January Transfer Window Thread

[dunning1874]

A midfield of Tidser, Millar and Harkins would be an obvious upgrade on Tidser, Millar and McAlister/Telfer, but he's still not what we need just now. Literally every other position is a bigger priority.

[Scott]

Could take him as a number 10? He’ll probably end up at Partick.

[port-ton]

Robert grieve at the sun tweeted he's expected to sign for Partick this week.

[Stevie Aitken's Love Child]

Another twitter page was saying that he's expected to sign for Falkirk.

[dunning1874]

We have been getting bad results, but the squads also down to the bare bones with injuries, resulting in players who aren’t good enough playing, and also players getting played out of position.

 

Ah well, that's alright then. As there are weaknesses through a squad he didn't build and injuries, we'll just absolve the manager of any blame because his hands are tied. He can't be blamed for Saturday because individual errors put us behind and down to 10 men, and if we lose next Saturday he can't be blamed because of the suspensions we have. He simply can't be blamed for taking three points from six games, it's all out of his hands, and we can't blame him if that becomes seven. All these games just aren't his fault because there's no way the squad he inherited can do better than taking 3 points from a possible 18.

 

How long does this run of absolutely appalling results and performances have to continue before it does become his fault? Mitigating weaknesses in a squad is part of being a manager and if he isn't capable of doing that after inheriting someone else's squad during a season then he has no business being a manager. He took the job in September, he didn't get it on a pitch that he would be helpless to get any results until January because the squad is garbage.

 

Whatever excuses are made about the standard of the squad or how injuries are affecting us, there's simply no way anyone can possibly deny that Johansson is currently doing a terrible job.

[Mr Toon]

 

Ah well, that's alright then. As there are weaknesses through a squad he didn't build and injuries, we'll just absolve the manager of any blame because his hands are tied. He can't be blamed for Saturday because individual errors put us behind and down to 10 men, and if we lose next Saturday he can't be blamed because of the suspensions we have. He simply can't be blamed for taking three points from six games, it's all out of his hands, and we can't blame him if that becomes seven. All these games just aren't his fault because there's no way the squad he inherited can do better than taking 3 points from a possible 18.

 

How long does this run of absolutely appalling results and performances have to continue before it does become his fault? Mitigating weaknesses in a squad is part of being a manager and if he isn't capable of doing that after inheriting someone else's squad during a season then he has no business being a manager. He took the job in September, he didn't get it on a pitch that he would be helpless to get any results until January because the squad is garbage.

 

Whatever excuses are made about the standard of the squad or how injuries are affecting us, there's simply no way anyone can possibly deny that Johansson is currently doing a terrible job.

 

I thought for much of that you were talking about Ray McKinnon.

[The Bewilderedbeast]

Ah well, that's alright then. As there are weaknesses through a squad he didn't build and injuries, we'll just absolve the manager of any blame because his hands are tied. He can't be blamed for Saturday because individual errors put us behind and down to 10 men, and if we lose next Saturday he can't be blamed because of the suspensions we have. He simply can't be blamed for taking three points from six games, it's all out of his hands, and we can't blame him if that becomes seven. All these games just aren't his fault because there's no way the squad he inherited can do better than taking 3 points from a possible 18.

 

How long does this run of absolutely appalling results and performances have to continue before it does become his fault? Mitigating weaknesses in a squad is part of being a manager and if he isn't capable of doing that after inheriting someone else's squad during a season then he has no business being a manager. He took the job in September, he didn't get it on a pitch that he would be helpless to get any results until January because the squad is garbage.

 

Whatever excuses are made about the standard of the squad or how injuries are affecting us, there's simply no way anyone can possibly deny that Johansson is currently doing a terrible job.

Sometimes, though, you have to pish with the cock you’ve got.

[TonFan]

 

Ah well, that's alright then. As there are weaknesses through a squad he didn't build and injuries, we'll just absolve the manager of any blame because his hands are tied. He can't be blamed for Saturday because individual errors put us behind and down to 10 men, and if we lose next Saturday he can't be blamed because of the suspensions we have. He simply can't be blamed for taking three points from six games, it's all out of his hands, and we can't blame him if that becomes seven. All these games just aren't his fault because there's no way the squad he inherited can do better than taking 3 points from a possible 18.

 

How long does this run of absolutely appalling results and performances have to continue before it does become his fault? Mitigating weaknesses in a squad is part of being a manager and if he isn't capable of doing that after inheriting someone else's squad during a season then he has no business being a manager. He took the job in September, he didn't get it on a pitch that he would be helpless to get any results until January because the squad is garbage.

 

Whatever excuses are made about the standard of the squad or how injuries are affecting us, there's simply no way anyone can possibly deny that Johansson is currently doing a terrible job.

Jack Ross didn't exactly get off to the best start with the squad of players he inherited.

[TheGoon]

Jack Ross didn't exactly get off to the best start with the squad of players he inherited.

