Madton Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 We've no idea what goes on behind the scenes. Could be a whole host of reasons why hes moving on- personality clash, work ethic, couldn't agree terms on a new deal or maybe just maybe Dougie has identified someone he believes is better at the job. Agree with SpoonTon as well, he worked with good keepers, can he really claim he made them better, I'm not so sure. Jack Hamilton had been in Scotland squads, Schwake had been out on loan and impressed at Annan and was highly thought of at Livvy and Mullen looked the part almost instantly. I'm not sure we know for sure he's been fantastic and successful etc, he may well have, but we only see him doing his work for 20-30 mins on a Sat. We need to trust that the manager knows what he's doing, he works with his staff and players every day and knows their strengths, weaknesses and personalities a hell of a lot more than us. Good luck to the guy, hope he find something. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Madton said: We've no idea what goes on behind the scenes. Could be a whole host of reasons why hes moving on- personality clash, work ethic, couldn't agree terms on a new deal or maybe just maybe Dougie has identified someone he believes is better at the job. Agree with SpoonTon as well, he worked with good keepers, can he really claim he made them better, I'm not so sure. Jack Hamilton had been in Scotland squads, Schwake had been out on loan and impressed at Annan and was highly thought of at Livvy and Mullen looked the part almost instantly. I'm not sure we know for sure he's been fantastic and successful etc, he may well have, but we only see him doing his work for 20-30 mins on a Sat. We need to trust that the manager knows what he's doing, he works with his staff and players every day and knows their strengths, weaknesses and personalities a hell of a lot more than us. Good luck to the guy, hope he find something. We can only go on what his goalkeepers have said about him and they’ve all been full of praise for him in media and interviews during their time at the club. The Scotland squad keeper certainly thinks that he improved his form under him (see screenshot below text) Schwake was a young keeper in his first full time season and made a few mistakes which lead to him getting pelters from Imrie (and that’s just the public ones we saw in interviews, who knows what was said behind closed doors). It’s the goalie coach that has to keep his confidence up in moments like that and Schwake went on to have a good season over all. Mullen looked good from the start I agree but again the coaching side of getting someone through their first full time season with Mullens history of injury worries and the doubts that he’s openly admitted having because of them in interviews cannot be overlooked. Edited May 30 by port-ton Good people will do good things, bad people will do bad things, but only with religion do good people do bad things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hej Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 Knicker wetting about a goalie coach might be a new low for this forum. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bewilderedbeast Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) What I have difficulty understanding is that we're letting decent players leave, and offering decent players reduced terms, yet, we seem to be advertising for some new member of staff or other every couple of weeks or so. I get the claim that the Alloa chairman had said that the two clubs were mirrored images, in that Morton were full time on the park, but part time off it, while Alloa were the opposite. But I wonder are all of these new staff members absolutely necessary? Edited May 30 by The Bewilderedbeast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonTon Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 10 minutes ago, The Bewilderedbeast said: What I have difficulty understanding is that we're letting decent players leave, and offering decent players reduced terms, yet, we seem to be advertising for some new member of staff or other every couple of weeks or so. I get the claim that the Alloa chairman had said that the two clubs were mirrored images, in that Morton were full time on the park, but part time off it, while Alloa were the opposite. But I wonder are all of these new staff members absolutely necessary? We advertised for a physio, a part time stadium and facilities manager, and business development executive this year. Not sure if I missed anything (didn't mention the volunteer SLO position). Not starting any judgements on the merits or otherwise, just saying that's what the positions are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Greacen2000 Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 (edited) 30 minutes ago, The Bewilderedbeast said: What I have difficulty understanding is that we're letting decent players leave, and offering decent players reduced terms, yet, we seem to be advertising for some new member of staff or other every couple of weeks or so. Are these new staff members absolutely necessary? The business development exec is there purely for the purpose of generating incremental revenue for the club. The payment is commission based, so I think it’s fair to say that whoever gets the job will only be staying in it if they generate new income for the club which more than covers the cost of the position. Is it “absolutely neccesary”? No, probably not. But we spent 20 odd years under the Raes ignoring the commercial side of the club and look where it got us. Focusing on this sort of thing will only serve to strengthen our financial position in the future, and reduce the clubs reliance on fan hand-outs & favourable cup draws to turn a profit Edited May 30 by Greacen2000 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrodelawasp Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 29 minutes ago, The Bewilderedbeast said: What I have difficulty understanding is that we're letting decent players leave, and offering decent players reduced terms, yet, we seem to be advertising for some new member of staff or other every couple of weeks or so. I get the claim that the Alloa chairman had said that the two clubs were mirrored images, in that Morton were full