Mr.Blue Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 22 minutes ago, AyrshireTon said: We never seemed to get going today. Their number 2 at right back had Garrity in his pocket, yet when Reynolds come on he'd nutmegged him within minutes. You'd have struggled to tell which team was bottom of the league. Odd to have an unusually competent referee today. I thought the referee was fucking hopeless in the first half. Let them away with a number of fouls but was very fussy with us. Think he left his cards in the changing room too. 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...
AyrshireTon Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 3 minutes ago, Mr.Blue said: I thought the referee was fucking hopeless in the first half. Let them away with a number of fouls but was very fussy with us. Think he left his cards in the changing room too. Funny how it can be seen differently. I thought he let the game flow (more than the ones we usually see) pulling fouls back through lack of advantage quite a few times. Heard two guys behind me talking along the same lines in the 2nd half. 1 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...
Tubes Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Their number 2 was fair going for it with his celebrations at their first goal and noising up the boys at the front in the second half. The level of bite they got from him was tremendous. Safe to say absolutely nobody knows who he is and he can stay an irrelevant, angry wee mess in League 1 next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrodelawasp Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 3 hours ago, AyrshireTon said: Funny how it can be seen differently. I thought he let the game flow (more than the ones we usually see) pulling fouls back through lack of advantage quite a few times. Heard two guys behind me talking along the same lines in the 2nd half. I said to my dad in the early going that it was good to see the advantage rule be used correctly for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 Hope this isn't going to be a repeat of last season where we simply went to shit as soon as Wilson was missing. The midfield did not function at all without him and that was the source of pretty much every problem yesterday. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 11 hours ago, Tubes said: Their number 2 was fair going for it with his celebrations at their first goal and noising up the boys at the front in the second half. The level of bite they got from him was tremendous. Safe to say absolutely nobody knows who he is and he can stay an irrelevant, angry wee mess in League 1 next season. I thought he was excellent today. Garrity didn't get a sniff and knew it early on. Lamar was more effective when he came on but not by much. I didn't mind the banter between him and the daft wee boys at the front of the shed. I think he'd knocked fuck out of every one of them. Noticed they had a new song yesterday about being 'Morton Hooligans' I don't mind that they add to the atmosphere but I am concerned about what else they bring to games. Just genuinely being wee arseholes and then the carry on before and after games. 1 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...
AyrshireTon Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 37 minutes ago, Mr.Blue said: Noticed they had a new song yesterday about being 'Morton Hooligans' I don't mind that they add to the atmosphere but I am concerned about what else they bring to games. Just genuinely being wee arseholes and then the carry on before and after games. This seems to be affecting many clubs now - and not just the bigger ones. Yesterday, Stranraer's "Ultras" chose to stay away from their game against Elgin (as a protest to treatment by stewards, and some other home fans). From the comments on social media, the lack of noise that they usually made was noticeable and missed, but the reaction seems split between "Good - don't come back" and "Lose the black outfits, stop hassling away fans after the game and you can make all the noise you want". Our Cowshed lot seem to churn out generic songs now - the traditional Morton stuff seems to have all but gone. 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...
vikingTON Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 The vast majority of 'traditional Morton' songs were themselves generic. 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...
Mr.Blue Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 12 minutes ago, AyrshireTon said: This seems to be affecting many clubs now - and not just the bigger ones. Yesterday, Stranraer's "Ultras" chose to stay away from their game against Elgin (as a protest to treatment by stewards, and some other home fans). From the comments on social media, the lack of noise that they usually made was noticeable and missed, but the reaction seems split between "Good - don't come back" and "Lose the black outfits, stop hassling away fans after the game and you can make all the noise you want". Our Cowshed lot seem to churn out generic songs now - the traditional Morton stuff seems to have all but gone. This. 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...
Mr.Blue Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 1 minute ago, vikingTON said: The vast majority of 'traditional Morton' songs were themselves generic. Yeah I'm not bothered about the songs as long as there's no bigotry, sectarianism etc. It's more so some of the behavior and attitudes during games and the talk about fighting before and after the game. 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...
