port-ton Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 We are allowed a wee bit of optimism. All of our signings are showing promise. Contrast that with how St Mirren fans are feeling about their new players. Of course it might (probably?) go pear shaped but compared to how we were feeling a couple of weeks ago, we are entitled to feel good. There's feeling optimistic, then there's proclaiming our untried and untested squad as world beaters. Already a lot of people are saying we have a better goalkeeper, defence and midfield than the team who finished 2nd last year aswell as a striker who is apparently going to bang them in. All this despite not having played a competitive game. All this unfounded optimism has always made me feel more pessimistic about the season than I did a couple of days ago. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 You spoiled it by saying your knob will grow to 5" five and a half! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonsilitis Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 There's feeling optimistic, then there's proclaiming our untried and untested squad as world beaters. Already a lot of people are saying we have a better goalkeeper, defence and midfield than the team who finished 2nd last year aswell as a striker who is apparently going to bang them in. All this despite not having played a competitive game. All this unfounded optimism has always made me feel more pessimistic about the season than I did a couple of days ago. I think there may well be a tad too much optimism but some optimism is not wholly unfounded. And calling yesterday's match as a pre season friendly well understates it. Nobody was holding back on the tackles in either team and there were bookings to prove it. I don't think anyone is saying we are going to win the league but we look a far more competitive side than any of us imagined would happen a few weeks ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I think there may well be a tad too much optimism but some optimism is not wholly unfounded. And calling yesterday's match as a pre season friendly well understates it. Nobody was holding back on the tackles in either team and there were bookings to prove it. I don't think anyone is saying we are going to win the league but we look a far more competitive side than any of us imagined would happen a few weeks ago. Optimism is good. I liked the optimism most fans had before yesterday's game. Now we've beaten the 2nd worst team in the SPL, who's squad has gotten worse and who are behind us on their pre season schedule, I hardly see it as a reason to get any more optimistic than we were before the game. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTon Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 (edited) Optimism is good. I liked the optimism most fans had before yesterday's game. Now we've beaten the 2nd worst team in the SPL, who's squad has gotten worse and who are behind us on their pre season schedule, I hardly see it as a reason to get any more optimistic than we were before the game. We also beat the 2nd best team in the spl and were really unlucky not to get a result against St.jonhnstone who finished 3rd. Of course there's going to be positivity flying around especially after pumping the midden. If you don't like reading it don't click on the thread. Edited July 21, 2013 by SuperTon 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 I was pretty optimistic after a good few pre season results in summer 2010 so I know where you're coming from, but once the games kicked off we were rubbish. I also noticed that in summer 2010 just about everyone handed Dunfermline a pasting, yet they won the league. I've also watched a very young Falkirk team beat Ajax in a friendly, and they had a few big names in the team. Although It's hard not to be optimistic after some good friendly results, It's probably best you save your optimism for the end of august. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 We also beat the 2nd best team in the spl and were really unlucky not to get a result against St.jonhnstone who finished 3rd. Of course there's going to be positivity flying around especially after pumping the midden. If you don't like reading it don't click on the thread. You'd think some Morton fans would learn their lesson about premature great feelings. If you don't like me questioning people's optimism then don't click on the thread, since apparently an Internet forum isn't about opinions and discussing them. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonnitus Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Optimism is fine - over-confidence, far-reaching predictions and so forth aren't. It's going to be an interesting season, but that victory was extremely pleasing regardless of what happens. If - IF - we can produce performances similar to that on a regular basis, we should be alright. Maybe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pride_of_the_Clyde Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 You'd think some Morton fans would learn their lesson about premature great feelings. If you don't like me questioning people's optimism then don't click on the thread, since apparently an Internet forum isn't about opinions and discussing them. Oh away and get laid you miserablist. We're off the back of our best season in over fifteen years, we've made some great signings, we've humiliated our biggest rivals all in the midst of the warmest weather ever recorded. Thus it can only be your lack of sex that has you such a stick in the mud. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonMan Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 You'd think some Morton fans would learn their lesson about premature great feelings. If you don't like me questioning people's optimism then don't click on the thread, since apparently an Internet forum isn't about opinions and discussing them. You have a point and the last thing we want is people getting too confident but no one's really doing that. We've just beaten our first rivals for the first time in years and we have a team which suddenly looks very impressive. Most people feel we're capable of mounting a good title challenge again which is fair enough at the moment. It's not as if we have fans going about saying we're going to run away with the league, which would be a case of going really over the top. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baba douche Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 The way the leagues shaping up, you should be confident of getting a play-off place at least 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 The way the leagues shaping up, you should be confident of getting a play-off place at least You're right. Last time I looked they were joint top. It was quite congested up there, mind. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Finally get rid of Jagfox's shite jokes. Replaced by someone of the same caliber -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Finally get rid of Jagfox's shite jokes. Replaced by someone of the same caliber I thought your post was ok 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Lanarkshire Jag Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Hello Morton Fans(Except Pride of the Clyde) I'm starting to do my Fantasy Football preparation for the first division(launching this Friday), and would love some Ton fans to confirm this is their current first team squad: Greenock Morton Squad-list 2013/2014:Derek GastonNicolas CarauxMark McLaughlinScott TaggartJonathan PageMichal HabaiTomas Peciar Marc FitzpatrickThomas O'wareFouad BachirouJoe McKee Reece HandsDavid VerlaqueDougie ImrieAidan FultonDavid O'BrienArchie CampbellTony WallaceKabba-Modou ChamDavid McNeill Cheers! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcintyre_gmfc Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Hello Morton Fans(Except Pride of the Clyde) I'm starting to do my Fantasy Football preparation for the first division(launching this Friday), and would love some Ton fans to confirm this is their current first team squad: Cheers! Yeah that's it SLJ. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTon Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Yes SLJ that's the current team. I don't think you have missed anyone out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madton Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 McNeil, Verlaque and Fulton are in the development squad, First team squad is the 20 above minus those 3. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P45 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 McDaid played in a friendly on Saturday for us and was very impressive.I wouldn't be surprised to see him in the first team squad quite a bit this season. Cheers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Sandy Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 You'd think some Morton fans would learn their lesson about premature great feelings. If you don't like me questioning people's optimism then don't click on the thread, since apparently an Internet forum isn't about opinions and discussing them. Have you read the Dundee thread lately!! They are gonnae gub us a'......... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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