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I'm not going to judge him or any player on interviews in the tele. Oakley was probably asked 'are you enjoying your time at cappielow, how much are you loving it at Morton" and he's came out saying of course i am, love it etc etc and i believe him, you can tell how much he enjoyed his football here. Doesn't mean he is blind loyal to us if another club comes in and gives him 200 quid more a week. I'm happy in my job, but if someone phones me saying I'll give you 10-15k more a year for doing the exact same job, I'm off! Same for Crawford, he was probably asked would you like to stay and he's said yes but if a club comes in with a better offer then of course he's going to look at it. It's probably his last "big" contract. It's not as if they will be offering interviews to the tele, Dodds will be all over them, asking these questions to make a story! Oakley, Crawford and Muirhead go with my best wishes and anyone else who leaves for a better deal. Fan ownership means we need to live within our means and this will happen year in year out, particularly when we are doing well. I'm guessing Blues and Strapp are next....

What's AU500?

Let's fecking hope so. No offence to Ayr but if he does leave, I'd expect it would be to a bigger club or at least a club with better resources than both of us. If we do lose him to you, I'd start to question this better, attractive budget I've heard we apparently have.

Remember that the spfl pay out prize money throughout the season though so it won't be like Livvy are coming down with that in the bank. I know there's a parachute payment too. They have lived on the crowds of Hibs,Hearts, Celtic, Rangers and Aberdeen for years, will be interesting how they cope without that money. Their average last season was 3750, probably half that next season. .

I'm not convinced Garrity will sign. He's at an age where he will want to play every week and I dont think Imrie can promise that. He's well liked at Morton but if he has a few offers from League 1 where he will probably play week in week out, he might consider it rather than on the bench every week in the Championship. Only issue will be compensation I guess. I'd like him to stay but wouldn't be surprised if he moves on.

Aye I'd give Garrity a deal too. Think he has done well enough and would be a decent squad option. However he's 22 in July, not a kid anymore so he may want to move on and play every week. I can see us coming to a mutual agreement to allow Bearne to go back down the road. He can't be happy with the limited game time he's getting so wouldn't be surprised if he moves on.

I don't think King will be anywhere near our starting 11 next season even if every out of contract midfielder leaves. The budget is increasing by all accounts, we have offered current players attractive deals and if they don't take them, someone else will. I wouldn't be surprised if King leaves or is back out on loan. If you can't cut it at Clyde, he's got next to no chance of breaking through next season. Seems he still has the same issues which forced Dougie to put him out in the first place.

Crawfords probably been our most consistent player over the last two years and will be pretty gutted to see him go. (Alongside Oakley and Strapp) Surprised if a deal has been done before you know which league you will be in but if you are in the Championship next season, he will be very good for you IMO. Works his absolute arse off for 90 minutes. Its def not a dull signing. Local rag saying we offered same length of deal so obviously came down to wages. He was one I thought we'd hang onto as he's been quiet for a while now wish him all the best, probably the last big contract for him. Big rebuild for us this summer.

Surely your club issued the number??

Samuel spent most of his time diving all over Cappielow the last time out so you might not be far off the mark with some WWE action...

Surely Airdrie are resting most of the starting 11 for Tues? Would be mad to risk injuries to key players a few days before the playoffs. Fully expect a fringe Airdire team to start that game and for Queens to win comfortably. Not convinced our players will be arsed with winning either. Comfortable home win.

We can only finish 5th or 6th as Pars play Ayr so both can't overtake us. I'm not convinced our players will give a shit about finishing 5th or 6th to be honest unless there is some sort of bonus on offer for finishing top 5 . Going by the pre match interview with Dougie, we have a few out too. Comfortable home win tonight for Invernes.

Sounds like Iain Wilson will be back in the squad tomorrow. Having him, Oakley and Quitongo back fit for the run in is a massive boost. Anyone heard anything on Strapp?

A lot of fans won't even have thought about buying tickets for the Ayr game yet, I've not even bought mine for tomorrow! Once tomorrow is out the way, I'm sure we will shift a decent amount, especially if we get 3 points tomorrow.

