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There were a lot of old men shouting at clouds, as is often the case at such meetings. One guy making a fuss about why the club board and the MCT board don’t include the same people and another bizarrely accusing the club board of lacking ambition to get promoted because the manager chooses to pick Kirk Broadfoot every week. All four candidates were elected onto the MCT board and Sam Robinson stood down, but will remain on the club board. A lot of the business was box ticking, such as correcting the wording of some of the constitution to align with how the world works nowadays when discussing gender etc. and Sam made the point that operations behind the scenes are a major focus, with someone at Alloa previously telling them that they saw Morton as a full time club with a part time infrastructure, the opposite of themselves. A point of note was that football wages account for 70% of turnover, which I would say isn’t too bad for a club of our size- I could be wrong. I asked about the land that’s been excavated between the ground and the Norseman, and it’s very much a case of watch this space in regards to a community hub, but don’t expect anything too soon, and they might initially use shipping containers before something more permanent to test the water on the appetite for such a facility. Gordon confirmed that there had been no contact at all from Inverness re: Dougie, and told us of some very nice news the club received yesterday. I’ll leave that to the club to announce rather than blabbing on here, as it’s something to make a song and dance about.

You not think the “get tae f**k Dougie!” bit might be the thing that sticks in the craw a bit more than the general criticism of the guy?

I'm saying your constant moon howling isn't justified just because we've had a poor start to the season. If Imrie thinks King is better on loan than being a squad player here, then he has more than enough credit in the bank to be able to make that decision without smooth brains like you wailing about it just because King happened to come through the academy.

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One of the most unappealing traits to me (just a personal opinion) of fitba supporters in general is how quickly anyone involved in management can descend from hero to zero in the comparative blink of an eye. It wasn't so long ago that virtually every post on this forum was full of gushing praise for the new Messiah. Now - I'm seeing comments like the one above. So draw breath, and consider that Dougie's working with a tight budget, and he's now got more injuries in his small squad than anyone has a right to. Our long-awaited new RB lasted one game before being crocked. He's not responsible for any of that - it's a steaming pile of shite which has been dumped in his lap, and he's the one who has to deal with it. Not us. So cut the man some slack FFS. It's exactly at times like this that as supporters - we should be backing him, not denigrating him. He's made mistakes and there's clearly a side to his personality which frustrates many, but he's maybe showing his inexperience. If there's anyone who can pull us out of the current quagmire - it's him.

Power and Broadfoot both look like their hamstrings haven't extended all the way at any point this season. It's brutal watching the rest of the team being dragged out of position to deal with their lack of movement. Either/or might be alright if we had 5 in midfield and a centre forward capable of pressing for 90 minutes, but we don't. Imrie's period of success last season came from us being the best-drilled, hardest-working team in the league. Its hard to see how that's achievable with multiple immobile players in the starting XI.

FFS, here we go again.

Anybody calling for Imrie to go at the moment is too short minded. He has definitely earned more than the first 6 games of a season over his time with us so far. Having said that we really need to start picking up points starting with 3 at home to Airdrie next week. We have had a difficult run of fixtures so far with 2 difficult away games in a row. Even the arbroath game at home is no fluke as they've done the same away to Thistle today. Injuries are not helping us and the gamble with French hasn't paid off as that looks another recurrence of his previous injury. We really need to find someone else now to get Broadfoot out the team and hope Oakley is back for Saturday.

I liked Lewis a lot for his energy and commitment, and a fair amount of skill as well. But as I've mentioned a few times, his relative lack of height for a defender could limit his opportunities of playing at a higher level where a dominant aerial presence is a prerequisite. No idea of course if that is a factor in the reason he hasn't been snapped up yet, it could also simply be because he's still not yet fully fit, but it wouldn't surprise me if it is. I'm sure he'll find another club eventually, but I suspect it will be at championship level, or lower. I'm sure he do well wherever he ends up, and like all Ton fans I wish him well.

Would you not have to go to games to boo?

Also good for directors of the MCT board to remember it’s the MCT board and not the GMFC board. Just incase, people get mixed up and say they are GMFC directors when telling people and they are actually MCT. And vice versa.

