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With all due respect, the maw can shut up and get in her lane. Morton aren’t responsible for the behaviour of individuals who have battles in the streets, regardless of who these individuals support. That they have the courtesy to entertain her and her wean at all should be something that she appreciates, not shouts her mouth off about. The club helping the police with their enquires is more than enough- the kid isn’t our fan so why he needs a cuddle and a goodwill gesture is beyond me. If Partick want to do that to make their fan feel a bit better about life then they can crack on, it’s good PR for them and not uncommon, but for Morton it’s a pointless exercise in trying to appease a Facebook maw that’s got no interest in giving the club the benefit of any doubt. If we gave the kid the red carpet treatment at Cappielow in March, she’d still be flying off the handle and trying to drag the club’s name through the mud further. What does she want? The wean wouldn’t be interested in a day visiting our squad, a signed Morton top or something like that, so I don't know what resolution his maw’s looking for unless it’s financial, which would be completely inappropriate. I see from the comments on the club’s tweet that the kid is apparently a member of their “Ultras” group and is 13, but as yet, no details of the alleged perpetrator. Was this person an adult, or another kid that was just as game for a scrap as their group? I’m afraid that if it was a kid then if you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows. We don’t know the whole story, so assuming this is an adult attacking a kid instead of two equally complicit weans isn’t right at this stage. Even if it is her poor wee angel. Looking at the bigger picture, relations between the two clubs look to be at an all-time low, be it the young teams, the normal fans like ourselves or those inside the clubs. Until such times as the clubs get round the table and accept faults on both sides, whataboutery will continue, resentment will grow and we’ll continue to see similar incidents. Partick might enjoy seeing Morton take the negative publicity in this instance, but if as is likely, there are repeat incidents when their fans are at fault they may not come out it smelling of roses. Time for both parties to fess up to their or their fan bases failings and find a resolution going forward that doesn’t involve point scoring.11 points
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I really don’t want to go sticking the boot into the whole “ultras culture” because it does engage kids and gets them going to football, but for miserable old guys like myself, aye it’s getting a bit tiresome. I’d also prefer sticking to more traditional songs instead of the generic (x club away ole ole) but it shouldn’t be forgotten that in our youth, most songs were also different variations used by different clubs- there isn’t a great deal of variety among groups of football fans. The daft all-black uniforms are a bit cringeworthy too, but I suppose it’s obvious that they want to blend in instead of risking arrest. There’s obviously bad blood between our lot and Partick anyway, and it should be noted that a similar incident was said to have happened on the first day of the season when a young lad was targeted and had his Morton scarf stolen by their “ultras”. I did notice at the time that their most prominent and obnoxious Twitter troll, a lad who usually has plenty to say for himself, refused to acknowledge Morton fans digging him on the subject. That shouldn’t be brushed under the carpet when our mob are centre of attention for their poor behaviour yesterday. I’m at pains to be too critical as most on here are of a certain vintage and will remember I was a wee shite in my youth, but the pyros getting flung on the park towards mascots (didn’t notice the mascots, but have to assume that was the case) is dreadful. Carrying pyros shouldn’t be happening anyway, but fans of all clubs will do it, and maybe it’s incumbent on clubs to ensure that the risks of this are minimised. I don’t know, maybe if you have about 8000 seats across two fairly modern stands and crowds of less than 4000, it would make sense not to accommodate away fans in a pre-historic wooden fire hazard? Of course, Cappielow’s away facilities are also dreadful but fairly consistent with the rest of the ground, but Partick choosing to give us a crap section when they could offer a safer, more comfortable alternative doesn’t help matters. It should also be said that this is far from exclusive to Morton, or a select few clubs. There are obviously the high profile groups at the bigger clubs, who have far too much gravitas for the clubs’ own good, and get far too much publicity as the red tops look for clicks. Hopefully Celtic’s imminent UEFA ban clips the wings of their mob, and the fact it’s coming against Bayern Munich rather than KR Rekjavik or Kirat Almaty is particularly satisfying, while the Rangers fans turning on their mob’s walk-out was a rare positive showing from their support. We also had an incident against Livingston after the cup tie when our kids appeared to be the ones targeted, rather than the perpetrators, while two Dunfermline neds were recently convicted and received banning orders for leathering a lonesome Raith kid at a bus stop after a derby last season. I’d also note that having gone to a