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The sheer brass neck of this:

 

Morton manager David Hopkin: "I'm embarrassed. Two mistakes again against 10 men. We don't deal with balls into the box which is criminal. I can't defend the players today. It's schoolboy stuff and it's time some people at this club - some of the players - took responsibility."

 

Take responsibility yourself for once. Every other week it’s been the referee or some bullshit like luck or not getting the breaks as if everything is outwith anyone’s control. Now both of those have run out, it’s all down to the players. Players he signed and persisted with despite every single person watching being able to tell him who obviously needed dropped weeks ago. Pathetic.

Turning on his team? That the beginning of the end right there.

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

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We’re playing at the same time as Scotland next week. When’d that last happen?

Happened twice in the same season -

 

7th Sept 2002 - Morton 2-3 St. Mirren (Hoppy scored our 2nd) and Faroes 2-2 Scotland (this kicked off when our 2nd half started) Not a good day.

 

29th March 2003 - Gretna 0-1 Morton (Eddie Annand) and Scotland 2-1 Iceland (Kenny Miller got one).

McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up.
Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control...

That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie.

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Happened twice in the same season -

 

7th Sept 2002 - Morton 2-3 St. Mirren (Hoppy scored our 2nd) and Faroes 2-2 Scotland (this kicked off when our 2nd half started) Not a good day.

 

29th March 2003 - Gretna 0-1 Morton (Eddie Annand) and Scotland 2-1 Iceland (Kenny Miller got one).

Three times that season. Morton beat East Stirling 1-0 at Firs Park the same night Scotland lost 2-0 to the Republic of Ireland at Hampden in a friendly.

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The team is made up of human garbage, but the midfield is particularly garbage. We had 4 centre mids spread across the middle of the park, but when they don’t close down the ball or track runners or pick up spare men the whole team can’t play.

The keepers definitely at fault rooted to his line for the 2nd goal, he shouldn’t be seen again.

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lol wut

 

He's made five appearances since joining the club on September 19. Of these, he was brought on to make the difference against Arbroath with fully forty minutes to go: was shite; done nothing; the team lost. He was the brought on against Ayr at 3-2 down to change the game: was shite; done nothing; the team lost. And yesterday he was brought on to change the game against ten fucking men: was shite; did nothing and the team once again lost. He's got far more of a run out in recent weeks than Kalvin Orsi, yet I don't see anyone holding a candelit vigil for Orsi's promising football talent. They've both had enough chances and game time to conclude that they're just dung. 

 

King was a free agent in the middle of September for that very good reason and if he hadn't been signed by Thu Rainjurs years ago then he would have already found its natural level in the Lowland League or the juniors by now.

 

Should have asked you for your detailed player playing time report prior to my comment.

 

As you say not shown at all, bit of a ghoust really.

 

Anyway take it his time will be up come Christmas unless he dazzles all before then.

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Happened twice in the same season -

 

7th Sept 2002 - Morton 2-3 St. Mirren (Hoppy scored our 2nd) and Faroes 2-2 Scotland (this kicked off when our 2nd half started) Not a good day.

 

29th March 2003 - Gretna 0-1 Morton (Eddie Annand) and Scotland 2-1 Iceland (Kenny Miller got one).

Three times that season. Morton beat East Stirling 1-0 at Firs Park the same night Scotland lost 2-0 to the Republic of Ireland at Hampden in a friendly.

Morton played Alloa on 12/11/05 at the same time Scotland played the USA at Hampden. I went to the Scotland game whilst the rest of our regular group at the time went to the Alloa game.

 

 

ETA:

 

I'm sure there has been a more recent club v country clash that coincided with a Scotland away tie.

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Even a couple of days later that defeat still feels as ugly as it did at the time. Every pass from McAlister, Jacobs and Millar was ultra cautious and it was only a matter of time before our mistakes kicked in. I've actually got a bit of sympathy for the way the midfield tried to play. When we weren't booting it long every decent pass in to McHugh and Salkeld came straight back at us.

 

The one positive is that Strapp appears to be steadily improving with game time. His nervousness and positional wobbles from the first few games seem to have disappeared. It's all the more impressive given the fact we've been on the end of some serious humpings this season already.

