dougster Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 According to the stats Berwick had 16 shots on target tonight , will take that throughout the season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 According to the stats Berwick had 16 shots on target tonight , will take that throughout the season BBC stats said Celtic had 26 corners, when they in fact had 27. They still couldn't score one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerwickMad Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 We had 21 against Clyde or something stupid last season and lost 1-0 so. Ha. Duffy man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Strange game. We were absolutely rank in the 2nd half and Berwick deservedly got back into it. Obviously we did go up a gear in extra time to finish them off but we should have dealt with them long before that. EDIT: The first Berwick goal was an absolute topper, though McManus went one better with his shot to make it 3-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonsilitis Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Difference between the teams was McManus who was sublime. He was at the heart of every dangerous move Morton put together. Cameron ran the show for Berwick against our powderpuff midfield and the match changed in our favour when he subbed himself. Berwick were very unlucky not to win it in normal time but there was only one team in it in extra time. They were a far better team than Stranraer and on their showings against us, I would fancy them to be there or thereabouts in league 2 come the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Berwick absolutely murdered Morton in the 2nd 45 and should have had it won. Took until the dodgy penalty award from a quite bizarre refereeing performance to level things up though. Then Declan McManus decided he was taking the ball home with him and scored 3 sublime efforts. What a good player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcintyre_gmfc Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I love Declan McManus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonsilitis Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 I can't believe the stats on the BBC report which say Morton had 56% of possession. Asked to estimate it, I would have said Berwick had more over normal time although Morton dominated extra time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 We played well in the first half, rancid defending for the goal aside, then completely disappeared in the second half and Berwick hammered us. They really should have won it in normal time. I thought we were somehow going to see it out but then Lamie decided to lunge in unnecessarily and it was a stonewall penalty. In extra time it was clear that Berwick had knackered themselves pushing for the equaliser and once he got us in front again McManus exploited that to kill it off. Hopefully he can regularly use his pace to do slow defenders the way he did in extra time tonight. The referee was absolutely diabolical - how the f**k did he and his assistants contrive to miss the Berwick keeper catching the ball at least a yard outside the box? - but he was spot on with the penalty and McCluskey's second booking. The penalty was completely indisputable and as for McCluskey, his first booking was absolute nonsense but regardless, he was on a booking, the game was already won and there were only a few minutes of extra time left. It takes an impressive amount of stupidity to take such a ridiculous dive in those circumstances and he deserved everything he got there. He'd had a good game up to that point as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyreidloyal Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 Fair play Morton,full time football and it showed in extra time. But I have to say Berwick were just as good if not better throughout,too many shots hit cleanly. A good old sclaff under the keeper and we would have won it. We went for broke with three forwards and although we got level,we were tiring and a bit shapeless at the end. Bit of a habit of losing goals at crucial times don't help us. Five minutes after our first,a minute before half-time and one at the end of first half injury time was like getting kicked where it hurts for pleasure. Good marks for all though,hope we push on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 19, 2014 Share Posted August 19, 2014 You clearly weren't better given you lost 5-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyreidloyal Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Read the post,full time players and it showed in extra time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerwickMad Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Don't feed the troll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonsilitis Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Berwick were unlucky not to win it in normal time. The only thing that stopped them was coming up against the best striker seen at Cappielow for a very long time - that plus Cameron coming off. The latter was the reason Morton were able to re-establish themselves in extra time more than fitness although none of the Berwick defenders could handle McManus. They only did so in the second half by cutting off the supply to him and that was mostly down to Cameron and how he organised the team. Anyway, good luck in the league to Berwick. On their showings against us, I suspect they may be back in League 1 next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonTon Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Berwick were unlucky not to win it in normal time. The only thing that stopped them was coming up against the best striker seen at Cappielow for a very long time - that plus Cameron coming off. The latter was the reason Morton were able to re-establish themselves in extra time more than fitness although none of the Berwick defenders could handle McManus. They only did so in the second half by cutting off the supply to him and that was mostly down to Cameron and how he organised the team. Anyway, good luck in the league to Berwick. On their showings against us, I suspect they may be back in League 1 next season. McManus was brilliant last night, but I think we have to be careful to remember the level we're playing at right now. He looks like he has a very bright future in the game but it seems a bit disrespectful to a player like Peter MacDonald, who really did the business at a higher level for us, to suggest that McManus is already the best we've seen at Cappielow in a long time. There are plenty of players who have ripped it up at this level only to really struggle when moving up to the level that we've been playing at for the past few years. There's great promise there, but I don't think we should be getting that carried away...yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Gary Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Was the ref English? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonsilitis Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 McManus was brilliant last night, but I think we have to be careful to remember the level we're playing at right now. He looks like he has a very bright future in the game but it seems a bit disrespectful to a player like Peter MacDonald, who really did the business at a higher level for us, to suggest that McManus is already the best we've seen at Cappielow in a long time. There are plenty of players who have ripped it up at this level only to really struggle when moving up to the level that we've been playing at for the past few years. There's great promise there, but I don't think we should be getting that carried away...yet. Its a long time since Peaso played for us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Haynes' Son Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Was the ref English? Terrible patter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonTon Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Its a long time since Peaso played for us! It feels that way, at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonnitus Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Was the ref English? Nah, just shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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