Jamie_M Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 9 minutes ago, vikingTON said: Should we have Lindberg and Rajamaki on at half time every week to inspire comeback wins? Yes, yes we should. Just get them in the dugout when Imrie eventually moves on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubes Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Great second half performance by everyone. Really dug in at the end and great to see that Keay is going to be an option for us. Did very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 That felt just wonderful, putting the little people back in their box like that. Too many errors in the first half although it was nice to see the team applauded off at the break despite being behind. The players deserve a lot of credit for the way they fought in the second half. Lovely finish from Blues and no idea how that 2nd went in. Imrie got the subs spot on and I've no issue with the red card - worth it. 2 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...
Popular Post vikingTON Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 1 hour ago, Jamie_M said: Just get them in the dugout when Imrie eventually moves on. Nah, we could do without playing legends blotting their copy book like that (pretty sure both had 'patchy' records in management over in Finland). It'll be a tough act to follow too given the limitations of our budget: so someone like McIndoe is currently who we should have our eye on if/when Imrie gets poached. Seems that they were chaperoned into The Norseman by Mark Pickering after the game though, so they'll no doubt be packing their belongings to move over here for good. 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...
Popular Post TRVMP Posted March 8 Popular Post Share Posted March 8 (edited) I see Ayr fans on P&B all loving Lenny Agbaire. He reminded me so much of Sean McGinty - slow, can't spring an offside trap, but he's tall and came through a good youth system and can jump a few inches so people convince themselves he's the new Tony Adams. Nah, sorry, he's mung, I'd take Baird over him every day of the week. Also pleasing how Main is such an irrelevance that despite scoring and cupping his ear to the shed not a single boo could be summoned. Edited March 8 by TRVMP 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM48 Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 (edited) On reflection after being at my first match for a while today, isn’t it amazing what this team can achieve when none of the subs used are McGinn? Edited March 8 by CM48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vikingTON Posted March 9 Popular Post Share Posted March 9 (edited) 2 hours ago, CM48 said: On reflection after being at my first match for a while today, isn’t it amazing what this team can achieve when none of the subs used are McGinn? Pretty sure McGinn was also a used sub when we went 11 league games unbeaten between Falkirk away before Bonfire Night and the TV game a fortnight ago. Perhaps instead of fixating on scapegoats, we should compare some much improved performances from the start and off the bench today compared to last Saturday's across the board. The reality is that we don't have the budget for a credible, deep squad and so whenever a player or two is unavailable, the pressure is on the rest to perform well just to compete in every game at this level. It's the nature of a football fan to be slightly manic-depressive, but we have a squad that is mostly performing to standard and will almost certainly outperform its budget again. To have do better we need to develop the club as a business and/or see an end to the currently unsustainable competition at this level. Neither of which is in the power of either our players or management team to control. Edited March 9 by vikingTON 3 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...
CM48 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 56 minutes ago, vikingTON said: Pretty sure McGinn was also a used sub when we went 11 league games unbeaten between Falkirk away before Bonfire Night and the TV game a fortnight ago. Perhaps instead of fixating on scapegoats, we should compare some much improved performances from the start and off the bench today compared to last Saturday's across the board. The reality is that we don't have the budget for a credible, deep squad and so whenever a player or two is unavailable, the pressure is on the rest to perform well just to compete in every game at this level. It's the nature of a football fan to be slightly manic-depressive, but we have a squad that is mostly performing to standard and will almost certainly outperform its budget again. To have stronger options we need to develop the club as a business and/or see an end to the currently unsustainable competition at this level. Neither of which is in the power of either our players or management team to control. I think Shaw has good qualities and can be a real asset if he gets fit, he obviously still isn’t. I’ve always like Cameron Blues, he was great today, brilliant goal, and hope he didn’t take a knock having to go off. Gillespie played well when he came on and it was nice to see him honoured before kick off. I’m chuffed for Davies getting the winner, can’t be easy as a striker when you’re struggling to get game time and goals. Great scenes! Garrity had another good impact as a sub today, and what a joy it was to see Keay, an exciting young prospect, come on and do well. Or to sum all that up…it’s amazing what we can do when McGinn stays on the bench. I’m sure he’s a nice guy and was certainly a very good player who hopefully still tries hard in training and in games when he plays. And I’m in no way trying to make him some sort of scapegoat for the struggles the team and club constantly face trying to keep all us fans happy. Diving into the stats of the last 6 games though, we’ve lost 3 games where he’s been used and got 2 wins and a draw when he wasn’t. I’ve nothing against him personally. And I wouldn’t really have expected any sub to turn those games around with a quick 10 minutes on the park near the end of the game either. So sorry to anyone who’s just read all that long explanation. I was just trying to round off a great day with a daft wee joke (albeit backed up by stats). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) 31 minutes ago, CM48 said: I think Shaw has good qualities and can be a real asset if he gets fit, he obviously still isn’t. I’ve always like Cameron Blues, he was great today, brilliant goal, and hope he didn’t take a knock having to go off. Gillespie played well when he came on and it was nice to see him honoured before kick off. I’m chuffed for Davies getting the winner, can’t be easy as a striker when you’re struggling to get game time and goals. Great scenes! Garrity had another good impact as a sub today, and what a joy it was to see Keay, an exciting young prospect, come on and do well. Or to sum all that up…it’s amazing what we can do when McGinn stays on the bench. I’m sure he’s a nice guy and was certainly a very good player who hopefully still tries hard in training and in games when he plays. And I’m in no way trying to make him some sort of scapegoat for the struggles the team and club constantly face trying to keep all us fans happy. Diving into the stats of the last 6 games though, we’ve lost 3 games where he’s been used and got 2 wins and a draw when he wasn’t. I’ve nothing against him personally. And I wouldn’t really have expected any sub to turn those games around with a quick 10 minutes on the park near the end of the game either. So sorry to anyone who’s just read all that long explanation. I was just trying to round off a great day with a daft wee joke (albeit backed up by stats). It's really not backed up by stats though, because you've just arbitrarily decided that the last 6 games are worth measuring as opposed to the previous 11 game unbeaten run that actually produced our current 5th place standing and league consolidation. Another obvious factor your analysis overlooks is that our only other centre forward signed by September 2024 was an enormously overweight mess. Who we then lucked out in getting rid of thanks to the efforts of, err, UK Border and Customs Authority uncovering an *alleged* drug heist. *That* was our squad situation 7-8 months ago when McGinn was signed by the club, but the latter deal is definitely the issue here in hindsight. And finally, the idea that Nathan Shaw is still somehow unfit after countless weeks playing and therefore can't be judged properly just sums up the ludicrous double standards at work here. Edited March 9 by vikingTON 1 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...
