EanieMeany

Nothing quite sums up the ineptitude of Inverclyde pubs like not stocking yer bar for Morton winning a league. Wasn't quite on the same level as Phil Cannie getting his fanny out after the Weatherson testimonial, right enough. Strange, strange day. He gave me, Deego and BluebirdTon a lift to Belfast one time.

When everybody eventually left to head elsewhere, he reappeared in a taxi and said "come back, I've got two bottles of Glen's". Sorted, for 10 minutes.

Hard to see the point of the Spinnaker, it's in the arse end of nowhere with it's only redeeming feature - a supposed beer garden - being nothing of the sort. Shame about the Horseshoe, used to quite like it but the horrendous makeover is surely the death knell for it.

Agree entirely with this. This had to be done right, which meant a lot of planning rather than running to the nearest newspaper and name-dropping ex-players every time somebody asks questions. As above, and also...there's about 40 people on the leadership team, a number of whom are apparently there in "fan liason" or "communication" roles. What exactly is the point of them if they're not answering questions on the busiest supporters' outlet on the internet? It's blatantly obvious that they haven't been given any clearer a brief than anybody else, because if they had they'd be able to work together to provide clear, concise information on this thread and elsewhere. It's yet another sign of the poor organisation of the project. Also, the new website is a shambles. I'm more than open to a fan investment/ownership scheme, but this is a cack-handed mess as it stands.

It's actually LinwoodTon who Capitanus does that with seeing as they're BFFs.

I'm glad you cleared that up, I had visions of yous standing with one pint and two straws.

I really can't see any possible way MCT could represent a better use of money than a season ticket. £300 now is quite clearly far more useful. Also, the new MCT website is, surprise surprise, of absolutely no use at all. There's a grain of a good idea in the midst of it, but in its current form it's quite frankly a mess being led by somebody who appears to not have much of a clue what he's doing other than getting himself in newspapers and name-dropping ex-players.

I thought Rory McKeown was called Frank until about December last year. True and important story.

Agreed. I quited like him when he was here, can't really blame him for his choice. I see Falkirk have signed Morgaro Gomis too. Looks like a decent team they're assembling, which will make the implosion even funnier.

£300 per season or £240 over 24 months. There's not really any way that MCT is a better investment than a season ticket, unless you plan on putting significantly more per month than the £10.

If you plan on going to games, that's a quite remarkably stupid way to look at it. What on earth is the point of not getting a season ticket, just to pay each week?

He spent long enough denying who he was under this alias too.

Nothing wrong with cider, but Bulmers/Magners are rotten. Pubs that sell them two and not Strongbow tend to be the same kind of wanker-infested shiteholes that sell rubbish like Fosters and Carling but not Tennent's.

Good point, well made.

Aye, it is. Whilst it's no loss to the world as a pub, such a heavy fine and the almost-inevitable closure of a small, local business is completely unacceptable, in my opinion, especially when you look at the leniency with which far more serious crimes are handled...and that's before we even get started on Murdoch and his business model. It's fine to punish them, but I don't really see it as the state's business to be protecting private profits in such a vicious manner. You shouldn't lose your business just for showing a few games of football to one man and his dug.

Indeed. It's almost as if running a rubbish pub and still turning away money is doomed to failure.

I see the Darroch's closing down after being hit with a £10,000 fine for showing football on a dodgy box. Seems showing a game of football and not paying a multi-billion dollar company is amongst the most serious crimes you can commit in the area. Shite pub anyway, no doubt there'll be another 6 month tenancy taking over soon enough.

Who even is it?

Quite.

I had started writing a much bigger post about it, but that's basically it in a nutshell. Like I said, it's just a matter of picking which way you think he looks bad. There's not really any great defence for him, and he shouldn't really be getting a free pass for the mismanagement over the years either - regardless of how much of a control freak Dougie was, Crawford was still a board member, and a prominent one at that. He wasn't an innocent bystander.

Leaving MCT aside, this is my main issue. As far a I can see, Crawford Rae told people there was a three year plan, which turned out to be (if you believe it was a serious plan to start with) predicated on a guy who was the best part of 90 and in clearly failing health staying alive - there's not really any way it can be spun that makes him look good out of it, it's just a matter of which way you think he looks bad. I'm not convinced that we should be merrily chucking money in and just accepting that Rae knows what he's doing or can be fully trusted, whether it's via MCT or something else.

Who's up for a street party on Sinclair Street if/when they die?

I don't think it's a joke at all. It is, however, ill-defined and poorly communicated, two things which it should not still be at this stage.

Given that the pledges are ultimately worthless, if Falkirk were doing this I'd be pledging daft amounts to nobble the whole thing.

Watched the first 5 minutes or so and there's really not much of use, apart from yet again going on about bringing players through and selling them on for a profit. When are we going to accept that that simply isn't going to happen? On the website, it really shouldn't be taking this long to produce one. Anybody with any knowledge of how to use a computer can knock up a passable one up on the likes of Wix or Wordpress in no time at all, even if it's just a blog. Even that old tit Ernie can run a blog.