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We've a good history with Portakabins as well

yip I was thinking the same thing. Stack in Newcastle was brilliant too before it got shut down. There is a lot you can do with shipping containers and it needn't necessarily be temporary. With the proximity to Clydeport I would like to think there might be scope for some sort of a partnership/sponsorship deal with Peel Ports to provide the containers if we were to go down that route

I wouldn’t say Ferguson quite fits into the bracket of an Alex Rae or a Bomber Brown, tbh. Of course he had a spell at Rangers, but it was a fairly brief, unhappy one, for a number of circumstances before he found a club that he was lauded at in Everton. It’s going to be an absolutely box office appointment one way or the other though, he’ll provide no shortage of entertainment. First off the bat, I’ll be watching with interest to see if Daft Raymond will shamelessly try to slither out of Forfar to take the assistant’s role.

I don’t know Craig to really comment and do think hems being a bit harsh on Imrie, but Scott Gillan could be elected onto the MCT board tonight. Just let that sink in.

Whilst Broadfoot just isn't very good, and beyond his best, i think it's a bit harsh to criticise his professionalism. By all accounts, he's the model professional for any young, aspiring player. His legs have gone, but i don't think he's disinterested

Good shout. I'll never forget how incensed Bobby Thomson (re the sending off) was because of that bass feigning injury.I was in the stand that day, I'll never forget the rage towards him by all the fans about me. Bobby had to be dragged off the pitch twice! They named a stand after Jardine, should have been a theatre .

King did what King does in his appearance for Clyde yesterday apparently, looked good in moments and then looked lost during the second half as Elgin took control of the midfield. The fact that is still happening in league 2 vs probably the worst team in the league is exactly why he needs to go out on loan as he's not going to fix that by getting 10/15 mins here and there. Of course getting three players injured in one game is a fucking nightmare and if that could be predicted then he should have stayed but I don't blame Imrie for making the best decision for King's long term development not knowing that our unprecedented injury issues were going to continue in such tragic fashion.

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Wash your keyboard out please.

I doubt you'll be on the forum much longer, there's only so much drool and spaghetti hoop juice that one hard drive can handle.

Oh shut the fuck up.

Hopefully the suffer a long, drawn out, horrible demise, leading to near extinction. Junior fitba would suffice. Horrible lot

I hope they are struggling at Hampden. It's a disgrace that they are using it at all.

I asked you roughly 24 hours ago what factual point you were disputing with your 'aye keep telling yourself that retort'. Your subsequent Catherine wheel of fail brings us no closer to an actual fucking answer. The idea that you're in any position to lower standards is laughable, your abysmal contributions speak to that. The only question is how long it will take you to join Dr. Zhivago and Ed de Ball in the dustbin of forum history.

Not having the same people on both boards is 100% by design. People don't seem to understand the difference between fan-owned and fan-run - there is an overlap but it's not completely the same thing. Without wanting to reduce it too much, you'd want the people on the GMFC board to be first-teamers and the MCT board to be the reserves, to an extent.

Early signs suggest the French injury isn't as bad as first feared. No francture spotted in initial scans but they will know more this week. Hopefully not too long a layoff then. https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/dundee-fc/4757462/dundee-fc-tony-docherty-tyler-french-jordan-mcghee-more-dee-knocks/

Let's hope not for the sole sake of self promotion and a few free tickets.... Something like what cove have would be ideal in the short term. IIRC it was a portakabin style set-up.

You could take Ferguson being at Stair Park on Saturday as simply going to watch his son who's on loan at Forfar, but a more cynical person might wonder what conversations he had with McKinnon.

Journalist reporting that Morton haven't been approached to speak with Imrie. Good news.

Let's hope you never have a say in any important decisions made at the club. Tragic

There's no way he's as tall as 5ft 11. Wherever that's listed has to be an error. He's dwarfed by Reece Lyon in this photo, who can't be any taller than 6ft 1. According to Google, there's a 5cm difference between them. Not a chance.

If O'Connor and French are now out for a while then there is every chance this is going to get ugly. Can't believe the change in our season since that opening day win or the great performance at Ibrox. I would back Imrie to get us going but if our defence is waters, baird, broadfoot and wilson/blues then even he'll struggle to organise them.

