If Well' win or draw tonight we will drop to 10th place, and once again we will be mixing it with the relegation teams, albeit with a fairly comfortable cushion.

After a poor start hugging the bottom of the league we by the end of september won a few and started to climb the league, looking good trying for 4th place no less, then the collapse back down the league, then a few more wins and we are talking 6th place, with some stupid people even talking euro.

Now after three defeats ICT are back down near the bottom, i tell you this is doing no good for me hair colour or the finger nails, i am getting feckin dizzy.

I am feeling like a Johndo patient, all to feck in me head.

Do you think CC blew it by persisting with Rory? or should Sweggie have been given the staring slot, he is after all desperate to stay in Sneck and has more to prove.

I don't think you should worry unduly, Johndo.... You know what they say.... size isn't all that important..... :023:

and most successful small teams have big team mentalities.

Depends how you define success.

For example, is success for our particular "small team", SPL survival year after year and perhaps the occasional cup run?

I can't think of any "small teams" who have won the SPL recently, or indeed the English league.

Perhaps Gretna is what you may define as a small team with a big team mentality - successful in that they reached the cup final last year, and will probably win the first division title. But that's a pretty small-scale success, due more to Mileson's millions than any big-team mentality.

Big teams succeed, small teams can only hope to survive - I'm afraid that's the way of it!

Good points about the points Hairy - but it is dependent on the team choice, tactics and mentality

And this weeks award for "Master of stating the Feckin Obvious" goes to IHE for the above statement.  :015:

A number of "small teams" next season if Dumf go down as expected and Gretna come up. 2007-2008 will be a real dogfight between ourselves, Gretna, St Mirren and Falkirk. To stay ahead of that lot will be an achievement but the club will need to spend some money in 3 quality players to achieve safety.

Good points about the points Hairy - but it is dependent on the team choice, tactics and mentality

And this weeks award for "Master of stating the Feckin Obvious" goes to IHE for the above statement.  :015:

Well I wish it was feckin obvious to CC

A number of "small teams" next season if Dumf go down as expected and Gretna come up. 2007-2008 will be a real dogfight between ourselves, Gretna, St Mirren and Falkirk. To stay ahead of that lot will be an achievement but the club will need to spend some money in 3 quality players to achieve safety.

sorry but united and motherwell will be in there aswell

This thread reminded me of this

Totally agree with you Kencar . For a place the size of Sneck to get under five thousand fans at any home game is unexceptable . These "other" fans who don't come to our "smaller" games are plain and simple Glory Hunters who support the old firm . Not forgetting that Inverness is the 5th biggest city in Scotland. :swear01: :swear02: :whip01: