Our mistake was we got him before he was truly finished. DDFR prefers desperado signings who are completely washed up such as Gaz O'Connor. I am just surprised we never went back in for Lyle.
BM clearly has ability but his style of play will never appeal to all especially the guts and glory supporter. I hope (for Scotland's sake) he develops his game and becomes more consistent - time will tell. Regardless though I struggle to like the lad - he played for Rangers, he clearly thought he was better than his surroundings, he chucked it too often and as for his haircuts.
Depends how you define making it at Rangers. At Morton, Raith, Rangers and Forest he displayed/displays ability in fits and starts - the other constant is he divided/divides opinion.
Apart from having two left feet, an inability to defend, couldnae tackle a fish supper, never scored enough and as for his heading ability he is every inch a £630,000 player. Morton are well shot of that haddie.
Au contraire - you can still be a fan while not being blinded by the limitations of a player. Some of my favourite players at Morton have not necessarily been the most talented.
As much as I was a fan of Pepper is this not another example of a player being so much better the longer he is out of action? While you could never fault his effort, his positioning and distribution was often lacking and he never made any position including right-back his own. In saying all that, it would be a great story if Pepper made a comeback - sadly I suspect the reality is Morton are just giving Pepper the opportunity to get back fit.
I have no knowledge about the truth of the Fred 'affair' other than what has previously been inferred on this forum. Despite the fact based analysis about what an awful player he was I always turned up, wanting Fred in the starting line-up - I even enjoyed the nonsense of 'Fred Day'. He has clearly kicked on since his time at Morton, so fair play to him.
I don't think his ability was ever in question. He looks like his deal involves getting a pie for every goal and assist or do people still believe he just has heavy bones? Cannot help but think he is a wasted talent.