stewaj3 1,444 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Got to give credit where it's due. He's got us playing really well at the moment. I'm really enjoying the style of our play. He and Mark Allen have had a great January. Looks like every player we have brought in can add something to the squad. (Nearly wrote add value there and shuddered at the though of Warburton) My concerns with murty were around some of the defeats we'd had under him against poor teams but I always think a manager should be judged after a transfer window and this one's been great. He needs to get results consistently but there are signs we are heading in the right direction. We have players stuck on the bench that would have walked in our team last year. He's got the whole squad playing for him. He doesn't care about benching or dropping 'bigger names' like alves and kranjcar. It will probably still take a minor miracle for us to win the league and I wouldn't say we are fully there yet in terms of the squad, but there have been improvements. If we can go on a decent run and finish 2nd, whilst playing consistently well, from now until the end of the season, surely murty deserves a longer deal. I know that 2nd is not where we should be aiming but given how poor we were at the start of the year, I think we have to be a little realistic about minimum requirements for this season. If we end up disappointed at finishing 2nd at the end of the season that would be some turn around from where we were under Pedro. The challenge is still getting results consistently but it's the best I've felt about us in a long time. Hopefully we can kick on and win the league next year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al 55 9,241 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Doing well...only a draw away from a 2nd team coach though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaiser1041 9,088 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 He’s a sly cunt aswell 20-30 mins in the crowd we’re getting on the players back undeservedly he made Cummings warm up. the crowd then moved there attention to Jason good move murts Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewaj3 1,444 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 minute ago, Big Al II said: Doing well...only a draw away from a 2nd team coach though. The fickle football fan. I've got to admit I have been excited by his results in the past and then cam crashing down when we've had poor defeats, but I actually think it's not just the results now, it's the way he's got us playing. He's got a real squad of players, most of whom I like, when he moves on more in the summer and brings further fresh faces in, it will only strengthen us further. I maybe should add another sign would be an of win if he can do that, then it really shows the direction we are heading in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 doing well. I don't like his substitutions at all though. Why windass stayed on the park today amazed me, Morelos shouldn't have been subbed, neither should Docherty. I felt the substitutions gave away the initiative a little to Hearts (who failed to grasp it). Apart from that, we should have been out of sight. Windass is starting to believe his own press Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMotor 2,208 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 1 minute ago, cushynumber said: doing well. I don't like his substitutions at all though. Why windass stayed on the park today amazed me, Morelos shouldn't have been subbed, neither should Docherty. I felt the substitutions gave away the initiative a little to Hearts (who failed to grasp it). Apart from that, we should have been out of sight. Windass is starting to believe his own press I like our fitness, I like our attitude and I like the fact he's not taking players out the side needlessly to replace with favourites. He does seem very late in making changes though, be it subs or tactics. That's my only concern at the moment though. Far more positives than negatives. Murty and Nicholl definitely seems to be a working combo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewaj3 1,444 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, cushynumber said: doing well. I don't like his substitutions at all though. Why windass stayed on the park today amazed me, Morelos shouldn't have been subbed, neither should Docherty. I felt the substitutions gave away the initiative a little to Hearts (who failed to grasp it). Apart from that, we should have been out of sight. Windass is starting to believe his own press Think Morelos would have been taken off to prevent a booking and I didn't really notice a difference when he went off? Do cherry had ran his socks off, I think it was literally fresh legs and Holt was absolutely the right man to come in if that's the case. Don't think we can be too harsh on windass, the rest of the team were so good they didn't give him a lot of the ball in key areas. Granted he did fluff the couple of good chances he had. He's been great lately though so I wouldn't be overly critical. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewaj3 1,444 Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, TheMotor said: I like our fitness, I like our attitude and I like the fact he's not taking players out the side needlessly to replace with favourites. He does seem very late in making changes though, be it subs or tactics. That's my only concern at the moment though. Far more positives than negatives. Murty and Nicholl definitely seems to be a working combo. His subs were late but we were so dominating today why would you want to change it early? I have been critical in the past of his late subs though, if it's not working he should be prepared to change it earlier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 30,679 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 There is cohesion in those players. We won tackles today were we didn't in the past. That credit has to go to Murty and his staff. But Smile will be on soon to say Murty not..