I don't think that ones on us, from the outside looking in it just looked like he couldn't be bothered getting himself fully fit. He was unlucky with injuries but he never ever looked to be capable of putting in a 90 minutes with us even weeks after he'd had an injury.
I won't be as optimistic as you are until we see what kind of squad he builds. The current contracted players don't give him much to work with so really on the park we're in as much of a mess as the rest at the moment.
Nobody wants us to start signing a full team of dad's army again but you do need a mixture of experience and youth throughout the team. Benedictus with a younger centre back in beside him would be fine, Mcglynn obviously trusts him. Definitely need to bring in a bit of energy this year as we've been serveley lacking on that front for years, especially in the middle of the park.
Still a fair few of their players that would walk into our team, again though that's not much of a brag.
Wighton, Hamilton x2, O'Brien, Low, Henderson, Mckenna.
Bit of a contradiction there, if he was capable of getting a tune out them then surely they'd have stayed up? Or at least beat Queens Park in the playoffs.
I hope they keep him as they'll sell less season tickets and he'll make more mental decisions like sending Wighton out on loan and signing Joe Chalmers.