johnnyjay

No doubt rustiness played its part, and I have no doubt that we would have won on the original date with Brown in charge, but he is no longer there and we cannot underestimate the influence he had. We need someone in who is going to inspire and command the same respect immediately, in order that we keep the standards high. my concer is be bring in a "rebuilder" who wants to shape the team in his own image, like McGhee tried at Aberdeen and failed dramatically(remember he took over a decent side from Caldwewood). I hope last night was just a blip. Relelegation will not happen this year (?) but if the league goes down to 10 next, will we be stable enough to challenge in the top half as we have been doing consistently for the last few years. Seen this all before in my 40 years supporting the Well, this time however recent times have raised our expectations and hieghtened our standards and I for one need to be confident that the new guy coming in continues the recent feel good factor at Fir Park.

After our 1st game following Brown's departure, I know we shouldn't panic at last nights defeat given that Hearts are probably the form tteam in the league, however with Aberdeen on Saturday followed by the Old Firm we could find ourselves in the bottom 6 at the turn of the year. Blackman will most definately be away (looked disinterested last night appart from his booking for the refs shocking decision, Jennings is now under scruitiny fior irregular betting, Craigan/Reynolds are struggling for form, Gow only shows flashes of form( and will likley move on in January). Humphreys looked lost last night as did Murphy. Only player with pass marks last night was Lasley. Kind of think some players raised there game for Brown and Knox and think some of them will lack motivation if we dont get a new man with inspiration in soon. I'm worried that the last 12 good months we have seen under Brown will be in vain and we may end up with a mediocre season, possibly scrapping with St Mirren, St johnstone Hamilton istead of utd, Jambos etc . It is imperative that some stability is brought to the club asap, otherwise I feel we may be heading for the slippery slope.