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All the plaudits to young Sam Murdoch in goal today. Young kid has a had great season on loan at Port Juniors, probably a contender for their PotY. I know 4th division junior level and Championship level football is worlds apart but clean sheet and an assist and by all accounts an excellent save in the dying embers of the game. Well done young man!

I think on balance if you were judging Adeloye solely on his performances in a Morton top so far rather than prior reputation you'd lean against giving him a contract, but even with how frustrating he's been to watch at times he still has 3 goals in 6 starts and 2 sub appearances. He signed at the end of February having not had a club since the summer and spent a further month out injured after coming in, it's reasonable to look at that record and wonder what goal return he could deliver with a pre-season behind him. Even in games where he has generally been poor and the crowd have been audibly frustrated with Keay not being on in his place much earlier like the Livingston game, both freekicks Crawford had where he scored one and forced a great save from the other came from Adeloye drawing the foul. He's clearly got something and with the struggle to find a competent centre forward we had last summer, I'd rather stick with him than end up waiting until late September for a credible option there again.

File this under pish . I was the one that took the boys into Cappielow for a quick photo before we headed to Blackpool Cup and the only person we saw was DPM who I gave a thumbs up for letting us in quickly to grab a photo. Glover was on the bus. Suspect one of his mates at the wind up.

Partick*

This portrays as if you did him in last time for spreading a rumour haha. Or did you?

While I could easily see Imrie at a club like big-spending Partick I think anyone who's in and around football would know not to go blabbing about a manager's future job at the fucking stadium of his current employers. What kind of idiot would loudly broadcast his future job like that without checking that it was public knowledge first? This doesn't pass the sniff test for me.

Hope it's not a bad injury to Ballantyne

Shug on. The sweetie wife saying he was refusing to play must feel like a right fanny now. Maybe start a rumour about Mullen next.

That was a doing and a half for the little people. You love to see it.

Every club needs to take the injury history of players into account, and particularly in our case with the smallest squad in the division minerals are clearly a huge concern. In Mullen's case, as with Wilson, their injury records only highlight how important they are to the team and how crucial it is we keep them. We've had 10 league games without Mullen this season and Saturday there was the first win without him. We've conceded 1.06 goals per games with him (only Falkirk and Livingston are better than that defensively) and 2.09 per game without him (no one else is close to being that bad). Meanwhile Wilson being in the team is the difference between promotion playoff challenging form and relegation battling form. We do need better depth so we don't go off a cliff when injuries inevitably happen which is the hardest part of recruitment for any manager and especially a Morton manager, but I'm hopeful with time Murdoch can prove to be a better second choice goalkeeper to Mullen than Woods or MacDonald have been, and we can always dream of a Grimshaw return in midfield.

On the Telegraph website this morning. Says both Mullen and Woods have fairly serious injuries so they're done for the season, working to get a loan in but might need to go with Murdoch.

Just stick another youth keeper on the bench.

FTFY

I'd agree with this. Boyes also has the advantages of being: • left footed, • more willing and able to play the ball out (both points that ideally complement Baird) • able to cover left back at a push too. You're simply not going to get a totally commanding and consistent centre back with the above traits too playing in the entire division, never mind at our budget level. I'm more sceptical of Corr but there's no issue in allowing another season to see if he can stay fit and kick on. The biggest question mark for me is Adeloye. I haven't been at the past few games, but the manic-depressive swing in the fanbase from enthusiasm to contempt since he signed rather overlooks the difficulty we have finding a genuine centre forward with an eye for goal. He may not be fit now but would that be different with a full pre-season rather than rocking up after 12 months off? It would certainly be a gamble to offer a new deal (a year would have to be the maximum on the table IMO), but the potential upside is significantly higher than any of our other forward options.

Aye I'd rather Raith finish 4th if we can't. Partick losing out financially would be pleasing when they are already planning budget cuts for next season Talking of big spending Raith, Robson just said in his post match that they aren't a club with a big budget and don't throw money about which is laughable considering the contracts handed out to Hanlon, Bryne, Stevenson etc this season as well as all the big contracts offered the season before!

I still think Falkirk will hold on but I think it'll almost outdo their relegation in the banter stakes if they somehow blow the title from here. Good result today with an inexperienced keeper and a changed lineup. Great for Tomi to get a goal, hope he's on the road to peak condition and we can hold onto him. I know he was dire last week but he can find the net. Hope Ballantyne is alright. Great for Wilson to come back, even in a cameo.

That'll do. Hilarious result from Grangemouth. Pity we've got Raith next.

If only they had got their finger out and consistently thrown about some of the other teams in the league, we wouldn't be seeing such repulsive league winners.

They seemed pretty quiet today. Has "standing with the banned" turned into a peaceful protest? There were about five wee dafties in balaclavas jumping about Cartsdyke Station post-match, is that them also bringing "colour" to games?

Not sure where to post this but seems to be the one doing the rumours tonight. “Glover was in cappielow yesterday before his team left to go to blackpool. He said there was a guy talking to dougie shaking his hand saying I’ll not see You befor you leave but all the best with Patrick next year. And apparently dougie sort of grabbed him away from where glover and all tnat where standing and told Him to keep quiet as it’s not public yet”

So are they going to fix their mistake and award us a point? No? I thought not.