Sinclair Street Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 It should really be Morton's league. The threat is Brechin I'd say. Forfar have a horrendous run of fixtures coming up which will see them fall away, and I think Stranrear's run-in is slightly harder than Morton's. Morton's extra class up front now will be the difference. If I had to predict (which I don't, but will anyway for no real reason) I'd say: 1. Morton 2. Brechin 3. Stranrear 4. Anyone from 3 or 4 teams Brechin play four games in eleven days starting on Tuesday, that'll probably put them right in the title race, or right out of it. I think Dunfermline are out of it after today but I expect them to have a major say in things. Morton Forfar Stranraer Dunfermline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midTONs Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 It should really be Morton's league. The threat is Brechin I'd say. Forfar have a horrendous run of fixtures coming up which will see them fall away, and I think Stranrear's run-in is slightly harder than Morton's. Morton's extra class up front now will be the difference. If I had to predict (which I don't, but will anyway for no real reason) I'd say: 1. Morton 2. Brechin 3. Stranrear 4. Anyone from 3 or 4 teams I reckon it will finish 1. Morton 2. Stranraer 3. Brechin 4. Forfar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyletonfan Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Peterhead away Stirling home Forfar home Airdrie away Out the next 4 games the one that worries me the most is Airdrie way. I don't know why but I can see us dropping points up there. I would agree. They seemed solid and well organised against us and big Lister holds up and links very well. Watching them at home v forfar on alba last week, I was v impressed by the boy Fraser in centre mid and gasporotto at the back. They have left themselves too much to do for a play off probably, but will take points off others. 4 points from away games at peterhead and Airdrie would be more acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Brechin play four games in eleven days starting on Tuesday, that'll probably put them right in the title race, or right out of it. I think Dunfermline are out of it after today but I expect them to have a major say in things. Morton Forfar Stranraer Dunfermline Brechin still have 8 home games to play, they'd probably need to win most of them to challenge, but they are in great form and with so many fixtures in a short space of time they could sneak in there. We'll be very solid and hard to beat until the end of the season. We look very similar to this time last season where we went on a great run. We've finally got a settled side, are very solid at the back and Lister and Prunty are getting/making goals. But like last season we've probably left it too late for the play-offs. Dunfermline are pish and I really don't see them having much say in anything. I'll be surprised if they get 4th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbineTon Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Yes. The four before the Spartans game. Dunfermline, Forfar, Airdrie and Stenny. Cheers, SS. Couldn't remember. Next week could be vital - its the kind of place you really need to pick up points from if you want to be genuine title contenders. As MidTons said, Airdrie will be a tough one to go and take 3 points from. I really just want to see us make the top spot our own in the coming weeks. Chasing a league with the season just over 10 games to go is Not good for the nerves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Cheers, SS. Couldn't remember. Next week could be vital - its the kind of place you really need to pick up points from if you want to be genuine title contenders. As MidTons said, Airdrie will be a tough one to go and take 3 points from. I really just want to see us make the top spot our own in the coming weeks. Chasing a league with the season just over 10 games to go is Not good for the nerves Following Morton in general isn't good for the nerves! Stranraer, though dominant, were a bit toothless up front so was glad of the win today. Beating Peterhead next week will really cement our title credentials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 The bottom line is this: if we keep slugging with this mob then we're unlikely to win the league though we'll always be competitive. If MacDonald regains fitness then it's simply game over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecaven Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Mate of mine gave me this,hilarious Paisley's a s**thole little town with foul-mouthed fans says St Mirren defender Jeroen Tesselaar.DUTCH defender set to infuriate Buddies as he lets rip and claims they spend more money on the club than they do their families.Jeroen TESSELAAR has risked the wrath of St Mirren with an astonishing attack on Paisley and the club’s supporters.The Dutch defender branded the Renfrewshire town a “s**thole” – and claimed Buddies supporters swear non-stop as well as neglecting their families in favour of football.Tesselaar, in his second spell at St Mirren Park, said he will quit Scotland this summer – and moaned about having had his nose broken three times.The 26-year-old also lifted the lid on the mind games behind the design of the club’s away dressing-room, and revealed how he relished playing at Ibrox and Tynecastle.And Tesselaar, a keen photographer, said he plans to develop a professional career as a lensman once he quits football.The former AZ Alkmaar and Telstar ace joined the Buddies in 2011, then had two seasons with Kilmarnock. He returned last summer and has since made 27 appearances for Gary Teale’s side.Saints slumped to a 3-0 loss at Aberdeen on Saturday, leaving them level on points with rock-bottom Motherwell, who have a game in hand.Tesselaar has now deepened the gloom with his outburst in Dutch sports magazine, Voetbal International.The defender declared: “Paisley is a s**thole. It is a little town with a bad reputation and high unemployment.“Fans in Holland will go to the stadium, watch the match and then go back to everyday stuff. But football is much more a part of people’s lives here.“That is certainly the case for St Mirren’s fans as Paisley has little else to offer. People here prefer to spend the little money they have left on the club than on their families. Their passion drips from the stands.“It is not the case that fans in Scotland sing throughout the matches – they swear above all. But the game means a lot to them, I understand that.Paisley bites back at Jeroen Tesselaar's 's**thole town' remarks: We want to be the 2021 City of Culture“Scottish football is all about scrapping. I have suffered various head injuries – I’ve had two front-teeth broken and had my upper lip split so badly I needed over 30 stitches.