Mr Toon

I don't think stating an ambition to manage at a higher level is ever a bad thing and Dougie must know that his chances of making that move can only be enhanced if he takes Morton there or has them performing consistently well . I'm glad that you cleared up that 'with or without Morton' matter as your first quote was misleading and didn't reflect at all well on Dougie particularly at this stage of what has been a difficult and ultimately disappointing season.

What exactly did he say?

I think that is a bit hard. He was out for a considerable amount of time with injuries and then was put in at right back which is not really his position. For some reason or other Dougie seemed to have decided that Broadfoot/Baird was a better option than the Baird/O'Connor central defence partnership which had served us so well last season. If we can get a solid right back signed and make the obvious decision to keep Strapp I would be more than happy with a backline of New RB O'Connor Baird Strapp.

O'Connor must be thinking, 'What did I do wrong?'. My answer would be 'I don't have a clue either'. However over the piece Dougie has done well and I hope there is some method in this madness.

I'm a wee bit disappointed we haven't seen more of him this season since in his cameo appearances before last week I thought he had done relatively well. He beats men, holds the ball up well and his distribution is good. He can also 'get stuck in'. If he gets a run now he could make a big difference to our last few games with a play off place definitely within our grasp.

Brilliant strikers miss sitters and brilliant goalies make mistakes, however the nature of Ferries' mistakes at Cappielow certainly suggest that he is not destined to be a great keeper. However he is still relatively young and as you rightly point out we've seen him on fairly few occasions. On the basis of his generosity to us I wish him well.

I suspect you are one of many re O'Connor/Broadfoot. Glad to see Bearne getting a chance.

Ryan Mullen has been excellent for us this year and we missed him badly when he was injured and I'm very pleased he is signed for next season. Looking at the video of the game from yesterday I struggle to understand why he didn't save the Dunfermline goal. It looks like a routine catch which he just completely misjudged.

I read it as .5 metre not 5 metres. At Cappielow I don't think there is a 5 metre space between the pitch and the walls at any point. Maybe just behind the goal ends but I doubt it.

Thanks.

Wasn't at the game .would be very interested to hear what fans thought of the performances of Garrity, McGrattan and Bearne when they got on.

Glad to see the subs getting an outing. If not now, when?

Garrity, Bearne or McGrattan, albeit there is always the risk that making a change can disrupt the team and at that point it was still 0 - 0.

An entirely reasonable take on the Muirhead matter. If I have one small criticism to make it would be that Dougie didn't take him off after about 75 minutes when he looked like he was absolutely knackered.

We do and he will be a great asset for us, hopefully for most of the remaining matches.

He expects to be back playing in the very near future.

The BBC shows the line up as 3-5-1-1 Mullen O'Connor Baird Broadfoot French Blues Power Gillespie Strapp Crawford Muirhead

Jai has really not done very much in the few recent appearances he has had. I think at the moment Garrity and McGrattan offer more.

Broadfoot will not be available

Neither I nor any of the supporters, around me had a clue what the referee was signalling as he pointed to the ground rather than signalling for the physio/trainer to come on which is the usual with a head knock . It seemed to us that the rammy ensued because ICT thought he was giving a penalty.

Ian Murray post match was very reasonable in his comments and managed to refrain from the daft comments of the past. A welcome change.

With no disrespect intended, when Dougie Imrie leaves Morton at some time in the future it will most certainly be for a much bigger club than ICT.

I was in the main stand for the Motherwell game and it seemed about half full as was the Sinclair Street end. Obviously the explanation provided by Dale for the capacity calculations made some sense but my impression was that they were over cautious and that many more spectators could have been accommodated.

So first team out and a home tie against the winners of Airdrie v Hearts. Certainly winnable.

Dougie on great form on Sportscene at the Airdrie v Hearts match. Q. 'How would you like Lawrence Shankland in your team' A. 'I'm fine I've got big George Oakley'