Morton Supporter

Does anyone know if you need to actually use your ticket - as in, go to the ground and scan in for entry - to be awarded the loyalty point? I ask as I leave for a long-scheduled holiday a few days after this game and don’t want to risk testing positive for COVID and missing that.

Had been very good, but has been directly at fault for a goal in three of our last four games. Losing six today can’t be put down to some calamitous performance from the keeper though, it was a lack of courage from too many outfield players.

Imrie is an interesting suggestion, provided it’s not as an underling to Brian Rice. Obviously none of us can assess how he’d likely fare as a manager, but it’s tempting to look at his playing career and the application he demonstrated and be tempted to want that sort of attitude in the guy leading us. My impression of him is that he’d be someone unwilling to accept the excuses and poor standards that have abound the club for the past few seasons - not to say any manager will necessarily avoid relegation this year (or, if we are, that they should be fully judged on that).

Probably, aye. Add Jackie McNamara as another that I’d both happily see appointed and who’d also likely be out of our reach. Funnily enough, in the past I’ve actively disliked all of those I’ve suggested, but I think we need someone like that. Final point from me is that, despite being awful this season, we’re not cut adrift and actually have the luxury of a bit of time - I think we should take it and invite applications so we cast the net wide.

I suspect that the performance against QotS on Wednesday, as well as the time for the board to speak on the journey home, played as much in McPherson’s sacking as events on Saturday. But clearly the right decision and one I never had faith the board would make due to the costs. Looking ahead, we badly need someone to inject a bit of confidence into this club, on and off the park, based on previous success (as a manager or player). A strong personality who can give the whole place a shake, someone not afraid to piss people off after nearly five seasons of circling the drain. And someone who can both give us a shot of staying up this season with our dross team, but who would also be capable of bringing together a reinvigorated squad for a tilt at promotion from League 1 next year. All nebulous things, granted, so I’m thinking (in order of preference): Paul Hartley Neil McCann Alan Archibald Ian Murray I’m not sure how likely any of those are, but please avoid Brian Rice and the usual suspects - with many people already disillusioned with MCT (some rightly, some wrongly IMO) the board need to recognise that this appointment could be a turning point for the club not only on the park.

As said elsewhere, I don’t infer that, it’s a statement of fact that two home games in five days offers an opportunity to move up the table. As to the game itself, I really hope to see fullbacks and wide midfielders in the same team at the same time. I don’t care what the formation or eleven is, but we surely need to try and double up on the left and right to finally bring a bit of width to this team and to create chances.

Not so sure, I read it as a statement of fact - we’ve got two home games coming up which is an opportunity to move up the table, if we do well in them. Saying that, I don’t believe for a moment that losing these two matches (even heavily) will see McPherson gone, owing to having to pay him off.

Thanks mate

Apologies if this has been asked before, or is in the wrong place, but - Does anyone know when the Loyalty Points for purchasing tickets for the three remaining home WC qualifiers will be credited to SSC accounts? Thanks.

There’s more chance of man standing on the surface of Mars by Tuesday than there is of this Morton team scoring five goals in a game. When Tuesday comes I’ll no doubt be watching and hoping they win but my overriding feeling at this stage is that I’m just desperate for this season to finish, regardless of the outcome.

It’s very clear to anyone who’s been watching without prejudice, that the problem is at the other end of the pitch where we have no hope of regularly making chances and scoring goals. I suspect the reason that McGinty and the other big defenders have been forming the back four is as much about giving us a chance to score (from dead balls) as it is about McPherson’s view on their defensive capabilities over, say, Strapp. And you could argue that’s been proven right given that over our past five games our two goals have come from defenders as a result of set plays. Not to mention those same five games have seen us concede only three goals (only two in ninety minutes), including games against Hearts and Motherwell. Also worth noting is that we held Arbroath goalless despite them scoring seven in their two previous games. That shouldn’t be a banner achievement of course, but let’s not lose focus on the real issue with this team in the midst of the scapegoating of certain players.

Great thanks mate

Hello all, Do any of you know whether there anywhere in Glasgow that sell children’s Motherwell home kits? If not Glasgow, is there anywhere else they can be bought in shop? Cheers,

A pallet cleanser on Sunday would be welcome - some sort of cavalier 2-3-5 formation with lots of debuts.

Certainly I agree with everything you say here BUT - we’ve had a lot of home games recently, and played a lot of minor nations, so there’s been a bit of a necessity for us to take the initiative in games. Clearly we’ve been woeful at that, but the Final hopefully sets up for us take a counter attacking approach instead which I feel, with a healthy Forrest, Griffiths and Fraser could see us much more of a threat. I could be clutching at straws here but why not.

