A week seems too long to wait for the next match! I want to see us keep up this run of wins and the momentum is definitely with us right now.
It's worth remembering we only have to go back a couple of seasons for our last great run. It's easy to remember the bad times under McCoist but (albeit it in a lower division) in 2013/14 we won every league game we played before Christmas - 15 in a row - and our only blip in all competitions was the first round exit to Forfar in the League Cup where we were basically fielding our 2012/13 side due to the transfer embargo. We also won 6 cup games in that period to give us a record of 21 wins in 22 games. In our first 6 league games we scored 24 and conceded 3 (and game 7 was an 8-0 win over Stenny), and were playing some really good football with loads of players in different positions chipping in with goals.
I firmly believe if we'd been able to keep that form going we'd have taken it into the Championship (we beat Falkirk and QotS comfortably as part of that run) but instead we reverted more and more to the long ball, we blew the Challenge Cup final and our defence looked more and more creaky. We only failed to win 3 league games all season and were unbeaten, but by the start of the next season we were playing more like the 2012/13 side again and never really recovered. McCoist got too hung up on the 'win at all costs' mentality instilled by Smith and passed up countless opportunities to rest and refresh players, and to give the rising stars a chance to play and compete for places.
I don't know if there's a lesson to be learned - Warburton is a different manager with a different ethos and a different squad - but I know it feels good to see the side on an impressive run of form and results, and long may it continue.
It's worth remembering we only have to go back a couple of seasons for our last great run. It's easy to remember the bad times under McCoist but (albeit it in a lower division) in 2013/14 we won every league game we played before Christmas - 15 in a row - and our only blip in all competitions was the first round exit to Forfar in the League Cup where we were basically fielding our 2012/13 side due to the transfer embargo. We also won 6 cup games in that period to give us a record of 21 wins in 22 games. In our first 6 league games we scored 24 and conceded 3 (and game 7 was an 8-0 win over Stenny), and were playing some really good football with loads of players in different positions chipping in with goals.
I firmly believe if we'd been able to keep that form going we'd have taken it into the Championship (we beat Falkirk and QotS comfortably as part of that run) but instead we reverted more and more to the long ball, we blew the Challenge Cup final and our defence looked more and more creaky. We only failed to win 3 league games all season and were unbeaten, but by the start of the next season we were playing more like the 2012/13 side again and never really recovered. McCoist got too hung up on the 'win at all costs' mentality instilled by Smith and passed up countless opportunities to rest and refresh players, and to give the rising stars a chance to play and compete for places.
I don't know if there's a lesson to be learned - Warburton is a different manager with a different ethos and a different squad - but I know it feels good to see the side on an impressive run of form and results, and long may it continue.