When you say "players" was it a minority or quite a few ?
I'm sure the fans would forgive a stern manager if the team delivered on the park , which Shiels undoubtedly did . His sacking if you are right would not have been opposed by the players and could have been encouraged ?
If that is so then surely our Machiavellian chairman would have used that in his interviews with the press? I don't recall this happening But if it did then our " board as it was then" we're weaker than we thought.
I wouldn't have Kenny back as manager but would welcome his talent for bringing on youngsters but we already have Alan Robertson who is doing a good job so there is no position for him at the moment.
Locke is like Brown a decent number 2 never a manager. Good guy organising a lads night out but shit when the hard decisions need to be taken . Too close to the players IMO .
The Shiels supporters have a point though he could man manage the dressing room unlike any of his successors and get the best out of a similarly talented bunch of players to those that we have now..
Waddell I was told was an aloof character who let Walter take the training.
lets hope that MJ has got some clauses that we can exploit . I am with Criagkillie in that its ludicrous to give him such a long contract for an unproven manager.We can judge him better when we peruse his summer signings , but I am not giving him credit for Boyd if he returns
Almost certainly not Killie for the top 6 and if we did it would take a Hisbesque collapse in form from Hamilton or Dundee.
Its come to something when mid table mediocrity is seen as an improvement, but the memories of last season have left a stain on my y fronts
(insert manky bassa joke here)
^^^^ this
Our Fleeting inspired "21st century" lego kit has never stirred the same feelings. I was an enclosure boy ie the standing area in front of the main stand. It was a nursery area for the younger kids who when old enough would graduate to the big boys bit of the ground where the "real" crowds were
Dont worry Jefferies will punt the promising youngsters and fill your squad with big hasbeens, old pals, players that have followed him like shite round a turd and relatives.
Dont expect ailky soccer from the old dinosaur