lot of non-league games quite regularly in recent years, I’ve seen clubs as small and insignificant as Glasgow Perthshire and Crossgates Primrose followed by wee ultra groups. The trouble doesn't seem significant because of sheer numbers, but forming these groups is what is attracting weans. One person who should be held accountable for encouraging this is the odious YouTube vlogger, Blair McNally. A disgusting cretin of a boy who travels round the country encouraging weans to carry this shite on and get into fights before, as soon as the shit hit the fan with the Raith kid, using the incident to play the good guy and get positive publicity for himself. Final point, the boy that seems to be charged with keeping all our mob in check is a decent lad, who has obviously done a lot of work with the club trying to create something positive. But every time I see him at games now, he looks to have the weight of the world on his shoulders. I wonder if he thinks it’s all worthwhile.10 points
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https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/news/24887504.lamar-reynolds-hopes-goal-can-repay-newfound-morton-family/ Lamar Reynolds' brother died a few months ago, so as well as trying to settle in hundreds of miles from home he's been dealing with that, including arranging for the funeral out in Jamaica. Horrible stuff. I'm glad he's enjoying his time here, he more than earned his goal at Hampden. Here's to many more.10 points
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Ross Forbes, gentlemen. What a player. https://x.com/uav360drone/status/1888308536691867758?s=469 points
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Compo face found. As far as I know he had some stuff nicked, which is awful, but wasn't actually hurt, so not exactly 80s style hooliganism. As for Morton, there was no length of time the maw was going to be happy about either. Morton spoke to the parent first, then spoke to the boy for a couple of minutes to get his side of the story which is fair enough IMO. Morton aren't actually responsible for what happened and have no boxes to tick. Haven't read that article but the worst behaviour of 'ultras' I've seen in person this season was from that lot at Cappielow on Hogmanay.9 points
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I get the noble sentiment, but by taking that approach, you’re only punishing yourself. Do you think Brian Graham gave a shiny shite about our feelings when he was crashing his elbows into Lewis Strapp and Efe Ambrose and screaming in the face of Alan Muir and his officials to dictate which players were punished and which weren’t, or Aaron Muirhead thought twice about manhandling Darragh O’Connor in the last minute? Did Lewis Vaughan consider that it wasn’t really fair that he’d taken an embarrassing dive and won and converted a penalty when shushing us? We don't owe anyone anything, and if they want to do what they can to beat us, I’ve got no issue with us doing likewise. Boyes should have taken one for the team and worried about it later.8 points
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At this stage, while we’re not out the woods yet at the bottom end of the table, rather than short-term re-enforcements, I’d be more keen to see what plan the club have to tie up those out of contract players for next season, notably Wilson and Mullen. After the disaster of last summer, hopefully moves are being made to prevent anything like that happening again.8 points
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What was the actual negative consequence to the club in the long term? While he was here there were some casual fans who wouldn't attend, and as an aside he was also a rubbish footballer prior to Imrie taking over, but anyone who was staying away because of him is now attending games again. It seems the only person actually bothered by it in 2025 is you, who was already averaging about one game every three seasons anyway, so there's no actual impact on the club to give them cause to regret it.8 points
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Graham should be getting early use of the carbolic more often. Guess he wasn't allowed to referee today's game.7 points
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What a wee shame Brian Graham sent off for second bookable offence, at last a ref who won't be intimidated by him. Partick losing 3-2 at half time so we're now 3 games in hand of them with 9 points to catch up. Next week's opponents Airdrie also being softened up by Dundee, losing 4-0 at half time.7 points
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https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/scottish-news/24909582.worried-dad-slams-football-ultras-teen-son-attacked-glasgow/ His old man talking about it being a throwback to the 1980s is another cracker btw. I know he looks like he’s in his 60s, but the article says he’s 46. Let’s not kid on that this fella was caught up in the middle of Millwall fans chucking seats around the Kenilworth Road pitch or Liverpool fans charging the Italians at Heysel. He was in primary school. What’s probably more likely was that “Ronin’s” granda was caught in the crossfire at Hampden in May 1980 when the family’s big team lost the cup final, while the dad was barely 2 years old. Morton really have to stand their ground on this, regardless of the way this clan are trying to drag their name through the mud. Cooperate with the police by all means, but give this lot absolutely fuck all.7 points
