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Not a nightmare draw for County or Elgin I would have thought. And inevitably on the likes of last Saturday there will be a poor gate when the visitors are a minor outfit from the lower leagues and therefore a pretty weak crowd puller, rather than the kind of SPL club to which Inverness has become used. I would be really disappointed if this kind of stuff was typical of The Herald which I thought had higher apsirations than being West Central Scotland's answer to the Nairnshire Telegraph. This is an incredibly arrogant reply from a man, who has at least in the past (maybe still does) work for Radio Scotland (a national broadcaster). Thistle are not a "minor outfit from the lower leagues" but are in fact the team that are three places below Caley on current standings. Given current form it will be interesting to see the gap in league places in 8 months time. So Caley away wouldn't be a nightmare draw for perhaps 2 or 3 of the SFL clubs? For the other 90% of SFL clubs it is the worst draw apart from being drawn against someone in your own division. Of course Wick would be better, the fact they had a 700+ mile return trip for their game against St Cuthberts in front of a couple of hundred and then a 500+ mile trip to Edinburgh City for a draw a month later really puts your pathetic arument in perspective. It's a game and if you want to compete you enter the competition if you wan't to moan about it you follow the only team in Glasgow. I don't know the general standards of Wick, St Cuthberts and Edinburgh City. In the cup getting a team from far away, from a higher league, with few fans is a "nightmare draw". I'm sure Wick wouldn't have seen Stranraer away as a fantastic draw.

Not a nightmare draw for County or Elgin I would have thought. And inevitably on the likes of last Saturday there will be a poor gate when the visitors are a minor outfit from the lower leagues and therefore a pretty weak crowd puller, rather than the kind of SPL club to which Inverness has become used. I would be really disappointed if this kind of stuff was typical of The Herald which I thought had higher apsirations than being West Central Scotland's answer to the Nairnshire Telegraph. This is an incredibly arrogant reply from a man, who has at least in the past (maybe still does) work for Radio Scotland (a national broadcaster). Thistle are not a "minor outfit from the lower leagues" but are in fact the team that are three places below Caley on current standings. Given current form it will be interesting to see the gap in league places in 8 months time. So Caley away wouldn't be a nightmare draw for perhaps 2 or 3 of the SFL clubs? For the other 90% of SFL clubs it is the worst draw apart from being drawn against someone in your own division.

One word appears twice in the "meta tags" and that word is "Glasgow". I assume that the paper still has its greatest circulation in Glasgow and therefore aims their articles at their readership. I assume the Sunday Herald match report was more factual as is normally the case?

This is the type of report we get every Monday in the Herald. I think I'm right in saying we are the only first division team that gets the coverage of this volume in it, presumably because of the Glasgow roots of the paper. I find it hard to argue with much of what is said. The writer even states that those statements are from a Thistle perspective. Caley away is a nightmare draw for any team below the SPL. A long and expensive journey with an overnight stay(granted you do it every week but it doesn't detract from it being a long journey), a poor gate to compensate (presumably we made a loss from Saturday) and less than a 50/50 chance of winning. Where are the positives in that? When I'm looking for a report on a Thistle match I don't look at the P&J I look at the Herald. Will the P&J be covering Partick Thistle v St Johnstone next Saturday? I doubt it, but the Herald will be.

Harkins on his day is as good as anyone in the first division and can beat a player with ease (just watch him against Rangers). He's one of the main reasons that watching Thistle is a joy again after a few years toil it's great to have someone with a bit of skill. With no disrespect if he were to leave I think he could do better, but if you want to give us 100k feel free (as long as it's after Saturday) Harkins v Rangers (about 30 seconds in)