And that's why football will always have us spellbound.
For me Derek Johnstone was a better all round footballer than Mark Hateley. Derek Johnstone's goal scoring record speaks for itself and when you take into account his time at centre half and playing as a midfielder at times, it is even better.
But Hateley would be my foil to McCoist every day of the week.
My reasoning is quite simple. I saw Hateley score two goals at the cesspit that Derek Johnstone simply wasn't capable of scoring.
The opener back in Aug 91. Yup, the one when Derek Whyte launched himself into the back of the net when the ball was already nestling snugly at the bottom of it.
The second, the opener at the same rathole on Ne'erday 1994, when he latched on to the pass from Durie and bent it around the yahoo goalie.
DJ, simply wouldn't have had the legs for those two. Come to think of it, I doubt Roofe or Alfie would have either. Be nice to find out next month, mind.