Following on from the Quietly Confiden post, i thought id make another thread.
I for one cant wait for the start of the season with us in the SFL. It gives us something to work for, rather than settle for being mid table every year, and not getting the best of cup runs.
Id much rather be chasing promotion, getting a decent cup run in all 3 big cups we are in now, and the rest that goes with it. However, i do want us back in the SPL...maybe not this year (im not into this bouncing-back malarky talk), but eventually.
Which gets me to my point - I always remember Alan Shearer speaking of Newcastles relegation, saying it was eventually going to happen. I think the same of ICT. I think with the managers we were picking (Brewster), and some of the boards decisions, we needed a kick up the arse. Now we then got a respected manager in Butcher, who only JUST missed out on keeping us up.
I think we had to go back, to go forwards. We need to start getting locals on our side, support their local team, get higher support numbers. Im from Fife but i try my goddam hardest to get to as many games as possible, taking in all the last 12 games of the season, aswell as some throughout. Now in the SFL itll probably be easier for me to make away days.
Which brings me to this - do you ever think we could be a big, big team? Even recognised as a big team? Im not talking Old Firm, but i am talking Hearts, Aberdeen, Hibs i suppose, teams like that, or will we ponder on as we are for years to come?