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Ricky's report of the Partick Thistle game is now available.  Enjoy!

Terry Butcher's post-match comments were as follows:
"Another three points, hard fought today Thistle made it hard for us I didn’t relax until we got the third even then they were still pressing. Three wins out of three has never happened since John Boyle took over, he came down and told us.  Three clean sheets, five goals it’s terrific  They're a great bunch of lads, they are even chasing balls down in corners in the last minute working hard for each other, it’s good. We didn’t play as well as we can and the pitch didn’t help.

"I must give great credit to the referee, we had a problem with one of our heaters with the balloon and parts of the pitch were hard and he gave it every chance to allow the game to go ahead.  We are only two points behind Dunfermline, with eight points more than we got last season, I could rhyme off more stats. I should pinch myself as its so much more like a dream compare to last season. We can sympathise with Thistle as we went through all of this last season, when you are up things go for you and it’s a nice feeling compared to last season."

 When asked about our improved disciplinary record this season, he added:
"The players are still extremely competitive but they are so much more mature about it now, more intelligence. This is nothing to do with us it’s entirely down to the players. David Partridge hasn’t been booked yet, he’s trying to go through the season without a yellow card. It’s a testament to every player they’ve been tremendous, with only Hammell and Craigan on 15 points.

"It’s helped us with selection to get teams out on a regular basis, I don’t like changing teams, particularly winning teams. I don’t have to make many changes as we are winning games, that’s five out of six in February. I said February would be a special month in shaping our season, that’s given us platform to go on and do very well. We haven’t achieved anything yet, so its certainly given us a good chance to do very well."

"I do practise free kicks in training but they haven’t been coming off for me recently so glad to see this one go in."

Looking forward to the rest of the season, he added:
"Saturday’s a massive game for us, if we can get through that it will be another trip to Hampden and that would be great for the fans, hopefully if we go further in the cup and a top six finish would make it a great season.  We are now looking up the table and trying to finish as high as we can we’re not really bothered at looking behind us. Tom Lucas has told us not to look back and we are trying to catch Dunfermline.  We’ve learned from last season’s nightmare and we are a better team for it, our League position and points total show how good it’s been."

Today's Sunday Herald reports that the club's creditors will this week receive an offer of 10p in the pound.

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