Why do you hate Partick Thistle?

[capitanus]

A marvellous day for non Partick fans everywhere.

 

[capitanus]

On 6/30/2022 at 9:31 PM, Toby said:

It's a bit more difficult to put the finger on than with Falkirk- there are specific incidents and behaviours I can point to with that horrible lot, but with Partick it's not quite as obvious, although they really are an odious club.

I hate to use current custodians of a club when describing my feelings towards that club as in most instances they're merely passing through, be it for 10 months or 10 years, but Ian McCall really is the prick's prick. Their behaviour after their completely justified relegation in 2020 was despicable, and he continued his snide underhand digs at Murdo McLennan and the SPFL when he appeared on Off the Ball the other week. I couldn't possibly have statistics to hand, but Partick seem to have their viewpoint represented in the media (particularly BBC Scotland) more than any other club out with the big five clubs. Had we been shite enough to be in tenth place when the season was called, I can't imagine for a second we'd have received anything like the sympathy they got.

The whining about "only" getting a £150,000 grant when Championship teams got half a million was another belter. If they weren't crap, they wouldn't have gone down, deal with it. And banning the SPFL from attending their poxy little title presentation on a weekday morning last summer so they could have their own wee party and play the victim right to the end was Rangerseque behaviour if ever I'd seen it. Cunts.

Speaking of Rangers, this is a club who, at a time they marketed themselves as the "One Team In Glasgow" complained that the SPFL "only" gave them one pre-split home game each against Rangers and Celtic in 2016-17. If they're the "One Team In Glasgow", why would an extra fixture against one of those two clubs be so important to them?

The reality is, that the whole reason for their existence is not that they are Partick Thistle, it's that they're not Rangers or Celtic. They don't really represent a community, they're merely there for weird eccentrics, and to oppose everything Rangers and Celtic stand for. What a shite reason for being.

Which brings me nicely onto my next point. The one thing they're there to do, they do it dreadfully.

"Hullo, Hullo; how do you do?

We hate the boys in royal blue;

We hate the boys in white and green;

So fuck the pope and fuck the queen."

We've been over this many times in the past on here, but I've made my opinion on this little ditty perfectly clear every time. Hypocrisy at it's finest, and passed off as humour by a fanbase that get's away with it as they brand themselves as "Glasgow's Great Alternative". Nah, they're fucking scum, just like the other two.

I absolute despise their fanbase with a passion, and a few of the Twitter freaks in particular. That lad trying to compare them to the "Arbroath fairytale" last season stank of a toddler crying for the attention of a parent who's trying to deal with the newborn baby brother or sister. Grow up. That guy from Greenock that always seems to try to engage with Morton fans on Twitter is another tosser, and I can think of two others who I won't dignify by alluding to their nonsense. Remember partickthistlelad on here a few years ago that used to come on and try to be pals and preach respect at us? Do one.

Stupid gimmicks like that with the strip, and that Kingsley character obviously work well for them and I suppose and you can't begrudge a club doing something that maximises their revenue, but it really is grating. There was a time about 10-12 years ago I was quite annoyed with a lot of Morton fans for taking up their hospitality off for a Friday night game between the clubs (we took a 0-5 doing that night), with Partick coining in a good few quid from our fans when they could've quite easily gone to Morton's hospitality on another day. A few folk weren't happy with my pointing that out, but I'd like to think most of our fans see through their minging lot nowadays, or at least the ones who I speak to. They get my gate money and that's it. No pies, not programmes, nothing. Bare minimum, and I'd urge everyone else to do the same. The only two clubs I apply that rule for are them and Falkirk.

Firhill- First of all, it's an absolute shitehole, We know Cappielow, and particularly the stand, isn't great, and away fans often complain about it. But every club provides away fans with some form of seating. They get no worse than our home fans get in the stand, but with 8,000ish seats between the Jackie Husband and the stand behind the goal, deliberately choose to put all away fans in the shitiest part of the ground, in spite of the available alternatives. 

And let's talk about that stand- is it possible to even take a shite in there? What happens if there's a fire? How on Earth do you get onto the pitch? The place is bogging, and even worse than our main stand in my opinion. How it gets a safety certificate is beyond me.

