bob_the_builder
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6 hours ago, GiGi said:
They should maybe change to promo material for the home top so it actually looks like the home top. That picture is not what the team are wearing.
That would require pro-active rather than the usual reactive thinking down at Cappielow!
On a positive note Smith's emailed me to say my top was in the post so happy days!
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7 hours ago, capitanus said:
All Football clubs in Scotland and beyond get loads of free media coverage every week, and anyone who wants to go to a Morton game can get in if they have the admission fee - our games are never sold out. Anyone who decides on the day to go to a game just needs to turn up at Sinclair Street and ask a steward where do I get a ticket, and you'll be pointed to the right window or queue, it's not difficult.
It’s you that’s in charge of advertising isn’t it?
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21 minutes ago, TONofmemories said:I find it hard to believe that you make other plans based on lack of information. Despite them not saying, it's pretty obvious tickets can be bought from Smiths or Cappielow now that restrictions have gone.
People love a moan.
I find it very believable especially seeing as someone was supposedly given info from the club about a 2pm cut off for tickets at the ground which was nowhere to be seen in any of the posts from the club. Who’s gonna make the effort to go to the ground only to find they’re too late to get in!?
It would have taken very little extra effort for the first info about the game to say “tickets available from Smiths and the Cappielow ticket office until x o’clock”! took me 10 seconds to type.
Common sense during normal times would make you think tickets are available at the ground no bother, but these aren’t normal times! As usual Morton make things harder than they need to be.Also don’t get me started on the website still directing people to gmfctickets.co.uk
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17 minutes ago, Jamie_M said:
A reactionary 'reminder of our update' posted.
Yeah, the update that said nothing about how or where people get tickets for the match, and still doesn't...
Aye just saw that on Twitter. Guess I'll be rocking up to the ticket office at 2:30 with my fingers crossed
ETA I have absolutely no problem doing that in the mean time if it means Interstadia have been binned!
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24 minutes ago, vikingTON said:
How do walk-up fans/ticket card holders pay to attend Saturday's game? Where is the publication of this information, as well as marketing of the fact that live football is back at Cappielow without the vast majority of the daft restrictions imposed on previous matches?
GMFC has lost the habitual custom of people attending its product in person for 18 months and I am not getting the complacency around attracting them back immediately. If the club does not make that pitch successfully now then a significant minority will find something else to do with their Saturday afternoon instead. It's finger out time.
Aye, I was holding off on posting the same thing in the daft hope they may actually let us know at least within a day or 2 before the game.
Also tried logging into gmfctickets.co.uk to see what my options were, absolutely nothing was the answer! That site would have you believe there isn't even a game this weekend!!
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1 minute ago, Renfrew said:
I can understand the delays, as long as mine turns up before September in decent nick and not looking like one of the tin pot tops above with mis-aligned hoops I'll be happy!
1 minute ago, irnbru said:Are any other teams impacted by covid or just us? Seems to me that's a bit of an excuse for leaving it too late.
Doesn't look like it but every other team uses a proper branded sports gear supplier!
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2 minutes ago, irnbru said:
We've not had an off the shelf template for years.
Aye because we've not had a big brand kit supplier for years. The Nike stuff was guff and it's the usual off shelf stuff other teams our size end up with.
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19 minutes ago, Jamie_M said:
Would hope the floodgates open once the takeover goes through.
All they are saying about the strips is 'definitely sharing this month.'
That's my thinking/hoping too! For me, not wasting time on announcing the management team was the main concern, which they didn't do. I don't necessarily agree with the decision made but I at least I'm happy they didn't hang about.
As soon as the takeover is announced they must announce season tickets prices etc.
Interesting to see what the strips are like given they were 'excited' about them which makes me think we might not get the usual, lazy, off the shelf templates we usually do.
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38 minutes ago, Mortonmark said:
Tried but simply isn't good enough for Championship football. I'm fairly happy he'll be playing against us rather than for us
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9 minutes ago, piehutt said:
People are painting Rae as this villain. He has still supported the club financially and personally, so I am some way off the view some of him have on here. Yes - they've made bad footballing decisions but they've also put hundreds of thousands in (far more than the £2m on the balance sheet, that they are not actually trying to recover).
It would be interesting to know Rae's motives, whether there are tax or financial implications of writing off the debt at GC end. Perhaps in the event of a write off this becomes taxable as GC profits? Or is it simply that he is a businessman and doesn't want to give things away and that the asset could end up as a carrot to tempt another Hugh Scott type into the club.
in terms of control... if Morton went into hardship under option 1 - having no major asset means this would never be any more than a cashflow issue. No lender is going to give us huge amounts of credit as it would be completely unsecured, so I don't believe the actual existence of Morton would at stake.
