Lex

Hahaha...
It's all a bit of a shame down there. Can't really laugh at them anymore.
We need a ' Poor Morton, all threads merged ' thread!

Hahaha...
It's all a bit of a shame down there. Can't really laugh at them anymore.
We need a ' Poor Morton, all threads merged ' thread!

Or maybe simply that we never discuss contracts until we're safe? We only achieved this on Sunday afternoon, Monday was a holiday and we're now preparing for two games in 4 days?
Or, something may be going down........

It is my opinion that his contract shouldn't be renewed, and I've said that all season. He got too much too badly wrong in the summer, and I don't want us being in that situation again.
However I do appreciate the opinion of those who think he should stay, and I do appreciate the fact that he is a club legend.

The decision must be made this week. If his contract isn't being renewed he deserves a standing ovation and lap of honour after our game with Hearts.

Well, he's scored goals in the top flight before, including a goal in an Old Firm game.
He's settled in the area and we could and have done a lot worse (Bahoken).

Similar playing budgets like i said then? Thanks for confirming that for me.
Why are they performing much better than we are? What are they doing that we're not?
I've not seen one person mention either of them as replacements.
Lest we forget, less than 6 weeks ago this sites twitter handle ran a poll amongst fans on whether Danny Lennon should be sacked immediately, or not. Over 80% of those who responded wanted him sacked that night, IIRC the webmaster of this site was on national media asking for him to go. For a bit of context, i was one of the 20% who voted for him to stay in that poll.
Since the end of January i've been fully behind Danny, as i do not believe post January sackings work, and my posts on here reflect that.
However, it does not detract from the fact that this is Danny's 4th season in charge, and our own captain is admitting we are underachieving. We should not be (again, i'll use our captains term) 'underachieving' when a manager is in his 4th season in charge. He's had enough time, underachievement isn't acceptable anymore, and we are self-confessed underachievers this term. How many more seasons of underachievement are we willing to give him? Another 4?
Time's up. Danny should leave with a healthy CV and he will get a job elsewhere. It's time for us to look to kick on and actually challenge for the top 6. Danny's had 4 seasons, and in that time not only has he failed to get us in the top half once, we haven't even been in contention for it once. He's proven he is incapable of managing us so we perform at a consistent level for a whole season. We have some good spells ( we're in one at the moment ), but we have long barren spells, and goodness me, there's been plenty of them.

The recent form has been great, really great indeed.
But, and it is a but, the form over this season has been woeful. When purchasing my season ticket I was informed via the media that Danny Lennon's target was a top six place. The points difference between our wonderful club and St Johnstone is rather a large gap. If top six was a genuine target (and with the squad we have it should have been both a target and an expectation) then this season's league performance has been an abject failure. The small victory of avoiding relegation may have injected a small piece of the "feel good factor" into us as supporter's but when we look at the season as a whole I am afraid the football has been largely gash.
Again I wish Daniel Lennon every success, I like the man, I really do and I hope he goes on to have a very succesful career in whatever he does. As for my team though, well my team need a change, a new start, another throw of the dice. We will see many, many changes at our club over the summer as a large number of player's contract's are running out. Is this the time for a new broom to sweep clean?

We will have numerous applicants.
If we want to go down the lower league route again (Danny, Tom Hendrie, Alex Ferguson) Ian Murray has worked wonders with part time Dumbarton. He's took them from rock bottom of the Championship 18 months ago, to 5th place this season and on the edge of the playoff and the quarter final of the Scottish Cup. A far more impressive managerial CV than Danny had when he was appointed.
If we want to go down the internal promotion route again (Coughlin, McPherson), guys like Thommo, Teale and even Longwell have sufficient credentials and know the club inside out.
My preferred route would be the experienced proven route. I'm sure Levein and Houston would be interested. Both have managed teams successfully at this level, Houston has a major honour to his name, Levein has experience at international level. A more outside the box line of thought would encompass guys like Alex McLeish, Owen Coyle and Billy Davies.
I think they'd all struggle to get a job back in England after their recent sackings, McLeish and Coyle in particular have been overlooked by several clubs down there since being out of work. I think they'd all welcome the chance of a couple of years with us to try rebuild their reputation with a view to another crack in England. It would certainly be worth asking them and sounding out their demands.
We are a debt free club with state of the training facilities and modern stadium, along with a youth system that is proven in developing fantastic talent and we are established in the top flight of Scottish football. Potential managers would be queuing up around the block if we had a vacancy, we are a very attractive proposition.

