Jamie_M Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Appointed first team coach, but also called him McKinnon's right hand man. Will there be an Assistant Manager on top or does he assume both roles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malt Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Love the winning mentality that is coming out. Makes me shake my head even more at Duffy's lack of ambition and sitting on the fence. This is the new era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malt Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Appointed first team coach, but also called him McKinnon's right hand man. Will there be an Assistant Manager on top or does he assume both roles? Laurie Ellis was assistant at Dundee Utd and he he had backroom three. Think it was same at Raith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Wonder if there's more backroom staff to come in? Is the fitness guy permanent? TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malt Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Ellis was player coach at Raith under McKinnon and moved to dundee Utd to be his assistant so always had a three man team. Utd manager has brought his own assistant in now and there was an article saying we wanted Ellis a while back. Think it was the evening telegraph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Strange it's not already sorted, unless budget dictates that we can't afford the 3 man team? TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EanieMeany Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 One of the things that's really struck me about McKinnon is that he seems to have really deep knowledge of players and the game and has a really clear idea of what he wants. When he just arrived he said that he spent his time out going and watching as many games as possible to find out about teams and players, and that's shown in his dealings so far - it seems like he knows a great deal about the guys he's signed, their strengths and weaknesses, how they're going to fit in to the team etc. It's a million miles away from the way every other manager in the last decade has conducted their business and all going to plan, the knowledge McKinnon and his staff have of other teams and players could be invaluable over the season. We know he's a manager who is willing to change his tactics during games, so knowing other sides inside out like should be worth a few points...it was fairly obvious that he had Duffy's card well and truly marked with Raith, it'd be nice to see a Morton manager doing that to other teams rather than the other way round.Edit: Meant that as a general point, but brought it up in relation to Taylor talking about scouting for McKinnon. AWMSC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 One of the things that's really struck me about McKinnon is that he seems to have really deep knowledge of players and the game and has a really clear idea of what he wants. When he just arrived he said that he spent his time out going and watching as many games as possible to find out about teams and players, and that's shown in his dealings so far - it seems like he knows a great deal about the guys he's signed, their strengths and weaknesses, how they're going to fit in to the team etc. It's a million miles away from the way every other manager in the last decade has conducted their business and all going to plan, the knowledge McKinnon and his staff have of other teams and players could be invaluable over the season. We know he's a manager who is willing to change his tactics during games, so knowing other sides inside out like should be worth a few points...it was fairly obvious that he had Duffy's card well and truly marked with Raith, it'd be nice to see a Morton manager doing that to other teams rather than the other way round. Also with Brechin. This positivity coming out of the club is fucking excellent at the moment. Whether it actually produces results remains to be seen but it's a million miles from Duffy's pish every week. Even the way Ray speaks about transfers/trialists, instead of the whole "we'll wait and see if we want to spend our budget on this jobber" approach every summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Remember the time we publically announced that we'd signed a player who was something like 14th choice. TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgowguy.90 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Wonder if there's more backroom staff to come in? Is the fitness guy permanent? Yes he is, poached from Dundee Utd also. Graeme Henderson. Previous first team coach at Partick Thistle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Yes he is, poached from Dundee Utd also. Graeme Henderson. Previous first team coach at Partick Thistle. Cheers. Good to hear. Just an assistant and that complete the dream team. TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mcintyre_gmfc93 Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Is Wylie still with the club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Yes TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnbru Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Yes he is, poached from Dundee Utd also. Graeme Henderson. Previous first team coach at Partick Thistle. Is that official? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malt Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Would need to pay compensation for Ellis so could be a stumble block Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 https://twitter.com/Morton_FC/status/1015251958842748934 TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted July 6, 2018 Author Share Posted July 6, 2018 Also with Brechin. This positivity coming out of the club is ****ing excellent at the moment. Whether it actually produces results remains to be seen but it's a million miles from Duffy's pish every week. Even the way Ray speaks about transfers/trialists, instead of the whole "we'll wait and see if we want to spend our budget on this jobber" approach every summer. Remember the time we publically announced that we'd signed a player who was something like 14th choice. We can't be naive about this - we're a mid-sized team in this division, we don't have unlimited money, and we can't expect everything to go our way all the time. But hell yes, it's so refreshing having someone around who doesn't admit defeat before the battle even starts. McKinnon (and Duffy, in fact) worked with small clubs before, he's under no illusions whatsoever. But coming in with a positive attitude is new to us and it will hopefully rub off on the players instead. A real sense of belief - not being unrealistic, just belief - could make the difference between this season and the last two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ton in Shawlands Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Roll on tomorrows game, I won't be starting to weigh things up though until after the league cup group stage games. Probably still recruiting at that point. Still, all looks more positive which isn't a bad thing so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bewilderedbeast Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Update on Derek Gaston, from the Tele http://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/16334910.morton-keeper-hopes-to-get-all-clear-for-start-of-campaign/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deego Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Tidser has started up some part-time work: https://www.instagram.com/michaeltidser/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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