Morton V Forfar

Ton entertained Forfar at Cappielow on Saturday in one of those games which we should win comfortably but always seem to end up stuggling.
The same 11 that started at Forthbank last week took to the field meaning the Chris Templeman had to make do with a place on the bench.

First 20 minutes of the game it was all Morton with all too often the final ball lacking - Alex Walker seems to settle in with each game and was looking more and more comfortable on the ball however his afternoon ended when midway through the half he went on a run forward which was met with a blocked challenge which saw him have to limp off to be replaced with Dean Keenen. Despite all the 1st half presure we had very few clear cut chances and best effort was a Spoonsy 30 yard thunderbolt.

Second half saw us get more and more desperate in our attempts to make our possession turn into goals but was ultimately proving unsuccesful & Mcinally tried to change things by bringing off Jason and putting on Temps (who got a good receiption and was roundly encouraged by the home support). Almost immediately we got the breakthrough - A Spoonsy free kick lofted in from halfway line caused problems in their defence and was put into his own by Forrest under pressure from Greacen. After that we huffed and puffed but just couldn't get the 2nd and almost paid the price when a defensive mix up allowed their striker a free shot from 16yards out which almost snapped McGurn's crossbar in 2 before rebounding out. We played out the remaining minutes without ever looking like getting the 2nd.

McGurn 6- Didn't have much to do but dealt with it fine
Spoonsy 7- Great strike and looks dangerous when he ventures forward - not really tested in defence
Alex Walker 7- Looked more settled and seem keen to get forward more - missed when he went off
Harding 6- Didn't have much to do defensively and distribution was poor
Greacen 7- Kept it simple and forced error for only goal
McLaren 8- Best player on park - always looking for the ball
Millar 5- Another poor game by his standards - needed to step up when Alex went off and didn't Finlayson 7- Another solid performance from Kev - I think we've yet to see him at his best in Competetive games but doesn't let us down - Seems to be disrupted going forward by Andy's tendancy to hug the right touchline
Jason 7- Did okay, but service wasn't great - Forfar defended very deep and left very little space in behind for Jason to exploit
Vialli 7- Got through a lot of work and won a lot in the air but failed to test the goalkeeper and at times looks out of sorts - linked up well with Andy on occassion
McAllister 8- Another hard working performance with skill going forward would like to see Jim getting more of the ball from team mates rather than doing the work himself

SUBS
Keenan 6- Game bypassed him a bit - playing the defensive role with the very little defensive work to be done and failed to really lend support to the attack
Templeman 7- Got a large cheer from the crowd coming on and seemed to respond to that - linked up well
Adam 6- Only on for 5 mins and didn't particularly do anything of note.

All in all good to get the points - much like previous week we could have easily blown Forfar away but ended up sweatin a little at the end - To be fair this is probably the sort of game we would have dropped points in the past few season. 3 games - 3 wins and no goals conceeded - cant complain.


Other Results
Alloa 1 - 2 Raith
Ayr 1 - 1 Peterhead
Gretna 1 - 0 Stirling
Partick 3 - 2 Dumbarton

League Table


Gretna 9
Morton 9
Ayr United 7
Partick Thistle 5
Alloa Athletic 4
Raith Rovers 3
Peterhead 2
Dumbarton 1
Stirling Albion 1
Forfar 0

Fixtures next week
Dumbarton v Morton,
Forfar v Peterhead,
Gretna v Ayr,
Partick v Raith,
Stirling v Alloa,