David

Quick, someone give Baraclough a shout! All is forgiven!

I was jesting. I figured the mention of Billy Reid would have given that away.

That may be so, but if and when we appoint a "real" football manager like Billy Reid, Jim Jeffries, Jimmy Calderwood etc that kind of pish will be right out the window! Chips and burgers back on the players lunch menu as well! The players who downed tools will be carrying the new gaffer around on their shoulders!

I'll bet that new Yoga instructor that the club had hired at the behest of Baraclough will be out the door as well!

Am I the only person who would actually prefer that the club give Craggs some time to see how he does before rushing out to appoint someone else? It could be the case that we have our next manager already.

Aye, he's one of those managers who'll now enter into a strange little Hall Of Fame of sorts, alongside Gannon and Kampmann. He'll always be known as the guy who masterminded the destruction of Rangers promotion, and managed to embarrass ex-manager Stuart McCall. My longstanding memory of the guy can be summed up in this gif;

You think so? I think he was fighting a losing battle with a lot of our support from day one for some reason. Not sure if it's because he was chosen over 'Well legend MVG or what, but he certainly wasn't embraced as other managers have been by the support. Wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. I also wouldn't be surprised if he's more than happy to see the back of us as well to be fair.

There's no point in giving him one more game, is there? When it reaches this stage it very rarely turns around.

Theo Robinson? The guy who's made all of two starts for us so far should never play for us again?

Hopefully. Best for all concerned.

Unless he makes the unprecedented move of actually dropping those who are continually dropping us in the shit. He seems like he has a very strong level of backing from the upper management, so I think he could actually drop the likes of McManus and get away with it. The truth is, he's not got much to lose at this point. May as well go out all guns blazing and all that.

This whole situation is eerily similar to the Gannon scenario. I get that the buck stops with the manager and all that, but the players seem to be getting off lightly in a lot of cases here. They're the ones on the park.

I was more thinking that certain players may actually be prepared to try a bit for Craigan.

In case anyone hasn't seen it, this was his general response to last nights game; Now, it may just be me, but those don't sound like the words of a man who's either quitting or who believes he's due to get bumped.

I'm thinking that Craggs may be the only guy who can get the players who seem to have downed tools to actually try a wee bit, as I figure he's quite friendly with some of them.

I've been saying this for a while now. Whilst the manager certainly doesn't seem to have what it takes, when you see how these players have performed under McCall and now Baraclough you have to question if there are certain poisonous elements within the dressing room?

Possibly the best solution to be honest.

Unfortunately we're pretty much back in the same position we were when McCall left, aren't we? The seasons underway, the players have been signed and whoever comes in will have to negotiate the rest of the season with a load of players he probably doesn't want. I may just fall back to my opinion last November, which is to bring in an experienced head until the summer and then look to bring in a long-term solution as soon as the season finishes.

I honestly believe that the board will give him time if he wants it, but I reckon he may decide to walk.

That's a point I've raised previously, but it's how it goes it football unfortunately. The players never take the fall, the manager does.

Who do you suggest? Not that it'll matter, of course, because you'll be shitting all over whoever ends up in the job.

You may want to step down off that soapbox until you know exactly what happened.

There's been times this season that the signing policy has left me both dazed and confused.

Ridiculous patter.

90 minutes every week? Nope, but he should be involved in more first team games than not, be it from the bench or getting 60 minutes from the start. I honestly believe he's now at the point where he's past the under 20's by and needs to step it up a level.