Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Reports and reaction from the 2011-2012 season as Walsall finished 19th in League 1
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Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Our first pre-season friendly sees us travel north of the border to face Scottish Divison One side Greenock Morton. I'm not sure how much of a test this will be for the new looked Saddlers but as manager Dean Smith says team bonding is the most important thing of our tour of Scotland.
Prediction 2-2 Gnakpa and Macken with the goals.
UTS !
Prediction 2-2 Gnakpa and Macken with the goals.
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
I'll go 1-0 to the saddlers. Macken.
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
2-2 draw.
Trialist Charlie Austin to score x2.
Trialist Charlie Austin to score x2.
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Greenock 3 Walsall 3 Joey Butlin hat trick
brummie saddler to complain when his half time haggis is cold
brummie saddler to complain when his half time haggis is cold
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Greenock Morton 3-2 Walsall. A Trialist to score all 5 goals.
Asps to lose his kilt in the pub before the game.
Asps to lose his kilt in the pub before the game.
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Christ, first rusty pre season game or not. We should win by at least 2 or 3.
Scottish football is pathetic. Womens football is better.
Scottish football is pathetic. Womens football is better.
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
latviancheese wrote:
Scottish football is pathetic. Womens football is better.
I'm confused. Where does that put Scottish womens football ?
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
gerryhatrick wrote:latviancheese wrote:
Scottish football is pathetic. Womens football is better.
I'm confused. Where does that put Scottish womens football ?
Still some way ahead of Welsh Premier League (men's) :mrgreen:
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Greenock Morton 0 Walsall 7
Evo to hold onto the hammerhead dock crane in a drunken state
Look at this. It rotates: -
http://www.gmfc.net/VR%20Tour/Cappielow%20Pitch
Evo to hold onto the hammerhead dock crane in a drunken state
Look at this. It rotates: -
http://www.gmfc.net/VR%20Tour/Cappielow%20Pitch
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
A 1-1 draw in front of 400 spectators.
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
2-1 to the saddlers, haggis to cause long morning on the Loo, prob have to use Twitter to get the result
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Asps wrote:Greenock Morton 0 Walsall 7
Evo to hold onto the hammerhead dock crane in a drunken state
Look at this. It rotates: -
http://www.gmfc.net/VR%20Tour/Cappielow%20Pitch
What a quality stadium! Old skool.
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Tonights line up according from Nick Mashiter:
http://yfrog.com/kk3gehizj
http://yfrog.com/kk3gehizj
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Starting line-up:-
Crof
Westlake
Sadler
Butler
Smith
Jarvis
Taundry
Paterson
Nicholls
Bowerman
Peterlin
Subs
Lancashire
Chambers
Grigg
Macken
Hurst
Gnakpa
Beevers
Forde
Jones
Crof
Westlake
Sadler
Butler
Smith
Jarvis
Taundry
Paterson
Nicholls
Bowerman
Peterlin
Subs
Lancashire
Chambers
Grigg
Macken
Hurst
Gnakpa
Beevers
Forde
Jones
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
When's Jimmy coming back??
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
WarsawPact wrote:When's Jimmy coming back??
:lol:
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Update from Nick Mashiter:
Morton look sharper than #walsallfc but they've been in training longer so it's not a surprise. Saddlers just a little rusty.
Morton look sharper than #walsallfc but they've been in training longer so it's not a surprise. Saddlers just a little rusty.
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Second half
Crof
Beevers
Lancashire
Butler
Sadler
Chambers
Gnakpa
Peterlin
Hurst
Grigg
Macken
Crof
Beevers
Lancashire
Butler
Sadler
Chambers
Gnakpa
Peterlin
Hurst
Grigg
Macken
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Winning :)
Gnakpkakpa to Chambers - Goal
Gnakpkakpa to Chambers - Goal
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Goaaaal! Both these new signings are world class. They'll be sold in January. :shock:
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
An own goal really but good play by Gnakpa.
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Jones and Forde on for Sadler and Peterlin, respectively.
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Good start to pre-season. Apparently Gnakpa was quality
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Already an improvement on last season, when our pre-season record was Played 5, Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 4, Scored 2, Conceeded 12.
The whole squad getting a run out. A win and a clean sheet, from a trialist goalkeeper as well. Two new signings getting the goals (although the first may go down as an og). Providing nobody picked up any knocks then thats about as perfect a night as we could have hoped for.
The whole squad getting a run out. A win and a clean sheet, from a trialist goalkeeper as well. Two new signings getting the goals (although the first may go down as an og). Providing nobody picked up any knocks then thats about as perfect a night as we could have hoped for.
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Difficult to assess players or performance as it was like a Sunday afternoon kick about
I thought we looked sharper second half though with Gnakpa and Chambers on
Proper football ground, warm welcome, and a sunny evening as well
There were a few surprised looks when a coach load of Walsall fans turned up :D
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I thought we looked sharper second half though with Gnakpa and Chambers on
Proper football ground, warm welcome, and a sunny evening as well
There were a few surprised looks when a coach load of Walsall fans turned up :D
UTS
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
chestersaddler wrote:Difficult to assess players or performance as it was like a Sunday afternoon kick about
I thought we looked sharper second half though with Gnakpa and Chambers on
Proper football ground, warm welcome, and a sunny evening as well
There were a few surprised looks when a coach load of Walsall fans turned up :D
UTS
Didya go, then, Chester?
Considering Cheltenham? :?:
SWS1
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
SWS1 wrote:chestersaddler wrote:Difficult to assess players or performance as it was like a Sunday afternoon kick about
I thought we looked sharper second half though with Gnakpa and Chambers on
Proper football ground, warm welcome, and a sunny evening as well
There were a few surprised looks when a coach load of Walsall fans turned up :D
UTS
Didya go, then, Chester?
Considering Cheltenham? :?:
SWS1
Yup
Flying back in the morning
Off to Spain on Friday forca couple of weeks, back in time for the Orient game
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
Morton fans' reaction if anyone's interested: http://www.greenockmorton.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=36519&st=0
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Re: Greenock Morton (A) Pre-Season Friendly 13/07/11
chestersaddler wrote:Difficult to assess players or performance as it was like a Sunday afternoon kick about
I thought we looked sharper second half though with Gnakpa and Chambers on
Proper football ground, warm welcome, and a sunny evening as well
There were a few surprised looks when a coach load of Walsall fans turned up :D
UTS
Your bus drove past me a couple of miles from 'Cappielow' (stadium has hardly changed in 30-40 years, and all the better for it I think - used to have a shocking playing surface, but is now considered one of the best in the country) - well done for making the trip!
Maybe 9 of our likely starting 11 for the season played the first half tonight... several new players in there. Only a few familiar faces in the second half, some fringe players, trialists and under-19's... including a 15 year old that Celtic have already offered to buy from us.
Gnakpa looked the most dangerous player on the park... set up one and scored the other I believe. He skinned our trialist full-back a couple of times... and caught out our trialist keeper for the second goal, shocking keeping, but clever to take the speculative shot.
It was a very 'friendly' friendly... hope you enjoyed your trip. Will be looking out for your results in the coming season... good luck!
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