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We started off the season well (besides not turning up at Greenock and MacKenzie starting the game with severe concussion) but since then we have been consistently getting points without firing on all cylinders. Morgan has looked jaded the last 3 or 4 games and with so many injuries/suspensions in defence we have had to change our back four nearly on a weekly basis. The sooner we have Davis, MacKenzie and Magennis all back to full fitness the better.  But winning when you are not great is Championship material. Long may it continue. Home win.

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14 hours ago, Demented Zebra said:

I like to see a strong Morton makes for better games , lets be honest here these are as good as it gets in recent times for Morton. Gone are the good days of the late 60's and 70's when Morton had some fantastic teams unfortunately a result of reconstruction. 

Interesting point, and not far wrong.

Until reconstruction in the mid-70s, when we changed from playing each other twice per season to three or four times, Morton actually had the upper hand in the derbies. Our two longest serving managers since then, Benny Rooney and Allan McGraw both have stinking records in the derbies (although Rooney was facing a fairly decent St. Mirren team whilst McGraw claimed that games against St. Mirren and bizarrely, Clydebank, were the  "most unpredictable"). Every manager prior to Benny Rooney had a positive record (or at the very least parity) in the derby games.

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Quitongo will be the danger man - pace and power can cause most teams problems. Also Thomson will be looking to impress against his boyhood heroes once again.

Hopefully we are up for it - another clean sheet would be great but sooner a win, regardless of scoreline.

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If we play as suicidally open as we did against Dumbarton then we could get an absolute horsing here. Duffy's delusional ravings about how brilliant we were on Saturday rings alarm bells for that reason. The league table and the fact that it is an away game however makes it likely that Duffy will revert to some form of shitfesting tactics instead. 

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Duffy made a baws up in not signing anyone of quality to play on the flanks. He's now resorted to playing Quitongo there who despite his electrifying pace is just not suited to that role. 

He should be playing through the middle end of story.  Harkins will play if Tidser is still not fit.  Forbes will come in at the expense of either Oliver, Thomson or McHugh and we'll revert back to a 4-4-2 formation. 

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15 minutes ago, Colkitto said:

Duffy made a baws up in not signing anyone of quality to play on the flanks. 

There aren't exactly tonnes of them around, though. For us, Morgan is great, but young and still blows hot and cold (I think he needs a rest). Magennis played there (well) last season, but has been injured and actually wants to play through the middle. 

In terms of possible wide players, we've also got Smith (also better through the middle), Hilson (injured all the time, also better through the middle), Todd (injured, better through the middle), Kirkpatrick (probably not good enough, better through the middle), Stelios (bit of a liability at full back, but somehow not any better when he's pushed forward)...

tl;dr - true wide players are at a premium. 

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1 hour ago, Coventry Saint said:

There aren't exactly tonnes of them around, though. For us, Morgan is great, but young and still blows hot and cold (I think he needs a rest). Magennis played there (well) last season, but has been injured and actually wants to play through the middle. 

In terms of possible wide players, we've also got Smith (also better through the middle), Hilson (injured all the time, also better through the middle), Todd (injured, better through the middle), Kirkpatrick (probably not good enough, better through the middle), Stelios (bit of a liability at full back, but somehow not any better when he's pushed forward)...

tl;dr - true wide players are at a premium. 

Just because Morgan does not get man of the match in every game does not mean he is hot and cold if it was not for a fantastic save by the Falkirk goalie he would have scored a peach of a goal. The fact Kyle is back it gives Morgan more space to do his thing. Not a player to leave out not in a million years. 

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9 minutes ago, Finch road said:

Never mind, even if we get beat, St Mirren are a shower of fucking shit from top to bottom

Lol , must really rattle you going into your stadium only to see our hand me down flood lights and old seats understand the Paisley Express Stand is rusting away behind your main stand. We will always help our unfortunate neighbours because we understand the cream sometimes has to drip down to those a bit unfortunate in hard times :thumsup2

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