Paul Cicero Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Great start for big head and numbnuts Kerr, cant believe Thistle overlooked other candidates for this numpty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 2 hours ago, Paul Cicero said: Great start for big head and numbnuts Kerr, cant believe Thistle overlooked other candidates for this numpty. How's the gym teacher doing m8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firhill_Basin Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Gary Jobwell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamJags Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 That was pretty fucking horrific. A dreadful game between two dreadful teams, and was separated by one of them actually being able to put the ball in the back of the net (largely thanks to Cammy Bell having non-existent hands). Spittal was probably the best player on the park first half, but as soon as Inverness scored, he reverted to shitebag type. I think I would’ve rather Cammy Bell hit the penalty than him. Says it all when everyone around me in the North Stand knew he was missing as soon as he stepped up. I don’t understand why Caldwell took the job if he had so little faith in the existing squad to get something from them. Making one sub when we were so poor was baffling. If he actually said on Jagzone that we played well, then he clearly isn’t fit for the job. Just because we were slightly better than last week, does not mean that we played well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Not a good performance in the first half as Partick had the better (half) chances and a lot more of the ball. We were really poor in the final third struggling to create anything of note and finding ourselves misplacing a lot of passes when we tried to build some kind of attack so we resorted to a lot of high balls in the vague direction of Oakley or to the flanks for Doran / Walsh to challenge for. Second half we improved and, in a match low on quality overall, perhaps the only two pieces of real quality won it for us. Walsh cut in from the left flank and sent a curling effort towards goal which the home keeper just got his finger tips to but it wasn't enough to stop the ball hitting the net. Ridgers then pulled off an excellent double save from a penalty by Spittal. The first save was low to his left then he was alert to jump back to his feet and smother the follow up effort. With Calder now gone and Tremarco injured Chalmers filled in at left back and wasn't great. Reasonable enough defensively but he struggled to support Walsh / Doran when required though he's made his home in central midfield for a while now so it was a bit of a square peg in a round hole situation there. Trafford was poor taking the place of Chalmers in midfield. He improved as the game went on but his passing was very slack and his touch poor. A first half booking curtailed him in effectively challenging for the ball somewhat. Doran too was a bit disappointing for most of the game. We struggled to create anything of note on the wings but Walsh lit the game up with his fantastic strike. However there were plenty of good performances from an ICT PoV. Ridgers for obvious reasons but also McCart and Donaldson at the back. McCart looks like he's been playing all season. That's twice now (I think) he's started games and breezed through them. Looks like a real gem for the future. Donaldson gets lots of praise from the support and rightly so. He did have a classic Coll brain fart moment trying to be too cute shielding the ball from the opposition and then almost giving it away but for most of the game he blocked every shot, cleared every header and kept everyone at the back organised. In the second half he appeared from nowhere to fling himself at a ball that a Partick player was winding up to volley towards goal. He's too good for us so we should enjoy him while we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Didn’t we have a lovely day the day went to Partick. Well I just about got there and no thanks to yet another Rail strike. But it was well worth it to watch a sublime Tom Walsh curler hit the back of a rain soaked net in the 71st minute of what I can only describe as a turgid affair. Pre match we went “Into the Deep” and I enjoyed a scuba dive with Red Card, RIG, the Moffat Bros and a certain Mr. Oliver. Nice to actually listen to plaudits for the backroom staff and confirmation that a lot is actually been done behind the scenes. Never saw or heard a vulture all day. Anyway to the game and probably a reason to make a more extensive introduction. In a way we were lucky to get away with three points. Partick had the more clear cut chances BUT they looked poor and never really looked like scoring, even from the penalty spot. It isn’t hard to cheer on Caley when you are bombarded with “Come on Thistle / Jags” shouts and chants !! And a paltry crowd of just over 2500 at the ”Energy Check Stadium” just summed up the fall of the Magyars of Firhill. A closed main stand and the barren hill at one end was a rather pitiful sight – especially when the heavens opened. It was another disciplined and well organized defensive display that brought home the points. To be honest we never really tested Cammy Bell until the goal and although it was a sweet strike Bell did appear to flounder – and perhaps we should have had more than four strikes on target from 15 attempts. The first half was rather tedious. It was an open affair but neither side showed that killer touch. It looks like neither outfit have that goal scoring forward. Nice but ineffective tippy-tappy stuff but always either a poor last touch or a failed through ball. Plastic Whistle probably had the best opportunities when Ridgers saved from Quitongo and Doolan fluffed a half chance. We appeared to move up a gear at the start of the second half and Oakley squandered a couple of chances from corner kick ploys. And then Thistle IMHO made a major error in hooking Miles Storey who had evidently been buoyed by facing his old team but his magic hat vanished and Gary Calwell displayed some of his tactical