cmdc Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Hard to disagree with that - whether he was playing well or not you couldn’t say he hid in games. Certainly not in those two seasons under Duffy anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Very brief mention in Garry O’Connor’s documentary. Just admits he was in no shape and wasn’t fit enough to play. It’s a decent watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, dunning1874 said: Extensive interview with Joe McKee about his whole career here. He speaks very highly of Jim Duffy when he's talking about Morton. https://www.stonewallermag.co.uk/post/joe-mckee-curtain-call While on his time with us he also mentions "wanting the ball all the time"... Sounds like a decent, genuine, hard-working guy that we're well rid of. And frankly, he sounds like exactly the kind of guy who should be away from full-time football, and straight into coaching, which he seems to have both the personality and mindset for. Best of luck to him on that. Edited August 20, 2020 by TRVMP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, cmdc said: Hard to disagree with that - whether he was playing well or not you couldn’t say he hid in games. Yes who can forget how he single-handedly dragged the 13/14 squad out of danger with all of his Roy of the Rovers style, all-action performances in the middle of the park. Oh no wait: he was actually rubbish, hid as usual when the going got tough and so emerged with as little credit from that disgrace of a season as any other player in the squad with the singular exception of Sir Douglas. A useless, flea-hearted sand-dancer. Edited August 20, 2020 by vikingTON The site is supposed to be a place for the extended 'family' of Morton supporters - having an affinity with people that you don't know, because you share a love of your local football club. It's not supposed to be about point scoring and showing how 'clever' or 'funny' you are, or just being downright rude and offensive to people you don't know, because you can get away with it. Unfortunately, it seems the classic case of people who have little standing/presence in real life, use this forum as a way of making themselves feel as if they are something. It's sad, and I've said that before.. So, having been on Morton forums for about 15 years I guess, I've had enough... well done t*ssers, another Morton supporter driven away. You can all feel happy at how 'clever' you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdc Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Strong disagree 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Frank Ross signs for GA Eagles in the Netherlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 13 minutes ago, TheGoon said: Frank Ross signs for GA Eagles in the Netherlands. He was a good player. Bit of a mad move for him as well. Peter Weatherson is the greatest player since Ritchie, and should be assigned 'chairman for life' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 20 hours ago, cmdc said: Hard to disagree with that - whether he was playing well or not you couldn’t say he hid in games. Certainly not in those two seasons under Duffy anyway. Honestly, if I was asked to name a Morton player who had a tendency to hide when things were going badly he's one of the first names to come to mind from the last decade. Probably behind Kyle Wilkie, Lawrence Shankland and the Young brothers, but I'm struggling to think any of any other more deserving candidates. 1 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...
TRVMP Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Aye but shouted for the ball in Italian when he was a kid, so he's basically the white Casemiro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdc Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Fair enough, I saw it completely different - particularly his two seasons under Duffy - but it’s old ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Partridge_Ton Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 38 minutes ago, TRVMP said: Aye but shouted for the ball in Italian when he was a kid, so he's basically the white Casemiro. You’d be surprised. He’s earning more than you think TRVMP. He’s head of modern languages! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody66 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 McKee was decent for this level. Got it tight from the fans but those with a football eye could see he was a player. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Woody66 said: McKee was decent for this level. Got it tight from the fans but those with a football eye could see he was a player. Well his soaring career arc down to *checks notes* 'Dumbarton' in the seaside leagues since really bears out the judgment of those beard-stroking intellectuals* within the Morton fanbase. * gullible morons Edited August 20, 2020 by vikingTON 1 The site is supposed to be a place for the extended 'family' of Morton supporters - having an affinity with people that you don't know, because you share a love of your local football club. It's not supposed to be about point scoring and showing how 'clever' or 'funny' you are, or just being downright rude and offensive to people you don't know, because you can get away with it. Unfortunately, it seems the classic case of people who have little standing/presence in real life, use this forum as a way of making themselves feel as if they are something. It's sad, and I've said that before.. So, having been on Morton forums for about 15 years I guess, I've had enough... well done t*ssers, another Morton supporter driven away. You can all feel happy at how 'clever' you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 2 hours ago, GiGi said: He was a good player. Bit of a mad move for him as well. Charlie Telfer spent some time in the Dutch second tier too, with Almere City. Ross is one of only two Scots in the Dutch senior leagues. There's a central defender called George Johnston on the books at Feyenoord. Ex-Liverpool youth, apparently not miles off the first team. Another one of those, same time tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_Partridge_Ton Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 42 minutes ago, TRVMP said: Charlie Telfer spent some time in the Dutch second tier too, with Almere City. Ross is one of only two Scots in the Dutch senior leagues. There's a central defender called George Johnston on the books at Feyenoord. Ex-Liverpool youth, apparently not miles off the first team. Another one of those, same time tomorrow. Most cornflakes come from the USA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 Can't believe some people are actually saying mckee was decent for us. I thought he was awful. Heart the size of a pea and offered very little to the team. One of these players who came with a good reputation but was piss poor. 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...
BishopBrennan Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 4 hours ago, Woody66 said: McKee was decent for this level. Got it tight from the fans but those with a football eye could see he was a player. Meanwhile those of us blessed with actual eyes realised he was utter shite. You address me by my proper title, you little bollocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 32 minutes ago, BishopLenBrennan said: Meanwhile those of us blessed with actual eyes realised he was utter shite. He still broke Conor McGrandles' leg though, which is to his credit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Did McKee not do ok for us until an injury against Falkirk, after which he wasn’t the same player? "Any nation given the opportunity to regain its national sovereignty and which then rejects it is so far beneath contempt that it is hard to put words to it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dunning1874 Posted August 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Alibi said: Did McKee not do ok for us until an injury against Falkirk, after which he wasn’t the same player? That was a common myth started in the 13/14 season when people were desperately looking for reasons why our form would turn around rather than accepting that we were fucked as we fell further and further back. Those who didn't want to accept the reality of the situation saw they had no argument based on what was happening on the pitch, so resorted to something unquantifiable. 'McKee's the Tidser replacement in this team, he's the playmaker who's going to make it tick, he started the season well, when he's fit we'll be fine' was typical of the straw clutching on display. In reality that Falkirk game was only the second league game and fourth game of the season overall. The three games prior to his injury were a 1-0 defeat at League Two Annan, a 6-2 AET win at League One East Fife where he was subbed in normal time before our flurry of extra time goals and a 2-0 win at home to Cowdenbeath. There was nothing in there to suggest he was ever making a significant difference to that shitfest of a team. At Falkirk he went off injured after 38 minutes at 0-0 then we were 2-0 down at half-time so it was easy to say McKee went off then we collapsed but correlation =/= causation. It was just that defence doing what it was always going to do regardless of McKee being on the pitch. As the inadequacies of the likes of Cham, Hands, Peciar and Habai were quickly exposed everyone latched all their pre-season positivity onto McKee, who unlike the others wasn't having it exposed as nonsense through watching him every week. It happens at every club, but despite not being out for all that long in the grand scheme of things compared to someone like Stephen Stirling, McKee was biggest beneficiary we've ever had of a player getting better in the collective imagination of the support with every week he spent injured. 4 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...
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