Ludo*1 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Well I'll be damned. Morton are splashing the cash once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Excellent news. Two strong signings in a week. We are going to look a bit silly if we don't at least get promotion now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Aitken's Love Child Posted January 21, 2015 Author Share Posted January 21, 2015 Gaston Kilday - Miller - O'Ware - Russell J McCluskey - Pepper - Tidser - Forbes MacDonald - Caldwell On paper, that's probably our strongest team. Forbes on the left hand side of midfield is a concern, but Russell has the legs to get up and down the left hand side, which would allow Forbes to slot in as almost a 3rd central midfielder at times. Gives us some decent options from the bench in McKee, S. McCluskey, Crighton, Milojevic, but I still think we could do with another player or two added to the squad to beef things up a bit, with a wide midfielder being the top of the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madton Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Personally Id play. Gaston Kilday Miller Milojevic Russell. J.McCluskey Pepper Tidser Forbes. McDonald Caldwell. Adam. Crighton Lamie. Oware. Mckee S. McLuskey. Scullion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madton Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 So close SALC. I've always like big Milojevic and he has done well when I've seen him. Playing with Crighton maybe made him look worse. He was one of the best defenders in this league last season by all accounts. Either way, him or O'Ware would be fine, as long as its not Lamie or Crighton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsTON Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Personally Id play. Gaston Kilday Miller Milojevic Russell. J.McCluskey Pepper Tidser Forbes. McDonald Caldwell. . Would mind that, but think we might be a bit flimsy defensively.Assuming the budget for a holding midfielder is gone, Id play O'Ware there in a diamond. Peppers energy beside Tidser and Forbes at the top of it. Edit to add that with Tidser not likely to be far, O'Ware shouldnt have to contribute to the attacking play too much, masking any failings there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTIG_FTOF Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 As everyone knows I've not exactly been optimistic about our chances of winning this league, but with Tidser and Peaso it'll be a massive achievement to fail to do so. What about the Duff Factor? No longer a handicap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Gary Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I expect Duffy to go with Gaston Kilday O'Ware Lamie Russell McCluskey Miller Tidser Forbes Caldwell Peaso He clearly has some problem with Pepper, and we do need a more defensive minded player in a midfield with McCluskey, Tidser and Forbes. If he plays a lone striker and it's not Peaso, or plays Tidser anywhere other than central midfield then he's off his head. Just need to wait and see, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 What about the Duff Factor? No longer a handicap? Yeah, but we're talking about Michael 'who the f**k is Iniesta' Tidser here. Provided Duffy doesn't play him at right wing-back or something, he is the kind of player who can single-handedly drag a team to a title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowshed Chris Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Excellent work by Duffy. First Caldwell and MacDonald, now Tidser - arguably our most talented player of the last 10 years. Noted we are 16/5 for the league on Bet 365 - bookies could be set to take a hammering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Pires on the Wing Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Excellent work by Duffy. First Caldwell and MacDonald, now Tidser - arguably our most talented player of the last 10 years. Noted we are 16/5 for the league on Bet 365 - bookies could be set to take a hammering. Calm down please. We're still hamstrung with Duffy in charge and poor options in defence. We're by no means favourites for the title at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Yeah, but we're talking about Michael 'who the f**k is Iniesta' Tidser here. Provided Duffy doesn't play him at right wing-back or something, he is the kind of player who can single-handedly drag a team to a title. Ross Forbes has more title medals tbf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowshed Chris Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Calm down please. We're still hamstrung with Duffy in charge and poor options in defence. We're by no means favourites for the title at this stage. I've said it once and I'll say it again - Duffy will win us the league. That much is fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I've said it once and I'll say it again - Duffy will win us the league. That much is fact. In which season? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Calm down please. We're still hamstrung with Duffy in charge This. Doesn't matter what players you sign, you'll win f**k all with that muppet in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTIG_FTOF Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Fair play to Morton though. From what I remember of Tidser in games vs us, the obvious high esteem he is held in by greenocktonians, and his period in England, fact he was in demand up here - he'll have been in a strong position to command a hefty weekly wage - and with it being a 2 and a half year contract, it's clearly a sizeable 6 figure commitment from the sweetieman he has signed up to. Dingwall and Paisley (and I wouldn't discount ourselves and possibly Motherwell) were interested in him, and I'd be quite surprised if Tidser hasn't got a contract on comparable weekly wages that the desperate bottom two of the Premiership (and yes, maybe ourselves) would have been offering him. I'm sure there's break clauses built in, like if should Morton not go up, or next season if an offer of X amount comes in he can talk to bidding club - but on the face of it, this will be a costly contract but, from the outside, a bold and ambitious statement of intent from the club. (and sends out completely different message than that of Novo, O'Connor and all the other wasters you fucked your season up with last year). Along with the return of another greenocktonian messiah in McDonald, and the signing of Forbes (I think both are 18 months each? Right/wrong? And McD with a coaching role too?), there's obviously a lot of cash being flung about down there just now. Hope Forbes rediscovers some of his brilliance with the Greenocks though, seriously - he could do with upping his workrate though. With Duffy on a two year contract too - Fiscally, this appears to me, that Auld Man Rae is backing Duffy to the hilt - and making a huge bet on Morton getting up to the Championship this season, to try catch the increased revenue in that league while at least one (likely two) of the Edinburgh clubs and the Govan Zombies (if they don't die or get relegated or demoted due to admin or worse (better?)) are in it. Low home crowds, little league prize money, and a season in the third tier of mostly part time seasiders, that up til now has looked from a couple of leagues above, and limited reading of some Morton threads, shows that this season so far for Morton has been a monumental disappointment and fail - so it looks like Rae is putting it all on red - and hoping this bet comes off (he hasn't got a good history of it though). Not that Rae will be out of pocket - he'll just add another half million to Morton debt to GC - if that happens, you surely have to fear for the future of the club though? That would push Morton past the £3m debt wouldn't it? I wish Morton well in their win or bust gamble. Especially with Jim Duffy there. Shudders Dick Campbellesque. Shudders again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTIG_FTOF Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Yeah, but we're talking about Michael 'who the f**k is Iniesta' Tidser here. Provided Duffy doesn't play him at right wing-back or something, he is the kind of player who can single-handedly drag a team to a title. Didn't in his past. But i see your point / optimism since it's the seaside league. What happens if he isn't the same player he was first time round though? Ross Forbes has more title medals tbf He had a full team of stars to help him get his. Morton, have half a team of stars so far. Should be good enough to be top before the end of this season in the seaside league, but I remember previous Morton title challenges that have ended in whimpers (Not a dig, just realism). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTIG_FTOF Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 I've said it once and I'll say it again - Duffy will win us the league. That much is fact. In which season? Which league???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Rae is throwing down the gauntlet to Duffy. Win the league and win it well or leave. With Dunfermline clinging on to a title challenge it's really time to start motoring away from them. But I wonder with these players coming back to Morton now - was it worth letting them all go in the first place? Tidsers transfer was the most costly 50 grand Dougie ever got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 He had a full team of stars to help him get his. For both his title medals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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