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The way he's acting is beyond unprofessional, that's my problem. There are young guys in the dressing room who need a bit of stability and a bit of encouragement, yet Murray's first priority every week is to preserve his own hide. It's really not on. We all know the limitations he's under, but why does he think he's the only one? Does he think the players are delighted at the situation, being favorites for 10th place, written off already? Does he think that's good for their careers? When Murray got the job I was pleased because I thought he was experienced enough to know the score but young enough to be ambitious and dynamic, but he's been the worst of both worlds: dogmatic about his shan 4-2-3-1 with zero goal threat on the one hand, and unable to be a leader of men on the other. It's absolutely not good enough. I don't underestimate the challenges he faces at all but he's got to meet them head-on. This Marvin the Paranoid Android act is disgraceful and he needs to be shaken out of it for the sake of him as well as the club.

Last week showed a bit of fight and recovery but by all accounts it's back to the same old this week. We're in freefall. No goals all season, wild. It's untenable.

Voting is now online for the director spots.

Running to the media because you don't understand how application responses work is not an auspicious beginning, and I think his "manifesto" is by far the weakest of all of them. Reducing turmoil and building links with local schools are great. Focusing on "homegrown talent" is not. The game's changed. I have seen him at some Morton events and he does seem like a good guy, and his love for the club is undeniable. That's not my issue here.

Well, they're on the official candidates list. I will be voting against them, since flapping their gums to the papers the second they don't get the red carpet treatment bodes ill for what is already a very leaky club.

That was much improved, fair play to Murray and the players. If not for the officials we'd have got a very creditable point against a promotion favorite. Next week I think we can get a result.

Behave, that was refereeing error of the year. Sure if we sat back we'd have more cover around the penalty spot l, but you can't really legislate for when a linesman decides he's a dozy week prick and won't follow the laws of the game. I've been one of Murray's biggest critics but this has been good, all things considered. Hopefully this puts a bit of fire around the place. If that was me in the dugout and I was talking to the media after the game, I'd be getting an SFA fine. Absolutely sick of these holier than thou wee sadact refs who demand respect from everyone but won't do the bare minimum of what they're paid to do and take no responsibility for their game-changing errors.

MCT has run the show since 2021 and appointed Dougie Imrie as manager shortly afterwards, and since then we've finished 7th, then 5th (missed the playoffs on goal difference), then 5th, then 6th, then a poor 8th. We'll do well to scrape 9th this season. This kind of finish is similar to what we achieved while spaffing the Raes' money. It's not been a bad five years at all, despite all the drama. In the interim the likes of Dunfermline and Partick have spent literally millions of pounds between them trying and failing to get to the promised land, and they're both significantly bigger clubs than Morton, like it or not. Ross County are seaside-bound despite all the AMBISHUN from Uncle Roy. The Dalrada fallout has been a disaster, yes. But we are debt-free, our ground is ringfenced under community ownership, and if not for a manager who's clearly packed it in we'd be going into the season as underdogs but ready for a fight. I'd take our position over that of County or Accies any day of the week. Are we probably fucked this season? Yes. Are we able to persist as a going concern? Yes, and that's without a moneyman. If Uncle Roy pulled his money tomorrow Ross County wouldn't exist, and Accies have a long road ahead of them. I'd take our position ahead of having Oli Shaw in the team.

I don't know what the realistic options are for Cappielow. Beyond hoping that there's some government grants and someone could be tempted for a long-term naming rights deal to rebuild it, it's going to continue to be both our crown jewels and our Achilles' heel. Having ownership of the land and the ground is paramount but it's also expensive to maintain and not really able to make money outside of home games. For me this situation needs to be resolved one way or the other before there's any more AMBISHUN seasons like last one.

The Playbook that some people were asking for, find a backer with ambition and invest in the squad, is what we did last season and it's landed us right in it. So here's my question. Let's say hypothetically that we had sold equity to Dalrada Technology Ltd instead of sponsorship money and board rights. Would we be better off or worse off? I think we'd be far worse off. It's bad when a sponsor stops paying. It's much worse when an owner stops paying. I'm sure we all want what's best for Morton and I'm not a thousand percent married to Fan ownership , if something better does come along we'd be remiss not to at least investigate it. But as of this moment, going down the path of 'ambitious sponsor' has landed us in a mini Brooks Mileson situation, and I believe that without our ownership this would be much worse. None of this is to exonerate anyone, including myself (like almost everyone I voted for Dalrada) in MCT. It's just a fact that if Dalrada owned the club we would be beyond screwed right now.

I know our budget is bad but nobody made Murray sign a job lot of central midfielders and lose to Linlithgow. There are plenty of managers who would give anything for a final crack of full-time football even if they're working on a shoestring budget. Whether they'd be up to the job is another matter of course. And yes they're obviously League One clubs who can easily outspend us. But I wouldn't trade places with Accies right now. There's no telling what their future holds. And even if we're strapped, Stenny have a lower budget, I bet. I'm not saying it's an easy job for Murray or the club by any means and we are in for a real challenge regardless of who is managing l, but we are debt free, we have most of a full-time squad assembled, we're not in administration. Absolutely none of this is existential in the way Murray is saying. He's going about with a face like a skelped arse because he's not being able to sign his 12th midfielder or something when he should be making the best of what he has. He has absolutely no business being here and if he had any decency he'd have walked weeks ago once he figured out how much he's fucked it and how the Cavalry isn't coming with a bag of cash to bail him out. On the other hand I hear it was an improved performance today so well done to him for that at least.

First ever Championship team to finish on 0 btw

Kinnear's just not got it at Championship level. A long season lies ahead.

We were actually doing well (defensively; nothing going forward) until Gillespie gave away that stupid penalty.

Shame game tomorrow or will the Saintees take pity on us and stop at four or five?