WEARING my Kilmarnock bunnet, I can only give the following reaction to Saturday's result at Easter Road. DANCER!!!!
Betting on 1-0 Kilmarnock (Boyd), was always a reasonable wager with a chance of paying out and, the re-born charmer of a media personality duly delivered.
I wonder what the ante-post odds on K Boyd (Rangers) being leading scorer in the Championship next season are.
On the contrary, it's not so much "Sunshine on Leith" as black clouds over Easter Road, following the Hibbees' condemnation to the lottery of the play-offs.
Still, if Hibs cannot see-off either Hamilton or Falkirk, well, they have only themselves to blame. It's not as if several Hibs players are playing for their livelihoods - I dare say Terry Butcher already knows which ones he will keep, regardless of the outcome of the play-off match. He will also, I am sure, have identified the English-based journeymen he will lure north to replace those he is about to dump.
A season or two in the Championship might not be a bad deal for Hibs.
But, what of Kilmarnock? With the despised Chairman about to step down and Billy Bowie becoming the new supremo, what can we look forward to?
I would love to think we would have another period akin to the Fleeting Years of promise when Chairman Bobby and manager Jim got us out of the bottom tier and, eventually, back to the Premier League. God, that was an exciting time to be covering Killie.
But, let's be clear; so far, Allan Johnson has shown little Magic and isn't even a Bobby Williamson - far less a Willie Waddell. Some say: "He's lost the dressing room", but, he did well at Palmerston and just as you don't become a bad player overnight - you don't become a bad manager.
Michael Johnson was a lawyer, Bowie is a businessman - different breeds. Hopefully he (Bowie) will be able to guide Killie to the top as well as he has built-up his own business.
MEANWHILE, FA Chairman Greg Dyke has unveiled his plan to promote and bring through more young English players. Basically this is an English version of the old Division C in Scotland, which never flourished between 1946 and 1955 then sank without trace or sorrow.
All this will do will, perhaps, put some loose change into the coffers of the already over-greedy Premiership clubs. It will not make an iota of difference to England's slim chances of ever winning a major championships again.
It's a nonsense, but, as we know from recent events in Scotland - if you ask football to manage or re-arrange itself, nothing much will happen. Donkeys led by even thicker donkeys is my take on the management of football, be it in Scotland, the UK, Europe or the World.
As proof of this, I invite you to consider the news that Herr Blatter wants to continue as president of FIFA.
MEANWHILE, FA Chairman Greg Dyke has unveiled his plan to promote and bring through more young English players. Basically this is an English version of the old Division C in Scotland, which never flourished between 1946 and 1955 then sank without trace or sorrow.
All this will do will, perhaps, put some loose change into the coffers of the already over-greedy Premiership clubs. It will not make an iota of difference to England's slim chances of ever winning a major championships again.
It's a nonsense, but, as we know from recent events in Scotland - if you ask football to manage or re-arrange itself, nothing much will happen. Donkeys led by even thicker donkeys is my take on the management of football, be it in Scotland, the UK, Europe or the World.
As proof of this, I invite you to consider the news that Herr Blatter wants to continue as president of FIFA.
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