time on the park, but part time off it, while Alloa were the opposite. But I wonder are all of these new staff members absolutely necessary? I wouldn’t be overly concerned about the club filling positions on the business and commercial side of things in and of itself. Maybe the frequency of turnover of non-playing and coaching staff could point to issues, or maybe it’s just been an unlucky spell for the club in losing people who were performing well to more lucrative contracts elsewhere. Overall I would say I’m happy for the club to be looking to recruit people who’ll be really motivated to move things on for us off the park and hopefully generate income that can go towards helping us on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vikingTON Posted May 30 Popular Post Share Posted May 30 1 hour ago, port-ton said: We can only go on what his goalkeepers have said about him and they’ve all been full of praise for him in media and interviews during their time at the club. The Scotland squad keeper certainly thinks that he improved his form under him (see screenshot below text) Schwake was a young keeper in his first full time season and made a few mistakes which lead to him getting pelters from Imrie (and that’s just the public ones we saw in interviews, who knows what was said behind closed doors). It’s the goalie coach that has to keep his confidence up in moments like that and Schwake went on to have a good season over all. Mullen looked good from the start I agree but again the coaching side of getting someone through their first full time season with Mullens history of injury worries and the doubts that he’s openly admitted having because of them in interviews cannot be overlooked. Well no we don't - they're hardly going to say 'by the way, my current goalkeeping coach is utter shite' in a standard interview are they? I'm not saying that's the case with Scott but plaudits from a player while contracted are as meaningless as plaudits given to 'Hoppy', McInally or any other inspirational presence/total dud. More generally - not aimed at your specific post - I can't really get worked up about one person leaving their job when we have no idea what the plan is yet. The willingness to jump to negative conclusions from some quarters at least every single time news comes out of Cappielow right now is getting tiresome. If this is how we're going to react right now then fan ownership will die on its arse the moment where we actually suffer a serious setback like relegation. 4 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...
Stevie Aitken's Love Child Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/sport/i-told-liam-i-might-see-him-in-scotland-307506/ Decent article on Lamar Reynolds and his move to Morton (referenced way too often as Greenock). Interesting to hear him say he spent a lot of time playing wing back with Maidstone, can't imagine he'd be playing that sort of role with us. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHogTon Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 I’m hearing strong rumours that we’re heavily linked with Josh McPake and Jake Hastie would probably take one of them but we need some defenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deego Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Is the Josh McPake rumour the new Derek McInnes rumour? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampTon Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 They are in the mould of "Imrie signings" so I wouldn't be surprised. If Millen was being signed up I am surprised he hasn't been announced, didn't he leave Raith in January? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonton Zola Moukoko Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Don’t think he actually left. Was just ‘frozen out’ and told he could find a new club I believe. I could be wrong of course but that’s what I thought the situation was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_M Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 3 hours ago, ChampTon said: They are in the mould of "Imrie signings" so I wouldn't be surprised. If Millen was being signed up I am surprised he hasn't been announced, didn't he leave Raith in January? Nah, it wasn't until the end of Feb there was the 'internal matter' that froze him put. Still contracted to Raith and would be a pre-contract signing like most others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrodelawasp Posted May 31 Share Posted May 31 Ali Crawford’s name came up in the ex player thread after being released by St Johnstone (a no from me, personally). Any of their other released players worth a look? Tony Gallacher for left back, maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossMcC1874 Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 I think I would rather have Tony Wallace back than Ali Crawford that guy was worse than a man down no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 Crawford was miles off it when he was with us. Summed up by his penalty miss against Arbroath. Trust Dougies judgement but no thanks. As for Davie. He clearly has been doing a great job but players, coaching staff etc moving on isn't unusual in football. For whatever reason he's left its time to move forward. 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...
BigHogTon Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Was out walking the mrs earlier and noticed a few cars packed up outside stadium. Possible new signing today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BishopBrennan Posted June 3 Author Share Posted June 3 10 minutes ago, BigHogTon said: Was out walking the mrs earlier and noticed a few cars packed up outside stadium. Possible new signing today? Morton club staff and Morton in the Community staff are still working in the stadium every day during the off season. You address me by my proper title, you little bollocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamCam Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 3 hours ago, BigHogTon said: Was out walking the mrs earlier and noticed a few cars packed up outside stadium. Possible new signing today? You have heard Mbappe is leaving PSG ? Just saying... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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