Fuck up and fuck off. Total thundercunt.

Dunfermline played some fantastic stuff and scored some good goals. Should have had a couple more. Was really impressed with their movement and passing which we couldn't cope with. We came into the game in the second half but never tested the pars keeper due to good defending and our attacking players taking too many touches. Sucker punch came with the 3rd goal which was well taken. Ohalloran McCann and Summers all very impressive. Chalmers and Hamilton absolutely bossed that midfield. From a morton perspective just not good enough and we look like a shadow of last seasons team. Imrie keeps saying once we get our key players back then we'll match anyone in the league. We cannot continue to play the waiting game on our players being fit. The abuse Imrie took from the supporters at the back of the stand was embarrassing. By all means everyone is entitled to their opinion but to spend a good chunk of the 90 minutes howling and screaming abuse at him and the team isn't right. Would rather those clowns don't bother coming back. Worrying start to the league campaign and not where we expected to be at all.

I think it's more systemic. Our defensive line is deeper than last season, this has resulted in there being more space between our pressing unit at the front and our back four. Our midfield can't be as compact because the back four aren't as aggressive in stepping out as they were last year. The net result of this is a defensive unit, which is vastly inferior to last season's, being tested far more often. Whether the line dropping has been a tactical decision, or whether it's been natural because of the personnel in the back four, it needs sorted and quickly.

This is starting to get concerning. We've a horrible defensive record, injuries piling up, and we've gone from being the hardest team in the league to play against to being alarmingly passive, especially in midfield. The standard of teams in the division has increased this season, and we've regressed badly.

Fifteen goals conceded in six games is appalling. We have to hope O'Connor is just a wee knock and he's fine for next week. Assuming we don't see French again for a while we'll just have to make do with one of Blues, McGrattan or Wilson at right back. They're all a far less bad option than having Broadfoot on the pitch - he should only play if there is absolutely no alternative and needs to be sent back to the Lowland League as soon as we can make a signing.

It's the reality of what we can afford sadly.

Broadfoot is an issue in general but Baird is breakdancing with noone near him when the ball is played across the goal.

Queens Park struggling with the size of the pitch at Hampden? Let's hope we have Jai available for that away game. Our direct play will hopefully rattle those fucks.

I don't really think Imrie with his ambitions would give two shits about ICTs financial black hole while they're still chucking money at it. He'd be looking to be long gone by the time the shit hits the fan. The same way that I don't think financial restraint and responsibility is in any way seen as a positive for an ambitious manager. I'd still be surprised if he went there but if he's given a decent wage rise and bigger budget then I could see him fancying the job as he might feel he could take ICT further than he's able to take Morton which will get him the sort of recognition and interest from better jobs that he's not really had while at us so far.

Interview up. No mention of ICT job. Oakley back in training. Jai still out.

He's the same height as Andy Robertson

If you're not a complete moron and understand that all managers make errors in judgment, of course it is. The only test is whether the manager's collective decisions amount to a net positive or a net negative - and only a complete moron (you, again) would actually dispute that this has been the case. I couldn't care less if one or two deserving players fall by the wayside in the name of collective progress, because I'm not hanging out of any of their arses. GMFC is a professional football club and not a social club. The problem for those who were braying endlessly about 'releasing' a former POTY (in what nick of a team, btw?) is that the market has fully vindicated that decision, what with it being the last week of September tomorrow and Strapp being without a club. The widespread tears and snotters about signing Waters instead look utterly foolish now. That was entirely the correct decision - though we are still badly lacking a backup option.

If my vast experience in the professional football world* is anything to go by, DU had to pay a small fee to launch an appeal, so at least there's that. *Football Manager

Courier reporting that Dundee Utd have submitted their appeal against the sending off. Wild. Confirmed by Dundee Utd. Extra game ban should be applied for frivolous appeal.

As much as you're a helmet I have to admit I've had the same thoughts.

Really gets on my nerves when people call us Greenock, especially when its people being paid on Sportsound for example. If I'm talking to someone who knows Scottish football I say Morton. If I am talking to someone not that interested in football, someone abroad or a young person who only knows Celtic/Rangers then I'll say Greenock Morton.