Don't think its absurd at all. There's no doubting his threat/talent but he's also shown very little of it since his hat-trick at the start of January. 3 goals in his last 13 games, with one being a pen and another being a bad mistake from Cal Ferrie last week for the free kick. It's hardly undroppable form. No player should be starting every week purely because he's decent at set peices. Need to be doing a lot more and Dougie is first to point that out when McGrattan, Garrity, Bearne etc start and have little impact. They are dropped the following week. Not shy in dropping O'connor either which I think is harsh. Don't think anyone is saying he's pish here, simply saying we should be able to mix it up a bit when players are off form which he has been for a couple of months now. Anyway, he will start tomorrow and hopefully he scores another hat-trick!

You've got to give credit to Partick that year ( can't quite believe I'm saying that). They went the last 18 games unbeaten I think, winning 13 and drawing 5 or something like that. They were just too good for us in the end. I thought when we won at Xmas at Firhill we would go on and win it but Partick went on a great run and were deserved winners. We lost a couple of games before the Thistle one, Raith and Hamilton away and Dumbarton at home which cost us dearly. Was a good scrap that season!

Dougie is never dropping Muirhead unfortunately with him being our top scorer, set piece taker etc. I like the big man but shouldn't be undroppable especially when not doing enough in games. We started like a train the last time against Airdrie with Garrity and Quitongo on the wings. We looked so dangerous and both were involved in our 2 early goals. I'd play one of them alongside Bearne abd give the big man a rest but Dougie won't. Muirhead can still be dangerous off the bench. It's probably the one criticism you can aim at Dougie with his loyalty to Blues and Muirhead. Good players but shouldn't simply walk into the starting 11 every week. No doubt when Wilson comes back, he keeps Blues in the team and moves him to right wing!( I like Blues too btw) However, in Dougie we trust etc etc.

Think this falls into the must not lose category for us although most Morton fans(myself included) will probably think we need to win this, especially with DU and Raith still to play. Simply can't afford to go 5 points behind Airdrie with 5 to play, would take something extremely special to overturn that. We looked much better on Sat than recent weeks, could easily have scored 4 or 5 and never gave much away at the other end so hopefully we take that into Saturday. Strapp missed out on Sat but thought Waters did well in his absence. Dougie keeps his cards very close to his chest on availability so who knows when Wilson and Strapp will be back. Wilson is apparently back training. I wouldnt be surprised if it was the same starting 11 as Saturday though. Good result for Airdire last night, hopefully a bit of tiredness kicks in and we can take advantage. Nervy, tight game but I fancy us to edge it. Hopefully we take a decent crowd through, 5-600. 1-2.

No one is catching Partick in 3rd. Fully expecting the final playoff space to go to the last weekend though. From a Morton perspective, we looked more like ourselves on Sat so I'm hopeful we can give it a right go. We probably need to win in Airdrie next week. ( hopefully Arbroath can pick up something tomorrow too). At least it's in our own hands, 6 wins and its job done! Will twist and turn every week no doubt.

Alloa Accies, Cove and who????

Just ignore him, if no one replies to him, he might just f**k off....

Jai hasn't been great at all this season presumably due to injuries but I'm glad he's back as on his day, he can be very dangerous, just hasn't happened this season. I'd throw him in for McGrattan who was largely anonymous on Saturday and has been for awhile. If Jai does come in , you'd imagine he will play through the middle like Raith away. Hopefully Mullen back too. Slightly concerned that some players, Crawford, Blues etc will be running on empty. Not confident of a win, Sat was pretty horrible but hopefully we see an improvement and battling performance to pick up at least a point. A win would be massive.

Aye pretty much this. Get through it, 3 points, no more injuries and it's been a very good week.

We got a tad "lucky" in that we found Dalrada who quickly became a key partner and have pumped substantial amounts of money into us helping Dougies budget and the off field operations. Before that, we were really struggling under fan ownership and the budget was horrendous apparently. We also drew Rangers and Celtic away in the space of 8 months last year which generated an estimated half a million. We won't get that every season. We've had a good cup run this season so will pick up decent prize money, 2 TV payments and gate money against Motherwell and Hearts so that should help our finances this season too.

Well if it was a pen aye, which it quite clearly wasn't.