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A boy sitting behind me yesterday was saying to his mate he was off to Hibs. Whether theres any truth to that, no idea

Boro will be in the premier league next season. As much as i like Ripley, i don't see him ready to be an EPL number 1yet.

Found a bar in the algarve with it on, most of the punters are 'well fans. Happy days. Now just need a few 'well goals....

Have we got any fans going? Half the thread are missing this. I'll be watching from a bar in the Algarve. Mon the 'well!

Im a big Ainsworth fan, but it looks to me that McGhee is trying to get him to work as part of this fluid front three and maybe Lionel just isn't cut out for it. My view is that unless we are going to stick him on the right wing and play balls infront of him, then really, theres no point in bringing him on. Saying that, even when it looks as though he's not doing much, more often than not he still is the guy who provides the assist, whether from a cross or a corner.

I did notice the lack of Willie Miller post match and thought it was amusing. Usually on my drive home there is at least 15 minutes of Miller dribbling away about Aberdeen. Saturday night it was lucky if it was two minutes!

Yep, Ripley. Was he getting it in the neck from the Aberdeen fans? I know he likes a wee swing on the bar after the games but yesterday seemed to be much more enthusiastic than usual. Wondered if it was partly a great big get it up yi to the sheep shaggers??

Yep, he impartially pumped them at their own gaff back in December.

Even if you don't like the guy, you should still be thankful. Look at United, Mixu got their job within days of McGhees appointment when there was i think 2? points between us. Now theres 18, we are in the top 6 and they are going down!

Im also a bit confused at the 'eye for goal' comment.

Dont let it fool you, first 30mins, we were brutal to watch.

Trying to follow this thread, the last 4pages are a tough read. Frazzie, are you complaining about being told not to stand in the end section of the east stand where it seems to be allowed, standing in the back row of the east stand where its allowed or standing watching the game from the concourse where its only allowed behind the line?

It would be much better to make the top 6 though and know we are safe with the last 5 games to go.

Im a big Ainsworth fan, but i agree, he was woeful. Im still trying to work out if it was because he didn't know where he was meant to be in that formation or if it was another one of his days he didn't bother turning up, or a bit of both. He did look totally lost. However, skippy managed to run about and make himself get involved, Lionel didn't. I expect he only had a small number of touches on the ball in the 45 he played. He really was a waste of a shirt yesterday. If McGhee is going to play him, theres one place to get the best of him. Right wing

Pearson has been poor for a least the last three games now. Personally thought he had a bomb scare match at Firhill. Anyone know if he is playing through injury or just lost his form?

To be fair to him, he is saying he was excited to see what Skippy, Marvin& Ainsworth could bring to the party with Pearson and Cadden making runs from behind them. (Something which a few fans on here thought would work as well). It didnt work, he made changes. He also said the performance today was the worst its been since he's been back. Can't argue with that. For me, we were a shambles in the first half in particular. Looked as though the players had no clue where they should be playing. Time to just go to a simple 4-4-2. No overthinking, everyone knows their role, try and put some solid performances in.

For those not there, the reason McGhee was getting it in the neck was a combination of factors. - Mind boggling formation playing 1up front at home, players not even looking confident in positions - Dire first half - Launching aimless punts up the park Top scorer and top assist player on the bench despite needingba goal to get back in the game. Even when we svored he sat Moult back down. When he finally brought him on, he should have put lionel in there as well to provide some service. At 1-1 it looked as though we were playing for a draw. Yes, its unfortunate to give away last minute goals three games running, unlucky the way they all went in even, but McGhee today really made it difficult for us to try and win the game. And im saying this as a McGhee supporter!

Given what has happened, I'de be tempted to give Lionel a start. We all know what he can do when he decides to turn up, and given he was obviously disappointed in himself the other night, I would hope he has more than a reason to bring his A game tomorrow.

Lionel may have been guilty of a bit of ball watching for the goal, but he wasn't the only one, and the guy had only been on the park a minute or so. No defence I know, but the team had failed to really create or test Thistle most of the game. While Ainsworth should take his share of the blame, I haven't seen much mention of his run a minute or so later cutting through a good few Thistle defenders and squaring the ball into the box. A big big chance our senior players couldn't finish off. At the end of the day, you generally know what you are getting with him. He's the creative guy who can turn or win the game. Putting him on at that stage, you have got to be prepared for the gaps at the back it will leave. When he came off the bench against County, first corner he took we scored from it. No-one wheeled him out in front of the press that day.

The police were definitely overly heavy handed in trying to deal with the boy, but it did look to me from where I was that he was antagonising/goading them. Getting close up then doing the runner job. I was not close enough to know what was said by any of the parties. Regardless of what was said, 10-15 police wading in after one youngster looked like a complete over reaction. I did overhear a conversation behind me that supposedly the boy had had an altercation with stewards prior to the police incident and police were looking for him due to that. Kicked off over a flag being hung over advertising hoarding supposedly. (That's not first hand, its just what I heard)

If one of the best products of our youth development can only make the grade at Partick Thistle, then our youth development policy needs seriously revamped!

Their pitch is a shambles and has now had 3 games postponed this season. Wind isn't the problem, its just holding too much water. Not that we can throw stones about that. Anyway, despite that, Thistle have just said that they plan on having the game on! http://ptfc.co.uk/news/2015-2016/february_2016/pitch_condition_update "Despite a lot of overnight rain the ground staff are working extremely hard today to ensure tonight's game goes ahead as planned. Contrary to inaccurate reports on the BBC website the game has not been postponed and the club will be doing everything it can to ensure the match goes ahead. We will reassess the pitch later this afternoon and a further update will be provided at that time."

£400k might sound tempting to the money men, but with 2.5 years left on his contract, the EPL having mega millions and Scottish Clubs being able to demand million pound plus fees for their players then I’ll be quite disappointed if we get rid of him at this first bid. By all means, open negotiations and push up the price, or reject it and we can look to cash in on him in the summer. We are far from clear of that playoff spot and £400k now is not going to go far if we are relegated and downsizing in the summer.

Missed a sitter today. Not convinced (from when we do see him) he's actually any good. Comes across as a bit of a walloper as well. Hopefully he can improve, but with Skippy and Moult playing well, he's a million miles away from the starting 11. His best shot is showing McGhee he has more to offer than Robinson and Clarkson as backup. If ge cant do that then we are screwed if injuries start affecting our front two

Agree, and for a bit of perspective, we got a new manager at the same point as Dundee United. Since then.... McGhee Played 11, Won 5, drawn 3, lost 3 Mixu Played 13, won 1, drawn 2, lost 10 Pretty clear we could have done much worse than McGhee!