20-09-2014, 22:56
Correction - the QOS goal, a simple tap-in by Ian McShane, was set up by Gavin Reilly who I had down as a danger man in the original post. I made the mistake of using the BBC as my point of reference. 
SCO - without going into a long recent history of the club, the start of our troubles came in 2007 after we won the League Cup. Since then, our best players have been sold off without being replaced by anyone close to the same standard. OK, we're a selling club, as are most clubs outwith the EPL, but we rely on free transfers, out-of-contract players, loanees and the occasional youth player coming through. It's like having a new team every season - there's no continuity. 10th, 11th, 7th and 11th in the last 4 seasons in the top league tells it's own story.
If we hadn't had Leigh Griffiths for a couple of seasons we would have been relegated much earlier. To cap it all, we're now in the Championship at the same time as Hearts and Rangers, not to mention the rest of the scalphunters.
We've been on the slippery slope for a long time now, and it's difficult to get a grip of the situation. The main problem is that every team we play against knows they have a good chance of beating us. And so do we.
SCO - without going into a long recent history of the club, the start of our troubles came in 2007 after we won the League Cup. Since then, our best players have been sold off without being replaced by anyone close to the same standard. OK, we're a selling club, as are most clubs outwith the EPL, but we rely on free transfers, out-of-contract players, loanees and the occasional youth player coming through. It's like having a new team every season - there's no continuity. 10th, 11th, 7th and 11th in the last 4 seasons in the top league tells it's own story.
If we hadn't had Leigh Griffiths for a couple of seasons we would have been relegated much earlier. To cap it all, we're now in the Championship at the same time as Hearts and Rangers, not to mention the rest of the scalphunters.
We've been on the slippery slope for a long time now, and it's difficult to get a grip of the situation. The main problem is that every team we play against knows they have a good chance of beating us. And so do we.
Cabbage is still good for you