*** Official Greenock Morton vs Heart of Midlothian Scottish Cup 1/4 final match day thread ( Live on BBC) ***

[upgotheheads]

8 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said:

We’d need to beat them anyway.  Fancy our chances of beating Celtic in the final 

Until we shot ourselves in the foot a couple of weeks ago we had been getting closer to them. Don't write us off this time, Sevco didn't look that great yesterday.

[FWJ]

Shanks is much more confident in front of the camera these days.

[MR INCREDIBLE]

Grant = Abysmal 

[OTT]

4 minutes ago, Wee Mikey said:

 

Fat chance. As per last time, we'll get the worst seats ... and sold in an awful way.

 

Never a bad time for a club statement demanding parity. 

[HMFC 86]

Imrie interview “we would have won with George Oakley” - aye, we’ve got players out as well

[Hectormasson]

1 minute ago, Shanks said no said:

 

Remember thinking that when they played Frankfurt...........

exactly

[kingantti1874]

Just now, MR INCREDIBLE said:

Grant = Abysmal 

🤣 ah for **** sake.  He’s been excellent for us lately! Very clear they targeted him early and he had a shit game

it happens at our level. 

[Geoff Kilpatrick]

Just now, OTT said:

 

Never a bad time for a club statement demanding parity. 

The police make decisions on where fans are allocated.

 

If anything, a better question would be why we're allocated the west of the stadium against Septic given the direction of travel.

[Mikey1874]

On repeat

 

 

[vegas-voss]

That was a struggle but end of the day we are through.

[Topper]

Hoping we get some injured players back by then. Bring it!

[south morocco]

Well we are due a performance against Rangers. Hopefully it’s this semifinal. 

[Hectormasson]

Just now, Hectormasson said:

exactly

hopefully were better this time around, so much at stake financially, were due a turn against that lot, this might be it...🤞🤞🤞🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻

[hm123fc]

On the positive side, if Celtic beat Aberdeen, no matter what happens with us v Rangers, 3rd place gets us group stage football?

[WDJ87]

1 minute ago, hm123fc said:

On the positive side, if Celtic beat Aberdeen, no matter what happens with us v Rangers, 3rd place gets us group stage football?

Yes

[Boris5115]

2 minutes ago, hm123fc said:

On the positive side, if Celtic beat Aberdeen, no matter what happens with us v Rangers, 3rd place gets us group stage football?

Wonga. 

[BelgeJambo]

Really hope Naismith has a better game plan for this one.  We have barely laid a glove on that lot for too long

[XB52]

A hard watch but through, which is all that counts. Gordon showing he still has it

[ScandinavianJambo]

Just need to believe a little...okay than a lot 😜

[Scott980612]

Tough match. 
 
Gordon kept us in it. 
Brilliant from Beni. 
Good finish from Vargas 

 

Nothing else to mention. 
 
Into the semi - due a performance vs Rangers  

 
🇱🇻🇱🇻🇱🇻

[The Old Tolbooth]

Imrie thinks Morton deserved to win the game, he’s an absolute scrote of a guy, so glad we knocked that little rodent out! 

[rmreido]

Bout we gave them a game and do ourselves justice....

[Mikey1874]

1 minute ago, BelgeJambo said:

Really hope Naismith has a better game plan for this one.  We have barely laid a glove on that lot for too long

 

Got a bit of time to prepare. Our game is based on possession. Showed that tonight. So when we don't have the ball we can struggle. Next step to compete with them. Celtic away and first Rangers games were actually pretty straightforward because in both cases they struggled to create danger. But semi and last Ibrox game we didn't cope with the intensity when Rangers did create danger. 

[Mikey1874]

2 minutes ago, The Old Tolbooth said:

Imrie thinks Morton deserved to win the game, he’s an absolute scrote of a guy, so glad we knocked that little rodent out! 

 

Will be easy for them to get promoted then.

[HMFC 86]

Shankland felt it was all judo / wrestling with Broadfoot tonight. McFadden saying he was watching Shankland/Broadfoot all night and Broadfoot wasn’t bothering to look at the ball. How come the referee doesn’t deal with this?

[Berrassobad]

25 minutes ago, Watt-Zeefuik said:

Has to be said that Cammy's pass forward just before he was subbed, which led to the Vargas miss, was also a beaut.

 

Don't want to dogpile but I really think Grant was the problem in midfield today.

The person playing that position today was always gonna get a kicking....literally

[Victorian]

The mentality is excellent.  Kept playing football and kept cool heads throughout.  We were always going to win,  per the mentality,  albeit the only danger is losing the opening goal too late to come back from it.

