We need someone to 'take us to the next level'.....that's a lot of what people are saying nowadays.
Let me ask, what is the next level for a club like us? Hasn't Danny Lennon, by securing our highest finish in two decades a couple of years ago, winning a national cup competition last season and then having us on the brink of bettering our league position of 2012, led us to this fabled 'next level?'.
Let's be honest, we're not a club who will ever be challenging for Europe year in year out. It's simply not going to happen. I'd wager that a consistent and comfortable 5th-8th place finish and a good cup run here and there is our absolute glass ceiling. Danny Lennon has delivered cup runs and/or comfort in three of his four seasons in charge.
This whole 'next level' nonsense was the same stuff the Falkirk fans peddled with relation to John Hughes. Charlton fans with Alan Curbishley and Bolton fans with Sam Allardyce. All small clubs with ideas above and beyond their station.
Me personally, I'm more than happy to keep Danny on and certainly happier than I would be if we brought in some long forgotten and now irrelevant dinosaur like Jeffries or Calderwood (remember some panic-stricken fans pishing their knickers, scrambling for Jimmy Calderwood to come in a save us only a few months ago? Embarrassing.) . He does need some guidance in player identification to say the least and his tactics and player choices have been soul destroying at points this season, but he's certainly a hell of a lot better than about 95% of what's out there.
Face reality. There is no real 'next-level' for us. We're sitting almost smack bang in the middle of our glass ceiling. The middle 4 places in the top league in Scotland. Exactly where we should be and exactly where we have been for the majority of our history.