Popular Post dunning1874 Posted March 9 Popular Post Share Posted March 9 So much of that second half improvement could be seen in individual players who had a torrid time of it in the first half but picked themselves back up and went on to have great games. I singled out Crawford as having a shocker in my post at half-time; he had a great second half. Blues had been chasing shadows in the first half then pops up with a superbly taken goal. Ballantyne's first half was one of his poorest Morton performances, then in the second he generally pinned McMann back, defended well when he had to, got the assist for the first and won the corner for the winner. After the fortnight we've had it would have been exceptionally easy for players to get caught up in self-doubt, think the game was done at 1-0 down and end up turning in passive performances as we got flattened. That none of them did and we came back to win the game is a great credit to their resilience and above all else to Imrie for instilling that in them. 3 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...
DumfriesTon Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Fantastic win. 2nd half compared to last week was night and day. Loved the Cowshed yesterday - properly behind the team, no booing when things weren’t going too well in the first half and a great reception at full time for a deserved win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaftTon74 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 That was as satisfying a win as they come. The goal we conceded was up there with the worst we have this season imo, but after that we were the better team and fully merited the 3 points. Got absolutely no issues with Corrs challenge too, Dougie mentioned in hospitality that he wishes a few players had did the same this season and we may have a few more points on the board. Delighted for Davies as well. We all know he is not the required standard for this level however it is not for the lack of trying. He bursts his arse every week even when he is having a poor game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken_Soup Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Loved that game yesterday. Corr did the right thing in wiping out Hastie imo and it was great to see Imrie wading in to protect him. Baird winning every header, Mullen claiming every cross and the wing backs running themselves into the ground. Outstanding. It wasn’t perfect but there was a real sense of determination and belief in the team yesterday, great to see after three defeats. Blues’ finish was incredible, Crawford’s set pieces were excellent, Lyall was brilliant again (including taking a yellow to stop an attack - more of this please!) and Moffat’s running behind was invaluable. Corr wasn’t great for the Ayr goal but he’s been out so long and still looks a really good player. Said before the game that I hoped Imrie could spring a surprise and that the “stand with the banned” lot would miss a cracker. Got both, great result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferguson Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 How good was Jack Baird btw. Oakley got nothing out of him all day. The 3 allowed Corr to come in with the protection of Baird and Ballantyne either side of him and it worked wonders. Only disappointment with his red card is that he’ll miss next week (and maybe the week after?) but I’ve no issue with what he done. Keay done well and it’s nice to have another option up front now that he’s proved he’s able to play a part but hopefully this doesn’t invoke the McGrattan treatment from certain sections of the support. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossMcC1874 Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 Brilliant result considering most people would have had us beaten before a ball was kicked. Change of formation for me worked and it's nice to see Imrie change it up and try something different, lovely to see the likes of Oakley and Brown raging. Great for Keay to get some minutes hopefully more to come from him and nice to see youth players come through. Three home fixtures in a row after next week's game against Hamilton got to try and build on this good result now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Yeah, Keay played well and pretty much did exactly what you'd want even an experienced centre forward coming off the bench to do when you're trying to hold a lead (maybe you'd have preferred him to just take the ball to the corner in stoppage time, but skinning Agbaire did very nearly get us a third goal). His pressing with 10 men was good as well. It's not surprising at that age but when you compare how he competed with a centre back like Agbaire to how wee he looked making his debut v Elgin last season, he's clearly come on a lot physically in that time. I still wouldn't expect to see much more than 10 minute or so cameos from him, he's still only 17, but it's good to know there's another option off the bench with how short we are on centre forwards. On a related note, while it's clearly not his position Moffat deserves a lot of credit too. His off the ball workrate and positioning was excellent and we couldn't have turned the momentum of the game without that: their defence were rattled by his pressing and really didn't like have to go backwards, while he was the one stretching them with runs into the channel. 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...
ConTon74 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 That was an excellent battling 2nd half performance yesterday, definitely felt more like a dougie imrie side digging in & grinding out a well earned 3 points. 1st 30 mins I thought we were slow, sluggish & could barely string a chain of passes together but what a turn around in the 2nd half it was. All credit to imrie who got the shape & tactics spot on yesterday & the timing of the subs who in turn put in some shift when they came on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubes Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 22 hours ago, TRVMP said: Also pleasing how Main is such an irrelevance that despite scoring and cupping his ear to the shed not a single boo could be summoned. Boyes absolutely emptied him in the second half too which was nice to see. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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