RossMcC1874 Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 The harsh reality is we have lost players who are solid at this level and replaced them with inexperienced players or guys who we have never played in this league and hoped it will do a job. It's all well and good changing style but if you change the whole squad and then expect guys to just fit in and also change the whole way we play it's a massive risk. I trust Imrie but I don't know if I trust who we have bought in and the guys we already had to actually do well in such a competitive division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonTon Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 51 minutes ago, Chicken_Soup said: “Moffat had the positional advantage”. If I’m the defender behind him I’m begging Broadfoot to play that pass. For him to play it so poorly and go running off is a gift. If you think blame for that goal is 50/50 there are other sports available for you to watch. I've already addressed that point and I honestly think you're missing the point I'm making here. And I have no interesting in exchanging insults, so I'll leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealTonKid Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 47 minutes ago, Hightide said: That Welsh league must be really fucking pish. Declan McManus scores most weeks down there, so that pretty much tells you what you need to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tink Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 Five shots on target in three cup games - two games being against part time, lower league opposition. One of those shots was a saved penalty and one a relatively tame 95th minute free kick. Let that sink in - 5 shots on target in 3 games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibi Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 Sounds like Imrie has signed a could of duds in Davies and Reynolds. I haven’t seen any of the games live, but the feedback on those two seems to be pretty much that we are heading for a relegation battle unless we find an Oakley replacement and a John McGinn clone to deal with the deficiencies in our squad. Corr looking very much like someone who really needs surgery to his shoulder, and Broadfoot is clearly done. "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...
port-ton Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 11 minutes ago, Alibi said: Sounds like Imrie has signed a could have duds in Davies and Reynolds. Imrie and the general manager if you’d watched his interviews over the summer. It will be interesting to see just how much responsibility he takes for football matters in public if the season takes a turn for the worst. He’s already put his foot in it once by promising fans that the days of signing injury prone players are over while our new centre back dislocates his shoulder for the third time since May. 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...
Ferguson Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 We’ve been ok at keeping the ball but ultimately games are won and lost in both boxes and we’re dreadful in both. Moffat and Lyall look like 2 good players who are yet to settle into the system, whereas Davies and Reynolds don’t look to have anything that’s required to make an impact at this level. Of course I hope to be proven wrong but I fear that it’ll take more than just a number 9 to challenge with this squad. I keep reminding myself we’re only 7 days into the season but my will to trust the process is already diminishing. Real shame for Corr who looked quite good considering it’s the first he’s kicked a ball in a couple of months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SassenachTon Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 I also agree that a no. 9 alone won't fix this. There's a significant lack of depth and ability in so many other areas. Dougie's pre and post-match interviews also worry me. He doesn't seem to be owning up to how shite we are, and also doesn't seem to have any answers as to how it's going to be fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehustler Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 20 minutes ago, SassenachTon said: I also agree that a no. 9 alone won't fix this. There's a significant lack of depth and ability in so many other areas. Dougie's pre and post-match interviews also worry me. He doesn't seem to be owning up to how shite we are, and also doesn't seem to have any answers as to how it's going to be fixed. Aye I believe I got slagged off for intimating that Imrie is not the messiah that you all think he is. He gave Broadfoot a contract and keeps picking him. That's enough for me to show that he is simply a wee dick. And we are heading for the seaside leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehustler Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 4 hours ago, RealTonKid said: It looks like Corr’s shoulder is f*cked and will be out for a while. Maybe he doesn't have the "right minerals" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamCam Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 After recent performances, I attended with low expectations and the team still managed to disappoint. We were told the uninspiring home friendlies was to help the new players bed in, we made a point about not signing injury-prone players and/or old-timers heading out to pasture and we were asked to be patient as a new exciting style of football evolved - so far I am struggling to see any progress on these metrics. Today was as dull and lifeless a performance as I have seen for many a year following Morton. St. Johnstone were a poor team but despite Imrie's assertion "we cut them open" the reality is we never laid a