Tink

For those of you that don’t follow the stock market in great detail (does anyone?) it is worth noting that Dalrada shares have tanked in recent weeks. They were trading at 40cents per share. They have been sliding (most notably there was a sudden drop on the day they announced that Ross Gourdie’s wife was the new chief of staff) and reached a bottom figure of less than 1 cent per share (you could buy three shares for a cent). They are currently at 1.1 cent per share. This suggests that the market believes that the company is in dire financial trouble. I hope the board has a plan B if Dalrada goes under. It may come to nothing, but it’s worth keeping an eye on this. I’d assume that the club has contracts with Dalrada, but they would prove worthless if the company goes under.

And Strapp off injured before half time.

Lewis Strapp doing us a favour by scoring an OG for Livingston.

Did the club not advertise a few weeks ago for 2 volunteers with some form of food hygiene qualification? Everyone assumed at the time that it was for hospitality. Hindsight is great, but we needed 2 volunteers and we have 2 pie stalls. Maybe 2 plus 2 makes 5, but maybe the club has been aware of the issue (if there is one) for a while. Regardless, it seems harsh to sack maybe 8 people because one person was dipping the till. Unless they were all at it, but that seems very unlikely.

Apology awaited

I’m told that Dale has sacked all the pie stall staff and brought in “his people” to replace them.

A good night at the MCT event last night. A few ex players were there (more than the club could find to celebrate the 150th) including Jim McAllister who flew in from the Middle East for the event. One notable point was that none of the supposed MCT reps on the Morton board were there. This, together with comments at the AGM, makes me wonder if there is a disconnect between the membership and the club board.

I wonder how long it will be before the GM changes his mind on going cashless and admits that he is totally out of touch with the Inverclyde fan base. An apology would be asking too much. The pricing of the dinner and it being black tie are two examples that come to mind. I’m sure there are more.

It’s a slimmed down version of a heavy switch.

A view from the terrace tonight (or on BBC iPlayer) has a good feature on Morton, MCT, and specifically Graham McLennan. Well worth a watch (it starts about 20 minutes into the programme)

Academy graduate Josh Cooper comes on as a sub for Dunfermline against Raith

Alan Power starts a new job selling BMWs in Lincoln. I guess he’s retired from football.

I was at Cappielow when Martin made his debut. The guy next to me said “who’s the number 5?” (I think that was his number) and the man behind said “that’s my son, Martin”. His dad was absolutely bursting with pride at his boy making his debut for his home town team. I never spoke to Martin, but he always seemed to be a good, hard working pro. If I remember correctly, his nephew is Ben who is at Liverpool and just missed the Euros squad.

I’ll have to check when I’m next at Cappielow, but I think you might be right. If I’m not going senile, I think there is a gap between the wall and the roof, and so it seems to serve no purpose other than for crowd control. Some clear Perspex blocks would be an option. I doubt that glass would be allowed (H&S rules etc).

I hadn’t seen this (my fault) but it doesn’t cover the circumstances presented on Saturday. I was not affected by some items not being available. I was affected by an apparent shortage of staff leading to long and slow-moving queues, and items selling out long before half time. Had they chosen, for example, to not sell pies then that would have been understandable given the statement. What happened was a failure to properly anticipate the demand. It’s not like we haven’t sold pies at Cappielow before.