He’d shown he was already a semi-capable mamager at Alloa though.

[Ton in Shawlands]

None of us are impressed but it's not really the time to push the panic button. Unless there's an outstanding candidate out there we're about to miss out,or we do slip to bottom two or three we'll keep on with what we've got as a management team until the end of this season. Any management team will get a transfer window unless things go cataclysmicly bad. We're not as bad as that yet and they will get time to improve unless something drastic happens in the next couple of weeks.

[Malt]

 

Ah well, that's alright then. As there are weaknesses through a squad he didn't build and injuries, we'll just absolve the manager of any blame because his hands are tied. He can't be blamed for Saturday because individual errors put us behind and down to 10 men, and if we lose next Saturday he can't be blamed because of the suspensions we have. He simply can't be blamed for taking three points from six games, it's all out of his hands, and we can't blame him if that becomes seven. All these games just aren't his fault because there's no way the squad he inherited can do better than taking 3 points from a possible 18.

 

How long does this run of absolutely appalling results and performances have to continue before it does become his fault? Mitigating weaknesses in a squad is part of being a manager and if he isn't capable of doing that after inheriting someone else's squad during a season then he has no business being a manager. He took the job in September, he didn't get it on a pitch that he would be helpless to get any results until January because the squad is garbage.

 

Whatever excuses are made about the standard of the squad or how injuries are affecting us, there's simply no way anyone can possibly deny that Johansson is currently doing a terrible job.

Another fine post. You can’t argue with any of it

[Ray Von]

 

Ah well, that's alright then. As there are weaknesses through a squad he didn't build and injuries, we'll just absolve the manager of any blame because his hands are tied. He can't be blamed for Saturday because individual errors put us behind and down to 10 men, and if we lose next Saturday he can't be blamed because of the suspensions we have. He simply can't be blamed for taking three points from six games, it's all out of his hands, and we can't blame him if that becomes seven. All these games just aren't his fault because there's no way the squad he inherited can do better than taking 3 points from a possible 18.

 

How long does this run of absolutely appalling results and performances have to continue before it does become his fault? Mitigating weaknesses in a squad is part of being a manager and if he isn't capable of doing that after inheriting someone else's squad during a season then he has no business being a manager. He took the job in September, he didn't get it on a pitch that he would be helpless to get any results until January because the squad is garbage.

 

Whatever excuses are made about the standard of the squad or how injuries are affecting us, there's simply no way anyone can possibly deny that Johansson is currently doing a terrible job.

I’m certainly not saying JJ is blameless, but Craig Levein is a more than capable manager, and he’s struggling at the moment with injuries.

If he gets his own players in and we’re still piss poor in March, then fair do’s, call for his head.

[EanieMeany]

If you could make out the faintest traces of...well, anything at all really, injuries and suspensions could be a defence, but there's just nothing at all about the team that offers any kind of evidence that it's remotely well prepared.

 

Again, just look at how far back Tidser's playing, for example. That's not due to injuries, that's down to the manager not setting his team up properly. If you can't make the most of Michael Tidser you have absolutely no business in a dug-out.

[Malt]

None of us are impressed but it's not really the time to push the panic button. Unless there's an outstanding candidate out there we're about to miss out,or we do slip to bottom two or three we'll keep on with what we've got as a management team until the end of this season. Any management team will get a transfer window unless things go cataclysmicly bad. We're not as bad as that yet and they will get time to improve unless something drastic happens in the next couple of weeks.

When is time? When we see the inevitable in February?

 

JJ is out his depth and all talk.

[TONofmemories]

Bare in mind a jan transfer window at Morton is scarce thing.

[EanieMeany]

When is time? When we see the inevitable in February?

 

JJ is out his depth and all talk.

 

Dunno about that.

[TRVMP]

Bare in mind a jan transfer window at Morton is scarce thing.

 

It's scarce everywhere and almost always the clubs who take advantage of it are ones in trouble, so it's a sellers' market.

 

For local players we'll be competing with Falkirk and Thistle at the very least.

[Jamie_M]

Dunno about that.

Why?

 

He talked his way into the gig which wouldn't have included reference to 'aye, but we' ll be rancid until January when I rip up the squad'. He talked his way into the gig presumably by claiming he could get a tune out of this squad, which evidently he can't. All talk very apt here.

 

He talked well after games (at the start), highlighting what went wrong but has demonstrated absolutely no abity to remedy the issues. Again, all talk very apt here.

 

That's before mentioning the talking down of expectations to try to drop them to his level.

 

Then talking up Falkirk as if we will buy into that.

 

He has shown the square root of nothing but talk.

[EanieMeany]

Claiming Falkirk are in a false position, that a point from them is good and that a defence that had recently lost three goals at Dunfermline is "tight" isn't really my idea of talking a good game, tbh.

[Malt]

JJ OUT.

 

TTG