Deego Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Im not taking the Michael here but is that actually true? Who were these teams & why would he knock back a move to a better league to stay with us? He turned down a deal at Hamilton Accies. edit to add link: http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/sport/14521747.Morton_captain_Kilday_snubbed_Hamilton_Accies_move_to_stay_at_Cappielow/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Im not taking the Michael here but is that actually true? Who were these teams & why would he knock back a move to a better league to stay with us? Hamilton offered him a deal to go back. He chose to stay here. More guarantee to play here (until injury) and also happy here as club captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Gunning gone. Wanted to stay, but Scrooge f*cked it up as per usual. The Raes need to GTF! If he'd gone to one of our immediate rivals I'd agree with this but this is deeply unfair. Grimsby is a bigger club, playing in a bigger league, with bigger crowds, a bigger TV deal, you name it. To try to compete with them even for a key player is risky. Best of luck to Sir Gavin, it was a pleasure having him at Cappielow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Gutted, obviously, but it doesn't look like there's a lot else the club could've done without potentially unsettling the squad. Thankfully we've got Kilday ready to come back into the team and don't need to panic and bring in a replacement, however there's now 0 excuses for not getting a striker in ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Gavin has been a great player for us and clearly is capable of playing at a higher level. However we are OK at CB so it's not really the worst thing that could happen if if allows us to strengthen our weakest area, namely striker. No excuse now for not doing that. Saturday looks like being a bit of a lash up team. We are lucky that Oyenuga is fit again as his presence will draw at least 4 Dumbarton defenders to attempt to stop him scoring his customary goal, leaving Scullion unmarked. Rather annoyed to see that the odds for O'Ware scoring any time have been slashed to about 3/1. Was about 9/1 the last few weeks. "Any nation given the opportunity to regain its national sovereignty and which then rejects it is so far beneath contempt that it is hard to put words to it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cet Homme Charmant Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Only had the honour and pleasure of seeing Sir Gav in the famous hoops once, in the Betfed Semi, and until his late injury you could just tell he was a class apart. Although the League 2 salaries are much higher than the Scottish Championship I'm not convinced that the standard is that much better, if at all. I would have thought he could easily cut it at League 1 level, and who knows, maybe even the English Championship. Think he could have done better than Grimsby for sure. Anyway, good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonTon Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Only had the honour and pleasure of seeing Sir Gav in the famous hoops once, in the Betfed Semi, and until his late injury you could just tell he was a class apart. Although the League 2 salaries are much higher than the Scottish Championship I'm not convinced that the standard is that much better, if at all. I would have thought he could easily cut it at League 1 level, and who knows, maybe even the English Championship. Think he could have done better than Grimsby for sure. Anyway, good luck! With Gunning in their team, Grimsby will be playing in League One by August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Only had the honour and pleasure of seeing Sir Gav in the famous hoops once, in the Betfed Semi, and until his late injury you could just tell he was a class apart. Although the League 2 salaries are much higher than the Scottish Championship I'm not convinced that the standard is that much better, if at all. I would have thought he could easily cut it at League 1 level, and who knows, maybe even the English Championship. Think he could have done better than Grimsby for sure. Anyway, good luck! Nah it's about the same standard as our Championship. He has the chance to maybe get an upper League 1 or Championship move if he does well there though. Think there's still a stigma surrounding him here unfortunatly, meaning no half-decent Premiership clubs were interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Apparently premiership interest in Rory Loy. Bottom of this page - https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/forfar-hot-shot-josh-peters-dundee-radar/ I'd surprised if he ended up at another Premiership side given the fact he could help a bottom 6 team get away from the relegation spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Thanks for the memories Gavin. Fully expect a minutes applause in the 5th minute to celebrate him. Good people will do good things, bad people will do bad things, but only with religion do good people do bad things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Grimsby is a bigger club, playing in a bigger league, with bigger crowds, a bigger TV deal, you name it. To try to compete with them even for a key player is risky. What the fuck have Grimsby ever achieved in their utterly pointless existence, milling around the English fourth tier/Conference? A club and town that could be reclaimed by the sea tomorrow and nobody would notice that they were gone. The site is supposed to be a place for the extended 'family' of Morton supporters - having an affinity with people that you don't know, because you share a love of your local football club. It's not supposed to be about point scoring and showing how 'clever' or 'funny' you are, or just being downright rude and offensive to people you don't know, because