Partick Thistle 2022/23 thread

[I Clavdivs]

Whoever the new Chairman is can we should expect ,as a minimum ,transparency and regular updates on matters the fans want to hear .The last few years have been woeful on both fronts .

[Bell™]

since Low is out, i guess i can finally lift my boycott and return to subjecting myself to Thistle's on-field antics at Firhill.

Of course, there's a week and a bit before the next home game, which is plenty of time for it all to come crashing down again. I expect the p***ks left the heating on in the boardroom when they left and the club will be bankrupt by the 17th.

[jagfox]

[thistledo]

There's still a right bunch of weirdo Jacqui sycophants in our fanbase, now coming out to say the same type of stuff they say when a manager gets sacked "who do we get to replace them now!?" it's literally just happened, settle the f**k down. 

Some of the comments have given me a right laugh though. People talking about "6 directors walking out with 6 mobile phones and all their contacts" tbh, the further away these c***s and whatever contacts they might have are, the better off we'll be. 

[Fuctifano]

Honestly think some of these people believe fan ownership is Manpreet and his pals sitting in the boardroom with a cargo trying to sign players.

I'm not 100% sure but I'm going to stick my neck out and say the folk who left weren't the only Thistle fans (in some cases not Thistle fans at all) who had any business contacts.

Edited December 8, 2022 by Fuctifano

[VictorOnopko]

11 minutes ago, Fuctifano said:

Honestly think some of these people believe fan ownership is Manpreet and his pals sitting in the boardroom with a cargo trying to sign players.

I'm not 100% sure but I'm going to stick my neck out and say the folk who left weren't the only Thistle fans (in some cases not Thistle fans at all) who had any business contacts.

Agreed - the idea that the now-departed board were somehow all business and networking geniuses is questionable to say the least.

We've definitely lost our only disingenous, contempt-filled, fan-baiting, Dunfermline-supporting, PR disaster-mongering, failed Tory MSP candidate from the club though.

[D.Armour Appreciation Society]

How often do we read, " But, the Directors ARE fans of [ the Club ] "

.........................book ended by, " How are Fans going to run [ the Club ] !! "

For Fan Ownership, read Community Ownership.  Directors should run organisations within the clauses of the 'Constitution' or whatever Rules are adopted.  Current Limited Models can be hidden behind, Community Ownership Models CAN ( and should ) provide a degree of Transparency.

Put the 'journalists' on the back foot.

 

Edited December 8, 2022 by D.Armour Appreciation Society

[AuAl]

Fair play for getting those to pathetic charlatans to f**k lads. The tear stained resignation letter was an absolute joy to read. 

See you on the 17th.

 

p.s. Still hope we pump yous x

[JagsCG]

 

[oneteaminglasgow]

 

[gannonball]

Glad to hear the board has been emptied. Was listening about it on the Price of Football podcast a few months ago and tbh surprised there wasn’t more digging done by journalists etc up here about it. Dodgy af. 

[Airija]

Someone else mentioned that podcast but I couldn't work out what episode it was cause I don't think it was in the title.

Don't suppose you still know?

[Pie Of The Month]

Maclennan at least has the spare time to be on the board since he used to spend his time liking posts on facebook which were having a dig at the Foundation.

Still if the Foundation directors are willing to move on then who are the rest of us to argue?

[Jaggy-T]

26 minutes ago, Airija said:

Someone else mentioned that podcast but I couldn't work out what episode it was cause I don't think it was in the title.

Don't suppose you still know?

27 Oct - "Wigan late playing players' wages again, Partick Thistle supporters'...."

[Uncle Psychosis]

Tremendous news following tremendous news. What a great feeling, for once. 

[Uncle Psychosis]

1 hour ago, gannonball said:

Glad to hear the board has been emptied. Was listening about it on the Price of Football podcast a few months ago and tbh surprised there wasn’t more digging done by journalists etc up here about it. Dodgy af. 

Said this more than once, the whole affair shows that the "Partick Thistle media luvvies" tag is totally false. Other than a few podcasts the only "mainstream" journalists who have shown any interest are James Cairney from the Evening Times (who has done a fantastic job) and Graeme Spiers who, err, did a podcast behind a paywall. Not a peep out of anyone else. 

[John MacLean]

The Jags Foundation nominated Board member in particular is an excellent appointment. 

To a certain extent this interim board will need to be an unifying one and I think Caroline Mackie has respect right across the Thistle support and not just limited to a particular, for want of a better word, faction. 

[Ad Lib]

1 hour ago, John MacLean said:

The Jags Foundation nominated Board member in particular is an excellent appointment. 

To a certain extent this interim board will need to be an unifying one and I think Caroline Mackie has respect right across the Thistle support and not just limited to a particular, for want of a better word, faction. 

Which is exactly why we nominated her. It was a total no-brainer.

Having someone we trust like Caroline in the Club Board room means that we can focus on the other side of this: the fan ownership model and the Foundation's relationship with both the Trust and the Club.

There are so many great ideas and opportunities unlocked by having a Club Board willing to work with TJF. There is a real feeling as well that the PTFC Trust trustees "get it" and that something can be thrashed out by the Working Group that all parties can work with.

[jagfox]

Caroline did a lot of good work for the club including during Covid unlike some who until recently were blowing smoke out of their own arse.

[G_&_T]

3 hours ago, gannonball said:

Glad to hear the board has been emptied. Was listening about it on the Price of Football podcast a few months ago and tbh surprised there wasn’t more digging done by journalists etc up here about it. Dodgy af. 

As an outsider like myself, what did you think was happening? I know libel can be a concern, but I was wondering if there was speculation that board members were trying to misappropriate funds...not that anybody is, or was, accusing them of that, of course.