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On 04/05/2024 at 13:18, Stephen Malkmus said:
The village of Montrose shouldn't even bother turning up for this one. We're both too big to go down and too good to go down. Next.
Edited to make it look better? Or worse?
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2 minutes ago, virginton said:
They're really not. While injuries have impacted that, you wouldn't get a better case of us playing like we had a man down than Quitongo's risible display in the first Dundee United game at Cappielow, where he was lucky to get the 55 minutes he lasted.
He made the difference in getting us over the line at Arbroath but like the rest the fundamental numbers were not good enough and the impact unconvincing to say the least.
Of course they are. And you've actually stated why that is the case.
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11 minutes ago, virginton said:
If we're removing players on that basis then we should be showing the door to literally every other wide player at the club before questioning Muirhead's position. Because the others haven't contributed enough at any point of the campaign, either in an attacking or defensive sense.
Agreed, as it happens.
Wouldn't keep Garrity, would release Bearne.
With Quitongo, though, the reasons you doubt him are completely different from the reasons in play with Muirhead, i.e. the cost-benefit analysis is completely different
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The biggest issue with Muirhead is that the team has to adapt to him, rather than him adapting to a team. Contrary to what's been said above, he's only effective off the left-hand side (and has mostly played there), although you could see him in a 4-4-1-1... but again, you'd be setting up that way to accommodate him.
The reasons for that are pretty clear: he has no pace and can't compete for the long ball in the air... He's the definition of a luxury player. Imrie's managed to get something out of him, but there's no denying that runs contrary to his general career trajectory.
I'd be happy to see him at Cappielow next season if there's genuine competition for his spot in the first team... but not if he's going to play every week regardless, because, for all his contributions when things are going well, you might as well be a man down when they're not.
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No problem with King being involved; makes far more sense than carrying 5 senior players in centre-mid. Wilson, Blues, 2 new, King.
With reference to the above, fine if he 'features', worrying -- as in, relegation worrying -- if he 'features heavily'.
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Seems like a strange one this early, when they don't even know what league they'll be playing in.
Hopefully plenty of time to upgrade a one-year deal to two years and/or throw in another hundred quid a week. Crawford wasn't great in the second half of the season, but he's very important to the way we play.
Edited to add: nope, he's away. Pretty worrying start to the close-season.
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3 hours ago, sophia said:
What an extraordinary few minutes Morton served up in what was a nothing game for them.
There was unmitigated rage at the stonewall penalty, the keeper went full Martinez but without the save, the arthritic Muirhead went tonto after he wasn't kicked so he kicked a breeze block wall to make up for it, the referee had to appeal to Broadfoot for calm, the referee had to appeal to Imrie for calm and then the penny dropped.
Hope Montrose and (if strictly necessary) Alloa or Hamilton are as entertaining for you.
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1 minute ago, Chicken Soup said:
If Inverness don’t manage to overcome this Morton lineup, they truly deserve their impending oblivion. It’s a huge ask of Blues and French to perform to the levels required down that right hand side of our defence.
True.
Forward line is fine, midfield is slow, but respectable... but that back four is back to - and maybe even beyond - our ramshackle worst from the early part of the season.
Attack, attack, attack...
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Probably the kiss of death, but I spent the first half of the season earnestly hoping that QP would get flushed... which they fully deserved, until somebdy (Charlie boy) belatedly came to his senses...
Now earnestly hoping ICT get what they so richly deserve... but I'm afraid you'll have to do it for yourselves, because there's close to zero chance of Morton winning up there tonight (unless it filters through that QP are already 3 up in the first half...).
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46 minutes ago, sophia said:
There's no maybe about it, it's the age-old anti highland nonsense that has tumbled down the decades and refuses to accept that Scotland is actually quite a big country, has some nice bits and weegie favelas aren't the dolce vita.
We understand you're a bit nervous, but try to calm down at least until kick-off...
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8 hours ago, btb said:
Morton during the Rae the Elder era - possibly?
Since achieving fan ownership (congrats btw) some Morton fans have taken to scrutinizing other clubs finances like reformed addicts.
Old Dougie was a bit mental, sure... but not that mental. And pardon me, but 'scrutiny' isn't quite what's going on here.
1 hour ago, RiG said:Another fabulous decision from our idiot board and CEO. We deserve everything we get for taking Ferguson on at £5,000 a week. Shame that "generous" person couldn't have paid an Imrie or whoever £2,000 a week then plunged the other £3,000 into the playing budget.
Is the correct answer.
This isn't just a case of a club 'paying a bit' (Thomas at QP or Scott Allan at Arbroath kinda scenario)... this is off the fkn scale.
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1 minute ago, ExiledLichtie said:
Why would Imrie be interested in ICT? Surely he can do better?
Five grand a week, apparently...
