monkfish

I think that's true, it's just more galling because Killie are a bigger budget version of what we used to be, and the current team is so far away from that.

In that 'system' yesterday you have: 1. Considine - too old, can't run (not his fault) 2. Robinson - not good enough 3. Keltjens - soft. Might be OK in a decent team 4. Gallacher - not good enough, out of position 5. Max - not good enough 6. Clark - a penalty box striker playing out of position You can get by with a couple of weak links but when over half your outfield is either pish or out of position, it's no wonder we're rotten.

If we stay up, would people be happy with Keltjens as a starting RB/WB next season? I would say, ideally, no.

I've feared this for a while, with Levein's previous comments on loving him in training. Stinks of a cheap one-year 'prove-it' deal. Low cost / high seethe

We've ended up with a squad that isn't built for 5 at the back (no wing backs) or 442 (no width other than DJ). What a mess. Interesting to see what way we go in the summer. Still not sure where C Smith fits in either.

Fairly clear Macca was miles out of his depth as a manager, but does he get credit for signing a handful of good players? Or was someone else in the black box club structure responsible for Matt Smith, Robinson etc

MacLean saying we're not signing Krasniqi as he wants a box-to-box type. I'd have thought we'd have wanted another sitting midfielder. Not entirely sure what his preferred formation / midfield personnel is?

The players available yesterday should have been good enough to beat Stirling Albion. We just look a mess. Liam Parker looked absolutely miles off it yesterday. Either MacLean can't see that, or he's playing him to prove a point, and in doing so contributed to putting the team's confidence at rock bottom.

Yesterday was definitely a lot better. I still think we need 4 new starters: - CB (ideally 2 but that's unrealistic) - RB - CM - WM with pace That's based on: - a shuffling Considine needs sidelined - Jim Brown is not a starting RB - most of the yoof e.g. Max need loaned out - McGowan / Ballantyne / Philips / MacPherson isn't enough in CM, for a variety of reasons. Crawford doesn't count. I think we could also do with a backup wide midfielder. We only have Wright and Carey currently, so ideally we'd have 2 other options. Hopefully Carey isn't out for any length of time. So 5 more players, I'd guess at least 2 of which would be loans. That's probably not feasible. I think more realistic would be bringing in a CB, a RB, and a wide player. I'd worry about not signing a CM, but I think having Crawford still hanging around on a decent wage might scupper that.

I'd be more worried about Wright than Carey currently, he's offered very little since being moved up to midfield. I'm fed up of seeing May up front on his own. It doesn't work, it's never worked, and Macca has seen the evidence enough times. There's obviously an issue with the players available, but that was still enough of a mess to be concerning.

This is fantastic. Get a 2.5 year deal out of him that no one else in their right mind would have offered, then put the boot in as soon as he's out the door. Respect

Jim Brown is an absolutely fine utility / backup defender - the fact he played 30 times last season despite our XXL squad is quite something.

Knicker wetting over Parish going is quite something - very happy we've removed the spectre of him ever again playing in a football match for us. Replacing him with an older player who can coach and you can credibly rely on to do goalkeeping if required would be great.

It's weirdly unfair to fully put last season on Davidson. It was down to him yes, but he shouldn't have been in charge in the first place - that's on the club. Davidson did win us two cups, which would have made us enough money. The mistake was keeping him on for too long and allowing the damage to accumulate. Also you could say a lot of our previous managers when initially appointed wouldn't have been a 'draw' for players - would anyone really have been all that excited at getting the chance to work with Del, Lomas, Wright or Davidson initially? They all had to build their reputations. And as a club, we only got to be attractive after we'd built ourselves up. The last two seasons just mean we almost have to start again on that journey - not easy, but we've done it before, and the structural changes look to be setting us up well to try again.

Oh for next season I would say he's absolutely done, I was just meaning for last season.The 2 year deal was ludicrous at the time and still is. Ditto Carey. I'd forgotten the pens...yes.