Jamie_M 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? He did, although it wasn't a direct result of the St Mirren game, the contract had been on the table and agreed for weeks, he just finally signed it on that day (allegedly). Had they offered a contract extension on the back of one good win, it would have been preposterous. But handing a new contract before that, on the back of our capitulation at the end of the previous season and our abject failure of a League Cup performance was BAT SHIT FUCKING CRAZY! There was no need for it, it's not as if anyone was likely to try to prise him away (maybe they took Chic Young touting him for the Scotland job seriously!) I would love to think the BOD will get their just rewards by now having to pay him off when they sack him at the end of the season (won't happen though, they fucking love him and are too stupid to see his failings). Unfortunately, it was just the next in a long line of ridiculous decisions from them in charge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LargsTON Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 22/04/2018 at 12:15, Mr.Blue said: 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? He's not. It's just what Morton fans do. Make up their minds after a couple of games and stick with that opinion even if it's wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 20 minutes ago, LargsTON said: He's not. It's just what Morton fans do. Make up their minds after a couple of games and stick with that opinion even if it's wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 On 4/22/2018 at 13:15, Mr.Blue said: 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? Hold the ball up to bring midfielders into play; win the ball in the air from crosses or balls from the back; provide a pace threat in behind the opposition defence. If you can do all three then you certainly won't be at this level for long, but Baird offers none of the above. His running about a lot doesn't actually constitutes effective pressing of the opposition either. The best that you can say for Baird is that his finishing and movement in the penalty box has in practice been an upgrade on McHugh. That's not enough to merit a start in such a workmanlike team though and both of them should be binned at the soonest possible opportunity. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Duffy got that extension on the back of 12 league games without a win. It beggars belief. On Baird, you can look at the stats alone and on the face of it three goals in eight appearances (six starts) is a really good contribution. It certainly puts McHugh's record to shame. It ignores the context though. For starters, two of those goals were against Brechin. Yes, you can only beat what's in front of you and shamefully we're one of the sides who have dropped points to them this season, but let's not pretend that being capable of scoring against Brechin is any indication of ability to play against proper Championship sides. His goal against Dumbarton was a superb finish, so credit where it's due there. When a centre forward is scoring you quite rightly turn a blind eye to their failure to contribute anything else. However, you can't do that in his other appearances. Livingston at home, Falkirk away, Dundee United at home, Queen of the South at home - he was absolutely hopeless in all of these games and there was nothing to make up for the lack of goals. Like McHugh he's a player who can contribute absolutely nothing other than goals which is great if he's actually scoring, but he's not good enough to score against anyone but the relegation fodder. He works hard, but his tearing about like a headless chicken approach - in contrast to the intelligent pressing which we see when Quitongo and Oliver play together - isn't enough to make up for a lack of ability. He doesn't offer enough in holding the ball up, physical presence, intelligent movement, pressing or any other aspect of his all round play. Overall you'd have to say he's been considerably better than McHugh, but if we have aspirations of challenging for the playoffs again rather than slumping to another seventh place finish miles away from fourth we need far better than Baird. I'd also add that while this isn't Baird's fault at all, his signing coincided with our season going to shit as Duffy was determined to shoehorn him into the team and sacrificed Frank Ross to do so, destroying the balance of the team and even reinstating the 4-3-3 so he could accommodate him. That's 100% on Duffy's head and you can't blame Baird for it, but it's a warning about what we can expect if he's here next season and another reason not to sign him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colkitto Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 For me Duffy's biggest failing this season was not getting any quality wide players in at the start of the season. To wait until the January transfer window to bring in Frank Ross done more damage to our play off aspirations than anything. We could have had more points on the board in the first half of the season which would probably have been enough to secure our place in the top 4. Robert Thomson scored 13 or 14 goals last season with Dumbarton. That tells it's own story this season of our team failing to break down defences and put quality balls into the box for our strikers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gmfc Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 On 23/04/2018 at 11:24, Scosha said: 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. Because he is a yes man to the board 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sittìng on the fence Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Is Quitongo still under contract for next season? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMorton Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 9 minutes ago, Sittìng on the fence said: Is Quitongo still under contract for next season? No he signed a one year deal 12 months ago. Don’t know what will happen. Obviously I’d love to keep him as he is easily by far the best player in the squad right now and he puts so much fear into the opposition it’s like playing with a man down when he doesn’t play. Not sure if other clubs will take a chance on someone so injury prone, which is a shame for him as his talent is there for everyone to see. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonnitus Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 horrific. letting our fans vote was clearly a mistake (lovely socks though) PS: how the f**k is Harkins half the size of Tidser?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 On 23/04/2018 at 18:57, virginton said: Hold the ball up to bring midfielders into play; win the ball in the air from crosses or balls from the back; provide a pace threat in behind the opposition defence. If you can do all three then you certainly won't be at this level for long, but Baird offers none of the above. His running about a lot doesn't actually constitutes effective pressing of the opposition either. The best that you can say for Baird is that his finishing and movement in the penalty box has in practice been an upgrade on McHugh. That's not enough to merit a start in such a workmanlike team though and both of them should be binned at the soonest possible opportunity. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McG Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 23 minutes ago, tonnitus said: horrific. letting our fans vote was clearly a mistake (lovely socks though) PS: how the f**k is Harkins half the size of Tidser?! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventry Saint Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 33 minutes ago, tonnitus said: horrific. letting our fans vote was clearly a mistake (lovely socks though) PS: how the f**k is Harkins half the size of Tidser?! When we said the new strip needs to get in the sea... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boulderdomb Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 4 hours ago, tonnitus said: horrific. letting our fans vote was clearly a mistake (lovely socks though) PS: how the f**k is Harkins half the size of Tidser?! The photographer could have told Harkins one of his laces are undone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Lucky they didn't break an ankle, wearing football boots on that surface. IMO. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplemonkeydishwasher Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 What happened to the kit that got voted for? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Heading to this under 20s game tonight, loads of time to kill the way trains work out with kick off, Norseman be open or is there somewhere else nearish? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Watson Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 15 minutes ago, itzdrk said: Heading to this under 20s game tonight, loads of time to kill the way trains work out with kick off, Norseman be open or is there somewhere else nearish? There's a Brewers Fayre ten minutes walk towards the town, beside McDonalds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShaggerG Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 6 hours ago, tonnitus said: horrific. letting our fans vote was clearly a mistake (lovely socks though) PS: how the f**k is Harkins half the size of Tidser?! You've got the cheek to complain about playing on our pitch too. Think your groundsman has a lot of work to do! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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