Sinclair Street Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Gary Bollan also made the point about Airdrie's fitness and how it helped us dominate more as the game went on. We did dominate as the game went on and if our part time players fitness exceeds Morton's full time squad 29 league games plus Cup games into the season, then that should be worrying for Morton fans as well as the other full timers Dunfermline who seem to be in free fall. I don't think there should be much in it, fitness wise, between part and full time players. Although I'd agree that full time should have a slight advantage. Being full time should be an advantage with the tactical side of it, but with Duffy in charge, that probably cancels that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonnitus Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 If I was a Morton fan I would be fuming with Duffy's comments in Sunday's papers: 'we matched Airdrie in all departments in the first half' I know the guy isn't telling any lies but surely as a full time side he should be getting much more out of his players, even though they were playing against a pretty solid and fit Airdrie team. He's in the tele saying 2 mistakes cost us. Fair enough, they did, but also crucial to the result were the glaringly obvious failures across tactics, team selection & substitutions. Most frustrating is his reference to our improvement in the last 15 minutes, which - funnily enough - was directly after our subs were made. Funny that Jim, subs being able to change matches. If only he'd thought to do it 10/15 minutes earlier, as clearly indicated quite loudly by our fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Mistake No. 1: Hiring Jim Duffy Mistake No. 2: Not realising that Jim Duffy is a clueless slaphead months ago and sacking him Seems to cover it IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds are Forever Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Gary Bollan also made the point about Airdrie's fitness and how it helped us dominate more as the game went on. I'm not totally sure about that, the second half we were the better team but in the last 10 minutes or so Morton were a lot stronger. Hard to say whether that's due to fitness or due to the substitutions they made though. For their goal it looked like we totally switched off, again it may have been tiredness or maybe the players just thought the job was done by that stage. There's no doubt that Bollan has got us a lot fitter though and that has helped us hugely. I'm always pretty confident now that late on we'll either not concede or will score a goal, under Boyle neither was the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerrdavidson95 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I'm not totally sure about that, the second half we were the better team but in the last 10 minutes or so Morton were a lot stronger. Hard to say whether that's due to fitness or due to the substitutions they made though. For their goal it looked like we totally switched off, again it may have been tiredness or maybe the players just thought the job was done by that stage. There's no doubt that Bollan has got us a lot fitter though and that has helped us hugely. I'm always pretty confident now that late on we'll either not concede or will score a goal, under Boyle neither was the case. Sure in the Pele Podcast this week Gregor Buchanan was saying that Balmer and Bollan had most of the training focussing on fitness. I suppose its mostly a get-out clause when a new manager comes in to say that the players aren't fit, but in this case where we were to we we are now is night and day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Martins Willy Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Jimmy Boyle didn't have the credentials to be appointed manager in the first place. Much like John Potter he is a coach and not a manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas 62 Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 No; it's because they're all utterly, utterly shite teams. I had made up my mind only to respond to your posts if you were talking shite.....changed my mind to busy to spend all day typing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Another slevvering fail from the forum's Brick Tamland figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawfield shed boy Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 Duffy just doesn't have a clue how to change the game when we're up against it. It was pretty clear to every single Morton fan just after half time that it just wasn't working and changes were needed. It took Duffy until 70 minutes to finally make two subs - which evidentially were wrong substitutions. I liked Jim Duffy as our manager (Eventually) but he was guilty of the above with us aswell He should Bring in Chic Charnley. Players love him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Aitken's Love Child Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Our defending for the goals is criminal, but both were excellently taken by Airdrie. Pretty much the same could be said for our consolation goal, mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoonTon Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 Our defending for the goals is criminal, but both were excellently taken by Airdrie. Pretty much the same could be said for our consolation goal, mind you. Would be interesting to know how many goals we've conceded this season where Kilday had sold the space behind him and no one has been making in the middle. I'd guess double figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Duffy praising Kilday in the Tele today. Says he's been one of our most consistent performers all season. Aye Jim, consistently shite. Terrible going forward and never bothers his arse to get back when we lose the ball. I'd say he's been one of the worst players in our team this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Selected Duffy post-match comments: Lee has been one of our most consistent players this season, if not the most consistent, surely to goodness you look at the balance over the season and see that his contribution has been excellent right through the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTon Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 The gift that keeps on giving. Jim Duffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperTon Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Our defending for the goals is criminal, but both were excellently taken by Airdrie. Pretty much the same could be said for our consolation goal, mind you. Pea so's reaction at about 27 seconds says it all. He must be thinking what the f*ck have I done coming back here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Kilday genuinely hasn't had a good game since November, he's been rancid. Jim Duffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invert the Pyramid Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 it wasn’t deliberate — it was a mistake Thanks Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinclair Street Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Pea so's reaction at about 27 seconds says it all. He must be thinking what the f*ck have I done coming back here. Hopefully he's thinking about the changes he'll make when he finally replaces that clown in the dugout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinheed Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 My dyslexic friend said to me after the game, "Peasy squeezy lemon easy". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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