capitanus Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 The club needs fresh ideas and until there is a buyer we are stuck with Crawford. Unfortunately JJ has been a disaster but he needs to bin him Sooner rather than later. Is the club even up for sale? *insert signature here* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 The 1st song sung on Tuesday is Crawford get tae ****.Bet you it’s not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I agree. Like his father before him, he is a Morton supporter and his heart is in the right place. A lot of people should be very careful in what they wish for.This.They seem to forget he could pull out whenever he wants, and god knows where that would leave us. I want new owners to be pumping money into us to establish us in the top flight, but investors are hardly queuing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy66 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 We have F#CK all to sing about so what's the point.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so72 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 One manager whom I really like: Gary Holt. He probably wouldn't come to us as he will be destined for bigger things, but it begs the question, who is the next Gary Holt or Jack Ross out there? That is why I someone like James McDonaugh would be worth a punt. He has done his time at youth level (like Holt), been an assistant and is now doing well as manager of Edinburgh City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so72 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Is the club even up for sale? Yes. Crawford has said he would sell multiple times and the Easdales have confirmed they are in talks to take over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hej Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 We're having the Raith 2016-17 season here. Embarrassing loss in the relegation play-off to East Fife imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitanus Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 That is why I someone like James McDonaugh would be worth a punt. He has done his time at youth level (like Holt), been an assistant and is now doing well as manager of Edinburgh City. I honestly don't know much about him. He may be the right guy, so wouldn't rule him out. Is he an East Coaster? *insert signature here* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Hartley did a very good job at Alloa then at Dundee. Yes Falkirk was disaster but I actually think he’d be a good appointment! A point to prove and should have learned from his Falkirk experience!! Hartley was shafted a bit with the loss of Hemmimgs & Stewart at Dundee, but his recruitment was a disaster and his tactics consistently baffling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Johansen has been a fucking disaster but folk saying they'd take Duffy back just shows the state we are in. He'd taken us as far as he could and had to go. No idea who we should bring in next but JJ has to go. There's a storm on the horizon And for that I can't see the sun For I'll keep a waiting on the pavement For the ice cream van to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malt Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Yes. Crawford has said he would sell multiple times and the Easdales have confirmed they are in talks to take over Crawford has stated multiple times he would listen to any offer but there are no statements from either Sandy or James Easdales which claim they have submitted an offer for the club or interested in buying Morton. You may find a statement from a ‘spokesman’ for them but you will also find a quote from Sandy saying no one speaks for him! If they are interested then maybe wait until the end of the season, be valued cheaper when we are a League One club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I'm finding some of the comments about Crawford disgusting, tbh. He definitely cares more about the club than he's ever been given credit for. The JJ reign just hasn't worked out. Yeah, people are massively missing the point with some of the criticism of the board. There are of course serious questions to be asked of ambition and strategy for the club in the medium to long term, but the impending disaster that is this season is only down to them insofar as they’ve appointed a bad manager and are failing to sack him. Concerns over Hawke’s concept of a youth system or how long Crawford wants to remain as owner are entirely separate issues. Talk of no manager being capable of getting better results because he’d be hamstrung by the lack of ambition of the board is just utter nonsense. There’s no two ways about it. The squad we have is blatantly capable of better results than we’re getting, therefore no manager is doomed to perform this badly. Johansson has been this bad because he’s absolutely clueless. Get a manager who isn’t clueless, a manager who even comes within a mile of basic competence, and results will improve. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malt Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 JJ doesn’t know his best formation, the players strengths and tactically he is woeful. He is dragging us into the relegation playoff and along the way has allowed for our best player to sign a pre contract and not be utilised. Aside from the horsing of Partick, what other games have been enjoyable/tolerable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LargsTON Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 It's really quite simple. Get a new manager in now and we avoid the bottom two spots. Retain JJ and we face automatic relegation which is why I'm hoping we get humped on Tuesday night. "CORNBEEF IS A BELLEND" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
so72 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I honestly don't know much about him. He may be the right guy, so wouldn't rule him out. Is he an East Coaster? Not sure, i think so but can't say for sure. He was actually Houston's assistant at Falkirk in his successful season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 JJ doesn’t know his best formation, the players strengths and tactically he is woeful. He is dragging us into the relegation playoff and along the way has allowed for our best player to sign a pre contract and not be utilised. Aside from the horsing of Partick, what other games have been enjoyable/tolerable? Relegation play off is optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 What a fucking waste of time that was yesterday. Another game with barely an attempt on goal. Didn't think we played particularly bad, there's jusr zero threat and we're a liability at the back TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Yeah, people are massively missing the point with some of the criticism of the board. There are of course serious questions to be asked of ambition and strategy for the club in the medium to long term, but the impending disaster that is this season is only down to them insofar as they’ve appointed a bad manager and are failing to sack him. Concerns over Hawke’s concept of a youth system or how long Crawford wants to remain as owner are entirely separate issues. Talk of no manager being capable of getting better results because he’d be hamstrung by the lack of ambition of the board is just utter nonsense. There’s no two ways about it. The squad we have is blatantly capable of better results than we’re getting, therefore no manager is doomed to perform this badly. Johansson has been this bad because he’s absolutely clueless. Get a manager who isn’t clueless, a manager who even comes within a mile of basic competence, and results will improve. Exactly. I don't really blame Crawford for much at all this season. Appointing McKinnon and his team was a great move and pretty much everyone was on board with Johansson. He might have held off too long to sack him but that's more than likely to be dealt with by Saturday morning. As for Hawke's youth system - if it can provide 4 or 5 players a season to pad out the squad and we're funding it mostly with grants then I don't see the problem. The big concern is that it's always being sold as a catch-all answer to our problems. We're not going to start churning out a James McCarthy every season. However, our immediate problems are JJ-related. He needs 4 points from the next 2 games to even buy himself a chance at the Ross County and Alloa matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnbru Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Until people get their head out their arse the problem has and until we get new owners has been the Rae's. They have never wanted to take Morton into the Premier league and puppets like Hawke are just happy taking a wage and taking us the fans as **** them they will still give us their money. Surely Tuesday is now the time to tell these charlatans that are stealing our money enough is enough. McKinnon was a good appointment and was well backed. Not only just for players but for his coaching staff and sports science equipment. That's not the sign of people not wanting to win or make progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdc Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 McKinnon was a good appointment and was well backed. Not only just for players but for his coaching staff and sports science equipment. That's not the sign of people not wanting to win or make progress.Yep. If they didn’t want to make progress they would have stuck with Duffy, who did a solid job and who they rated. They did want to progress and felt that they needed something a bit different to do so, and so they made the change. ETA: Having worked with Crawford on the Community Trust side of things I can say that the idea that he is a disinterested owner, or that he has misled - or would mislead - fans (intentionally or otherwise) about his intentions, is completely unfounded. Obviously people can make their own minds up about whether this decision or that decision has worked out, or is likely to, but that’s a different thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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