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We've had naff all cup income this season, the roof's gone, and we're on a excellent run of form. We shouldn't strengthen unless someone's going to be out long-term. We'd be better off getting a few players tied down and identifying summer targets than signing someone in the January window.6 points
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I think Cammy Blues' contribution is a major reason why we have improved so much. A couple of seasons ago Cammy used to chip in with goals from midfield but earlier this season he was more defensive, even being played at right back. That coincided with our poor performances. Now he's playing further forward I think we're seeing the best of him again. A very under-rated player and I think incidentally one of the fittest players in our squad.6 points
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King's not long turned 20, this is far too early to be letting him go despite his loan to League Two not going that well last season. His versatility maybe worked against him to an extent in contributing to rarely appearing in the same position two games running, and having to play at full back which clearly isn't his position, but on the rare occasion he played this season he did well. I think having questions about whether he's going to develop into a good Championship player are fair enough, but even accounting for being injured currently he shouldn't have been near the top of the list for players to be released in the current squad. In his last appearance pre-injury, and only league start in midfield this season, he got an assist at Raith. Prior to that he'd come on as a sub against Ayr and did more in 20 minutes in that deep lying role beside Wilson than Lyall had offered in that position in 2 months - if he hadn't gotten injured I'd have had him starting ahead of Lyall in central midfield, even accounting for Lyall also improving since we've had Blues in there. Despite it clearly not being his position, he performed competently at both right back and left back while we only have two full backs in the squad. If it was necessary to move more players out to be able to bring one in, there's a glaring and extremely rotund hole in the decision to release King in the shape of Niall McGinn. He's 37, he's only here on loan and crucially King is already a considerably better player than him in every position McGinn can allegedly play. There's also Ali Crawford to consider, who did for the most part play well when he was in the starting XI earlier in the season so I'm not opposed to keeping him considered on his own merits, but he's also an injury prone 33 year old who has already missed over two months of the season through injury, and is out of contract this month so could have been let go at no cost to the club, while we've presumably had to pay up some of King's contract. Keeping Crawford might be fine in isolation but if you've a direct choice between him and a more versatile 20 year old, King every time for me. We have absolutely no shortage of attacking players and could let one go without ever finding ourselves short - the only area of the park McGinn & Crawford can play, meaning we could let McGinn go without even bringing a replacement in and be no worse off for it. King could fill in further back where we're desperately short on bodies. The only way this could make sense is if King is going to be out injured for the rest of the season, but even then this is hard to justify if McGinn still gets to steal a wage for the rest of the season.6 points
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Goes without saying that I hope you’re keeping well of course, and that I was disappointed to see you had stepped down. But I’m inclined to agree with vT. Certainly in the case of Inverness, they and us is like comparing apples and pears. I’m not dead against the sizes of leagues and number of times clubs meet, as the size of country we are makes larger divisions a bit more imbalanced, but the power and distribution structure, as well as non-league promotion needs a serious overhaul. I don’t think there is a perfect solution for the structure of or leagues, every one will have its pitfalls. However, if the likes of Partick and Raith in particular happen to be among those clubs running up debt chasing a dream, hell mend them.5 points
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Why shouldn't we wish for clubs who are doping themselves up to get their just desserts? The reason why Scottish second tier football is inherently unsustainable is because of this exact stack of clubs all chasing after pipe dreams of top flight football and leeching off the European top table. The structure of Scottish football (i.e. league size, parachute payments) should change, but individual club governance is failing too.5 points
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I've seen people say before that if you put Ferry in the right setting like a one on one interview with someone who actually has something interesting to say, he can be a really good interviewer because he puts footballers at ease in a way journalists don't. You see that in the video where he's talking to players and gets answers beyond the usual platitudes you hear from them, as well as it generally being the sort of insight into how the average day of training at a football club works that you won't get anywhere else. It's really good. Just unfortunate that usually he's sat in a studio with Paul Slane and Kevin Kyle with a focus on excruciating patter.5 points
