SassenachTon

Raith lose at home to Queens Park. This league is utterly batshit.

You can say that again.

Plus a hat-trick each from the Terrific Two.

Just watched Jim Goodwin's pre-match interview for Inverness tomorrow. The pathetic twat's still bitching about 'Slasher' Sibbald being given a 2nd yellow card for hacking down a Morton player. Glorious

@DreamOakTree Let's just call it day now, shall we? No-one really gives a shit about whether you were in Den Haag or not. Maybe they just give a shit about their time and energy being wasted, reading stuff they consider to be fabricated. This is an internet forum populated by invisible people with a username and a post count. Invisible people who you'll never meet, people who you'll never come into contact with in the real-life world, people who can only judge or assess you based on what you write on here. Forum arguments are as pointless as they are meaningless - this thread's not going to go down in history as the 2024 Magna Carta or Gettysburg Address. Please - just stop posting and trying to prove a pointless, unprovable point. No-one gives a shit. They really, really don't. I wish you a pleasant and happy evening.

Fair points @vikingTON - and well made as always. I guess I'm just frustrated at everything seemingly being a bit static.

Although I’ve snipped the post - I can’t argue with any of this, especially since MCT (on one fundamental, basic level anyway) represents a revenue stream for the club which has generated comparative fortunes for a club of Morton's size. The closest analogy I can think of is how charities operate. I donate monthly to Cancer Research and the Alzheimer’s Society. I’m sure you’ll guess why. But since day #1 of setting those DD’s up - I’ve been relentlessly bombarded with almost-weekly mailshots from other charities. They all sell their contributor names and addresses to everyone else to generate revenue - which sucks when you’re on the receiving end of it - but it’s at least understandable. And I grudgingly think ‘fair play’ because all of them are at least having a go at being the best and most successful versions of themselves. A blanket email to every MCT member asking for another £ or ££ a month wouldn’t be a difficult thing to do - neither would an ‘increase donation’ website button. And I think that VT’s point about £10pm a couple of years ago being worth nowhere near £10pm now is an incredibly valid one. Such a mail needs to be worded professionally. It mustn’t under any circumstances come over as a ‘begging letter’ - it needs to present the harsh financial reality of Tier 2 life in 2024 and explain VT’s points regarding inflation and real-term monetary value. It needs to really appeal to the loyalty of supporters, tug at the heartstrings, all whilst providing real-world examples of where the contributor’s money is going - even if it’s on the electricity bill for the floodlights. Come on MCT - post a screenshot of Morton's quarterly bill and open people's eyes. You have to give people a reason to up their contributions, and hard evidence is your best and most effective weapon. Not unreasonable I think. And FWIW - I haven’t a fucking clue where my other monthly charity money goes (which hacks me off tbh) - but which exemplifies the resentment an uninformed giver will inevitably experience. As an important generator of revenue - MCT really need to up their game and maximise their input for the club’s sake. Just my opinion - and admittedly based on zero knowledge of how the financial distribution between MCT and Morton FC actually works in the real world. I’m also convinced that a concerted effort to increase membership wouldn’t go amiss. I don’t wish to come across as some kind of Neanderthal - but I’ll freely admit that both of my charitable involvements came as a direct result of being accosted in hospital corridors by good-looking young lassies with flashing eyes, warm smiles and clipboards. Given the predominantly male demographic of the Cowshed on matchdays, I can’t help but feel that a bit of effort such as this would ramp up our numbers. I’m equally sure that a half-decent marketing person/agency would whip this into shape in no time at all. How many non-MCT members even know about fan ownership? How many older-generation Ton supporters are computer- literate enough to be looking at websites or reading this forum? I’m guessing at not many. More commitment needed MCT - and more effort. You’re a crucial revenue stream which is currently vastly under-exploited. Twitter reposts don’t put money in the club’s pockets. Just my 2p ….

Can't believe that Admin have been forced to create an entirely new thread for this steaming heap of shite.

He seems to be yet another player on the increasingly long list of who Dougie’s managed to get the very best out of. Fair play to the both of them.

Nijmegen's a lovely town. Our biggest/closest one was Maastricht (or Aachen in Germany if we occasionally hopped over the border for a day out). Maastricht market was magical - there was a church at one end of it with a tower housing a Dutch 'carillion' = loads of small church bells which played lovely tunes. Most vivid memory, though, were massive black tanks in the town market which contained gas-heated boiing oil, constantly being refilled with battered fish. 50% of the market visitors would be walking around clutching white paper containing fried fish. I can still taste in in my mind. Good times. Anyway - fitba .......

Only @Cet Homme Charmant will maybe get this, depending on his age. We're possibly engaged in the forum version of 'De Fabeltjeskrant'. My Dad was in the RAF. After his posting to RAF Rheindalen (Germany) ended in 1967, we moved to Holland so he could take up a new admin-related post working for the CFEI (Combined Forces Education Initiative) . We lived in a small town called Rimburg, very close to the German border. NATO built a school at Brunssum in Limburg called AFCENT (Allied Forces Central Europe, built for the kids of UK/German/US and Canadian servicemen) where I spent the last years of my junior education before moving back to the UK in 1970. 'Hallo Meneer de Uil' ........

You called it. The coach was actually Robren Senbrink from Estonia.

Morton supporter wants to contribute more to the club he loves. Morton supporter visits website and sees no obvious way of doing it. Morton supporter asks other Morton supporters with more MCT experience if there’s a quick way of doing it before he emails MCT directly. Irnbru replies quickly and kindly advises Morton supporter what to do. Morton supporter thanks him, and does it. I don't understand why you seem to think that there's some shan hidden agenda here.

Gotta love the forum banter up in Scottyland.

That’s a bit harsh, mate. It wasn’t a lame brownie-points ‘announcement’ - I just wanted to know if a 30-second online DD amendment would be the quickest way to do it, and if that was a way which would be acceptable to MCT. Apart from contacting them via the form, the website doesn’t show any way to do what I wanted to do.

OK thanks. I'll send a mail on the contact form and get it fixed up. Cheers

Further to the great shout by @vikingTON in the Dundee United thread about this probably being a great time for MCT to try increasing the ownership base - an additional way to increase club revenue would be for members to try and dig a little deeper if it's affordable to them. So can anyone tell me how to increase my monthly contribution? Should I simply just amend the direct debit amount with my bank? Thanks in advance.

Gorgeous running over to the bench and the whole bench reaction is absolutely glorious. As are the salty-teared Arab boos at the final whistle. Still absolutely buzzing from yesterday.

Agreed. Let's hope that it pishes it down so their cravats get wet and their Prosecco gets diluted whilst they stand shivering in the WDE. Respect, however, to @Toby's thread regarding this very thing. He's 100% right.

You made your bed. Now you've to lie in it.

Great to see Dougie correctly calling them 'Partick'. He obviously checks in here once in awhile. Fair play to the man.

It's like every opposition manager is given a 'What to say about Morton when they sword us' script to read from.

Fantastic result. Mon the Ton. Any stats for when the last time two different Morton players scored hat-tricks in successive games?

Agreed. During Dougie's Ayr post-match interview, he specifically mentions the fact that he's tried to get Logan O'Boy onto the grass for some game time, but the situation during previous games didn't allow it. But when we were cruising yesterday, he brought the young laddie on without hesitation. Dougie's very complimentary about him.

FTFY, CHC