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Shelbourne FC are delighted to confirm that Murray Johnson has joined the Reds on loan from Hibernian FC until the end of the 2026 season
@stephenthomson0@greenocktele Bit of a twist to the story too, but that’s for the paper/online tomorrow. Ian’s quotes on the move are very honest, maybe slightly too honest actually.
Updates on the pursuit of a co-operation agreement, a potential permanent deal for MacKenzie Carse and Ian Murray's understanding of fan frustration all in the @greenocktele tomorrow.
Ian Murray (2/2)
“We’re playing for professional pride, we want to get our first win of pre-season.
“St Johnstone might be looking at it particularly annoyed, but we’ll be going out to do everything we can to win the match.”
Ian Murray (1/2)
“There’s no question that we’ve got one eye on next Saturday.
“We’re not in the position we can leave guys out because they’re tired or have a slight niggle.
“I can reassure everybody that we give our best every game.”
Registration for Joey O'Toole has cleared, so he will be in the squad tomorrow, alongside Louis Murphy and Dean Black, who are in line for their competitive home debuts.
Bit of an update on the injury situation at Morton: Few players expected to return for tomorrow's game against Inverness, but Ian Murray says they are "nowhere near full strength".
Few questions on Morton’s injury situation ahead of Saturday.
Afraid (actually not at all, quite buzzing tbh) I’m on holiday until Monday.
Last report was that a few of those that missed out against St Johnstone might make it, and were due to be assessed Monday.
HT: St Johnstone 0-0 Morton
A first half that’s almost resembled an attack v defence training exercise. The injury-hit visitors holding firm.
With two 15-year-old’s making up two of the three outfield players on the bench, the second half will be a huge ask for the Ton.
Ian Murray post-match: "We will have the worst budget in the league, and then you can dilute that even further when you factor in the two part-time teams.
"So it's going to be a tough season for us, but it's nothing we didn't know two or three weeks ago.”
Morton will be releasing a series of updates on YouTube at 6pm.
Included in the update will be an outline of the reduced playing budget, that the club are fully behind Ian Murray and that the Ton could be without as many as SEVEN first-team players tomorrow at St Johnstone.
“Supporters are going to have to be patient with Ian and his players.
“He’s taking all the flak at the moment, which isn’t fair, because he’s working with a hand behind his back at the moment, if not a hand and a half.”
@greenocktele
🆕 A joint general update is now available; hear from:
▪️ Club Director - Graham Barr
▪️ General Manager - Mark Kelly
▪️ MCT Director - Dean McKinnon
▪️ First Team Manager - Ian Murray
View here ➡️ https://t.co/Gr4WoEaURv