Mr.Blue Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 4 hours ago, Stu said: Great to see a new take on the “If he did that on the street he’d be locked up” cliche. Not Being a wrestling fan is a red card offence. Ftfy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 What I would find disappointing, if I were a Morton fan, is that three times in the last decade (or so) when the club had momentum its been squandered. You’re certainly in the doldrums at present and have to hope that when the next surge comes along you can fully capitalize on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I don't think Baird has been that bad. He's come in and worked hard and scored some goals. What more can you ask of a striker? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young gun Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I particularly enjoyed Craig Samson kissing his badge ,and Karma for Doyle after assaulting Saints players all afternoon Why was he not booked? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 46 minutes ago, IainMorton said: It’s the Morton way though, take a decent looking footballer and turn him into a shite footballer. Not entirely true: I think we can all agree Harkins has been a bit of a revelation for you this season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 Ftfy I see what you’ve done there. You’ve added “not” at the start of my post to make it look like I think the opposite of what I actually posted.That’s very clever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonnitus Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) John Baird is our second-top scorer in the league, 2 goals behind Harkins, 1 ahead of Oliver. It's definitely over-simplifying the variations of a 36-game league, but in general: if you score 50 goals*, you make the play-offs. This season we have 47. There's 1 game left obviously, but as it stands, this season has actually been Duffy's best 2nd-tier season in terms of Goals Scored as well as Goals Conceded (albeit we have 2 points less than last season so far). *St Mirren the outlier, who scored 52 goals but also had a negative goal difference. Edited April 22, 2018 by tonnitus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 1 hour ago, btb said: What I would find disappointing, if I were a Morton fan, is that three times in the last decade (or so) when the club had momentum its been squandered. You’re certainly in the doldrums at present and have to hope that when the next surge comes along you can fully capitalize on it. Absolutely. I get that wind ups are natural at times like this, but I guess that from the outside looking in people genuinely believe the 'bottle merchants' tag which is applied to Morton. It's a label that massively lets our board and respective managers off the hook. While it certainly was the case that the bottle of players was one of our problems in the mid-noughties, mentality of the squad has nothing to do with the last two seasons going to shit. Every time Morton have squandered momentum since the Raes took over it's been down to incompetence in the boardroom or in the dugout. Even when we were absolute bottle merchants from 2004-07, it was down to the managers at that time: McCormack losing the plot in 03/04 followed by the appointment of McInally, who was just a fucking terrible manager who to the surprise of no one is still bottling promotion with Peterhead. The f**k ups since have just been a result of not being good enough, which has stemmed from the board. There's only a mentality problem at Morton in the sense of the fish rotting from the head down from the boardroom. Change at that level can change the culture of accepting failure that saw both of the above managers rewarded for failure before being sacked too late, parallels there with Duffy being given a new contract right on the back of our worst run of results in 25 years. Our problem is incompetence and the current board have had far too many chances to fix it. All that squandered momentum comes back to their decisions. It's time to go. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 7 hours ago, Stu said: I see what you’ve done there. You’ve added “not” at the start of my post to make it look like I think the opposite of what I actually posted. That’s very clever. Sherlock Holmes has f**k all on you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBank Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 11 hours ago, Mr.Blue said: Sherlock Holmes has f**k all on you. Yes, because that was a 100% genuine post and certainly not me laughing at the sort of wit that was last funny when Wayne's World was still relevant. You're not Brian, by any chance? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 18 hours ago, tonnitus said: John Baird is our second-top scorer in the league, 2 goals behind Harkins, 1 ahead of Oliver. It's definitely over-simplifying the variations of a 36-game league, but in general: if you score 50 goals*, you make the play-offs. This season we have 47. There's 1 game left obviously, but as it stands, this season has actually been Duffy's best 2nd-tier season in terms of Goals Scored as well as Goals Conceded (albeit we have 2 points less than last season so far). *St Mirren the outlier, who scored 52 goals but also had a negative goal difference. We were a bit of an exception last season though as a huge percentage of those 52 goals came in the last 14 games when we were dishing out shoeings to teams. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 When's Duffys contract up? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Watson Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 12 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: When's Duffys contract up? Hopefully 5pm on Saturday. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 59 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: When's Duffys contract up? End of next season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 End of next season. Thanks,RegardsRest of the championship next season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 6 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: Thanks, Regards Rest of the championship next season Hoping he’ll be punted but there’s no chance our board will do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMorton Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Did he not sign a two year extension on the Monday after we beat St. Mirren 4-1 back in August? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, IainMorton said: Did he not sign a two year extension on the Monday after we beat St. Mirren 4-1 back in August? It's like the opposite of doing a team a favour by humping them and getting their shit manager sacked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 15 minutes ago, IainMorton said: Did he not sign a two year extension on the Monday after we beat St. Mirren 4-1 back in August? He did. On the back of a terrible run of results including the previous season. F*** knows why the Board/Rae thought it was worthwhile giving him another deal at that point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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