POLL: Should Craig Levein be sacked?

[PSJ.84]

49 minutes ago, Linky said:

If we finish 9th and are a bit boring, fine

Fine is an understatement. I’d ****ing love to have a chilled out season. The last four having been mental. 

[Tattie-bogle]

Looking at it purely from a financial and hopefully a squad building budget perspective qualification is big, a favourable draw and or potentially picking up a TV game could equate to wages for some experience and quality. 

So while not all smooth sailing you do have to say;

Avoid relegation last year....job done

Qualification in league cup.....job done

Not sure what else we can expect at this point. Personally I'm still a bit twitchy about the up coming season but as said above it is progress of sorts... We won't know how much until the clocks go back.

The full schedule of prize monies for the Premier Sports Cup is set out below:

• Winners - £400,000
• Runners-up - £200,000
• Losing semi-finalists - £150,000
• Losing quarter-finalists - £100,000
• Second round losers - £60,000

First round group stage:

• Five worst runners-up - £36,000
• Third position - £34,000
• Fourth position - £32,000
• Fifth position - £30,000

In addition, any club (home or away) taking part in a match selected for live broadcast by Premier Sports will receive a TV facility fee of £18,000 in the first round group stage, or £30,000 in the later rounds.

[RandomGuy]

2 hours ago, Linky said:

If we finish 9th and are a bit boring, fine, I’d rather that than last season.

And if we don't?

[RandomGuy]

FWIW Motherwell were booed off the park after the 0-0 draw with Partick, which sees them qualify, and a few of their fans seem to hate their manager too.

A lot of similarities between the clubs recently but both have diverged on different paths.

[Linky]

10 minutes ago, RandomGuy said:

And if we don't?

Then it won't be fine, and will probably be time for the management team to move on (depending on how we do in the cups I suppose).

[RandomGuy]

42 minutes ago, Linky said:

Then it won't be fine, and will probably be time for the management team to move on (depending on how we do in the cups I suppose).

Be too late by then.

I'm bad for it, so this criticism is of me too, but I still think Levein is suffering because of what came before in terms of fan opinion.

Like people now see the back 5 and just automatically think of Davidson-ball, and act accordingly, when it's not going to be the same.

If he nails the next few signings, we start the season well, and there's goals, then opinions will turn his way IMO.

[Linky]

1 hour ago, RandomGuy said:

Be too late by then.

I'm bad for it, so this criticism is of me too, but I still think Levein is suffering because of what came before in terms of fan opinion.

Like people now see the back 5 and just automatically think of Davidson-ball, and act accordingly, when it's not going to be the same.

If he nails the next few signings, we start the season well, and there's goals, then opinions will turn his way IMO.

I think people have never liked him tbh. When we win, they say it was despite him, when we lose they say it was because of him. The fans have been through so much over the last few years, it’s hard to see any positivity. Even after Saturday, most posts here were complaints.

I think he’s old fashioned, a bit boring in terms of style of play, but has an eye for a player. He’s also a good Saints fit: someone who has shown promise in the past and lost their way a bit

[DaveMac]

He makes it easy to dislike him. Those comments are tone deaf at best, downright disrespectful to the feelings of the vast majority of supporters on the subject

[tucker]

I feel sorry for Sven. Leveins subs far too late team was knackered and absolute weird

brought Clark and mcpake on to play in midfield rather than Sven.

Why sign the lad up if you don't play him 

Treatment of Stevie as well 

Still hoping we get shot of Levein sooner rather than later 

 

[SlickDT]

His signings are making a real difference. I think it's hard to be overly critical of his decision with May, when he has brought in a strikeforce which are scoring lots of goals regularly.

[Linky]

11 hours ago, tucker said:

I feel sorry for Sven. Leveins subs far too late team was knackered and absolute weird

brought Clark and mcpake on to play in midfield rather than Sven.

Why sign the lad up if you don't play him 

Treatment of Stevie as well 

Still hoping we get shot of Levein sooner rather than later 

 

Absolutely wild to come on here after a 3-0 mauling away from home of one of the best teams in the division last season (our biggest score difference away from home for 3 and a half years btw), with all goals and assists from Levein signed players, to find posts calling for Levein to be sacked, with lots of likes. What would be an acceptable scoreline against the team that finished 6 places above us last year, 5-0? 6-0?

[slf]

Shut this fuqer of a thread doon

 

[bankfoot saint]

On 8/11/2024 at 9:56 PM, tucker said:

I feel sorry for Sven. Leveins subs far too late team was knackered and absolute weird

brought Clark and mcpake on to play in midfield rather than Sven.

Why sign the lad up if you don't play him 

Treatment of Stevie as well 

Still hoping we get shot of Levein sooner rather than later 

 

Leven didnt sign Sven, hopefully gets a few more starts as his fitness improves but not sure it will happen 

[blueheaven]

35 minutes ago, bankfoot saint said:

Leven didnt sign Sven, hopefully gets a few more starts as his fitness improves but not sure it will happen 

He did give him a new contract this summer though.

I'm really hoping his lack of minutes so far is a fitness thing. He brings so much more composure to our midfield and protection to our defence than MacPherson does.

[Cagey]

1 hour ago, bankfoot saint said:

Leven didnt sign Sven, hopefully gets a few more starts as his fitness improves but not sure it will happen 

Where is this fitness thing coming from. I watched the under 21s which he captained in which he covered every blade of grass and was best man on the field. As far as I remember he was on the whole game. If Levein was watching I can't understand why Sven doesn't even get on as sub.

[PSJ.84]

2 hours ago, Cagey said:

Where is this fitness thing coming from. I watched the under 21s which he captained in which he covered every blade of grass and was best man on the field. As far as I remember he was on the whole game. If Levein was watching I can't understand why Sven doesn't even get on as sub.

I still wouldn’t have said he was near fit that night. Understandable as he’s coming back from a fairly serious injury. Imagine - and hope - they kept him on the bench on Sunday with tonight in mind. 

[slf]

Is it Saturday that we rangers in the cup ?

[Gekko]

1 hour ago, PSJ.84 said:

I still wouldn’t have said he was near fit that night. Understandable as he’s coming back from a fairly serious injury. Imagine - and hope - they kept him on the bench on Sunday with tonight in mind. 

Could have also been to do with not risking him on the plastic pitch.

Levein said that's why Clark didn't go on.

[PSJ.84]

1 hour ago, Gekko said:

Could have also been to do with not risking him on the plastic pitch.

Levein said that's why Clark didn't go on.

Starts him tonight though 🤣 

[Cagey]

1 hour ago, Gekko said:

Could have also been to do with not risking him on the plastic pitch.

Levein said that's why Clark didn't go on.

Strange , is East Fife not artificial. Sven not being kept for tonight either.

Risking a red card for Aaron, mind you he has only had one booking since his tackle against Brechin.

[Melbourne Saint]

No. Not yet. Steadying the ship, after the crash he was left with.

[Hendo]

Does anyone still have their head in the sand?

[garydavidson]

Linky is the soundboard for the pro Levein on here. If they turn then we will know it is bad.

[Saintdunc]

Pro Levein???? Ffs

[Cagey]

At least today he made 3 subs before the 88th minute.

But no his negative tactics will take us down. When we did attack we had Well in a panic.

Also the transfer window has been another disaster.

Also freezing out a big chunk of his squad is unbelievable.