Toby

No, that was just him getting round to collecting his award from 2013-14.

I see League One has gained a tinpot, plastic club that has no business operating at such an exalted level of the game, were they not doped up by money. And in other news, East Kilbride have been promoted.

Ross Forbes is still playing for Thorniewood. I hope he’s having a lovely day.

We've had a few enquiries to the MCT Communications inbox today and I've responded to all of those that have been put to us courteously. As we do every month, the monthly update will be issued towards the end of this week, which will provide an overview of where we stand on the investment and a number of other issues.. I understand everyone's frustrations but we have to be careful as to how we approach updating members out of respect to the potential investors. For clarity, the Memorandum of Understanding was signed on 23rd March, not on 2nd March, the day of the most recent meeting, so we are currently on day 28 of the 60-day period. In the meantime, we've not put so much focus into promoting the Cappielow 150 infrastructure project yet so if anyone is interested in contributing to this incredibly worthwhile cause it would be much appreciated. And thank you to those who already have. There will be more focus put onto this when we get a donation option put onto Fanbase. Cappielow 150

If you feel I’m under-performing in my role, I invite you to raise a motion of no confidence against me. I can push it through quickly if you wish, and allow the members to decide. Unlike some, I would never wish to outstay my welcome. Now, where were we? Ah, yes… who were the sectarian bigots who hounded Jim McInally out of Cappielow for being a Catholic?

Who were the sectarian bigots who hounded Jim McInally out of Cappielow for being a Catholic?

This is due to a hold up with the potential investors and their lawyers, which unfortunately is outwith our control. We’ve got folk working in the background but if we don’t have the information, we can’t share it. We’re aware that this is causing frustration for the members as we’re in a similar position but will have it out to you as soon as we can, while also making provisions to ensure nobody has to vote without having adequate time to make an informed decision.

Have to agree, I thought the referee had a very good game last night. That he took his time over the red card suggests he was listening to and communicating with his assistant, which isn’t something you often see at our level.

There was an Eventbrite invitation with the original mail, which iirc was the monthly update for January. That invitation expired on Saturday night though (there was a good reason for that, I can’t remember what though). Anybody wanting to join (via Microsoft Teams) please email finance@Mortonclubtogether.co.uk and David will send an invitation to join. I’d normally say to send it to the comms address but as I’ll be driving from East Kilbride I don’t want to have to fire everything through at the last minute when I arrive. Obviously the sooner the better so these can be sent out in good time, please. Hope this helps.

An update email will be provided this week.

What I’ve said was that I’ve found my experiences of working with him to be positive, although there have been points that I’ve disagreed with him. I didn’t say he wasn’t at fault for anything, just like I’ve conceded fault on my own and the MCT Board’s part in certain issues.

I can’t comment on previous apologies as I wasn’t involved in the MCT Board at the time and don’t have the patience or energy to search back. But from day one our experiences of working with Graham has been nothing but positive, even in challenging times. That’s not to say we always agree, but it would be concerning if we did agree on everything.

Don’t think he was entirely serious.

No, David and Graham aren’t in any way related.

In answer to both questions, no. A majority had been reached between our board and the representative we have on the club board to make it unnecessary to take it to the club board. Brian and Paul are brothers.

Forgot about this one. Who were the sectarian bigots who hounded Jim McInally out of Cappielow for being a Catholic?

Regarding the club statement, after our own statement and the feedback from that I requested the club statement be removed. My request was met with a majority disapproval. With the meeting, you note that I’ve said at least fourteen days will be provided. I’ve also said the meeting will take place in January. That remains the case. Regarding your point about my own agendas and questioning, I’m a Morton fan who has posted on these forums for 25 years or so, and have as much right to ask what I wish as you have to ask what you wish. That I’m an MCT director doesn’t change that, and I’ll continue to ask what questions of others I please. And your vote of no confidence against me- as a former director, you’ll be able to advise the membership of my failings, so rather than voting against me, like I said to Danny the other day, I invite you to raise a motion of no confidence against me.l and allow the broader membership to decide. If I’m not performing, or my conduct isn’t to the taste of the members, I’ll step aside. The decision to keep the statement on the club’s website is a joint decision between the boards of the club and MCT. While I may not agree with that decision, I also take responsibility for that. Now, after losing my new year, I’m going to enjoy a day out at the football with my mates, so will park this until tomorrow at the earliest. Happy New Year, “Roger”.

Thank you Danny. I did take it extremely personally and don’t understand another way I could have taken it. Perhaps that’s my problem and I’m a bit too precious. Can I ask about your Facebook post? ”Pathetic statement. More or less siding with laird. Give it up guys. You used to be proper supporters like us. Sickening and woefully subservient.” This also comes across as a very personal criticism, however if a genuine concern about my performance as a director, I’ll again extend the invitation to raise a vote of no confidence against me if this is how you feel.

Well would you care to elaborate? The MCT Board accept we get things wrong from time to time. Had we decided to disregard the fans, yesterday’s club statement would have been met with a wall of silence, which would have been the easy thing to do. Instead, on Hogmanay I was preparing a statement and replying to members’ emails. I can guarantee you there were things I would much rather have been doing at that time. Apologies to those I still haven’t got back to, I will. Since the new board took a while to get our feet under the desk, we’ve provided monthly updates via email, as well as dipping into this forum to informally answer queries and criticisms where we can. As the MCT Board’s communications lead, I’ve made that my personal business. If you feel the quality of our updates is poor, that’s fair enough. If you feel we’re not performing, we have to take that sort of criticism on the chin and try to improve upon. However, to suggest that we are misjudging or disregarding the fans is, in my personal opinion well wide of the mark. I put my name to the statement as I do all our formal communications, so take full responsibility for them. If you feel that I am disregarding the fans and members, I’d invite you to propose a vote of no confidence against me. Should that vote go against me, I’ll gladly step aside.

I really don’t know what route you’re going down, here. Is that statement directed at myself?

What we accept we got wrong was not challenging the inclusion of those allegations on the club’s statement, as we don’t believe the club’s official channels are an appropriate platform for them to be aired. That doesn’t mean that we dismiss the allegations, and nor should we. You may feel that they’re not valid, but the position we take is that if someone makes an allegation about our board or members, we’re obliged to take it seriously. We would take such a stance if such an allegation came from a player, fan, volunteer or any stakeholder in Morton or MCT about any other stakeholder. What your, or anyone else’s opinion of the accuser is should not prejudice how seriously we take their complaints.

Yeah, we screwed up on that one, hands up and prepared to take what criticisms will rightly come our way for that.

Former Morton player and Manager Douglas Imrie loses a football match in December for the first time in his managerial career as big-spending Raith Rovers are felled by county cousins Dunfermline Athletic. The big-spending Fifers are expected to respond in the way they know best, by opening the purse strings and investing heavily in their expensively-assembled squad as the January transfer window approaches.

I try, sometimes I fail. Sometimes I don’t try hard enough. The communication that came from MCT yesterday advised that we plan holding a meeting in January. That’s still the case, and given that January is just around the corner you can be assured there’ll be a meeting in the very near future. In the meantime, I try to answer what queries I can on here. That doesn’t mean I have the answer to every question, though.

I really try not to get into a bun fight with folk nowadays, but I addressed the point about Graham’s interaction with the MCT board 2-3 hours before this, the second post from you asserting that he doesn’t engage with us. While it comes across as a dig at Graham and is without foundation, it also, perhaps inadvertently points to a dereliction of duty on the MCT Board’s part to suggest we would allow this to happen. I’ll assume you didn’t note my reply on the other thread as I quoted Greacan2000 rather than yourself.