Storey also starting so 7 changes from last week. Only Rooney, Donaldson and Doran starting who started last week.
MacKay
Rooney Donaldson McHattie Harper
MacGregor Welsh Trafford Doran
Storey Todorov
Machado and Hyde amongst the subs
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Jack Waddington: Surprised they've gone with Cammy over Mark...
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Robert: Very dominant 45 in a sunny stadium.
Morton parked the bus until we scored and probably the poorest away first half performance from any visiting team in a while.
Cracker from Todorov and second from Doran.
Impressed by Harper.
More of the same second half, please.
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Jack Waddington: The atmosphere seems to have returned in the form of some Czech Tourists...
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Robert: Comfortable 3-1 win. Tod had a penalty saved. Good to see Machado get some game time.
Shame we can’t play Morton every week!
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Jack: 8 goals and 1 conceded in less than a week. Things are looking up...
Caley 100: Very comfortable win, should have scored 3 or 4 more, Good to see Welsh playing well, some good performances from fringe players.
McGregor had some nice touches but got caught in posetion a few times, Machado is really wee! Jeez , he also needs to work on final ball as this let him down after some good work.
Pity about the pen, keeper saved them a few times.
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Robert: I really enjoyed this afternoon. In some ways, we were better than last Friday, particularly first half. Just a shame only 1021 of us were there to see it.
Morton set out to play 11 behind the ball, trying not to give us space. We patiently held possession and probed for chances.
The first goal was a gem from Todorov, a curling strike from at least 20 yards. Doran got a bit lucky for the second when the mall seemed to bounce back to him, but he finished well.
That was us 2 up after 30 and only then did Morton start to do anything positive, but we were well on top.
Second half was a bit more balanced, but we remained on top and comfortable. Storey ran in from the right and put the ball through the goalie’s legs for the third.
Shame we conceded. Looked like we lost their scorer in the box (but I did predict 3-1 on Gringo’s board....).
Todorov then had a penalty saved.
We had eight changes to last week’s starting line up, so we do seem to have strength in depth this season, so will hopefully cope with injuries and suspensions.
MacKay has a comfortable afternoon. Other than the goal, he had a couple of saves and a couple of strong pass backs to deal with.
Rooney was less attacking today. He had MacGregor ahead of him initially, but Storey was wide right in the second half. Rooney tended to stay behind them. He was getting less support when defending than he gets from Walsh
Harper was impressive at left back. He pushed forward well and had a few decent crosses. He was also our corner kick taker on the right side.
Donaldson and McHattie had a comfortable time in central defence, with Coll having a few forays forward and some neat touches. McHattie played very calmly despite being out of position. He will give us another option in central defence. MacGregor started wide right but was switched with Storey and moved up front. He had a quiet first half but was more prominent in the second.
Doran had a good game, and was helping Harper also. When subbed, he left from the opposite touchline and was warmly and deservedly applauded all the way back to the dug out.
Great to see Welsh back. He was probably the pick of our team today. He takes the pressure off the defence so well and was very positive. Trafford also had a good game, and won the penalty, albeit it looked a bit soft Storey had some good runs, particularly once playing wide right Todorov scored a great goal, just a shame about the penalty.
Machedo was very lively when he replaced Doran. He has pace and touch, and should turn into a great asset for us.
White replaced Todorov whilst young Hyde got a cameo late on for Storey.
We scored 8 goals in 104 minutes from the 42nd minute last weekend to the 56th today, hopefully boosting confidence and we can put a run together
Great that our home form seems transformed from last season. Still early days, but 5 wins from 5 in league and cup.
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Robert: I agree with that assessment.
I’d like to see what the White / Storey combination could do. It may mean a reshuffle given Storey seems best coming in from wide positions as he did best today when playing wide right rather than up front.
Its good we are having these discussions as we are looking at how we can build on what we have achieved in the last couple of weeks.
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Satan: A bit negative about Toddy there... ?
I thought he brought more threat to the front line, his movement was excellent, he can fairly move for a big guy, most of his aerial challenges were won, and a lot of his flick ons went to players wearing blue. Didn't notice his first touch being particularly bad but then after watching White for so long there's not much difference.
A different type of forward for sure, maybe it's down to the management to select a team to play a certain way, rather than select the same 11 and expect them to play differently.
A good run out for a lot of players, liking forward with interest to dunfermline.
