kni Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hamilton_academical/8696005.stm Morton in freefall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 McAllister strikes me as he could be a good player in a good team. When he's surrounded by more mediocre players he fails to shine. Not uncommon I suppose with wingers. Btw I see Dundee are after Gavin Skelton. Good grafter, probably the type of player they need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hamilton_academical/8696005.stm Morton in freefall? Sadly not a chance, McAlister is away because he has a chance of SPL football. One of the thing that sickens me is the amounts Rae can always throw at Morton no matter how much they lose per season cash wise. Second divison pay -£80,000 for Templeman, £40,000 for Russel. This season huge losses in attendance, hospitality, fees to Irons and Assistant. They still paid Grady and McManus a fee even though they were not contracted after the season, basically one of those fees where they dont criticise what happened at the club. Yet they can still pay more to Weatherson than us, can spend a fortune to buy Alan Moore off Stirling Albion for around 60k which is almost a certainty. Still pay money to put up the stand they bought off St MIrren. Despite all this they will still pay comfortably more wages than a lot of other First Divison teams when the reality is they should have been relegated years ago. Worrying for us and a lot of other teams is that Moore is a decent Manager and with a bit of money behind him can see Morton now challenge for the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Argus Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 Sadly not a chance, McAlister is away because he has a chance of SPL football. One of the thing that sickens me is the amounts Rae can always throw at Morton no matter how much they lose per season cash wise. Second divison pay -£80,000 for Templeman, £40,000 for Russel. This season huge losses in attendance, hospitality, fees to Irons and Assistant. They still paid Grady and McManus a fee even though they were not contracted after the season, basically one of those fees where they dont criticise what happened at the club. Yet they can still pay more to Weatherson than us, can spend a fortune to buy Alan Moore off Stirling Albion for around 60k which is almost a certainty. Still pay money to put up the stand they bought off St MIrren. Despite all this they will still pay comfortably more wages than a lot of other First Divison teams when the reality is they should have been relegated years ago. Worrying for us and a lot of other teams is that Moore is a decent Manager and with a bit of money behind him can see Morton now challenge for the top. Why should it sicken you? Surely other teams boards and fans for that matter can put as much money in as they like. What's it got to do with us? The tendency of Thistle fans to always blame the entire world for our own misfortunes bewilders me. The mess we are in is ours to get out of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 (edited) They still paid Grady and McManus a fee even though they were not contracted after the season, basically one of those fees where they dont criticise what happened at the club. Still pay money to put up the stand they bought off St MIrren. To correct a couple of glaring inaccuracies within your post TL (there may be others but these ones I am 110% of): McManus says sacking him and Grady was "one of the biggest mistakes the chairman has ever made" as well as various other criticisms towards Rae - printed in full technicolour in various papers including the local Greenock Telegraph The Stand they bought from St Mirren 18 months ago has been in storage ever since - they were supposed to put it up on the Wee Dublin End last close season, but never did due to finances. It will not be put up this close season either. In fact it may never be erected at Cappielow. Rumours are with the regeneration of Greenock and in particular areas around Cappielow, the ground may be sold in a few years time, and Morton might end up getting a stadium built for them even closer to the waterfront - if this happens the Stand they bought from St Mirren may be incorporated into this. Edited May 21, 2010 by yoda-jag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 As an aside - just how would you go about storing a stand? And where would you put it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Incredible Adam Spark Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 As an aside - just how would you go about storing a stand? It wasn't fully constructed when it was removed, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Posted May 21, 2010 Report Share Posted May 21, 2010 So the stand has never stood, or was half standing when it was stood down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda-jag Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 (edited) So the stand has never stood, or was half standing when it was stood down? Not quite sure if you are on a crazy davie type windup, or genuinely are confused, but to clarify: It was a fully fitted and assembled stand (well, by Paisley standards) and had been in place at Love Street for (rough guesstimate) 10 years. It was carefully deconstructed, sheet by sheet, beam by beam, stanchion by stanchion, seat by seat etcetera etcetera. Like a flatpack is much smaller than the assembled unit, the stand is much smaller than its assembled size, and is easily stored in some farmers shed or large storage unit. Edited May 22, 2010 by yoda-jag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 It was carefully deconstructed, sheet by sheet, beam by beam, stanchion by stanchion, seat by seat etcetera etcetera. Like a flatpack is much smaller than the assembled unit, the stand is much smaller than its assembled size, and is easily stored in some farmers shed Old MacDonald had a farm, eee-yi-eee-yi-oh And on this farm he had a carefully deconstructed flatpack stand. With a beam beam here and a beam beam there Here a beam, there a beam, everywhere a beam beam Old MacDonald had a farm, eee-yi-eee-yi-oh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 Old MacDonald had a farm, eee-yi-eee-yi-oh And on this farm he had a carefully deconstructed flatpack stand. With a beam beam here and a beam beam there Here a beam, there a beam, everywhere a beam beam Old MacDonald had a farm, eee-yi-eee-yi-oh It's this kind of post that makes me glad I'm a Thistle fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennymac29 Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 At least we wont have to hear ""Jim ill fix it for you" this year at Crappielow. Half decent player with a half decent attitude. No thanks, next please. Id lke a wide man whos not a complete sh*tebag thanks, makes Coco look like Maradonna IMO. but opinion isnt fact... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Shot Posted May 22, 2010 Report Share Posted May 22, 2010 It's this kind of post that makes me glad I'm a Thistle fan. Know what you mean.......although, it reminded me of some st johnstone fans we took the train with from central to mount florida for the kenny dalgleish testimonial, they were hilarious and at some point were singing a version of old macdonald, the only bit I can remember was "and on that farm he had a tractor.......... wi f**ked baffles" . You probably had to be there but I seriously thought I was going to pee myself before I got off that train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avie-man Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 you couldnt make it up. fans slagging off jim mcalister then falling overthemselves to praise erskine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy davie Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 (edited) Old MacDonald had a farm, eee-yi-eee-yi-oh And on this farm he had a carefully deconstructed flatpack stand. With a beam beam here and a beam beam there Here a beam, there a beam, everywhere a beam beam Old MacDonald had a farm, eee-yi-eee-yi-oh You deserve a knighthood for that!!! Woops - I mean a damehood...erm your ladyship... Edited May 23, 2010 by crazy davie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Posted May 23, 2010 Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 Magic. Glad I asked now. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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