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Johnny K has been an excellent player for us when fully fit and firing, which makes it all the more frustrating that he seems to be made of paper. Stama, on the other hand, was both shite and injury-prone.

Johnny k due back maybe a few weeks but he has booked an injury and one in March also! 😄, the new stama

Hopefully no new training injuries during the international break. Another two weeks for McGinn and Oscar to get back to full fitness. When is Johnny K due back? having a full squad available should help us maintain performance and intensity for full games

We are creating a decent number of chances. So if we can get the right guy and start taking more of our chances it coukd turn into a good season.

I’ve not deflected anything. I’ve defended myself and called out the wilful twisting of my words. There was no glee in my comment. It was a simple expression of my view on a bloody football forum. I also made it clear in the same thread that a manager losing their job is preferable to sticking by them at the cost of the club being relegated, with all the multiple job losses that could bring. But let’s not let logic get in the way of a good drama and pile-on. People would do well to give it a rest with the faux outrage and climb down from their ivory towers.

We obviously have room for improvement but although we are not reaching the heights of last seasons displays we are still night and day much better to watch than Kettlewell and Alexander teams ever were. From an entertainment viewpoint we have definitely improved over the last 3 or 4 games and hopefully we can build on that. From a points perspective we’ve had several howling individual errors that have cost us dearly and were it not for those, we could be much further up the table. I thought yesterday was a well contested even game that could have went either way amd that we have a team/squad capable of competing with any team in the league. I don’t think the manager should be under any threat of getting sacked. Having said that, I understand there are conflicting opinions but it’s up to the players and manager to put in performances to change the opinions of those people

Tick tok talk, surely

Its in the context of someone potentially losing their job , I know fitba and fitba fans have different rules but its never nice if someone gets punted. The poster who said it can deflect all he wants but I got the jist.

It takes two to tango guys. If we could all get back to playing the ball instead of the man, it would be nice. And I know that works both ways.....

Clearly we have the mock outrage patrol out. Very Partick Thistle. Quite a number of other forums have fans calling each other some very tasty language.

Can we close this topic? All this tick talk is doing my head in.

“Tick tock” can reek of whatever you want it to reek of, and you can choose to derive whatever meaning you like from it. That doesn’t make you right. The number of people reading so much into and twisting two simple words is getting quite hilarious now.

I hear you, and I did say that. But I also think we’ve allowed the bar to drop so far below where it was set last season that we’re now treating mediocrity as success simply because we’ve been so poor. There’s a world of difference between not matching last season’s levels and appearing to have fallen off a cliff altogether. I expected more this season. Instead, it looks like we’ve recruited poorly, both in terms of players and the manager, and we’re now seeing the consequences. We’re nowhere near JBA’s levels, but we’re also considerably further away than we should reasonably expect to be.

The amount of coverage 'tick-tock' is getting reminds me of the time when that walloper called Jens a legend.............whoops 🤪🤪

I think steady progress is being made and once we get lowry and williams our squad is looking strong. Hope AJ has contacts in norway and can find us a striker in January

Does rude health mean ye asked him how he was doing and he told ye to f**k off! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I do wonder how some of our fans would cope when we went from November 1978 until November 1987 where we didn't beat Dundee Utd in 10 years. I remember like it was yesterday and the disbelief when I actually saw us beat them again.

Exactly this. The former also reeks of gloating and a sense of enjoyment. We have just had our best run...however short.... for some time with improved performances on and off the pitch. Not perfect but progress all the same. With still a ways to go. Regarded by most as an exhilarating watch on a miserable day. Yet here we are with some minutely analysing the game determined to find/manufacture a stick to beat the manager with. The same few who were not so wordy after last week's win. They may be proved correct in the long run. Time will tell. But way to early to have minds made up. Blinkered is an understatement. Come back Steelboy! At least you were honest enough to give credit where credit was due even if it did not fit in with your overall view.

Some mad comments on here. Happy with the draw away against a decent team. Green shoots of progress.

Spot on Joe. The so called "continuity" approach which was mentioned when JBA, left threw and confused many fans, including myself. I can't speak for others, but I was expecting a JBA MK2 manager, albeit with hiccups due to players leaving and a new man coming in. I was still expecting very high possession stats. That has not been the case. AJ's approach is markedly different, although he did say when he arrived that he wanted to get the ball forward quicker. Maybe the continuity comments were naive? There are also questionmarks over recruitment, although many players have still to settle, if they ever do. Do the new lads fit AJ's style of play? Time will tell. What is clear though is that our striker recruitment has failed under both JBA and AJ. It was masked to some degree by an on form Maswhanise. When his form dipped, the deficiencies became clear. Neither Hendry nor Palmer Houlden are out and out goalscorers, but we presumably knew that when they were recruited. So, in that respect I'm not expecting much from them. They are being asked to play a game for which they are not suited. Thor? The jury is still out on him. He needs a run of starts before we can form a final view.

I was very close to thinking time was up a few weeks ago but, performances and results have picked up. The last 4 games while only taking 5 points, have seen ahuge improvement on the field. The players are still playing for the manager & we are improving. Still lots of work to do but if AJ successfully turns this round then it could be the making of him.

I know you werent mate just me still having a rant about some of the reactions to what was a very good DESERVED result Apologies if it came across wrong.

Sorry, I wasnt disagreeing with anything you said. Just putting context on the reactions of others. Im broadly in alignment with your position.

They may well have edged it in some people eys but they are the home team so is that such a shock, that shouldn't generate some of the nonsense spouted. We were worth our draw and even Goodwin grudgling conceded that maybe the case for others watching.. Before Moornan cleared of the line and the guys fluff at the far post their keeper from two good saves from us and Priestman had a fresh air shot when he should have scored. So for me we could have been a couple up before their late chances so a draw was right. I do conceded the quality of their chances were slightly better that's why their XG was 1.91 and ours was 1.75 so even by measure of the quality of goalscoring chances but what do we expect against a good team IN THEIR OWN BACK YARD. **And just for the record JBA didn't win at Tannadice against a DU team that were fa measurably worse than the current. Version.

The " tick tock" was aimed at another poster which to me is gloating at someone losing their job.Like I said at the time if there were a round of redundancies at work , would people come away with " banter " like that? I dont recall you saying " tick tock" . Im happy enough with yesterday, could do with being a bit sharper up front but get Lowry back and we should be fine. A few players who have been getting pelters , JGR , Sparrow did well. Ive been critical of Paulsen but he also did well yesterday.