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I'd be happy with that as a permanent thing tbh. Places like https://www.boxpark.co.uk/shoreditch/ are just made up of old containers and are quite good. Suppose there's the balance of being a pub that is suitable for a couple of hours and somewhere that can make money during the week that's got a bit more facilitates.

Is cove not just a big portacabin on a bit of land so essentially the same? I had been in the pub since 12 that day and only went in after the game so memory might be playing tricks!

It's not even the headline. There's an article about the statement and it's just wrong. It's either on purpose to sensationalise things or the journalist can't read.

Agreed. The club statement in comparison to what Patrick, Falkirk, Hamilton, etc have put out this season is actually really positive and refreshing. The way the tele and their reporter has framed this is pretty ridiculous. They shouldn't be giving that reporter time of day now or access to player interviews, etc if that's how he's wanting to spin things. Can only assume he's looking for a job with the Sun or something.

I don't think it should go without say tbh. It's fairly obvious we can't just throw money at players and have to stick to a pretty tight budget but when the budget gets an unexpected top up and we've previously said we're not making a loss then there's a bit of a gap to fill especially when it's clear the squad itself has big gaps. For a team that's owned by the support then there should be a bit more transparency there. No need to go into any amount of detail but stuff at this level is ideal. There will be people that join the dots and get to what they've said and others who completely panic (or people like me in the middle!) but it's important to keep everyone on board. If nothing else it shows a good job being done and should encourage people to get behind the whole thing.

That whole opening big is nonsense so can't even blame the headline writers.

Good update and SLO work - I saw he had tweeted about chasing this up the other day.

I think that's the key point for me. It's all doom and gloom on the park after a couple of pumping and a clearly unbalanced squad but if there's good happening elsewhere then that doesn't feel as bad but there needs to be some transparency on that, moreso when it's a fan owned club.

No money available to add to the squad apparently.

I don't think he was reserved at all. Was pretty explicit with the comments. Agree with this too though.

I'd like to know a bit more about that. Obviously we don't need the full ins and outs but at the end of the day MCT members essentially own the club so if things like the fan zone are works in progress it would be good to get an update rather than rumours and people just looking to see what's happened on a flattened bit of land. There's been money spend on an apprentice scheme too which is good for the long term so a bit of publicity on how we're aiming for long term sustainability rather than short term fixes with these examples would be a good thing. Didn't come across that way. I thought he was pretty clear that he was happy with the squad and options in each position and that the loan market would be to improve the squad rather than fill it out.

I think the issue is you need to be logged in and not everyone will know how or take the time do it. There's an email address field so it would be easier all round if it was an anonymous (as opposed to need to a sign in) form and they can just validate based on what's filled in.

You need a Google account to use the form.

There's an apprenticeship scheme with the under 18s side now where players are full time (I think) so might help with the progression over the next few years - https://www.gmfc.net/greenock-morton-launches-new-apprenticeship-programme/ It mentions on the article that MCT have increased financial contributions to the club so would be interesting to hear more about that and where the members money is going (do they see this scheme as a long term investment, etc and how it impacts the first team now - is it reducing budget so we've got that pathway over the next few years). Same with the fan zone - I heard that some of the cup money was going to that so we've got more revenue streams long term rather than just filling up the squad but also heard it was an MCT project. Would be good to hear a bit more about what's being done for both and how MCT are involved. Both seem to be positives so would maybe help membership numbers too.

Even if he was still interested, we can't carry two older guys at the back in the squad that don't have any pace. Cracking player in his day and would probably have taken him over Broadfoot but not for me now.

Tbf, I thought Wilson was really good for us and came on to a game. Can't see him being a like for like replacement and we have the likes of Boyd, King, McGratten and even Blues who can play in a more advanced role with Power and Gillespie sitting. Would guess Dougie sees it is cover there rather than to do what Crawford does.

Lower then average wages benefit us and a sell on fee benefits the player if he does well. We don't have a lot of money so need to make a contract more attractive in ways like this unfortunately.

Sometimes?

@Deegowill be loving this. We've have a full time marketing guy from around February. I'd be hoping his job is looking at branding, target markets, etc rather than the day to day which seems to have been in hand for the last year or so. Not too sure if he's done much so far but would like to think so. Was also quite disappointing to see hospitality was only half full for the first game of the season.

I've seen a few people say that. I think Gillespie has a lot to offer on his day so would see it more as an alternative than an upgrade. Good signing though and if we can get a defender in the squad is looking in decent shape and Imrie has a lot of options in how we set up.

Martindale was saying he needs to get rid of one or two to bring in a forward and Brandon hasn't beem starting. I'd imagine that's two of the targets.

It's always good to hear about what's going on behind the scenes. A high level update about things goes a long way. The biggest issue for me is we're fan owned, people are putting a lot of money in and there's not really any update from the business side (or MCT for that matter). Obviously they aren't going to talk about individual disputes but an assurance that there's budget there, etc helps give a bit more confidence in things and stop rumours from growing arms and legs.

I haven't but there's a few of them going about.

Aye, although not every club replies as much on the goodwill and continuing support of the fans as us. A bit more transparency on things like this would help when people are putting hundreds of pounds of their own money into the club now over and above just season tickets, etc.

There's clearly some friction between manager and board so an interview or something from someone on the board would hopefully clear that up for fans. There's already rumours flying about that don't help anyone.