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

[boag1874]

4-2-3-1 then, Grant ahead of Beni & Cammy in the 10

[Diadora Van Basten]

Surprised Cochrane not starting.

[Hearts007]

4 minutes ago, JimmyCant said:

strong enough to give them a tanking

[Diadora Van Basten]

Not sure how I feel about a Sibbick Rowles central defence. Sibbick is poor in the air and Rowles can get bullied.

[Victorian]

Might have preferred Forrest or Vargas on the bench as an option later.  But hopefully we're 3 up at HT anyway and then manage the game.

[gordiegords]

That team more than good enough, get them pumped

[Fire_At_The_Disco]

3 minutes ago, Robbo-Jambo said:

As well as being shite.

[Captain Scarlett]

6 minutes ago, BigAlim said:

No Fraser or Pollock so can only assume they have knocks as well. Hopefully the starting XI can deal with the game promptly 

Hopefully Fraser has been sent back to Charlton. He’s absolute mince.

[BigAlim]

Just now, Diadora Van Basten said:

Surprised Cochrane not starting.

Maybe due a night off, he’s been playing constantly for nearly three seasons 

[Mikey1874]

Good to see the youngsters as well on bench. 

[Captain Scarlett]

1 minute ago, Diadora Van Basten said:

Not sure how I feel about a Sibbick Rowles central defence. Sibbick is poor in the air and Rowles can get bullied.

Sibbick is poor full stop.

[rmreido]

1 minute ago, Diadora Van Basten said:

Not sure how I feel about a Sibbick Rowles central defence. Sibbick is poor in the air and Rowles can get bullied.

No matter.... it's all about Hearts attack imo

[Harry Potter]

[Craig_]

Jesus. They're out in force already, and the game's not even kicked off yet! 

[boag1874]

2 minutes ago, rmreido said:

No matter.... it's all about Hearts attack imo

This. Don’t want to sound arrogant but if our attackers turn up we’ll win

comfortably

[Mikey1874]

[kingantti1874]

8 minutes ago, Hearts007 said:

strong enough to give them a tanking

Highly unlikely. Watched them against Dundee United.  They will be compact as **** and physical as **** and, unlike airdrie that pitch is not conducive to intricate football.

 

need to check expectations I feel. 

[kingantti1874]

8 minutes ago, Diadora Van Basten said:

Not sure how I feel about a Sibbick Rowles central defence. Sibbick is poor in the air and Rowles can get bullied.

we have no one else 

[BigAlim]

1 minute ago, Mikey1874 said:

That is some collection of thugs, we’ll do well to come away unscathed 

[kingantti1874]

Just now, BigAlim said:

That is some collection of thugs, we’ll do well to come away unscathed 

yup. Amazing that no one has clicked this is 100% a Dougie Imrie bunch of cloggers.  
 

folk who think we will stroll it because we have better players aren’t really sussing how this is going to play out.

 

1-0 and no injuries will do me .  

[Bunny Munro]

2 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said:

we have no one else 

Kingsley could have played CB with Cochrane at LB in fairness.

[kingantti1874]

1 minute ago, Bunny Munro said:

Kingsley could have played CB with Cochrane at LB in fairness.

True. Maybe Cochrane had a niggle .

[ShedBoy]

Anti Sibbick brigade starting early the night.

[kingantti1874]

Just now, ShedBoy said:

Anti Sibbick brigade starting early the night.

boy was excellent against Celtic as well. 

[tiger Rudi]

13 minutes ago, Captain Scarlett said:

Sibbick is poor full stop.

Aye, but good enough to play against Celtic and contribute to a win. 

[J80MBO]

14 minutes ago, Captain Scarlett said:

Sibbick is poor full stop.

Good one

[kingantti1874]

1 minute ago, tiger Rudi said:

Aye, but good enough to play against Celtic and contribute to a win. 

you just have to accept that some of our “supporters” aren’t great at the “supporting” element 🤣

[tiger Rudi]

2 minutes ago, ShedBoy said:

Anti Sibbick brigade starting early the night.

Can fans not just get behind him? He played his part in beating Celtic ffs. Considering his lack of starts, he done well. 

[Weebroon98]

Broadfoot and power odds on to take one of our players out

[longmalx]

Fundamentally I think Kingsley is ahead of Cochrane in LB ranks just now - it’s been obvious from subs, so if we’re play 4 at the back and Kingsley is not playing CB, he’ll start in front of Cochrane.

[longmalx]

Getting Sibbick more minutes makes sense- he’s needed until Kent is back.

 

[GBJambo]

Im sure Naismith will have them well prepared and expecting a battle 

[Hearts007]

14 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said:

Highly unlikely. Watched them against Dundee United.  They will be compact as **** and physical as **** and, unlike airdrie that pitch is not conducive to intricate football.

 

need to check expectations I feel. 

we shall see 😉

[Thomaso]

28 minutes ago, Bunny Munro said:

Fraser injured now it seems.

Never looked fit. Slow and off the game.

[neilnunb]

Good to see Vargas back. A bit worried about our injury situation again though.

 

No messing about tonight and ram it up that wee prick Imrie, please.

 

 

[HMFC 86]

2 minutes ago, longmalx said:

Getting Sibbick more minutes makes sense- he’s needed until Kent is back.

 

Absolutely. We don’t have much choice anyway with Halkett and Kent injured 

[Hearts007]

16 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

Broadfoot must be about 40 by now?

[Mikey1874]

Morton do like a booking. Most games get between 3 and 5. 

[HMFC 86]

Just now, neilnunb said:

Good to see Vargas back. A bit worried about our injury situation again though.

 

No messing about tonight and ram it up that wee prick Imrie, please.

 

 

We must have approaching 10 out now, and they’re usually out for a few weeks at least

[Thomaso]

14 minutes ago, kingantti1874 said:

yup. Amazing that no one has clicked this is 100% a Dougie Imrie bunch of cloggers.  
 

folk who think we will stroll it because we have better players aren’t really sussing how this is going to play out.

 

1-0 and no injuries will do me .  

Correct. With that inflammatory wee shit on the touchline they will make this a war. Hopefully there is a strong referee but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

[TheBigO]

Is it 3 or 5 subs allowed in SC?

[Thomaso]

20 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

Jeez some hatchet men in that line up! 😳

[Gizmo]

1 minute ago, Thomaso said:

Correct. With that inflammatory wee shit on the touchline they will make this a war. Hopefully there is a strong referee but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

We need to absolutely ram it down this welt's throat. 

[Bongo 1874]

We keep composed and play our game.

 

 

[Japan Jambo]

20 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said:

 

interesting tat....clearly a confident lad

[kingantti1874]

2 minutes ago, Thomaso said:

Correct. With that inflammatory wee shit on the touchline they will make this a war. Hopefully there is a strong referee but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

Yup. A prick of the highest order. 

[Hearts007]

Just now, Japan Jambo said:

 

interesting tat....clearly a confident lad

or he was steaming when he had it done

[Japan Jambo]

17 minutes ago, ShedBoy said:

Anti Sibbick brigade starting early the night.

 

Hopefully comes through unscathed, about to start his international career with Uganda. Won't harm his value any...

[Thomaso]

34 minutes ago, Diadora Van Basten said:

Not sure how I feel about a Sibbick Rowles central defence. Sibbick is poor in the air and Rowles can get bullied.

With Kent and Halkett out injured we have no alternatives so time to get behind the guys who are playing!

[FWJ]

7 minutes ago, Hearts007 said:

or he was steaming when he had it done

Saves on the bow-ties I suppose