 

It's by far the toughest draw and requires an entirely different mentality.  We just wont have the opportunity to dominate possession like we otherwise do.  In terms of getting the primary European place it's a good draw.  But we have a team to win cups first and foremost so it's disappointing.

[Gundermann]

Wondering what Klubfoot was gurning about at the end with Naismith?

[ScandinavianJambo]

31 minutes ago, buzzbomb1958 said:

Take hobos ….. oh wait 😜😜😜

😁

[Wee Mikey]

15 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

On repeat

 

 

 

Shame there's not a pic to be had including Beni.

 

A Beni / Shanks / Vargas combo goal. 😍

 

[John Findlay]

That was a good old fashioned(at times) cup tie tonight. We did what they didn't.

Score a goal. Vargas making up for the sitter he hit the bar with.

 

Let's go to Hampden with no fear of Sevco.

[Jamstomorrow]

36 minutes ago, Thomaso said:

Pleased for Vargas after missing the sitter! 😊

Viva Las Vargas. 

[JAYEL]

Made hard work of that

 

Job done tho , bring on the rangers  🇱🇻😃🇱🇻

[RustyRightPeg]

BBC seriously need to invest in their cameras. Quality of that feed was embarrassing. 

[Jamstomorrow]

36 minutes ago, Boris5115 said:

I'd take the boy Strapp. 

What's the odds that his nickname is 'Jock?'

[ScandinavianJambo]

I think Beni had enough of folk on here saying he is crap and decided to shut them all up with some forward playing fußball. And didn't he just 😜😁

[ScandinavianJambo]

2 minutes ago, Jamstomorrow said:

Viva Las Vargas. 

Oh I like what you did there 😎

[Texaco]

Not read any of the thread. It was a game we should win and we did. Winning is down to coaching. So happy...my only comment is Naismith seemed so cool and spot on with his analysis on the BBC Scotland interview. Gives me real  hope we're  onto something....

[Jambo in Bathgate]

17 minutes ago, vegas-voss said:

That was a struggle but end of the day we are through.

Didn’t expect anything else. It was hard going in our Championship season. 

[ScandinavianJambo]

1 minute ago, RustyRightPeg said:

BBC seriously need to invest in their cameras. Quality of that feed was embarrassing. 

I agree. I kept on squinting thinking my eyesight was off. Which in all fairness it is, but not that bad.

[Jambo in Bathgate]

2 minutes ago, RustyRightPeg said:

BBC seriously need to invest in their cameras. Quality of that feed was embarrassing. 

It’s ok if you are camera side! Need one on both and steady camera. 

[Bazzas right boot]

29 minutes ago, flem said:

He was chatting with Broadfoot at the end. 

 

No that.

 

He said something along the lines of he'd watched Morton a good few times throughout the season.

[One five]

To win a cup you normally have to beat at least one of the ugly sisters…… or both …….. believe ♥️

[Bazzas right boot]

4 minutes ago, Jamstomorrow said:

What's the odds that his nickname is 'Jock?'

 

Or " On"

[Gershwin]

13 minutes ago, HMFC 86 said:

Shankland felt it was all judo / wrestling with Broadfoot tonight. McFadden saying he was watching Shankland/Broadfoot all night and Broadfoot wasn’t bothering to look at the ball. How come the referee doesn’t deal with this?

 

Rocky got away with similar in the last derby. Spent most of the game grappling Shanks.

[Bazzas right boot]

42 minutes ago, Phage said:

Clarence Boddiger

 

Nah, not him

 

This guy

[hearts00]

27 minutes ago, MR INCREDIBLE said:

Grant = Abysmal 

Was never going to be a game for grant, pitch plus the way Morton play. Missed Hoff tonight. 

[Mikey1874]

12 minutes ago, Victorian said:

The mentality is excellent.  Kept playing football and kept cool heads throughout.  We were always going to win,  per the mentality,  albeit the only danger is losing the opening goal too late to come back from it.

 

It's by far the toughest draw and requires an entirely different mentality.  We just wont have the opportunity to dominate possession like we otherwise do.  In terms of getting the primary European place it's a good draw.  But we have a team to win cups first and foremost so it's disappointing.

 

What Naismith talked about during his talk to fans. Staying calm. Playing the extra pass. 

[RustyRightPeg]

3 minutes ago, hearts00 said:

Was never going to be a game for grant, pitch plus the way Morton play. Missed Hoff tonight. 

Think in hindsight Naismith would’ve started Cochrane and won the battle in there first and foremost. Grant would’ve had a field day last twenty. They were done. 

[...andFulton'sBaggio]

46 minutes ago, Des Lynam said:

Supporters who moan about us not turning up against Rangers are already throwing in the towel. 

 

The irony. 

 

🤣