Dunning1874 Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 I've said before that regardless of fans' views on him, the only wayJohansson won't start next season as our manager is a Raith level collapse into the relegation battle. Even if that doesn't happen - it really can't be ruled out - if we routinely capitulate to three or four goal pumpings I'm feeling that even our ridiculously patient board will have to conclude that he can't survive the season. Losing games like this by one or two goals while also winning games like QoS is the sign of a mediocre, inconsistent team destined for 6th or 7th, troubling neither promotion or relegation while having both surprisingly good and surprisingly bad results. Losing games like this by three and routinely collapsing after going behind is the sign of a manager who doesn't have a clue what he's doing and won't know how to stop it if we go into a spiral of bad results. Maybe it'll turn out that the transfer market is the making of him as a manager and we'll be less of a shambles after the window, but right now the Raith style collapse looks considerably more likely. After 13 games, Johansson has already presided over five appalling results. He's done absolutely nothing to suggest he has the attributes to be a football manager and unless that changes very soon, it's a question of when he's sacked rather than if. Our next four games are Dundee United, Falkirk, ICT and Partick; in the entirely realistic scenario that we take less than five points from that he's in huge trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share Posted December 1, 2018 Better. Should have been 3 or 4 up in the first half. Happy Faiss finally got his goal. We sat off second half and a better side may have punished us but Morton are an absolute gang and never looked like scoring. Keena and Muirhead did well and midfield had a bit more control, even if we did start just lumping it long in classic shitebag fashion. Hopefully we can go on a run now and begin reeling in the sides above us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.A.F.C Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Can anyone explain why at two goals up we sat back and lumped long balls up? Despite playing well we suddenly said f**k this let’s go back to how we played against Falkirk. Morton brought on Telfer and from then on we were dire. They deserved a goal tbh. We should have just kept possession and frustrated Morton but instead we invited pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scosha Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 3 minutes ago, D.A.F.C said: Can anyone explain why at two goals up we sat back and lumped long balls up? Despite playing well we suddenly said f**k this let’s go back to how we played against Falkirk. Morton brought on Telfer and from then on we were dire. They deserved a goal tbh. We should have just kept possession and frustrated Morton but instead we invited pressure. We deserved f**k all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 1 hour ago, D.A.F.C said: Can anyone explain why at two goals up we sat back and lumped long balls up? Despite playing well we suddenly said f**k this let’s go back to how we played against Falkirk. Morton brought on Telfer and from then on we were dire. They deserved a goal tbh. We should have just kept possession and frustrated Morton but instead we invited pressure. Agree with most of this apart from Morton deserving a goal. They were most certainly lucky to get nil. I think the negativity in the second half probably was a lack of confidence and a bit of fear. We thoroughly deserved the win and should have scored more in the first half but the players have the scars from previous games and it hurt the performance in the second period. But most importantly we won and have another winnable game at Partick Thistle next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinkyBairn Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 11 hours ago, virginton said: Johansson is quite clearly out of his depth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 So, Morton, what was it that swayed you to appoint the former Rangers player JJ as manager? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallumPar Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Morton brought on Telfer and from then on we were dire. They deserved a goal tbh. We should have just kept possession and frustrated Morton but instead we invited pressure.Genuine question, did Morton even take a single shot at goal in the second half? Only attempt I can remember was Robinson saving a deflected effort in the first 10 mins. I thought about this when laughing at the BBC match report claiming Morton dominated for the whole second half, then noticed their stats mentioned 1 attempt on goal all game.Based on the fact they made no attempt to even score, I really can’t agree that they deserved a goal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Morton did come into it in the second half but we sat off them which I think was just a confidence thing. I thought Morton had a fairly good shout for a penalty in the first half, other than that didn’t really deserve anything out the game. Has Johansen really got a 2 year deal despite this being his first gig? You could always punt him and get Jim Jeffries I’m so you don’t have to change the letters on his coat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 10 hours ago, Adam101 said: I thought Morton had a fairly good shout for a penalty in the first half, Eh? They were barely near the box, never mind should have had a pen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 44 minutes ago, Poet of the Macabre said: Eh? They were barely near the box, never mind should have had a pen. we were 1-0 up at the front post both our defender and their player went down I though we had him by the arm, obviously I didn't have the best view but I thought it was worth a shout. Also Morton fans was it a pass back you all had the best view mid way in the second half? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 On 01/12/2018 at 17:38, Dunning1874 said: Losing games like this by one or two goals while also winning games like QoS is the sign of a mediocre, inconsistent team destined for 6th or 7th, troubling neither promotion or relegation while having both surprisingly good and surprisingly bad results. Losing games like this by three and routinely collapsing after going behind is the sign of a manager who doesn't have a clue what he's doing and won't know how to stop it if we go into a spiral of bad results. Even if JJ gets papped oot for being a basketcase of a manager he's still young enough, and with enough of a playing and coaching pedigree to get another gig somewhere and maybe would have learnt a bit of go on to be a half decent manager. He might even yet get it sorted while at Cappielow but, highlighting the bit in bold, his assistant has over 300+ league games in management and was fairly successful in that time. If nothing else ye'd expect him to be a bit of a calming influence. What's he doing there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggie Perrin Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 56 minutes ago, AsimButtHitsASix said: Even if JJ gets papped oot for being a basketcase of a manager he's still young enough, and with enough of a playing and coaching pedigree to get another gig somewhere and maybe would have learnt a bit of go on to be a half decent manager. He might even yet get it sorted while at Cappielow but, highlighting the bit in bold, his assistant has over 300+ league games in management and was fairly successful in that time. If nothing else ye'd expect him to be a bit of a calming influence. What's he doing there? Agent Houstie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poet of the Macabre Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 23 hours ago, Adam101 said: we were 1-0 up at the front post both our defender and their player went down I though we had him by the arm, obviously I didn't have the best view but I thought it was worth a shout. Also Morton fans was it a pass back you all had the best view mid way in the second half? Nah, no chance. Guy didn't even appeal. I couldn't believe people called for the pass back either; how on Earth could you be certain that was deliberate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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