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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?

I read the transcript instead of watching. First I want to commend Graham and the rest for putting this together. It isn't easy to put your head above the parapet when things are going wrong but fair play, everyone's done so. Graham is exactly correct: we can't have another AMBISHUN season of signing a whole squad of pros because we don't have the money for it and there's nobody to back it up if we write checks we can't cash. Getting the stadium up to scratch absolutely has to happen and it's better we do that than spend money on "Curtis Main" and the like. That remains true even if we go down. MCT needs help. Once they get Estrella over the line they'll need more, not less. I hope more people can volunteer. Ian Murray remains a total fraud. I get that it's tough, he's working under real constraints, but he's the guy who signed guys like Grant Savoury, who are perma-injured, and stacks players in a couple of positions like central midfield instead of looking for starters elsewhere. The club's behind him, though, so we'll have to make the best of it.

Even at the nadir of the McPherson era the vibe from the dugout wasn't this bad, not even close. He's acting as though we're Sheffield Wednesday and we're 20 points down already or something, or he's being forced to play an under 19 squad. We're all keenly aware of the limitations we're under but he's blowing them massively out of proportion. There's no existential crisis at the club that makes losing at home to an LL side acceptable. Nor is conceding two in two minutes to a League One side anything other than a basic failure to build and coach a first team. Do we think East Fife are swimming in cash and can build a dynasty like they're Bayern or something? No, they're a bang average but well-managed small outfit who understand the assignment. He's absolutely got to go. It's untenable to let this go on any longer. No minerals.

If Murray's genuine opinion of Morton is that, as a club, it's defensible to record zero shots on target against a Lowland League side, something went very wrong in the interview process and he shouldn't be here.

Can't quite believe what I'm reading in the Tele. Is this a Poundland Mourinho attempt at deflecting criticism towards himself and protecting the young players in the squad? Or is it a guy who's not really arsed and is going to spend the next six months hiding behind a squad rebuild (famously we're the only team in Scotland to have this) and a low budget (same) before getting his payoff?

Months ago.

I noticed that on Tuesday. Trying to plan my travel for the next year and the official site was of no help at all.