“At Kilmarnock last season I had my nose broken three times in quick succession. It was left crooked after a clash of heads in the Inverness game.“The same thing happened against Partick and when we played them again I got elbowed. After three breaks my nose became weak and I sought a solution.“The mask Kilmarnock gave me didn’t fit properly or protect me, so I went to a lab in Milan that makes these items to measure. They have pictures on the wall of their clients, including Diego Maradona, Fernando Torres, Petr Cech, Andrea Pirlo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.“I sent the lab one of my shirts to hang up among all the famous names.“My mask was light and a perfect fit – I wore it for months before getting rid of it last summer.“Thankfully I’ve not had any more head injuries since then, but in Scotland the danger always lurks around the corner. The games are very physical.“The tempo is crazy, so high, and back passes are not appreciated – it is attack after attack for 90 minutes.“This summer I’ll have spent four seasons in Scotland, and that will be the time for me to take a new step. I play football partly for the adventure and I fancy discovering a new country.“Maybe Poland, Greece or the US. You can find good things anywhere – every country has a charm of its own.“St Mirren Park is just six years old, nice but nothing special. But you find funny things about it, such as the away team’s dressing-room. The coat-hooks have been deliberately fixed high up so our opponents feel smaller. The place is mostly dark, and that seems to give us a psychological advantage as well.“Sadly we’ve not made so much use of that this season. But our football is quite attractive, at least by Scottish standards. If we can stay up this season we can be satisfied, given the club’s budget.“Rangers’ stadium appeals to me the most out of the two big temples of the Scottish game. Ibrox breathes football and the three-tier stand is impressive.“Celtic Park is more modern – and more of a standard ground to my mind. But Hearts’ Tynecastle is the stadium I like best of all.“It is old and cramped but so atmospheric with the fans almost on the pitch.“I had a trial with St Mirren last summer and the then manager, Danny Lennon, wanted us to play like Barcelona, yet all we did was run for three days. My teammates were left in pain but I came through it with a smile.“That was thanks to the genes I’ve inherited from my father Dick, who has run in the Moscow and New York marathons – finishing second and 11th.“The manager gave me a contract on the strength of my ability to run, before I’d even kicked a ball. Scottish football is a different world to the one I’d been used to.“When I stop playing football I will take things further with my photography. I hope to make it my next career – it won’t be easy, you have to be very good but I will do all I can to reach the required level.“St Mirren’s club photographer invited me to take some pictures at a reserve game but I didn’t get anything out of it. I prefer to picture wildlife – sports photography does not tempt me.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornbeef Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Good job he never signed for Morton then. He could 've blown Greenock right off the tourist map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Aitken's Love Child Posted February 24, 2015 Author Share Posted February 24, 2015 He has of course used the old 'misquoted' excuse, blaming the translator for passing his own opinions off as Tesselaar's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 “I had a trial with St Mirren last summer and the then manager, Danny Lennon, wanted us to play like Barcelona, yet all we did was run for three days. My teammates were left in pain but I came through it with a smile."That was thanks to the genes I’ve inherited from my father Dick, who has run in the Moscow and New York marathons – finishing second and 11th. Surely satire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinclair Street Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Special mention to Cowtenbeath. Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbineTon Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Hahaha. We love you. We love you. We love you. And that is why we follow. We follow. We follow WE SUPPORT THE MORTON, THE MORTON, THE MORTON AND THAT'S THE WAY WE LIKE, WE LIKE IT. WE LIKE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecowden Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Bet 365 were offering 7/4 for Morton to win league 1 yesterday. I lumped on. Bet of the century imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madton Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Just had a quick look at our strikers form since they joined/rejoined in Jan. McManus- 3 starts, 3 goals, 2 assists. Caldwell- 5 starts, 4 goals, 5 assists. McDonald- 4 starts, 3 goals, 1 assist. The 3 of them are on fire with Caldwell especially being very impressive. If you add in our improved defensive performances, 4 goals conceded in 450 minutes, with one of them being a pen which shouldn't have been, I think that's the reason we will win this league! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbineTon Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Just had a quick look at our strikers form since they joined/rejoined in Jan. McManus- 3 starts, 3 goals, 2 assists. Caldwell- 5 starts, 4 goals, 5 assists. McDonald- 4 starts, 3 goals, 1 assist. The 3 of them are on fire with Caldwell especially being very impressive. If you add in our improved defensive performances, 4 goals conceded in 450 minutes, with one of them being a pen which shouldn't have been, I think that's the reason we will win this league! The defensive stats are actually very impressive, but part of me can't help but feel that it's down to luck, more so than good, solid defending. We still look so liable at the back most weeks Long may it continue, though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Aitken's Love Child Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 I would imagine that we won't be seeing Joe McKee in this weekend's squad, going by the picture he's just posted on twitter. For the squeamish, I've put it in spoilers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Gary Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Was that playing for the dev squad? Looks like he's been playing Sunday league.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinclair Street Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Was that playing for the dev squad? Looks like he's been playing Sunday league.. He was subbed last night 'due to a head injury', so must have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 that's just a graze. Man up and get on with the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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