jagfox Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 Casually just sitting across the road from his front door with two eyeholes cut out of a newspaper again? *** Foxy not stalking Fred.*** Update from Valerie's Facebook page 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thistle4eva Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 New cb mattias pogba 😗 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rednyella Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) Shame if Gallacher has left the club. Any updates on that? Edited May 19, 2016 by Rednyella 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Thistle have launched a players fund according to today's Evening Times. Thoughts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Sheridan Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 A players fund? I assume if it was the bigots they'd be calling it a WAR CHEST!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forameus Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Thistle have launched a players fund according to today's Evening Times. Thoughts? Makes us seem desperate in my opinion. If people want to contribute, fair enough, but think my limit is giving them season ticket money each year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pie Of The Month Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 If it raises any money at all then I guess the club will deem it a success. I feel these types of funds work when starting from a point of crisis like happened at Hearts where the money raised from direct debits has been a huge success. Just "give us some extra cash for some players" doesn't really have the same impact. Can't fault the club for trying to milk as much money out of the fans as they can but it essentially seems to be the Centenary Fund without the prizes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediocre Pundit Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I think this type of thing is better when for a long term tangible purpose, for example a fund to build a safe standing terrace at the city end. If they wanted to raise £2m and had a five year plan, including some high profile large donations to get us started, then I think the fans would rally round. Personally I'd think twice about donating extra cash for another Jake Carroll, Nathan Eccleston, Ben Richards-Everton etc... Sent from my iPhone using Pie & Bovril 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Koop Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Thistle have launched a players fund according to today's Evening Times. Thoughts? Ian Maxwell announced that at the fans trust meeting last night, stressing that it's not a begging bowl but a means to an end - to let supporters contribute directly to the playing budget. There were no details of how this is constructed or how it might affect the club's financial affairs - if at all. Fans who are interested in the constitution of the new trust - and I suspect they are few - can ask to see it. There was some debate over that document being made available to the public and director Greig Brown got a little heated about that. There are plans afoot for a survey of fans. Perhaps a little behind the ball there as a survey could have been set up at the very least for supporters renewing season tickets. Anyhoo. I hope this works and breaks the mould of adversarial relationships between the people running the club and an organised fanbase. That Mr Brown raised 'splinter groups' and 'agendas' is not, I hope, indicative of board thinking. As he also pointed out, putting those behind can only be good for the club. There were about two dozen folk there including the trust's panel of five. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I think the timing of this is pretty poor. David Beattie released a statement yesterday saying how good a position we were financially and has previously stated that Archie will be backed in the transfer market this summer, yet here they are, almost with a begging bowl asking for fans to contribute to signing players. I would be more than happy to contribute to this, but I would quite like to see some incentive for doing so. Yes, there is the satisfaction of helping to enable Thistle to make a new signing, but Archie's record in the transfer market thus far has been hit and miss (for every Abdul Osman, there's been a Mark Kerr). By incentive, I'm meaning something like paying a direct debit of £X a month for a season, and then at the end of the season getting entered into a prize draw to win a signed shirt, or a free ST for the following season, or a trip on the team bus with the players to an away game, or something along those lines - the more you contribute, the better chance you have of winning the draw. Even if they did something like a Season Ticket Plus scheme where you pay for your season ticket and also sign up for a DD when you do so, contributing throughout the season, as well as the lump sum at the start with maybe a discount on the initial ST. Those suggestions were just quickly thought of from the top of my head when I read that ET article. I think the club has missed an opportunity and made an arse of it, when there is potential for them to get a fair amount of money from this. There are fans willing to pledge money into the club above and beyond STs, as the Be A Jag thing last year proved, the club just needs to be more savvy in how to get fans to do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 'N Yellow Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Think it's a good idea. If it manages to raise enough to, say, offer a player £1,200 a week instead of £1,000 or whatever then surely it's a success. Personally I'd think twice about donating extra cash for another Jake Carroll, Nathan Eccleston, Ben Richards-Everton etc... Doubt any of them were our top targets, could argue that a fund like this might help us avoid having to sign another John Baird or Ecclestone. I think the timing of this is pretty poor. David Beattie released a statement yesterday saying how good a position we were financially and has previously stated that Archie will be backed in the transfer market this summer, yet here they are, almost with a begging bowl asking for fans to contribute to signing players. Not exactly a begging bowl. We're in a good position financially and debt free, this is just a way of helping us get better players in. If no-one puts any money into this then fine, we're not going to implode, it's just a bonus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I don't see it as a begging bowl. Archibald's budget will be set out regardless. This would be additional money to bring in quality like Mandron and Geggan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Mandron's a done deal anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 (edited) Yes, there is the satisfaction of helping to enable Thistle to make a new signing, but Archie's record in the transfer market thus far has been hit and miss (for every Abdul Osman, there's been a Mark Kerr).Every club in this division makes shit signings and every club makes great signings. Without having the time or inclination to find out, I bet Archie's ratio of good:bad signings compares quite favourably to most managers in this league.You just can't get every signing right. Edited May 19, 2016 by Slacker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Every club in this division makes shit signings and every club makes great signings. Without having the time or inclination to find out, I bet Archie's ratio of good:bad signings compares quite favourably to most managers in this league. You just can't get every signing right. I understand that, but the point I was making was that its added pressure to get it right or face a potential WAT-fuelled backlash if the signing ends up being a Mukendi. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.j Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I understand that, but the point I was making was that its added pressure to get it right or face a potential WAT-fuelled backlash if the signing ends up being a Mukendi. Mukendi didn't cost us anything in wages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcat1990 Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 I really doubt this is going to raise anywhere near enough to pay a full years wage for a good player. Cough up Weirs plz. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
third lanark Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Mukendi didn't cost us anything in wages. Did the club have to pay any accomadation costs or travel expenses as was he and his family not living in Liverpool at the time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cilitbang Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 When's the deadline for the out of contract players that Archie wants to keep to get back to him? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave.j Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Did the club have to pay any accomadation costs or travel expenses as was he and his family not living in Liverpool at the time? Probably put him up in a flat they already rent. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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