SassenachTon

Sam Murdoch's size may not necessarily be a hindrance. 'When I were a lad' my Grampa used to take me to watch Derby County at the Baseball Ground in the 1970's. The keeper (Les Green) made 107 appearances for the club, including a permanent slot in the 1972-73 season when Derby were League Champions. He was only 5'8" tall and weighed under 12 stone.

FTFY

Maybe it's because everyone has been traumatised by his haircut.

104 downvotes in only 38 posts for Mr.369 has to be some kind of all-time forum record.

It’s brilliant to be heading into a new season with pretty much the nucleus of the squad which finished the last one. It has to be hard work for a manager to bed in an endless succession of new players, waiting for them to gel. Great news as everyone’s already said.

You’re obviously quite right - but a 3-second ‘Forward’ mouse click would have sent my mail to the appropriate person within MCT.

I jumped the same hurdles when I increased my contribution a year ago. It should be easy - but it’s not. Multiple emails were involved, and the top & bottom is that I had to cancel my membership and start a new one with a higher contribution level. Around the same time, I emailed Dale with a list of ideas to increase membership, along with increasing contributions from existing members. #1 on the list was an ‘Increase Contribution’ button on the website. The button never appeared, and I never got a reply.

Four years jail time for JET.

I just watched it on YouTube no problem; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qR80GlcbdM&t=122s

You're in a huge fuckoff hole. Stop digging.

Back in your box.

Back in your box.

Oh thank fuck for that. Mon the Dougie

Aye. He also has a wean on the way.

For me - the Cappielow cup win against Motherwell still ranks as my greatest night out in recent history. I was buzzing for weeks afterwards. Still am, just thinking about it.

Most of us here only know each other by a username. I always enjoyed reading his posts, and the forum will be an emptier place without him. My heartfelt condolences to you and your family. RIP Alastair.

BG bullies referees, it seems only logical that he'd do the same to the Partick board. Much as I'm desperate for Dougie not to leave, I have great sympathy for the man coming back to the current shitshow if he doesn't get the job.

I just spent a wee while re-reading this entire thread from its inception. There's a wealth of experience, knowledge, and love for the club on show here, providing an equal wealth of logic, concerns, and alternatives to whatever possibly hidden motives are at play. But my greatest fear? It's the fact that the 950+ other MCT members outwith this forum will simply visualise a suitcase with £540k in it - and vote 'yes' because they haven't a fucking clue what the implications of that vote will bring. That just happened in the USA. And look how that's turned out so far.

Your immediate mention of the U18's academy game and potential first-team chances makes me deeply suspicious that you're DOT operating under a new account name. You just can't help yourself, can you? Your endless use of exclamation marks is also a dead giveaway since literally no-one else on the entire forum ever uses them. So once again - why don't you just bundle up your self-important, deluded ITK pish and fuck off? You've been rumbled, pal. Please pass on my kind regards to Mr. Rensenbrink.

All this shit happening, and Dougie maybe down the road. Being a Morton supporter isn't much fun right now

I've also sent in similar questions. My fear (actually - my expectation) is that these questions will go unanswered. Entrusting such a massive decision to a wet finger in the air isn't fair on us.

My experience of boards is that a minority representation doesn't necessarily matter. What matters is that the minority (MCT) board reps have a sword in their hands and a fire in their bellies. Passion and commitment to a cause are usually bigger weapons than promises, waffle, club ties and blazers. The role of our MCT board reps is more important now IMO than at any other time in our history. The choice of these reps is utterly crucial.

Outwith what’s been going on for the last week or so - I’m sure I speak for at least some others who are absolutely gutted at this behind-the-scenes debacle which I’m sure has come as a shock. I didn’t expect everything to turn to shite virtually overnight. As an ordinary supporter, it’s exactly at this time that the anticipation and excitement for next season starts to build. What will the season bring? Who will Dougie release? Who will he sign? Will he even still be here? If he’s not - who will replace him? Where will we sit regarding budget? A pile of questions, all of which relate directly to fitba - not to shenanigans surrounding sponsors, boardroom battles, resignations, reinstatements, MCT’s position and so on. I’d echo AndyClark22’s comment above about the need to have more members providing proactive input, and I agree that putting in a few quid every month could be supplemented by those who could spare the time to provide some practical assistance to the club. I retired a few months ago after a lifetime in the construction industry. There are countless skills I could bring to Cappielow in terms of fixing simple stuff up. But I live 300 miles away - and that frankly frustrates me. If I was closer I’d be all over it like a rash. I also think that the worst thing about this whole situation is not knowing what the hell is going on. I hope that this will be resolved with a good outcome for the club, its players and its supporters. Mon eh Ton.

It was a reaction to (what I think) was his first-ever interview when he talked about how important it was for the club to maximise all revenue streams. Since I'd just upped my MCT contribution, the email I sent him was a reminder about who owned the club, and how just 10% of these owners upping their contributions by a few quid would make a worthwhile difference. I also made a few points about how he (as the new club's theoretical new spearhead) should be taking every possible step to increase the number of supporters becoming part-owners of the club and spending a few monthly quid to be a part of that.