Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Future is not on Jags boss’ mind
ALAN Archibald has made no decision on his immediate future at Partick Thistle following the club’s relegation from the Ladbrokes Premiership.
The Jags went down 3-1 on aggregate to Livingston in the play-off final to end a five-year stay in the top flight of Scottish football.
Questions have been a s k e d o f A r c h i b a l d ’s position at the club after overseeing a drop from sixth place last season to 11th this year, culminating in relegation.
He accepts there will be changes at the club but has not given much thought to his own future.
“I’ve not processed that, it’s still ver y raw,” the dejected Thistle boss said.
“The most i mportant thing moving forward is the football club and making sure there will be changes but making sure they are right.
“There has been a lot of good work gone on over the last five years and i t ’s important not to ruin that.
“There will be changes and cuts all over, it’s just important the club is in a good place to come back up.
“I will look at myself and the playing staff and the decisions we made. There have been excuses along the way but we had a number of chances to get out of it and just didn’t do enough.”
He added: “There will be a massive t urnover of players and changes at the football club. The good thing is we have built things properly and didn’t get above ourselves in terms of finances.”