Totally agree with your comments David.
Look at how Turnbull was and is still over looked or more recently Gauld.
Players that are physically strong and can run are preferred over technically gifted players. I thought we had moved passed the big strong laddie approach. But when you have Gemmil (what's he done to merit his position?) and safety first Clark then modern and forward thinking coaching is not happening.
Look at Northern Irelands and Wales approach. Playing young players and building for the future. Our dour faced manager only thinks about the coming 90 minutes and not getting beat. See how that's going.
As been said there have been plenty of opportunities to give fringe players some experience but he picks the same players who have failed over and over.
Guys like Max Johnstone should be playing ahead of Devlin and Ralston. Miller should be getting minutes at a higher level to get him learning. Playing with better players can only help him improve.
It's beyond the time for a fresh approach on and off the field. But when you see how our outgoing chairman saw the world, then we can't really be surprised that others running the game are equally clueless and lack any intelligence or desire to improve things.