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Having watched the highlights, my view on the goal hasn't changed - by the time Broadfoot can even adjust to try to pull him back he's already in the box. He was just too slow even for that. Broadfoot being Broadfoot surely would've gladly made that challenge if he could've adjusted to it in time (we've certainly seen that he's no stranger to the "dark arts"). I also think this is an example of what Broadfoot has faced throughout his time at Morton. Criticisms might be correct, but he gets more focus that any other player. Ballantyne had one job to do in that attack, and that was to stop Chalmers from having an unmarked tap in. He glances over his shoulder and sees the threat, but for whatever reason doesn't cover that threat at the back post. That was every bit as bad.5 points
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A second issue that needs to be addressed - regardless of talent production - is the apparent breakdown of any credible pathway into the GMFC first team. In the absence of reserve football, young players will need to gain experience at other clubs - but where are the credible links in place? The only club we've had a mutually beneficial relationship was with Annan, but they've dropped off the radar for the past couple of years. King should ideally have been sent into a tougher relegation dogfight with them in League One last season, rather than a circling the drain to the Lowland League outfit like 'Clyde'. Nothing King could do there would have actually made a case to play in our first team - it was a waste of everyone's time. Sam Murdoch has been sent out on loan, but to the 9th tier of the Scottish pyramid. Now he's only 17 so that might be a net positive, but the dirty wee Port are hardly a serious development pathway for players who are not quite ready for Scottish Championship football. I don't see a joined-up plan here at all tbh: I just see a shedload of wishful thinking and vested interests.5 points
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I am possibly in the minority but I bear Broadfoot no ill will - latterly while injured he made himself available to help out the club. I, however, never thought we should have signed him. That is down to Imrie and his subsequent stubbornness in selecting Broadfoot week after week despite it being obvious he was done at this level a long time ago. The lack of incomings this window clearly reflects a lack of positive cashflow largely due to circumstances out with our control - -our pathetic efforts in the cup are, of course, ours to own. Our ambition this season must now be just to stay up and minimize the loss.5 points
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What a fucking riddy that is, chucking him on and costing us 2 points when he knows he’s up the road.5 points
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Livingston won 2-1 in the end. The dreams of a West Lothian title remain alive. Only the brave Lions can prevent the disaster of a Falkirk or big-spending Ayr championship. I know I speak for the entire Morton support when I say We Are All Livi tonight.5 points
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I still think launching two kits in one summer is overkill, especially when a club like us very rarely needs a third kit anyway. Releasing a home kit one summer and an away kit - alongside an updated range of training kit and leisure wear - the next summer is the best way to approach it. We can then focus on launching the retro kits around Christmas time too. Launching one kit every summer, one or two retro kits every Christmas, and updating the training kit and leisure wear once every two years is the correct balance IMO.5 points
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For someone who was only recently begging to get his account closed down, you still seem to be very desperate for attention on here. Personally, I couldn't give the tiniest flying fuck what Trump does in the US, and I find it puzzling how many people on this side of the Atlantic do. It's their country, they voted for him, so they can live with the consequences whatever they may be. But your brushing under the carpet of his previous sexual misdemeanors (remember also his boast about rich people being free to just grab women by the pussy?) while at the same time being the champion virtue signaler on here against someone convicted of a sexual offence, does seem difficult for most reasonable people to reconcile.5 points
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Pathetic. Its almost like you don't give a toss about sexual abuse, unless there's an angle to use it for some campaign of grievance.5 points
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Just as no one in Scottish football thinks of Dumbarton, Ayr, Stenhousemuir, Airdrie, Livingston, East Kilbride or St Cadocs as "nonce clubs", all of whom also signed Lithgow after he'd been convicted, no one other than you thinks Morton are as a result of this. I would say the proof of that is that you probably couldn't even have named all of those clubs. Fans also weren't locked out of grounds, he signed the season after games were closed doors.5 points
