Johnboy

God could have done a bit more....

The naive manager's successor didn't seem to see the obvious need for an experienced striker either. I agree with the Chief Exec. with a football background suggestion.

He was our most reliable keeper... At the very least we are surely entitled to an explanation as to why he was dropped.

What did it look like? :angry:

Believe there's a couple of games on in the SPL this afternoon - maybe even on tv but I couldn't give an Eartha Kitt.... :angry:

Are we going to re-structure over the next few days? Tell us more!!

Yeah... Crawling out the woodwork now blinking at the daylight... Shudder to think what kind of state they'd have been in if we'd won yesterday!

Interesting.... Maybe a stepping stone for him to get back here again!

Butcher had us in a safe position about 3 weeks ago... Tragically he completely fecked it up by dropping Esson and Mihadjuks, playing Tokely in a position in a position he clearly wasn't comfortable with. He persisted with Djebi-Zadi and Imrie despite their unreliablity.... Scotland haven't benefitted a helluva lot from having him as Number 2 either.

Maybe because Butcher obviously wasn't the man for the job.

I hope Falkirk win it....

Too late now of course... but what a good suggestion that would have been a few weeks ago.

He didn't motivate the players yesterday , most gutless display I've seen in a long long time . What did you expect him to do ? At least Terry is animated which is a lot more to be said compared to the previous 2 managers we've had ! Your posts are always so negative it does my head in Unfortunately there is much more to football management than all this animated stuff, coupled with all the out-pourings of grief and emotion, when it all goes badly wrong.

Or Robbo and Bazza

Good idea!!!!

Butcher and Malpas was an expensive gamble and at the end of the day it failed miserably...

2. Rooney and Barrowman also have longer term deals. 6. We get the Highland Derby next season. Bring back the caravan jokes. Ressurect "We're top of the League and your no" 9. No old firm.

I'm trying very hard to get behind this thread.... You've made a lot of depressing points with it, all the same....

I heard that too and it makes me wonder if we will survive in Div 1....

Good post. Completely agree. Seconded....

Under the present management team I can't see us achieving much better than a middle of the table position next season. It is now apparent the "Butcher Bounce" wasn't quite long lasting enough to save us from the drop.

Having spoken to unbiased non ICT or Falkirk fans most of I have spoken to felt it was harsh. Tokely was getting round the other side of his man touched his shoulder, he went down. If thats a drag or pull then the players may as well start playing tag football with no contact allowed whatsoever. It's also debatable to call it a CLEAR goal-scoring opportunity. Mihajdchuks was in close proximity, the ball was not under control, it was outside the box. Its Steve Lovell (he would have contiunued on and most likely picked up an injury as opposed to scoring) I think in these circumstances a referee should not just be looking at the letter of the law but deliberating if there was malous or intent from the offending player which in Tokelys case is highly debatable. If we're talking about blame, where was Lionel Djebi Zadi for the run down the right side for the goal cross? Why did Foran miss? Why did Imrie when cutting inside not try and keep his shot down for once? We will never know. Whats done is done. In saying all this, He DID get sent off, we DID lose, we ARE relegated. Anything else is irrelevant. Lets look forward to next season. (i'm going to start an optimism thread) Get behind the team and bounce straight back up. Very good post but rather than try and put it all behind us and attempt to move on, I'm inclined to ask if we have the right management team in place to bring us straight back up again.

So it wasn't a bad dream.

Mods last night, and again this morning, seem to me to be conspicuous by their absence. Are they trying to tell us something?

He is certainly more than capable of articulating his words into a form that footballers can understand and relate to. It's a gift not all managers possess unfortunately...