IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

I can - partiularly if we WERE relegated - and then we would go straight back up again - as the locus of control would change.

:thumb04: :018: But lest you not forget - This was not all about Craig Brewster.

That is still being debated at FIFA level - It aint about the money we got it is about the money we should have paid out. One surprise sponsor (or not so if ya think about it) and one not so surprising. Scotty -Yes and No - if we survive it is worth it I suppose. My point has always been that we could have prospered if the warring factions had sorted things out and looked at a control compromise. Robbo was the carrot on the end of a string and as ever the egos won.

It isnt a new era as eras last longer than six months - and lets face it this is a temporary fix with the goal of survival - two months in arrears unfortunately. Our board as ever have been short sighted and reactive. They will undoubtedly point the blame at Brewster if all of this goes awry. Butcher may well be a polished speaker - and he has the TV panel experience to come across as he does - but he aint a miracle worker - It really does depend on who he gets in before next week. Lets face it - he may have the passion but if ya dont have at least 11 good men and true then you are going to struggle. But I fer one will be behind him as he really has nothing to lose and everything to gain - and I bet he knows it. And apparently two of the first words that my mole overheard were "Kevin Kyle" - I could live with that.

It is just like an away trip to Moldova.

There certainly is oh tinky one - At least the nonsense going on behind the scenes is more in the public arena / awareness now - and I supect that it will all come out in the dirty wash at the end of the season - but hopefully not before. Robbo has too much still invested to go public and probably respect for the club as well. Me - I am going to put it to bed and get behind the Sassenach Hun - but it could be a water bed !!

Yip - we have no option really but he has to be given a wee bit of time - but as I have been around fer centuries I have a bad feeling in ma water cos I can recall a Butcher travelling north in 1746, usurped a young pretender, slaughtered a Jacobite nation and put the Highlands into a recession. Feck me - his mums name is no Pat is it ?

Never a truer word said in jest - I am reliably informed that Terry Butcher has rented a penthouse suite in Fishertown.

But none of those clubs had Proctor, Maguire, Hastings etc.

And a torn up bloodied England shirt - recently purloined !! OR

Phew - that was another close one boys - Think the town will ever suspect ?

At the present time we dont have the players to survive - lets wait and see who Butcher pulls in - and even that sticks in my throat - WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN IN THIS SITUATION IN THE FIRST PLACE.

Sadly Robbo is yet another victim of our clubs insularity. He was obviously the best person fer the job but the egos have to be massaged and cannot be put at threat. Fraid old Johnboy is going to be spot on.

Yip the Board can wait - for the time being. The man is a fighter and he wont bow down to pressure from above and will be immune from the internal politics - Never thought that I would be backing an English Hun though. Hope somebody has put a piccy of Maradonna on his notice board to rev him up.

Beat me to it - i just got the same smoke signals. Thankfully I am informed that it still allows him to keep on the Scotland job as well.

Believe it or not I am utilising this as a means of stating that our demise was not solely the fault of one said Craig Brewster and that merely getting rid of him is not the answer. What I am also alluding to is that this episode is yet another instance of apparent poor management decision making which has been only too evident in the last 18 months or so. So this is the time to bring the topic into the conscious mind as many would wish it not to be. There is a certain feel of what happened in the past should stay in the past and we should all be appeased by the sacrificial scapegoat. I certainly am not advocating any more protests just polite, contained but cathartic discourse. The managerial decision is as interesting as there are undoubted hidden agendas / unfinished business / past wounds / past relationships placed in the melting pot. Robbo is the obvious answer and has been fer many months - possibly a reason why we had to endure Mr Brewster - but will common sense or business sense and old scars prevail.

That leaves Robertson in the frame - oh and Shearer as No 2.

Yes Alex - I dont think that the suggestion is preposterous but it is highly unlikely due to the control influence on the club. It may well be a different story at the end of the season - hopefully the happy ending. And what the feck is wrong with King Beastie - the man of feckin reason.

Och I am only trying to get a debate going. You have some good points - Morais and Magicduck (especially the latter) look like good signings - but Morais is still to be tested. A new manager will want to have his own back room, his own style and eventually his own players. I am simply saying that it was on the cards as to where we were going months ago and a new manager should have been sought in December - before the transfer window. And what I meant about the tactics is that it could actually have been Brew in charge. The changes were dubious, the system untested. We stayed in the game because of two "world class" finishes and real desire and committment. If we have the same tactics and the same players as saturday we will be relegated. I agree that we have the nucleus of the team but that is about it. Brew was both a bad manager and a scapegoat. Great shout and must be on the agenda. But if it had been in December ??

I smell a cheeky beastie has had a hand in that.

Is that really such a preposterous suggestion ?

If you were a former player at a high level - Chris Sutton. Or a tried and tested coach with a pay packet - Knox. Or already in the Scotland National set up and TV to boot - Butcher. Really tell me the truth. If you had watched the recent games, read the recent press, went on to the website, looked at the present squad and the closing transfer window, if you sought the thoughts of people who have left the club recently, would they be able to see through the flannel ? - What would you be thinking ? Me - fer starters - I will try to get as much out of this to benefit maself as possible, grab a six month contract and shoot at the end of the season. If the club goes down I have all the excuses I need - If the club survives I will be viewed as a minor miracle worker. They are interested ma erse - feels a bit like the Neil Warnock / Owen coyle saga methinks. SO - What would you be thinking ? Answer a) in the here and now : Answer If the job was advertised in early Dec 08 ?

But the one thing that the new guy needs is TIME - and he aint feckin got that - thanks to the ineptitude (yet again) of our Management. We have got a couple of creators - Black is being punished and humiliated - Vigurs is getting hooked most of the time - and apart from 20 mins in the second half Cowie has been given no specific role. . As fer the strike force - well it has all been said - and they even went back to Wood on his lonesome on Saturday. It was quite clear who picked the team on Saturday - The "old school" and the latest signings were in favour once again. At times we looked pretty but once we hit the final third we looked clueless - much like Gatheussi did at rite back. The system fer weeks is try to defend as long as possible without conceeding and hit them on the break - Give us all a feckin break. Lets just say thank feck fer dead ball situations.

But who (plural) led us into a crisis ?

Would have been even better if we had somebody in charge who knew what they were feckin doin.