I appreciate people saying that appointing a new manager a risk. However, keeping Danny is a risk too.
Who's to say he won't make a similar mess in the transfer market this summer as he did last summer? If we have no wins in our opening six games and Danny's summer signings are failing by the end of August again, we're going to regret giving him a 2 year deal pretty quickly.
People also say ' we could finish 7th '. Well yeah, but we could finish 10th too.
For me progress this season was either making a concerted challenge for the top 6, which we failed in. Or more cup success, which we failed in. Granted we have survived, but survival alone wasn't enough this year.
Look at St Johnstone, their manager is in his first ever season and they lost key players in the summer. We have a similar budget. They've finished top 6, reached one semi final and one final. There's absolutely no reason why we couldn't have had a similar season, I don't think their squad is any stronger than ours.

I appreciate people saying that appointing a new manager a risk. However, keeping Danny is a risk too.
Who's to say he won't make a similar mess in the transfer market this summer as he did last summer? If we have no wins in our opening six games and Danny's summer signings are failing by the end of August again, we're going to regret giving him a 2 year deal pretty quickly.
People also say ' we could finish 7th '. Well yeah, but we could finish 10th too.
For me progress this season was either making a concerted challenge for the top 6, which we failed in. Or more cup success, which we failed in. Granted we have survived, but survival alone wasn't enough this year.
Look at St Johnstone, their manager is in his first ever season and they lost key players in the summer. We have a similar budget. They've finished top 6, reached one semi final and one final. There's absolutely no reason why we couldn't have had a similar season, I don't think their squad is any stronger than ours.

I appreciate people saying that appointing a new manager a risk. However, keeping Danny is a risk too.
Who's to say he won't make a similar mess in the transfer market this summer as he did last summer? If we have no wins in our opening six games and Danny's summer signings are failing by the end of August again, we're going to regret giving him a 2 year deal pretty quickly.
People also say ' we could finish 7th '. Well yeah, but we could finish 10th too.
For me progress this season was either making a concerted challenge for the top 6, which we failed in. Or more cup success, which we failed in. Granted we have survived, but survival alone wasn't enough this year.
Look at St Johnstone, their manager is in his first ever season and they lost key players in the summer. We have a similar budget. They've finished top 6, reached one semi final and one final. There's absolutely no reason why we couldn't have had a similar season, I don't think their squad is any stronger than ours.

The decision must be made this week. If his contract isn't being renewed he deserves a standing ovation and lap of honour after our game with Hearts.

The decision must be made this week. If his contract isn't being renewed he deserves a standing ovation and lap of honour after our game with Hearts.

The decision must be made this week. If his contract isn't being renewed he deserves a standing ovation and lap of honour after our game with Hearts.

It is my opinion that his contract shouldn't be renewed, and I've said that all season. He got too much too badly wrong in the summer, and I don't want us being in that situation again.
However I do appreciate the opinion of those who think he should stay, and I do appreciate the fact that he is a club legend.

It is my opinion that his contract shouldn't be renewed, and I've said that all season. He got too much too badly wrong in the summer, and I don't want us being in that situation again.
However I do appreciate the opinion of those who think he should stay, and I do appreciate the fact that he is a club legend.

It is my opinion that his contract shouldn't be renewed, and I've said that all season. He got too much too badly wrong in the summer, and I don't want us being in that situation again.
However I do appreciate the opinion of those who think he should stay, and I do appreciate the fact that he is a club legend.

It is my opinion that his contract shouldn't be renewed, and I've said that all season. He got too much too badly wrong in the summer, and I don't want us being in that situation again.
However I do appreciate the opinion of those who think he should stay, and I do appreciate the fact that he is a club legend.

The decision must be made this week. If his contract isn't being renewed he deserves a standing ovation and lap of honour after our game with Hearts.

It is my opinion that his contract shouldn't be renewed, and I've said that all season. He got too much too badly wrong in the summer, and I don't want us being in that situation again.
However I do appreciate the opinion of those who think he should stay, and I do appreciate the fact that he is a club legend.

The decision must be made this week. If his contract isn't being renewed he deserves a standing ovation and lap of honour after our game with Hearts.

Full time 1-0!!'
Yes!!

Don't think I've seen a dirtier team than County here before. Going down staying down all the time. Moaning, niggling, generally being the personification of their manager.

The subs really changed the game in our favour. Magennis and Wylde were tremendous when they came on, fantastic decision made at the right time.