I agree with most of that,especially Smith.What I was trying to say though that they were a mob losing to Raith Rovers in a cup final without a pot to piss in and a hovel of a stadium.What allowed them to stop 10 in a row was Rangers blind loyalty to Smith who should’ve been replaced several years before , with Murray also culpable by allowing huge sums of money to be wasted on guys who contributed very little and our failure in Europe
It is interesting similarity if it comes to pass with Clarke that the tims signed a manager from killie who build them a team, though he wasn’t good enough to actually win the title , took someone else who quickly cashed out as he knew he got lucky & was no chance he was going to be able to replicate it
However the financial disparity between then and now , what the rest of the teams in premiership are spending and the difference of champions league money is the biggest factor / hardest to overcome now given limited tv revenue.
The appetite for / money generated by our forthcoming share issue could provide a leg up though as it did for them
McCann knew how to turn it round and fast.I don't see it with our board.