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In better news - the chickens finally seem to be coming home to roost for big spending Partick. Their entitled fan base are up in arms with the shock that their January transfer window resulted in more outs than ins. Oblivious to the fact their cash reserves are depleting and they have been selling off chunks of fan ownership to continue overspending on failed title bids - they demanded answers and the Chairman had to release a statement. They have gone a further 4% over budget, no saving upside from cup income like previous years, had to trim the squad to balance the books, would have had to cut more had Hearts not come in and took their best player and next season's budget will be cut by 20%. https://ptfc.co.uk/ptfc-news/update-from-club-chairman-richard-beastall-4th-february-2025/4 points
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Comparing it to then 80s, have a word. If that was the case, your spawn wouldn't be standing there getting his photo taken a few days later. Surprised Blair McNally isn't there in the photo starting a JustGiving to buy the boy a replacement Partick scarf, Rangers wallet and Rangers phone case that was taken. Obviously it's not a nice trend that's occurring - but how many reports of actual hooligan style violence has there been? Seems to be more a trend for 'trophy taking' rather than wanting to fight. There's photos of the Partick ultras showing off acquired Morton scarves. There's photos of the Morton ultras showing off pinched Partick scarves. And most previous reports from around the country have been 'they pinched my scarf or nicked my drum.'4 points
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Not convinced it’s a good statement at all tbh, and that’s overlooking the use of “upmost”. At this stage, whatever the club have been told is merely an allegation- there’s no acknowledgement of this. The statement is overly emotional, goes into far too much detail and leans on “true Morton fans” (the football equivalent of birthday caird pish) to identify the alleged perpetrators, all this while nothing was said when a young Morton fan was allegedly attacked on the first day of the season. I don’t believe the club aren’t aware of that incident, and whether it’s whataboutery or not, to address the issue of a Partick fan allegedly being attacked by Morton fans having previously done nothing publicly about a similar incident when one of our fans was the apparent victim six months ago doesn’t show me that the club have got their priorities in order. I’d suggest that Partick are furious about whatever happened on Saturday and told Morton they want something done about it, while Morton weren’t interested enough to take the matter further in August. I understand Partick’s concern for their own fans, but we shouldn’t be letting them away with it when the shoe is on the other foot, as appears to have been the case on a number of occasions. I’d suggest today is Gareth’s day off, hence the poorly written statement. Whoever did write it should have had it proof read and taken a step back, altered it, re-written it or, the ideal solution, binned it completely.4 points
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They’re not “an embarrassment to the club” any more than the Livingston weans were to their club, the Partick fans who attacked the Morton kids are, the Celtic fans who throw the pyros on the park (Villa wasn’t an isolated incident or they’d not be looking at a ban) or the Dunfermline fans who went for the Raith kid are. They are part of a growing culture of young football fans that are yet to grow up and are doing stupid things along the way. I’ve owned previous misdemeanours, I’m sure there are others on here that would accept they’ve not been angels when they were young. Without wanting to dismiss the issue completely, boys will be boys. On a weekend that what looks to be a middle aged fuckwit who supports Falkirk posted online that Livingston’s Michael Nottingham is a “coon” and to “put the cunt back on the boat”, let’s not pretend that a few young guys who support Morton and behaved like wee dicks are the talk of Scottish football, it just isn’t the case. Why does a ban have to be the preferred course of action, and not engagement? On the whole, I’d actually say our lot aren’t as bad as some others for the most part. Grating at times, yes. But these boys aren’t there for the entertainment of you or I, and banning them helps nobody. Who are the next generation of kids who’ll be supporting Morton long after we’re gone? Do we pick and choose the well behaved kids and hand the baton over to them? I’ve got news for you, picking out teenagers who don’t do daft things is like finding a needle in a haystack. How long do you suggest banning them for? A couple of weeks and then we carry on as usual? A year, so they’re out the habit of going to games having found new hobbies and started chasing their hole, so are lost to the club? Forever, just because you want your pound of flesh? For all we’ve hammered Dale for, his engagement with this group has been a positive, although I hark back to them getting Queen’s Park tickets ahead of folk like myself as a fuck up. You can’t build a support without catering for the needs and wishes of the young, and the club are doing a much better job at that. Your complaints are going beyond a couple of fairly isolated incidents yesterday, and stretching towards them irritating you with an “inconsistent” atmosphere and getting behind the team when it suits them. Let’s be honest, they’re not alone in that. The club have already condemned the pyros online, and I hope and expect that they will investigate what allegedly happened outside the ground yesterday (I didn’t see it, so am in no position to really comment), but I trust they’ll go down the route of weighing up the pros and cons of what happened and who was responsible before taking proportionate action. Not fulfilling your bloodthirsty lust for teenagers to face severe punishment because you don’t like them.4 points
