young player where he didn't impact the game isn't really giving him a go - I don't think he started or participated in any of our Jan league games till yesterday?!) especially during a time when we were desperate for some creativity and fearlessness in taking defenders on (e.g. Falkirk at home, when Caldwell left Harkins on far too long). Yesterday Fitzpatrick showed what he can do. Storey should have been playing less, or ideally not at all - rather than every week for the whole of Caldwell's reign. You obviously disagree; fair enough. Maybe (hopefully) we've turned a corner, maybe it's not enough. Our next three games are ICT and Alloa away and Ross County at home (Alloa have three home games). They don't fill me with any confidence whatsoever, but I would be delighted to be proved wrong and praising Caldwell this time next month. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 You could have simply admitted that you were wrong instead of hammering out three paragraphs that I have zero intention of reading. [emoji1303] 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorOnopko Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 15 minutes ago, Nizzy said: You could have simply admitted that you were wrong instead of hammering out three paragraphs that I have zero intention of reading. I have a different opinion from you and expressed it in a polite and respectful way. Read it, or don't. I don't care. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 Saying he didn't get a sniff when he did is not a difference of opinion m8. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorOnopko Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Nizzy said: Saying he didn't get a sniff when he did is not a difference of opinion m8. We disagree that Caldwell has managed him well. Hopefully he will get more gametime from now on (and Storey far, far less), Thistle will keep winning, and we'll all be happy. Edited January 27, 2019 by VictorOnopko 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I'm quite enjoying Gary Caldwell and Sean McGinty being the 2 hills that Nizzy has decided to die on . 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moncaidh ruadh Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 2 hours ago, Nizzy said: Caldwell's managed him well, imo. But that obviously doesn't fit the narrative of the #CaldwellOut brigade. You really are the worst type of poster you were calling Caldwell for everything a few weeks ago #ChangedYourTune #TwoFaced 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nizzy Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 You're pretending to be Colin Quinn, you f*cking weirdo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moncaidh ruadh Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 13 minutes ago, Nizzy said: You're pretending to be Colin Quinn, you f*cking weirdo. #LightWeight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I've had in my head since we went into freefall this season that we'd need the traditional benchmark of 40 points to stay up. Had a look at this league since it went to 3 points for a win, which gives us 24 seasons to work with- albeit 9th was automatically down for about half of those seasons. Only adjustment I made was reversing Dunfermline's points deduction in 2012-13. Dundee's deduction didn't affect either the winning or bottom totals. Only 3 times out of 24 has 40 points not been enough to get 8th or better, but they've all come in seasons where the winning total was low. As it stands Ross County are on course for 69 points on a PPG basis but with them, Ayr, and Dundee United taking turns to fall over it could well be a very low total that wins the league this year. We were 9th in the 1998 and 2005 entries on this list. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted January 27, 2019 Share Posted January 27, 2019 I've had in my head since we went into freefall this season that we'd need the traditional benchmark of 40 points to stay up. Had a look at this league since it went to 3 points for a win, which gives us 24 seasons to work with- albeit 9th was automatically down for about half of those seasons. Only adjustment I made was reversing Dunfermline's points deduction in 2012-13. Dundee's deduction didn't affect either the winning or bottom totals. Only 3 times out of 24 has 40 points not been enough to get 8th or better, but they've all come in seasons where the winning total was low. As it stands Ross County are on course for 69 points on a PPG basis but with them, Ayr, and Dundee United taking turns to fall over it could well be a very low total that wins the league this year. We were 9th in the 1998 and 2005 entries on this list. I am sure 2005 was one of the years we finished 10th. I remember that being a bleak season, but f**k me 16 points. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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