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In all competitions under Hopkin we’ve conceded 47 goals in 19 games. Johansson was in charge for 34 games and conceded 44. The manager with previous success at this level who was going to make us organised and hard to beat has actually got us conceding at a considerably higher rate than we were under a confirmed dud who will never manage again.

 

Admittedly Hopkin has also played two top flight and two other Championship clubs in cups, those four games accounting for a ridiculous 15 of those goals. Johansson faced none through being out of two cups when he took over then getting papped from the Scottish Cup by a League One side, but that we’ve capitulated defensively every time we’ve faced someone at our level or higher in a cup is hardly a defence of Hopkin.

 

Comparing league records alone, Hopkin has conceded 29 in 13 games, whereas Johansson oversaw 41 in 31. He has actually contrived to make us worse defensively and he really can’t even attempt a budget/personnel argument on that one. The only defenders that we lost without Hopkin having the choice to keep were Buchanan and Iredale. Buchanan is obviously a dud who isn’t any better than Grant or Baird and while Iredale was a better player than Strapp is currently, the left side is the least problematic part of the defence.

 

He needs to abandon the back four now, along with the goalkeeper he insists on picking behind it. They’ve been a total failure.

Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake

Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake

Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake

Oh Lord, Brian Wake

 

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In all competitions under Hopkin we’ve conceded 47 goals in 19 games. Johansson was in charge for 34 games and conceded 44. The manager with previous success at this level who was going to make us organised and hard to beat has actually got us conceding at a considerably higher rate than we were under a confirmed dud who will never manage again.

 

Admittedly Hopkin has also played two top flight and two other Championship clubs in cups, those four games accounting for a ridiculous 15 of those goals. Johansson faced none through being out of two cups when he took over then getting papped from the Scottish Cup by a League One side, but that we’ve capitulated defensively every time we’ve faced someone at our level or higher in a cup is hardly a defence of Hopkin.

 

Comparing league records alone, Hopkin has conceded 29 in 13 games, whereas Johansson oversaw 41 in 31. He has actually contrived to make us worse defensively and he really can’t even attempt a budget/personnel argument on that one. The only defenders that we lost without Hopkin having the choice to keep were Buchanan and Iredale. Buchanan is obviously a dud who isn’t any better than Grant or Baird and while Iredale was a better player than Strapp is currently, the left side is the least problematic part of the defence.

 

He needs to abandon the back four now, along with the goalkeeper he insists on picking behind it. They’ve been a total failure.

Nonsense, the back 4 don't need abandoned it needs tinkering. Changing the keeper immediately will help and replacing the rabbit in the headlights right back will also help. Baird, Grant and Strap are doing ok in difficult circumstances and if you think we can find better for £350 a week then your delusional.

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Nonsense, the back 4 don't need abandoned it needs tinkering. Changing the keeper immediately will help and replacing the rabbit in the headlights right back will also help. Baird, Grant and Strap are doing ok in difficult circumstances and if you think we can find better for £350 a week then your delusional.

And who else do you want to put at right back, considering that we don’t have one?

 

I’m not saying we should chuck every player in the back four, I’m saying we should put them in a 3-5-2.

Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake

Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake

Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake

Oh Lord, Brian Wake

 

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Who plays at right wing back?

I’d go with Salkeld for now. It’s not an ideal solution as he’s clearly not a natural defender, but we’re getting torn apart every week on the right with no one who can play right back competently and the right back never getting any protection from midfield anyway, whether that’s due to playing a narrow four with no one ahead of the right back or with wingers doing nothing defensive quality.

 

With a back three with a more attacking player at right wing back we may still find ourselves being exposed on the right, but we’ll at least have more bodies in the middle to deal with it when it happens and Salkeld at least has the energy to perform the role. I don’t think it’s likely that we’ll be any worse with him there than with any one of Welsh, Jacobs or McAlister at right back, all of whom may have a contribution to make elsewhere but are hopeless at full-back. I would expect him to make mistakes with positional sense that could allow teams in behind him, as happened for a goal at Inverness in the Challenge Cup, but every week our opponents have the freedom of that wing and we’re well past the point of needing to resort to least bad options.

Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake

Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake

Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake

Oh Lord, Brian Wake

 

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