you can get away with it. Unfortunately, it seems the classic case of people who have little standing/presence in real life, use this forum as a way of making themselves feel as if they are something. It's sad, and I've said that before.. So, having been on Morton forums for about 15 years I guess, I've had enough... well done t*ssers, another Morton supporter driven away. You can all feel happy at how 'clever' you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Right you, off to bed, your clearly drunk Between laughably slating Lee Bonucci today and hand-wringing about away trips to Stranraer yesterday, this hasn't been an impressive 24 hours for you. Wrong 'un found. The site is supposed to be a place for the extended 'family' of Morton supporters - having an affinity with people that you don't know, because you share a love of your local football club. It's not supposed to be about point scoring and showing how 'clever' or 'funny' you are, or just being downright rude and offensive to people you don't know, because you can get away with it. Unfortunately, it seems the classic case of people who have little standing/presence in real life, use this forum as a way of making themselves feel as if they are something. It's sad, and I've said that before.. So, having been on Morton forums for about 15 years I guess, I've had enough... well done t*ssers, another Morton supporter driven away. You can all feel happy at how 'clever' you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 What the **** have Grimsby ever achieved in their utterly pointless existence, milling around the English fourth tier/Conference? A club and town that could be reclaimed by the sea tomorrow and nobody would notice that they were gone. By virtue of their being English and having a bigger fanbase, they're bigger. They actually played in the second tier as recently as 15 years ago, believe it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAFKAC Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 What the **** have Grimsby ever achieved in their utterly pointless existence, milling around the English fourth tier/Conference? A club and town that could be reclaimed by the sea tomorrow and nobody would notice that they were gone. Showing your youth? Grimsby were regularly in the second tier before doing something similar to Luton. They also regularly take more away than we get at Cappielow. And think of all the poor children deprived of fish fingers if Grimsby fell into the sea. "I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it." George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Grimsby are a bigger club than Morton, regardless of what division they've been in recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Showing your youth? Grimsby were regularly in the second tier before doing something similar to Luton. They also regularly take more away than we get at Cappielow. And think of all the poor children deprived of fish fingers if Grimsby fell into the sea. Also, the Grimsby/Cleethorpes area has over 150,000 people in it. Inverclyde has around half that. Even if you add some of some of North Ayrshire to the mix we're still a smaller catchment area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 By virtue of their being English and having a bigger fanbase, they're bigger. You already distinguished both of those facts from the claim that they are also "a bigger club". They've achieved fuck all in their pointless existence, never will and are an insignificance within their absolute bin of a region in eastern England. The site is supposed to be a place for the extended 'family' of Morton supporters - having an affinity with people that you don't know, because you share a love of your local football club. It's not supposed to be about point scoring and showing how 'clever' or 'funny' you are, or just being downright rude and offensive to people you don't know, because you can get away with it. Unfortunately, it seems the classic case of people who have little standing/presence in real life, use this forum as a way of making themselves feel as if they are something. It's sad, and I've said that before.. So, having been on Morton forums for about 15 years I guess, I've had enough... well done t*ssers, another Morton supporter driven away. You can all feel happy at how 'clever' you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 You already distinguished both of those facts from the claim that they are also "a bigger club". They've achieved **** all in their pointless existence, never will and are an insignificance within their absolute bin of a region in eastern England. Morton are an insignificance within their own home town, what's your point? Good people will do good things, bad people will do bad things, but only with religion do good people do bad things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 You already distinguished both of those facts from the claim that they are also "a bigger club". They've achieved **** all in their pointless existence, never will and are an insignificance within their absolute bin of a region in eastern England. If Morton played in England we'd also never have won the big Cup and almost certainly never played top flight. For the same reason that some San Marino outfit is not bigger than Morton despite having won umpteen titles, we're not bigger than Grimsby. And yes, Grimsby/Cleethorpes is a bin. Gelsenkirchen is also a bin but Schalke are a pretty huge club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinwoodTON Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Was there not a Morton player in the last ten years that left and signed for Grimsby Town? I can't for the life of me remember who. <span style='font-size: 14px;'><em class='bbc'>"That LinwoodTon's a c*nt, eh?"</em></span> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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