I like to think I’m very level-headed - especially when it comes to something as inconsequential as football. But I was beeling last night and I can’t believe that anyone would be willing to give the club the benefit of the doubt. They clearly took the view that it’s okay to take folks money when you know there’s a real chance you might not follow through on your end of the deal. This is a completely unacceptable way to treat anybody, never mind the folk who have pumped money into you and your prospective owners over the Summer and got nothing in return til last night. (Not to mention the Queen’s fans who shouldn’t be forgotten in this). As someone who has already paid for a season ticket, to eventually see how dreadful the product we blindly paid for is, was even worse. But the quotes from Morton in this are the worst part: https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/18777304.fans-fury-morton-streaming-fail/. To try and convey the fan feedback as positive is fantasy stuff and to have to consider that a refund might not be in order might be downright illegal. It’s high-time they - and lots of other football clubs - realises that they’re not a charity case, and that supporters realised we’re not under any emotional obligation to act as their benefactors. If they don’t refund this and sort that camerawork they can forget me coming back.

Now I know you’re at it. I you really saying that time has made some of us bigger and stronger, but that this (extremely quick) evolution is based only on whether someone plays upfront or in defence? Not sure you’d get that past a biologist. Not sure whether this is the maddest thing I’ve read on here, or whether it’s the other poster claiming Spain of 2010 were brilliant to watch.

He’s not very good at anything as far as I can see. I don’t watch English football, so maybe he is otherwise a midfield dynamo. But I’m bamboozled that so many people think that this husk MUST be in the team despite all evidence for Scotland being that he is a terrible player - among the worst I’ve ever seen for Scotland.

I’m the opposite: bring Christie and even Armstrong I’m against the wee teams - safe in the knowledge that they’ll get aw the time they need on the ball. Punt and rush against everyone else! If these teams want to pass the ball ad nauseous - let them. I saw Spain bore the world to death doing that in 2010. I’m sure they’d have beaten us too, but I’d rather try to barge, elbow, kick and otherwise harras them in doing so than this cowardly brand we - and our club teams in Europe - have convinced ourselves needs to be played in order to be worthy of competing. f**k that - punt and rush! I’d love to see some of these ‘rolls Royce’ ball playing centre backs deal wi countless balls in the air and elbows to the face. A generation of players have never done it, and instead have defended one forward between four of them. We’re badly missing a trick here.

Is there any reason we shouldn’t just be shoving Dykes and McBurnie upfront together and punting the thing up to them aw game? A midfield comprised of some combination of McGregor / McGinn / Jack / McLean would be capable of taking a second ball off them and have some he legs to buzz about and kick lumps when not in possession. Robertson and Forrest told to get early balls in from wide. Play at 100mph. Then it’s shut your eyes and cross your fingers that the defence can avoid completely collapsing and that your keeper can bail you out when they inevitably do. Not pretty but it’s our style and we shouldn’t be embarrassed to play it - particularly when every fucking team on the planet plays the same way these days.

There’s no onus on either of us. But seeing as you’re the person who cared enough to see the evidence - and has cared enough to keep this boring conversation going - I continue to invite you to go away and find it for yourself. Meanwhile, I’ll continue to hold my opinion of Danny Rogers, as I saw what I saw (numerous times). And that’s an opinion btw, that’s highly inconsequential given it’s been shared amongst the dozen or so folk interested enough in Morton to discuss them online. What is interesting is this pattern of behaviour you have where you pick up on some of these said, inconsequential opinions and ask for forensic-level evidence. What’s that all about? Are you not a wee bit worried by that?

There were plenty early in the season: if you’re so interested, knock yourself out finding them. On a separate note, do you not get bored recycling that line of conversation over and over and over?

Wasting your time, pal: I’ve already answered your question and I have no interest in what you think.

His eagerness to shift blame for a goal onto others when it was blatantly he who made an arse of it. And no, I’m not going to conduct a forensic review of each goal we conceded to prove my point. It’s suffice for you to know that I saw this a number of times from him. I also fail to recall a single game (at home) all season where I thought, he’s been the difference in the points gotten that day. He was better than Ramsbottom for sure, but that shouldn’t be the criteria we use for a goalie going forward and I won’t miss him.

Danny Rogers signs for Kilmarnock. It might be in the minority on this, but I won’t miss him. He improved as the season went on - as did the team infront of him as a whole - but his early performances weren’t convincing and moreover I didn’t like the attitude he showed at that time. In ordinary times, I’d be confident that Morton could find someone at least on a part with him, though I suspect that there’s going to be a benefit in consistency of squad this coming season.