And that bloody pitch. They managed to use that as an excuse for not lasting the pace in the title race last season, having coined in money from Queen's Park, and having had their fingers burnt by letting it out to Glasgow Warriors a decade previous. And why did Morton and Hamilton Accies, for example, two teams who managed to HOUND them on that bog in the second half of last season, cope with that tattie field? Was it perhaps that Partick weren't actually very good, rather than the pitch taking them down to their opponents' level?

There have of course been other thoroughly odious individuals associated with their rotten club- most recently Richard Foster got on my tits, but guys such as Derek Johnstone, Bertie Auld, Adam Strachan, Chic Charnley and Gerry Collins spring immediately to mind. Arseholes to a man.

Did anyone find McCall's "dugmeat" comment funny last season? If Billy Brown or Gary Naismith said something like that, there's no way they'd get that sort of reaction from the media. It wasn't funny at all. I saw a Dundee United fan on P&B today describing them as try hards- nail firmly on the head.

They're a bogging wee club, get them in the bin.

This has to be the best post in the history of all Morton messageboards.

 

Discuss.

 

 

[Mr.Blue]

23 minutes ago, capitanus said:

This has to be the best post in the history of all Morton messageboards.

 

Discuss.

 

 

Agreed!  End of discussion for me.

[Toby]

48 minutes ago, capitanus said:

This has to be the best post in the history of all Morton messageboards.

 

Discuss.

 

 

Disagree. First time I’ve read that back in a while and I didn’t mention how much I hate Brian Graham once.

[The Bewilderedbeast]

Until around three or four years ago I was neither up nor down about Partick,  however, over that period of time they seem to have grown above their station and become an irritating shower of bustards.

[Mr.Blue]

6 hours ago, Toby said:

Disagree. First time I’ve read that back in a while and I didn’t mention how much I hate Brian Graham once.

Hate is a very strong word. Not strong enough for that horrible cunt. 

[Alibi]

I noticed that as he came up to take his penalty he deliberately barged into one of the Raith players. What a pity that wasn’t a yellow, or better red, card. That would have been beyond hilarious. Graham gets away with stuff because he plays for the media darlings.

[Drew Busby's Moustache]

3 hours ago, Alibi said:

I noticed that as he came up to take his penalty he deliberately barged into one of the Raith players. What a pity that wasn’t a yellow, or better red, card. That would have been beyond hilarious. Graham gets away with stuff because he plays for the media darlings.

The player he barged into was Kyle Turner (ex Partick).

[Jamie_M]

Partick board: 'Good news - we only made a loss of £170k last year compared to a loss of £356k the year before.'

Everyone (except Partick fans): 'But you sold 10% of your club for a £500k investment so your bottom line looks better, right?'

Partick board: 'Erm, naw, that's included, we spent all that as well.'

Everyone (except Partick fans): 'You must have decent cash reserves then if you can keep spending like that?'

Partick board: 'Erm, naw, our reserves are down to just £75k so there's little margin for error. Please approve selling another chunk of shares for another £500k otherwise we will make it through to the summer but then we would have to seriously consider how the club proceeds.'

Everyone (Except Partick Fans): 

https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/partick-thistle-fc-finance-update-for-supporters/

[TopCat]

Partick are more likely to end up in administration than the Premiership with this nonsense. They've genuinely chucked away the equivalent of our entire annual playing budget, plus a chunk of assets, on absolutely nothing.

The stadium repair fund is an interesting point of note though. I wouldn't be against MCT being a bit more open about what's going to be required at Cappielow, and when.

[LargsTON]

1 hour ago, TopCat said:

Partick are more likely to end up in administration than the Premiership with this nonsense. They've genuinely chucked away the equivalent of our entire annual playing budget, plus a chunk of assets, on absolutely nothing.

The stadium repair fund is an interesting point of note though. I wouldn't be against MCT being a bit more open about what's going to be required at Cappielow, and when.

I agree.  I think the stadium is the biggest issue halting any serious progression.

[TONofmemories]

And they're making some shan effort of an Amazon prime season documentary. Lets hope that utter weapon Manpreet is in absolute tears, given his pre-season confidence and their start to the season. 

I honestly can't think of a more insufferable fan-base than that lot. 

[TRVMP]

2 hours ago, TopCat said:

Partick are more likely to end up in administration than the Premiership with this nonsense. They've genuinely chucked away the equivalent of our entire annual playing budget, plus a chunk of assets, on absolutely nothing.

