RYAN SCULLY says that time will be kind to the legacy of his former boss at Partick Thistle, Alan Archibald, as he looks to put one over on his old club today with Morton.
The keeper spent much of his time at Firhill as an understudy to Tomas Cerny, but he thoroughly enjoyed working under Archibald and was sad to see him lose his job.
But while he maintains a lot of affection for Thistle, Scully would love nothing more than to have the chance to pull on the gloves against them today and help deny new manager Gary Caldwell his first win as boss.
“I know things have been disappointing for them, but I think that after while people will realise what a great job Alan Archibald did for them,” Scully said.
“He got them into the top six, and maybe he could have left after that season. But what he did for the club was brilliant, and I’m sure that the fans will see in the long-term that he gave them a lot more good memories than bad.
“I’m sure he will be back I the game sooner rather than later. It’s a fresh start for the club though, and I hope they do well.
“It would be great to play against them and get one over on them, that would pull us away from Thistle as well if we got the victory.
“It was a bit strange going back to Firhill to play them in the League Cup, but once you start playing it’s just like a normal game.
“Thistle have got the best of us over the two games so far. With the second one in the league we had a bit of drama before it with the manager leaving which didn’t help, but they’ve got a new manager in as well now.
“It will be interesting to see what changes he’s made. I know they’ve had a couple of poor results recently, but I feel as if their performances have picked up a bit and they’ll be hungry to get the three points as well.”
Scully believes that the Thistle support didn’t get to see the best of him, but he isn’t out to prove anything to anyone this afternoon if he gets the nod to start.
“Things never really worked out at Thistle and sometimes that happens, it just wasn’t meant to be,” he said.
“When I was getting a run of games I thought I was doing well enough, but there were injuries and other things that culminated in me not reaching my full potential.
“There are no hard feelings towards the club or the fans. The vast majority of the fans supported me and helped me, and I don’t think I’ve got too much to prove to them.
“I just need to concentrate on my game, I know what I can do.”
After an impressive start to life at Cappielow under Ray MacKinnon and then Jonatan Johansson, Scully was dropped from the Morton side that won at Queen of the South during the week after a chastening 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Ross County.
“I discussed things with the manager,” he said. “He gave his point of view and I gave mine, and he said it was a bit harsh on me, but he wanted to go with a three at the back and he just felt that the experience of Gats would be better.
“I disagreed with him, but it’s just one of those I have to wrap my head around. It was a difficult one to take, but there’s nothing I can do about it, I just have to get my head down and work hard again.
“I’m an honest enough person to say that I deserve to get dropped if I wasn’t performing, but he’s made the decision after the County game to freshen it up and I just have to get on with it and keep doing what I’m doing.
“Hopefully that will get me a chance back in the team.”
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