TONofmemories Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 That wasn't the case last season when we were winning.... At least I don't remember it being the case anyway. That's what prompted auld Dougie to slag the fans turning up whilst threatening part time football TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malt Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Look at the away support we took to Motherwell.People are sick of the Rae family and the 'Bring a Friend', 'Going Part Time' etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Could argue that was still off the back of the awful things that happened just a few years prior. It has significantly worsened. Look at the supports we take away now - awful. Dunfermline went down and the fans rallied. 1k plus to most away games. We just don't have that mentality. I fear it's too far gone TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 The support is there. For whatever reason the semi-final attendance was poor but the Peterhead game about 6000? Turned up. People will turn up if Morton are doing the business on the pitch.But probably between 2-2500 of them were OF fans who would never come and support us over a league campaign, just for a one off game where we can win a trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Collective revolt. My worry is that the damage is too far gone for most folk. Let's say we changed owners and things started to look up, would we really be able to repair the damage? I don't see nearly as many groups of mates heading for a day out to the game anymore. Sad Dunfermline have turned it around, so can we. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaunTon Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Dunfermline have turned it around, so can we. I'd like to think that's the case but I'm genuinely unsure. The opportunity to build on last season has been squandered in a way that only Dougie Rae could, and it may well be the final straw (in a lone line of them). There is no chance of fundamental change under this regime and folk have spent too long being taken for mugs by a guy who's more motivated by ownership than achievement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malt Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 We have underachieved for 17 years under Douglas Rae and fans have tuned out. Add to that the Hugh scott Era and John Wilson before him. The fans are truest sick and tired and the club would really need to re-engage and to an extent re brand to get people on board as it has been broke. Promise after broken promise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 That wasn't the case last season when we were winning.... At least I don't remember it being the case anyway. That's what prompted auld Dougie to slag the fans turning up whilst threatening part time football Doing the business on the pitch for a spell is not enough. Doing the business on the pitch, showing ambition and with measurable targets for progression is, hence why Dunfermline fans bought into what they were trying to do whilst our fans, and continue to be proven right, did not. When we were going through our good spell, Hawke was interviewed and stated 'we are not ready to go up'. We 'strengthened' by replacing the injured Quitongo with Shankland while re-signing the likes of Oyenuga and Scullion. The signs were clear that the club had no desire to progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneCornetto Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 When we were going through our good spell, Hawke was interviewed and stated 'we are not ready to go up'. Sadly, these kind of messages come from the board all too often and ruin any momentum we might have. Fair enough if we aren’t ready, but you don’t actually tell the fans that as it achieves nothing. The support for Morton is out there but is driven away by this negativity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebananas Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 The current regime are content with us finishing mid-table every year; they're not interested in promotion to the top flight. Wasting our time. Sooner they're out, the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoon Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 The above from Jamie M is spot on. If the team was performing better and we made some positive signings, there’d be a much better atmosphere around the place, obviously. Last season (the first half anyway) was one of the most enjoyable times to support Morton as there’d been in god knows how long. But did attendances increase? No. Was there a genuine feeling of “we’re going somewhere now� No, I don’t think so. Most still recognised the problems with the stadium and the club’s infrastructure and that’d be the exact same now. Made even worse by the white elephant that is the turnstiles and the bizarre youth policy being the board’s #1 focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 This whole "we're a stupid little youth club now" thing triggers the fuck out of me every time I think about it. It's a death sentence for any chance of promotion because no proven winner is going to come to a club whose explicit target is to sell young players. Sell young players while also progressing on the pitch - as St. Mirren are doing - is one thing, but that's clearly not the plan. If you were the kind of guy who could lead a club to promotion, would you sign for a proper professional team or the glorified creche that is Morton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Doing the business on the pitch for a spell is not enough. Doing the business on the pitch, showing ambition and with measurable targets for progression is, hence why Dunfermline fans bought into what they were trying to do whilst our fans, and continue to be proven right, did not. When we were going through our good spell, Hawke was interviewed and stated 'we are not ready to go up'. We 'strengthened' by replacing the injured Quitongo with Shankland while re-signing the likes of Oyenuga and Scullion. The signs were clear that the club had no desire to progress. And then subsequent done a complete u-turn. Again, more retrospective action. TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LargsTON Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 Collective revolt. My worry is that the damage is too far gone for most folk. Let's say we changed owners and things started to look up, would we really be able to repair the damage? I don't see nearly as many groups of mates heading for a day out to the game anymore. Sad There used to be about 10 of us that came up from Largs, Fairlie and West Kilbride. That number is now 2, sometimes none. Rae is killing this club. "CORNBEEF IS A BELLEND" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 There used to be about 10 of us that came up from Largs, Fairlie and West Kilbride. That number is now 2, sometimes none. Rae is killing this club. A perfect example mate. Happens all over different groups of friends. I just wonder if we can entice these groups back. TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capitanus Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 That's because our support is pish. You only have to look at when we travel to paisley and folk do nothing but sit on their hands for 90 mins. All the more reason not to have away supporters in the Cowshed. *insert signature here* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 This whole "we're a stupid little youth club now" thing triggers the **** out of me every time I think about it. It's a death sentence for any chance of promotion because no proven winner is going to come to a club whose explicit target is to sell young players. Sell young players while also progressing on the pitch - as St. Mirren are doing - is one thing, but that's clearly not the plan. If you were the kind of guy who could lead a club to promotion, would you sign for a proper professional team or the glorified creche that is Morton? With the new ethos, that type of player won't have the choice to make as we wouldn't have the budget to even go for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted January 15, 2018 Share Posted January 15, 2018 2014. Dumbarton were performing well in the Championship and were in with a sniff of promotion via the playoffs. There was no 'we're a small part time team, we're not ready, we couldn't possibly go up' - every interview was 'we're going for the playoffs, we can do this'. Ok, they couldn't - they finished 5th, but that's the rhetoric you should be putting out, not the 'we're little Morton, we couldn't possibly'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 A perfect example mate. Happens all over different groups of friends. I just wonder if we can entice these groups back. Doubt it. A lot of them are lost for good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 Doubt it. A lot of them are lost for good. It's not permanent. It may take a generation but it's not permanent. At least that's what I tell myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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