It's pretty standard, a couple of periods of ascension, a cup run here and there, all the while bemoaning the gulf between the top two and everyone else.
If by modern you mean since the 60's then fair enough, very few teams buck this trend and those that do don't vastly exceed where their spending merits.
Not exactly, but your opinion that he was "shite" is based solely on your opinion, the clubs he played for and their results suggest he was capable and in the upper 50% of all goalkeepers playing league football in Scotland at the time.
Don't let last season's 2 cup finals cloud your judgement, last season was piss poor, we've been piss poor for a while. Whichever way you try and line our present squad up there are holes, we need to find the best fit and fast.
Still unsure why current employers should have anything to add to former employer/employee accusations.
Some folk just like to stir shit then throw it at the club.
Yeah bit of a wildcard shout with Boyd, to some extent Andy Walker could have been said to have a similar career with the exception of Walker doing well with Bolton and Boyd being homesick at Chelsea.