Venti Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 5 minutes ago, ShaggerG said: Once I've read the Falkirk related threads I usually come on here next purely for the entertainment value. Morton do seem to have a larger % of rockets than any other club on here who, as well as ripping into each other, also manage to entice some of the more sensible posters in like Dunning and Largs Ton from time to time. Bit rich coming from a Falkirk supporter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 (edited) On 5/24/2018 at 15:04, Scosha said: No request needs to be made. He's out of contract. Be surprised if he's out of contract before the end of the month. At the time he signed it they wouldn't necessarily have known the playoffs were finished by now. They've been as late as the 30th before. Usual practice to contract players and managers at least to end of May. 53 minutes ago, Colkitto said: They said they hoped to appoint someone within 2 weeks. Are we not still within that timeframe? From when? Certainly not since Duffy left. That was April 29th. It'll be four weeks on Sunday. Edited May 25, 2018 by Skyline Drifter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#Gary Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 I was led to believe the manager would be announced today so had a swatch at the Morton forum... quite a few mistaking David fucking Hopkin with Sir Alex Ferguson... -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 3 minutes ago, Skyline Drifter said: Be surprised if he's out of contract before the end of the month. At the time he signed it they wouldn't necessarily have known the playoffs were finished by now. They've been as late as the 30th before. Usual practice to contract players and managers at least to end of May. From when? Certainly not since Duffy left. That was April 29th. It'll be four weeks on Sunday. Does the six month rule of being free to approach without notifying the club not apply to managers as well? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 36 minutes ago, Dunning1874 said: Does the six month rule of being free to approach without notifying the club not apply to managers as well? No. The "six month rule" is from the SFA's Registration Procedures and applies only to Players. Managers aren't "registered" anywhere. I'm actually not sure what rules exist to protect managers. Clearly they must be covered by something. There's plenty of coverage in the press over the years about "illegal approaches" but I don't know what the rules are or where to find them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Must be a gentleman's agreement then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branch Ton Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, #Gary said: I was led to believe the manager would be announced today so had a swatch at the Morton forum... quite a few mistaking David fucking Hopkin with Sir Alex Ferguson... If Morton had won their two home games against Livi then Livi would not have made the play offs but ICT would have. Funny how things turn out. Edited May 26, 2018 by Branch Ton Typo -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 If we won every game, we'd have won the league. We didn't though and Livi finished comfortably second. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piehutt Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Branch Ton said: If Morton had won their two home games against Livi then Livi would not have made the play offs but ICT would have. Funny how things turn out. Fine margins indeed, but margins that Hopkin and Livvy were on the right side of. Again, in the playoffs, they got the job done against two teams with bigger budgets, bigger squads and more experienced managers. Previous season, he won the league comfortably. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madton Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 4 hours ago, Branch Ton said: If Morton had won their two home games against Livi then Livi would not have made the play offs but ICT would have. Funny how things turn out. Livvy secured a playoff spot with weeks to spare and their results at the end of the season showed that they took their feet off the gas! If we had beat them, they would have still comfortably made the playoffs IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigton Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Can't get logged on to Morton chatter. But I would like to echo Clydeview's comment about youth development. He's spot on. I take it the suits who made these fixtures up don't have families that have to get up at 4am for these units regionalised fixtures. Midday kick offs wtf -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainDandy Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Been told by someone who works at the club Brian Wake has been sounded out for the job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madton Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 4 hours ago, CaptainDandy said: Been told by someone who works at the club Brian Wake has been sounded out for the job. For Cappie the cat??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 Definitely believe that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LargsTON Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 On 25/05/2018 at 17:04, ShaggerG said: Once I've read the Falkirk related threads I usually come on here next purely for the entertainment value. Morton do seem to have a larger % of rockets than any other club on here who, as well as ripping into each other, also manage to entice some of the more sensible posters in like Dunning and Largs Ton from time to time. This guy clearly knows his stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branch Ton Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 54 minutes ago, LargsTON said: This guy clearly knows his stuff. With a name like ShaggerG it seems he is living your dream. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LargsTON Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, Branch Ton said: With a name like ShaggerG it seems he is living your dream. Piss off ya tit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piehutt Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 I know it is important to get the correct managerial appointment, but now becoming a little concerned about the time being taken here. I would imagine a 'plan A' has not materialised and perhaps we are now looking at other options. Pre-season is probably less than 3 weeks away and we have obviously not been able to offer any contracts to last seasons out of contract players, nor anyone else who might have been available but now been given deals elsewhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMorton Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Considering we sacked Duffy as soon as the season finished, I’d have expected us to have a new manager in place by now. As Piehutt said, I getting the feeling we were putting all of our eggs in the Hopkin basket and that’s not come off. So, what’s plan B? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sittìng on the fence Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 14 minutes ago, IainMorton said: Considering we sacked Duffy as soon as the season finished, I’d have expected us to have a new manager in place by now. As Piehutt said, I getting the feeling we were putting all of our eggs in the Hopkin basket and that’s not come off. So, what’s plan B? John Hughes or Peter Houston? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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