Who else pays that in Scotland? (Clue: fingers of one hand...)
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1 hour ago, Stephen Malkmus said:
We should just have offered Dougie Imrie 2.5k. He would've snaffled it up like a dog eating hot chips.
Fkn right he would...
That would have got you promotion play-offs for half the cost of the relegation play-offs; congratulations once again to the gang of fkn morons who appear to be 'running' your club.
As above, just say you're embarrassed and we'll let it go...
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2 hours ago, SandyCromarty said:
Maybe the reason that Imrie applied for the job at ICT once he heard the salary being offered.
Certainly casts that rumour in a different light... I'd have applied if I knew the money was that far out into la-la-land...
1 hour ago, TheScarf said:No, they're not. Someone else is.
Still spunking money that could have been spent on... well, maybe on not being quite as shite as you are.
Up to now, I've been a confirmed supporter of Queen's Park disappearing out of our sight never to return... who knew there was a more deserving case, eh?
Just say you're embarrassed and we'll let it go...
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Did I just read that ICT are paying Ferguson five grand a week?!
If that's even close to the truth, you fully deserve to be relegated (and next season as well).
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7 minutes ago, Colkitto said:
Too much?
Not keen on the shorts tbh.
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Just noticed that Jordan Davies' Connah's Quay beat Declan McManus' TNS in the Welsh Cup final yesterday. TNS had won all five matches between the two over the course of the season and finished unbeaten in the league, 33 points clear of... Connah's Quay.
Will be interesting to see how Davies handles the jump to level 2 in Scotland, but the fact that we've gone so far afield to sign a player bodes well... he's also played for the Welsh national team in Futsal, so we can at least expect him to have a better touch than most of our current squad.
Wonder if he's ever played at right-back...
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2 hours ago, Sir Tarmo said:
I wouldn’t be shocked to see us win this game, we need to win and Morton are hardly flying at the moment. However, Queen’s Park are very likely to beat Airdrie, who have the play-offs approaching.
Think that's right. This will start out being an 'important game', but I expect the players on the pitch will know it's irrelevant long before the final whistle.
We can all then sit back and enjoy Ferguson's tirade about Airdrie 'downing tools' etc...
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Pretty clear the injury has completely wrecked French, mentally as well as physically. Looks lost, terrified most of the time.
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7 hours ago, VictorOnopko said:
Every team in the division faces garbage refs and I doubt there is a conspiracy against Morton.
Dirty? Depends how you define it. They're not Racing Club 1967 dirty (at least not from the televised games I saw bits of), but the yellow count being so far ahead of the next worst team suggests that they probably have a game plan to commit a lot of fouls (i.e., constantly cheat) to break up play. It made them hard to beat mid-season but you can't really complain when people point out Morton's shithousery and call them dirty - they are; just not ultra-violently dirty. That said, I agree with @Dunning1874 that most teams have a hacker and yours is the unlovable Broadfoot.
3 hours ago, Chicken Soup said:I would love to understand the leap that you’ve taken to arrive at that conclusion.
Aye, ‘probably’ is doing some heavy lifting there…
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9 hours ago, VictorOnopko said:
It probably suggests that their persistent fouling and bookings are of the snidey, niggling, insidious sort rather than big hatchet men halving opposition players.
That's the point (plus dissent and garbage refs). Nobody's getting hurt. Therefore, not a dirty team.
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5 hours ago, Raith Against The Machine said:
And the one hundred and four yellow cards you've received in the league this year were, what, mistaken identity?
Aye, the only defined yellow-card offence is 'brutality', so you have a good point.
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16 minutes ago, Fuctifano said:
I generally like this sort of idea but I think it would need a playoff system for the last European spot else teams 5-13 are playing for not much- this is easier since the Conference League has come in.
Totally agree.
I’d go radical and have winners of section 5-8 and section 9-12 play-off in a set piece final (Tynecastle or Easter Road type gig) for the final European spot. Aim is to keep it maximally competitive (and give the broadcasters another wee sweetie).
At the bottom, I’d have one go down automatically, second bottom into a FAIR play-off with 2-3-4 from the league below. Additional benefit here is that being safe all the way down to 14th might be an incentive for top flight teams to vote for change (currently only safe at 10th).
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The Greenock Morton Thread - It's Better Than Yours
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I know, but that doesn't necessarily mean he should or will be here, in his interests and ours.
It might be harsh, but it might also be realistic. Garrity has the ability to stand a man up and beat him, which is not nothing, but he has very little in the way of pace... and I don't see him ever having the physicality or even the attitude to do the unglamorous stuff when we don't have the ball.
It's a judgement call, but I think Garrity will end up part-time somewhere and good luck to him. When that happens will depend on whether and when we can get better.
Agree on Bearne. Imrie has been so reluctant to use him you just can't see him becoming established.