The Sea-gull
10-01-2011, 12:55 PM
Anyone else feel that the current state of things at ER smacks of when McLeish left a little?
Team had finished previous season in a high league position through virtue of an excellent first half of the campaign but a rank awful second half followed though did not damage league position as first half of season had been so good.
The new season starts admidst concerns from fans that the players that have left have not been replaced adequately and the manager's decisions start to become under scrutiny. A few months into the season the manager leaves (OK McLeish didn't get punted like Yogi and some how manged to get a good job) and a new man comes in (Sauzee back then CC now) but fails to inspire or change anything, if anything things begin to look worse.
We all know what happened back then - only St Johnstone stopping us being bottom in February with us in freefall and relegation a real danger, Sauzee out, Blobby williamson in, a young Garry O'Connor emerges from nowhere to score a few important goals just when we were questioning where the goals would come from and we stay up.
Could the same happen this season with Hamilton replacing St Johnstone, someone replacing CC and Kurtis Bryne being the young kid who emerges as the goal threat?
I'd just take SPL safety right now, however it comes.
Team had finished previous season in a high league position through virtue of an excellent first half of the campaign but a rank awful second half followed though did not damage league position as first half of season had been so good.
The new season starts admidst concerns from fans that the players that have left have not been replaced adequately and the manager's decisions start to become under scrutiny. A few months into the season the manager leaves (OK McLeish didn't get punted like Yogi and some how manged to get a good job) and a new man comes in (Sauzee back then CC now) but fails to inspire or change anything, if anything things begin to look worse.
We all know what happened back then - only St Johnstone stopping us being bottom in February with us in freefall and relegation a real danger, Sauzee out, Blobby williamson in, a young Garry O'Connor emerges from nowhere to score a few important goals just when we were questioning where the goals would come from and we stay up.
Could the same happen this season with Hamilton replacing St Johnstone, someone replacing CC and Kurtis Bryne being the young kid who emerges as the goal threat?
I'd just take SPL safety right now, however it comes.