The Ship is Steadied...

[Gribz 850]

...Or is it.

 

This is a term that has been used for 4 months since Smith came in. It really was what was required aswell as securing a 2nd place finish.

 

But up until the last 2 games of the season the steadying of the ship was done but a bit of complacency sneaked in.

 

If the players learn the lessons of the last 2 games then we can say the ship is steadied. But this term cant be used going into the start of next season.

 

We are now looking for progress. Smith and McCoist will be on a even playing field with Celtic in July/August and 2nd place is not the target anymore.

[gisabeer 409]

as shit as we were this season i dont think we are that far behind the mhanks. they were the best of a bad lot this season. So the slate has been cleared and its back to the start again. Lets hope we get a better start this time around.

[ascender 352]

I don't think we are that far behind Celtic on the park when it comes down to 11 v 11 players. But I think our squad needs a lot of players added to it in order to compete over the length of a season unfortunately.

 

Also, its not so much the complacency I'm worried about, but the tendency that some of our players to just switch off in certain games and not look interested at times. There's still a lack of fight, leadership and character on the pitch at times, which is something that's been around for a few years now. I'm not quite sure how we go about stamping that out.

[Gribz 850]

Yeah guys I agree, what i was saying is from next season its a clean slate and we cant say the title is out of reach from the start and we cant be saying Smith needs to steady the ship - that part is complete IMO.

 

Agreed we arent far behind Celtic on the park, thats been proving in the last 2 OF games, best XI v best XI id fancy our chances pretty more often than not.