magic once again. And then on 71 minutes TOM WALSH successfully pulled a rabbit out of the hat. Picking up the ball on the left, neatly cut inside and curled a beauty via a sweeter right foot. But it was only three minutes later when we could have fecked it up. IMHO it was never a penalty but officials have a tendency to make such rewards when the ball accidentally is fired at a defenders flailing arm. But Ridgers stood tall and showered himself with a Calderesque (Jim by the way) slap off the crossbar, through himself to his left and tapped the ball round the post. He is definitely “One of our own”. And the Plastic boys then went all out to save the game but Ridgers, Coll and Mccart stood firm and were abetted by the substitute Fitzpatrick of Partick who missed a 1-1 chance and never even tested Ridgers. So our unbeaten run continued and Thistle slumped to their seventh consecutive defeat. And the relief from our players was clearly displayed as to a man plus Robbo they hailed the travelling support. SMILEYMOMETER RIDGERS 5/5 – I suspect that many will award him MOM. Well to me he was a very close second. But he has come on leaps and bounds and must be as good a custodian as anyone else in Scotland. Perhaps Tin-Tin Mcleish should have a wee gander. McKAY 3/5 - Well he basically did his job defensively but rarely went forward apart from dead ball situations. DONALDSON 5/5 – MOM with a superb display. Made one bad error but more than made up for it. His calmness and distribution was a joy to behold. McCART 4/5 - Now that was a very solid looking central defence pairing. McCart was more of a get rid / hoof type performance but almost as effective as Coll. CHALMERS 3/5– Has not played at full back for some time but did a good job. Evidently was thinking defence and like Brad rarely foraged forward. POLWORTH 3/5 - Well he ran and ran and ran. Clearly designated as the play maker but his ggod touches and good deliveries were almost the same ratio as the flawed ones. But he really did not have many moving targets. Perhaps Doran should be taking more of the dead ball ploys. TRAFFORD 3/5– Stood his ground, didn’t make any mistakes but had a quiet 90 minutes. WELSH – 3/5 Did a good job as the defending midfielder. Clearly thinks a good game and was leading others around him. DORAN – 3/5 not sure exactly where he was playing. Perhaps it was supposed to have been as a Number 10 but it looked more like an extra midfielder to me. I far prefer him playing out wider. WALSH – 4/5 Apart from the goal he looked the man most likely to produce chances. The only flaw was his reluctance to take on defenders and play the through ball 20-30 yards out instead of hitting the bye line. OAKLEY – 2/5 Basically up front on his Jack Jones and really should have scored from the one heading chance that came his way. WHITE – Never really got a chance to show anything as he came on when we were under the cosh. But perhaps he should have started as his height may well have been more effective. And we only had four outfield players on the bench including McGregor and Harper. So three points was more deserving for a depleted squad. So lets roll on to Dumbfries and punder another three points from the Doon Hammers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Just watched the start of Robbo's interview and he reckoned Polworth, Welsh and Trafford were 'magnificent'. I thought Welsh was need and tidy and Polworth played well, but have to disagree about Trafford. I thought his passing was very iffy and he seemed to hell-bent on getting sent off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 38 minutes ago, Highland Capital said: Just watched the start of Robbo's interview and he reckoned Polworth, Welsh and Trafford were 'magnificent'. I thought Welsh was need and tidy and Polworth played well, but have to disagree about Trafford. I thought his passing was very iffy and he seemed to hell-bent on getting sent off. For once I agree. Triffid gave 100% but we had to thank Polly and Welsh (mainly) for their midfield efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 What's happened to the Caley Thistle highlights by the way? It's possible to zoom in you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acastus Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Get this dour bawheed Caldwell tae f**k. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Highland Capital said: What's happened to the Caley Thistle highlights by the way? It's possible to zoom in you know. I don't know if they are our highlights. Seems like the footage has been passed to the club by PT based on the ICT tweet earlier which said they had shared the footage with them. Doesn't sound like we had anyone there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 6 minutes ago, RiG said: I don't know if they are our highlights. Seems like the footage has been passed to the club by PT based on the ICT tweet earlier which said they had shared the footage with them. Doesn't sound like we had anyone there. Maybe you should ask them if you could do the club Twitter etc. if there's no-one available to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 4 minutes ago, Highland Capital said: Maybe you should ask them if you could do the club Twitter etc. if there's no-one available to do it. I doubt that would ever happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Might be something to do with the Partick highlights being behind a paywall, so they perhaps asked us not to film our own? Either that or the videographer couldn’t make it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honestmen Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 13 hours ago, Acastus said: Get this dour bawheed Caldwell tae f**k. Thanks. Wonder what the record is for losing runs at the start of a new mangers reign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 On 12/11/2018 at 09:31, Honestmen said: Wonder what the record is for losing runs at the start of a new mangers reign? He doesn’t need any further incentives. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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