If Morton owned the stadium, then perhaps relatively tempting to access any credit that was on offer to ease cash flow worries, and things could spiral from there.
Under option 2 - once again, with a £2m debt on the balance sheet... Morton raising substantial commercial finance or share capital is unlikely from anyone that would be expecting their money back. And if the club did go into administration, GC would likely be the largest creditor who would be due the biggest share of any assets - i.e. the stadium. Therefore, once again, much reduced chance of that falling into non-football hands.
Deservedly so! He's not doing any of this out of the goodness of his heart! He/GC are obligated as the owners to keep people gainfully employed and a local institution alive!
If he/GC pulled the plug and killed a nationally recognised tier 2 football club simply because it no longer suits having GMFC on the GC books, the damage to his own and GC's reputation would be catastrophic!
The motives are simple, whether they're his or the GC board's. Claw some money back! They may not be trying to recover all the £2.5M but they're certainly trying to recover some!
As I mentioned above however, DDFR stated publicly Morton have no debt, he was GC and the money was spent by him. Suddenly that "debt" is very real now that DDFR is sadly no longer with us and the fans are to cough up £400K to write it off but don't get any of the assets?! The Rae's and/or GC are at it. If they really wanted shot of Morton with it being such a drain to GC could they not simply write off the debt and hand everything over to MCT. Nothing which would become of Morton in the future would be of any tarnish on theirs or DDFR's legacy if that's what they're worried about. But they haven't. Someone wants that money back!
Maybe there is possible tax implications with writing it off! but I suspect it could be something as simple as HMRC suddenly see GC offloading Morton and becoming incredibly more profitable in the space of a tax year and suddenly decide to have a closer look at their books!
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3 hours ago, piehutt said:If anyone thinks Rae's motivation in all of this is personal financial gain, then I'd like to see what they are putting in their sandwiches.
If Rae was looking to gain financially, he'd have walked / sold years ago. They are still paying running costs to keep the lights on now. And Rae is still attending games. If he really didn't care, would he bother his arse?
Personal view is that Rae is concerned a debt free / asset rich business, potentially run by a combination of fan committee and online polls, could quickly get in over their skis and end up mortgaging the property and whatever else. This could likely lead to administration where the whole lot could be sold at a cut down price with creditors effectively making that decision.
I personally think that's unlikely and am positive MCT ownership will create opportunity and enthusiasm, but it's definitely not going to be easy for the club under new owners with not a huge amount of revenue to start with.
With both options on the table, Rae would have an element of control if the club did go into financial hardship, either by being the owner of the asset or by being the primary creditor. I'm personally comfortable with those options if it means MCT take control. I'd rather that than roll the dice on Rae electing to sell to a 3rd party or the club meandering on in it's current state.
Of course nothing is agreed till it's all signed and sealed, but I trust that the MCT board are thoroughly exploring all realistic options for a settlement with GC.
You're putting a lot of faith in someone that has shown themselves to be rather untrustworthy in recent years.
There is no "debt", DDFR stated so publicly, so no matter how you dress this up Rae is still gaining financially with the 2 terrible options we're presented with?
Option 1 he holds on the the keys to the only valuable asset the club has, who cares if the "debt" is written off? If MCT fails to keep the club going (which I'm guessing he fully expects) then he's got the stadium to cash in on!
Option 2, the "debt" is still on the books and as such if MCT fails, GC are the main creditors and get the most say in how assets are divided so both options are win win for Rae.
Also what actual control or influence would Rae have if we did go into hardship? None. GC would own the stadium or have most say in use as an asset so he would have no influence on how we would run as a football club and how we would have to deal with the SPFL. In that event it would be most likely that the board of GC would simply sell Cappielow as the terms of the lease would be most likely broken.
I personally believe no one in their right mind would buy/take over running of Morton under those conditions and would almost certainly be the death of the club as a professional entity in the top leagues. I truly hope MCT understand how pivotal this moment in the clubs future is.
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Anyone read this about Rowan Alexander? Basically saying he was too successful at Gretna and they binned him because they couldn't afford the expense of promotion to the SPL
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/rowan-alexander-opens-up-gretna-13729452
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Was that the same game a young Robert Snodgrass scored a belter of a free kick to win it and celebrated right in front of the Morton support? Hated him after that game but forgiven him now
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Ooft! I'd be sending that back and all! That badge looks nowhere near where it should be in relation to the photo released a few months back!