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Nah, fuck that. I'm not having those tramps buy a promotion. Order of preference is 1. Livingston 2. Falkirk 3. Ayr Hopefully only Livingston of course4 points
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9 behind Partick and I simply don't see this current run being self-sustaining. We have fallen off a cliff with a stronger underlying team previously, best to bank this run while we have it IMO. That's not aimed as a discredit to Imrie or the current squad's efforts, but we would be doing very, very well to finish 6th by the end of the campaign.4 points
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Christ, take a few days away from this and there is chat about Alan Lithgow and somehow now Donald Trump on a transfers forum. I for one can’t wait for the football to be back this weekend.4 points
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It's also worth noting that many Partick fans were pure ragin' that they didn't strengthen their squad in January, so much so that their Chairman felt the need to come out with a statement to explain the obvious to them, i.e., that they're skint despite selling off chunks of their fan-ownership. It's precisely because of that sense of entitlement and lack of self-awareness that I will have zero sympathy for them if they do go tits up. At least most Ton fans are realistic about where we are in terms of our financial means, and by and large support the Boards approach of living within those means rather than racking up debts in the hope if one day getting promoted.3 points
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For those of you that don’t follow the stock market in great detail (does anyone?) it is worth noting that Dalrada shares have tanked in recent weeks. They were trading at 40cents per share. They have been sliding (most notably there was a sudden drop on the day they announced that Ross Gourdie’s wife was the new chief of staff) and reached a bottom figure of less than 1 cent per share (you could buy three shares for a cent). They are currently at 1.1 cent per share. This suggests that the market believes that the company is in dire financial trouble. I hope the board has a plan B if Dalrada goes under. It may come to nothing, but it’s worth keeping an eye on this. I’d assume that the club has contracts with Dalrada, but they would prove worthless if the company goes under.3 points
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The bit about shouting abuse back I took as the token gesture, not completely exonerating their weans, but also not putting as much focus on them as other teams’ fans. And I agree, kids shouldn’t be getting assaulted, but they and their parents should also be aware of the associated risks in hanging about with these wee gangs. And given his dad is a “lifelong” Partick fan, ignorance on his part doesn’t wash. If his parents want their kid to be kept safe at the football, they shouldn’t allow him to cut about with a mob that are just as game for trouble as the Morton mob are. And if they do, or feel powerless to prevent him, they should be aware that bad things happen now and again and accept that their kid has put himself in that position by associating with them, and treat it as a lesson learned, rather than shouting off to whoever will or won’t listen. At least the dad has provided a modicum of balance in what he’s said, but all I’ve seen from the maw is ranting and raving about how her boy was brutally attacked and nobody on the Morton side caring about him, when it isn’t their responsibility to. I get that mothers will do thing like that when their wee angels are on the wrong end of some trouble, and will have tunnel vision to an extent, but fairly dispassionate observers should be able to challenge her stance. Might re-activate my Facebook just to give me something to keep myself busy for a few days.3 points
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Embarrassing inside stadium as well. Throwing pyro’s onto pitch at the mascots as they were walking off. Great they support the team but starting to embarrass the club.3 points
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Yet they're still signing players for their stupid wee vanity project like no tomorrow. Slap down a 100 point deduction to roll into next season too.3 points
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Is this subject not about the 2024/2025 squad and transfers just wondering because we are going way off track.3 points
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Who was the last such player where the decision actually haunted the club?3 points