glove on them. Fans want to believe we are moving forward on the park but while you troll us making Broadfoot captain and talk up the invisible man that is Blues you are fighting a losing battle. As for Davies and Reynolds, I cannot believe we scouted them as they look so far out their depth it is worrying - I just hope they prove me wrong. Pointless passing also does not disguise our inability to make a worthwhile forward pass - how many times today did we progress up the park only for someone to take the safe option and return the ball backwards? At the moment we are a team of cowards preferring to hand out hospital passes to our mates than take responsibility. More fool me thinking we were at last up to speed at the start of a season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TONofmemories Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 TIME FOR CHANGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumfriesTon Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 I remember watching the Welsh Cup Final at the end of the season - Davies was playing as the no 10. He was pretty good that day against TNS and that's where he had been playing for the whole of the season. It's maybe a case that he is playing out of position and in reality we just don't have any CF's at the club right now. I'd be looking at another two strikers if possible. Baird torn his shoulder apparently and Corr out for a few months probably. That probably puts putting a CB on the target list even if a short term loan until January. We absolutely cannot go into a league season with Broadfoot. Gross negligence offering him another deal. What was Imrie thinking ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferguson Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 39 minutes ago, HamCam said: We were told the uninspiring home friendlies was to help the new players bed in, we made a point about not signing injury-prone players and/or old-timers heading out to pasture and we were asked to be patient as a new exciting style of football evolved - so far I am struggling to see any progress on these metrics. Similar to Dale’s comments where he claimed the club had made progress on 75% of the key pillars in our 3 year strategy, yet it’s still far from clear where the progress has been made. I get what Dougie says about it all taking time to come together but how long is it going to take? The team have had 7 games to get up to speed yet still look more sluggish than we ever have under Imrie, and we’ve already sacrificed a significant source of income by not making it out of a favourable league cup group. We can’t afford to also give the rest of the league a head start again. As Dougie also says, I can see what we’re trying to do in spells but what worries me is that I can’t yet see anything to suggest we’ll be able to do it well enough to compete at Championship level. Obviously Imrie has a track record for pulling it out the hat, but it really has to come sooner rather than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centralTON Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 Was there today. first time I've seen most of these players, most of them are not good enough and the rest are Meh! Currently being treated for cancer and that treatment has been more enjoyable than today. Brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 Felt there was no shortage of effort from us in the middle of the park but that was all we offered. We could still be playing now and not have registered a shot on target. Anything St. Johnstone got was a result of our own shortcomings. Bearne did more as a sub than Reynolds did for the rest of the game. Hard to see anything other than a relegation battle this season - it would be typical of Morton to celebrate 150 years by going down - unless we get decent loans in and stop filling the starting 11 with individuals who are ineffective. Not looking forward to the season opener at Firhill. McGhee needs some support, there's no-one backing him up. Hayes playing it forward, Bell being forced to do it all alone, now forward from Marr, here's Ritchie, still Andy Ritchie, look at the control... That is a marvellous goal from Andy Ritchie. Twenty minutes on the clock and Morton's supporters come alive. A goal which epitomises the control, the arrogance, the cheek of Andy Ritchie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port-ton Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 21 minutes ago, centralTON said: Was there today. first time I've seen most of these players, most of them are not good enough and the rest are Meh! Currently being treated for cancer and that treatment has been more enjoyable than today. Brutal. Sorry to hear that Frank. Wishing you all the best mate. 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...
Deego Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 34 minutes ago, centralTON said: Was there today. first time I've seen most of these players, most of them are not good enough and the rest are Meh! Currently being treated for cancer and that treatment has been more enjoyable than today. Brutal. Hadn’t realised that Frank. All the very best mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 Seconded - best wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest capitanus Posted July 20, 2024 Share Posted July 20, 2024 53 minutes ago, centralTON said: Was there today. first time I've seen most of these players, most of them are not good enough and the rest are Meh! Currently being treated for cancer and that treatment has been more enjoyable than today. Brutal. Sorry to hear that Frank, hope all goes well for you mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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