I’m already fed up of this chat. In an ideal world we would have kept SK until the end of season, shook his hand, wished him well and moved on. He’s done a very good job in tenure and I suspect he’s well outperformed what’s expected of him from the board.
There’s no doubt we have a large selection of brain donors in our support, although as others have mentioned we’re absolutely no different to any other club. That being said, I am skeptical of Kettlewells reasoning behind his resignation.
What is it that our fans actually expect? Aberdeen, Dundee United, Hearts and Hibs have all struggled over the course of SKs tenure to varying degrees despite spending vast amounts more than us. Keep seeing ‘style of play’ batted around, do any of the aforementioned teams play with an attractive style and concurrently accumulate more points than us? Personally, I’d settle for being organised, difficult to play against and positive. Is that too much to ask?
I won’t defend some of our powderpuff, toothless performances. The last 4 away games have been horrific. A lack of urgency, desire and ambition has left me fairly scunnered.
As for talk of losing the dressing room and the rumoured bust-up with Dan Casey, that’s football. My gripe would be more with the player than the manager. In this instance, fans should’ve stuck by the manager and trusted his judgement, Dan Casey has been consistently part of the one of the worst defences in the league over the last 2 seasons. Dan Casey would’ve been better served organising his box and defending set pieces rather than handing out tactical advice at half time in Perth.
I suspect, that there will be fans of all clubs in our league that are similarly disillusioned with the product on display and that the clubs will ultimately bear the brunt of this. In reality, the standard of Scottish football as a whole is absolutely rotten. In fact it’s that poor, our fifth best team has just signed a striker on-loan from the worst team in League 2. Perhaps expectations need to tempered?
I’m not particularly fussed that SK has decided to leave but I am concerned that in the bigger picture, we will be here again in 18 months time.
Not a good day for our club.