Ray Von Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Cove released him after he was seen giving a gesture to Celtic fans at the Old Firm game. Think it was the wanker geture. He was about to be out of contract anyway so not exactly a big deal. Hardly seems all the fuss people are making about it, frankly. Who cares? He'll be one of thousands to have made such a gesture at this game, one of tens of thousands nationwide that weekend. He used to play for Rangers and no doubt Celtic fans gave him abuse from time to time. So Rangers manage a derby win for the first time in ages and he's not allowed to act as a fan? I can understand why Cove want to distance themselves from it but the amount of sour-faced media coverage is amazing. Exactly, imagine a football supporter giving the opposition abuse, it’s not exactly unheard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 The complete list of David Hopkin’s signings: Sam Ramsbottom Danny Rogers Brian McLean Peter Grant Henk Van Schaik (left after two appearances) Jack Baird Stephen Welsh Adam Livingstone Kyle Jacobs Cameron Blues Nicky Cadden Aiden Nesbitt Kalvin Orsi Cameron Salkeld Luca Colville Billy King (left after seven appearances) Robbie Muirhead He can bleat about the budget, experience, expectations of the support or any other excuse he can come up with all he likes. Nothing will change the fact that his recruitment has been an abject shambles that has no mitigating factors. No one expects a manager at this level to get every signing right, and everyone knows a club in our position is going to be taking gambles, but that is an absolutely fucking shocking list. He had a 13/14 level disaster of a summer and that’s entirely on him. The only players you can even debate not being total failures there are Baird, Cadden and Nesbitt - the other fourteen have all been various degrees of disaster. That’s just appalling and he can’t blame anyone else for it. He brings up the budget as an excuse every single week. If the budget is so tight, it’s important for a manager to use it wisely, to build a balanced squad and to consider every signing carefully. What you can’t do is sign six of the same type of player like a 12 year old playing Football Manager then turn around and cry about your budget not being good enough when that leaves every other area of the park hopelessly short of depth or quality, or actually pay a fucking fee for players so far out of their depth they get mutual consented after two appearances. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunning1874 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Incidentally, cowardice from the club to sneak the announcement of his mutual consenting in at the bottom of a piece about a teenager getting his first full time contract. As if not announcing it by itself like a normal football club would means fans aren’t going to notice that this has been another waste of money by a manager who has spent most of his time at the club shovelling notes onto a bonfire while complaining that not having enough money makes relegation inevitable. Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Brian Wake my Lord, Brian Wake Oh Lord, Brian Wake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Rogers is a perfectly fine goalkeeper at this level - a bit better all round than everyone’s tearful departee Gaston - and there are a few signings that belong to a ‘needs more game time’ column such as Colville and Salkeld. To label fourteen signings as being ‘varying degrees of disaster’ is over the top then: though I’ve got absolutely no idea what Baird has done to somehow escape that large net, as he’s been just as mediocre as our other currently playing centre halves. The only signing that has been an unqualified success on Hopkin’s part has been Cadden. Nesbitt returning to the club was an obvious decision so long as he was available and the manager is getting nowhere near the best out of him by shunting him out on the wing anyway. The site is supposed to be a place for the extended 'family' of Morton supporters - having an affinity with people that you don't know, because you share a love of your local football club. It's not supposed to be about point scoring and showing how 'clever' or 'funny' you are, or just being downright rude and offensive to people you don't know, because you can get away with it. Unfortunately, it seems the classic case of people who have little standing/presence in real life, use this forum as a way of making themselves feel as if they are something. It's sad, and I've said that before.. So, having been on Morton forums for about 15 years I guess, I've had enough... well done t*ssers, another Morton supporter driven away. You can all feel happy at how 'clever' you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Blue Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 The complete list of David Hopkin’s signings: Sam Ramsbottom Danny Rogers Brian McLean Peter Grant Henk Van Schaik (left after two appearances) Jack Baird Stephen Welsh Adam Livingstone Kyle Jacobs Cameron Blues Nicky Cadden Aiden Nesbitt Kalvin Orsi Cameron Salkeld Luca Colville Billy King (left after seven appearances) Robbie Muirhead He can bleat about the budget, experience, expectations of the support or any other excuse he can come up with all he likes. Nothing will change the fact that his recruitment has been an abject shambles that has no mitigating factors. No one expects a manager at this level to get every signing right, and everyone knows a club in our position is going to be taking gambles, but that is an absolutely fucking shocking list. He had a 13/14 level disaster of a summer and that’s entirely on him. The only players you can even debate not being total failures there are Baird, Cadden and Nesbitt - the other fourteen have all been various degrees of disaster. That’s just appalling and he can’t blame anyone else for it. He brings up the budget as an excuse every single week. If the budget is so tight, it’s important for a manager to use it wisely, to build a balanced squad and to consider every signing carefully. What you can’t do is sign six of the same type of player like a 12 year old playing Football Manager then turn around and cry about your budget not being good enough when that leaves every other area of the park hopelessly short of depth or quality, or actually pay a fucking fee for players so far out of their depth they get mutual consented after two appearances. It be interesting to find out how much money has been spent on wages, signing on fees etc. There's a storm on the horizon And for that I can't see the sun For I'll keep a waiting on the pavement For the ice cream van to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El gofer Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 It be interesting to find out how much money has been spent on wages, signing on fees etc. Biggest first team squad in the championship 20.1.09 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRVMP Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Biggest first team squad in the championship Yeah, but to listen to Hopkin they're all callow youths on a bob a week. Never mind that it's not true, and he's amassed the largest collection of wingers north of Madrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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