The stadium repair fund is an interesting point of note though. I wouldn't be against MCT being a bit more open about what's going to be required at Cappielow, and when.

Yes. If cash-strapped, big-spending Partick are having roof issues, I can't imagine we're going to be immune. And I'm sure a few years ago there was a pretty expensive floodlight project we had to do. No guarantee that won't happen again. I can also imagine disability access laws changing over the years and Cappielow not being in great shape for those.

The old ground is something to be proud of but we need to be clear-eyed about this: it's only going to be more costly as time goes on. The authorities won't throw money at grounds that don't have some community stuff associated with them. I'd like to know if we have a medium- and long-term plan for this.

[TONofmemories]

1 hour ago, TRVMP said:

Yes. If cash-strapped, big-spending Partick are having roof issues, I can't imagine we're going to be immune. And I'm sure a few years ago there was a pretty expensive floodlight project we had to do. No guarantee that won't happen again. I can also imagine disability access laws changing over the years and Cappielow not being in great shape for those.

The old ground is something to be proud of but we need to be clear-eyed about this: it's only going to be more costly as time goes on. The authorities won't throw money at grounds that don't have some community stuff associated with them. I'd like to know if we have a medium- and long-term plan for this.

Free labour from generous fans each season wont cut it either. 

[LargsTON]

2 hours ago, TONofmemories said:

I honestly can't think of a more insufferable fan-base than that lot. 

Falkirk fans push them very close.  I've been reading on pie and bovril how we've a one-sided rivalry with them.  Personally I couldn't give a shit about them and I don't know any Ton fans that do.  Their fans are a collective shower of morons that seem to forget they've spent the last 5 years in the seaside leagues which you'd think would've taught them some humility.  There's certainly one side with a chip on their shoulder and it ain't us unless i missed Morton fans invading the park at TFS to goad the opposition.  And who could forget their wee tinpot casuals attempting to storm Sinclair Street after the Friday night game.. it's certainly a one-sided rivalry.

[TRVMP]

1 hour ago, TONofmemories said:

Free labour from generous fans each season wont cut it either. 

Yeah, I like that we do this, it's a good community thing to do, but ultimately the ground is very old and requires professional, expensive maintenance as well as a coat of paint.

[Toby]

10 hours ago, LargsTON said:

Falkirk fans push them very close.  I've been reading on pie and bovril how we've a one-sided rivalry with them.  Personally I couldn't give a shit about them and I don't know any Ton fans that do.  Their fans are a collective shower of morons that seem to forget they've spent the last 5 years in the seaside leagues which you'd think would've taught them some humility.  There's certainly one side with a chip on their shoulder and it ain't us unless i missed Morton fans invading the park at TFS to goad the opposition.  And who could forget their wee tinpot casuals attempting to storm Sinclair Street after the Friday night game.. it's certainly a one-sided rivalry.

I certainly hate Falkirk. But I hate Liverpool and don’t consider them to be Morton’s rivals.
 

Let’s be honest, for all the traditional rivalry is with St. Mirren and is massively diluted by the Renfrewshire Cup, pre-season friendlies and them swanning off into the sunset, they’re much more likeable than both Falkirk and Partick.

Not that St. Mirren are terribly likeable.

[Cet Homme Charmant]

9 hours ago, TRVMP said:

Yeah, I like that we do this, it's a good community thing to do, but ultimately the ground is very old and requires professional, expensive maintenance as well as a coat of paint.

Indeed, asking fans every summer to give the old place a lick of paint and clean seagull shite off the seats won't cut the mustard for much longer. Serious investment in the stadium and its infrastructure is going to be needed in the next few years, and we can only hope and assume plans are being put together to finance this. The lack of communication on such plans for futureproofing the stadium is however concerning. 

[TONofmemories]

I suspect we'll let it get to a pretty serious point then someone will do an interview with the telegraph moaning about it. That tends to be the way

[Ferguson]

Michael Harkins (Finance Director I think?) mentioned in one of his interviews a while back that stadium maintenance was being seen as a significant financial bubble that could burst at any point and was being factored into budgeting year on year. As we’ve come to find out though, what is said in those social media interviews and what is actually done behind the scenes tend to be 2 different things in a lot of cases. At least we know we’re taking it into consideration.