The Bewilderedbeast Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 As others have said it wasn't a great game yesterday, but I thought if we'd had gone in front ourselves we'd have won fairly comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 3 hours ago, dunning1874 said: Hope this isn't going to be a repeat of last season where we simply went to shit as soon as Wilson was missing. The midfield did not function at all without him and that was the source of pretty much every problem yesterday. This seems to affect us even more against weaker opposition and at home, with our play being a bit more open. Any time where we needed a bit more anticipation or thought yesterday, it fell apart. We really need to add another centre mid of an equivalent standard to Wilson next season if we want to have a serious go at the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted February 16 Author Share Posted February 16 Garrity did have a poor game and was largely pocketed by the right back, who Reynolds had on toast when he came on, but I wouldn't jump straight to that meaning he doesn't merit a place in the starting XI. He's still been our best attacking player over the course of the unbeaten run and if we immediately dropped everyone who had one bad game rather than a sustained run of poor performances (as Davies had) we couldn't pick 11 players. Despite having a poor game overall where he's struggled to get at the full back, he still delivered an end product putting in the cross for the first goal. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnbru Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 4 hours ago, Mr.Blue said: I thought he was excellent today. Garrity didn't get a sniff and knew it early on. Lamar was more effective when he came on but not by much. I didn't mind the banter between him and the daft wee boys at the front of the shed. I think he'd knocked fuck out of every one of them. Noticed they had a new song yesterday about being 'Morton Hooligans' I don't mind that they add to the atmosphere but I am concerned about what else they bring to games. Just genuinely being wee arseholes and then the carry on before and after games. Garrity's cross set up the first goal and he had another few decent crosses. Wasn't his best game but, goal aside, I thought Shaw was worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubes Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 9 hours ago, Mr.Blue said: I thought he was excellent today. Garrity didn't get a sniff and knew it early on. Lamar was more effective when he came on but not by much. I didn't mind the banter between him and the daft wee boys at the front of the shed. I think he'd knocked fuck out of every one of them. Noticed they had a new song yesterday about being 'Morton Hooligans' I don't mind that they add to the atmosphere but I am concerned about what else they bring to games. Just genuinely being wee arseholes and then the carry on before and after games. I thought it was more to do with Garrity just having a bad game more than anything else. First goal came from him not closing Delaney down who then played in Garrity for the assist. Also gave it away cheaply for the 1-2’s that put Garrity and Shaw(?) through just before Garrity went off. He conceded the corner for the 2nd goal aswell. Bit of a downgrade for them this season when they had Ballantyne last year. Main thing for Tuesday night is the Cowshed is open again, that was grim in Sinclair street end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted February 16 Share Posted February 16 7 hours ago, dunning1874 said: Garrity did have a poor game and was largely pocketed by the right back, who Reynolds had on toast when he came on, but I wouldn't jump straight to that meaning he doesn't merit a place in the starting XI. He's still been our best attacking player over the course of the unbeaten run and if we immediately dropped everyone who had one bad game rather than a sustained run of poor performances (as Davies had) we couldn't pick 11 players. Despite having a poor game overall where he's struggled to get at the full back, he still delivered an end product putting in the cross for the first goal. The team as a unit evidently played better when Garrity wasn't starting. Arguably having soneone else doing the running for an hour first explains why Garrity proved 'most effective' when he came on - it's a team game and we're hardly dealing with the new Messi. When you're in that situation, you need to take any opportunity that you get to make a decisive case to win and keep that starting spot. It's evident that Garrity didn't do that and so back to the status quo is the logical response. 2 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...
dunning1874 Posted February 17 Author Share Posted February 17 12 hours ago, vikingTON said: The team as a unit evidently played better when Garrity wasn't starting. Arguably having soneone else doing the running for an hour first explains why Garrity proved 'most effective' when he came on - it's a team game and we're hardly dealing with the new Messi. When you're in that situation, you need to take any opportunity that you get to make a decisive case to win and keep that starting spot. It's evident that Garrity didn't do that and so back to the status quo is the logical response. A reasonable take, but I'd point to not having Wilson as an alternative explanation for the team being poorer as a unit. So much stemmed from Airdrie controlling the centre of the park and consistently mopping up second balls in there. In any case, if we were taking Garrity out then on the recent performances of the alternatives I'd be putting Reynolds in rather than going back to Davies. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 2 hours ago, dunning1874 said: A reasonable take, but I'd point to not having Wilson as an alternative explanation for the team being poorer as a unit. So much stemmed from Airdrie controlling the centre of the park and consistently mopping up second balls in there. In any case, if we were taking Garrity out then on the recent performances of the alternatives I'd be putting Reynolds in rather than going back to Davies. Thought Davies and Reynolds both done well when they came on. Reynolds was keen to run with the ball and Davies won a lot of headers and put himself about. 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...
Cat10 Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 On Saturday for me when we got one on one out-wide we never committed the fullback enough. We went backwards and started again. Plenty of times our wide players had chance to take them on but played safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madton Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 10 hours ago, dunning1874 said: A reasonable take, but I'd point to not having Wilson as an alternative explanation for the team being poorer as a unit. So much stemmed from Airdrie controlling the centre of the park and consistently mopping up second balls in there. In any case, if we were taking Garrity out then on the recent performances of the alternatives I'd be putting Reynolds in rather than going back to Davies. I think Shaw and Moffat will be the go to wide men once Owen is considered match fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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