Peanuts1

When you watched Penicuik Under Harvey and Begg you could see Penicuik had a distinct plan of how they wanted to play they game and a style they wanted to impose on the opposition. A style the players seemed to buy in to and believe in. I can't say I see that from the McLeish team. Do the players really believe in what the manager is asking from them, do they even know what he wants from them? The squad under Harvey and Begg (for the most part anyway) appeared a tight group who would really dig in for each other. That no longer seems to be the case. Again recruitment has been really poor. That has to be McLeish's responsibility. Look at the options up front, best striker sold to Tranent and replaced with who? Does McLeish have a style of football he wants to play, does he know what players he needs to achieve that? Recently the recruitment just seems to be scatter gun and when Penicuik sign someone it's just for the sake of signing someone without thinking if it improves the team. I can understand McLeish getting the season but surely he'll have to go in the summer? The current squad don't appear to have confidence in him and there cant be any confidence in him recruiting well in the summer. Stick with McLeish and this poor run of form might continue into next season and they could then find themselves really struggling.