YeOldeHamiltonian wrote:Maybe you would rather go down,but most of us are aghast at the thought.From a side who were trying to get to Europe under Alex Neil to a situation where we are back playing the also rans of Scottish Football ffs.
Just to be quite clear, I don't 'want' us to be relegated, and for the team to fail as a result. Absolutely not. I've been a fan as long as anyone else and have seen the bad days just like all of you. It was murder, and should never be returned to. I'd rather we stayed up somehow, winning a playoff or whatever it might be, because that would make the team more successful than being relegated, which is all that matters.
I just feel that the team needs a refresh, much like we got when the BR side went down. Unlike some people, I don't think we'd disappear into the lower leagues and be a forgotten team. We've got a better way of playing and a better club model than any of the teams who have gone down previously from the top league (Livingston, Raith, Dunfermline etc), there's no reason why we wouldn't go down a league and rebuild for another push at the Premiership again. It would give another manager a chance to build a team again 'on the quiet' as it were, the pressure on Canning at the moment must make it very difficult for him to do his job, and it's affecting everyone else. I don't think promoting someone else (which is what will happen when Canning eventually goes) will do them any good either, competing in the Premiership is too much pressure for a brand new manager. Remember AN had his time in the First Division (and as assistant) before going at the Premiership.
All in all, I'd love us to stay up, and really want it to happen, but it seems that with everyone against the manager and team it might actually work out best if we did go down and rebuild. Maybe then the negative fans would drop some of their agendas and get back to supporting the team, where we all should be.