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Rino 1,215 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 4 hours ago, cushynumber said: doing well. I don't like his substitutions at all though. Why windass stayed on the park today amazed me, Morelos shouldn't have been subbed, neither should Docherty. I felt the substitutions gave away the initiative a little to Hearts (who failed to grasp it). Apart from that, we should have been out of sight. Windass is starting to believe his own press Cushy I think the reason he took Morelos off was he’s walking a tightrope re yellow cards, though I agree Cummings should have been on 10/15 mins earlier. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, Blue Rino said: Cushy I think the reason he took Morelos off was he’s waliking a tightrope re yellow cards, though I agree Cummings should have been on 10/15 mins earlier. does starting him against St Johnstone really change that though? Morelos looked really pissed off coming off - and no wonder because Windass was having a mare. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Rino 1,215 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 3 minutes ago, cushynumber said: does starting him against St Johnstone really change that though? Morelos looked really pissed off coming off - and no wonder because Windass was having a mare. It should have been Windass for Cummins, Fredo always looks pissed aff ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heathen fish boy 8,572 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I like the way he spoke after the game, wouldn't be drawn into title talk, just said we'll go about our own business that's what matters Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAvenger 10,204 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Murty deserves credit for our performance today and we are getting better. But I thought Windass should have been subbed because he was having a nightmare. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluewhitevanman 1,619 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I’m happy that the team are doing a bit better but I just can’t take to him the way i did when he stepped in last season, I think if he didn’t say silly things and made a change in a game earlier than 70 minutes then it might be different but there’s something that annoys me about him. It’s not nice being negative after a good game if football but it’s my opinion of him. On the plus side we played some good football today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ibrox Derry 8,887 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Still early days Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boybluesy 3,693 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Let's face it, we wouldn't be in second place with Pedro still here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKirk 25,602 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I didn't think he'd have a chance of getting the job this summer. I now think it'll take something major for him not to get the job.. Early days but you can see we are improving considerably Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic 4,654 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Yeah, today wasn't Windass' day for finishing I'd have taking him off before Docherty/Morelos no danger. There's times where you think Murty's lack of subs will absolutely bite us bad one of these games, because he won't leave enough time for any impact from the subs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomatasauce 1,253 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I’m not saying he’s the best qualified manager for the job but what he’s getting out of the team right now is as good as anybody could get out of our players an I’d rather a manager who feels privileged to be our manager than somebody like mcciness who thinks he’s earned the right I just hope he continues to keep the improvement up cos I really admire the man, he’s definetly Rangers class In the way he holds himself always humble an honest an loves this club Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,363 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 2 hours ago, cushynumber said: doing well. I don't like his substitutions at all though. Why windass stayed on the park today amazed me, Morelos shouldn't have been subbed, neither should Docherty. I felt the substitutions gave away the initiative a little to Hearts (who failed to grasp it). Apart from that, we should have been out of sight. Windass is starting to believe his own press Morelos should have been subbed imo, was as bad as Windass, was harsh on Docherty as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue72 1,098 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 2 hours ago, kaiser1041 said: He’s a sly cunt aswell 20-30 mins in the crowd we’re getting on the players back undeservedly he made Cummings warm up. the crowd then moved there attention to Jason good move murts He's definitely bright Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 2,428 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 He's not perfect. The comments about respect at Hamilton were a bit strange. However I really enjoyed the game today. I thought we were solid and dangerous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
graeme_4 34,350 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 2 hours ago, cushynumber said: doing well. I don't like his substitutions at all though. Why windass stayed on the park today amazed me, Morelos shouldn't have been subbed, neither should Docherty. I felt the substitutions gave away the initiative a little to Hearts (who failed to grasp it). Apart from that, we should have been out of sight. Windass is starting to believe his own press Docherty came off to get a huge reception. He was shite against Hamilton and had a fair few doubters, but was outstanding today. Wee confidence boost for him. Good man management IMO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayboleLoyal_atb 3,677 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Doing well. Hope he keeps it up Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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