[/caption]WITH the season now finally over, it's time to look back at the season just past. Inside Left asked his fellow Scottish football bloggers for their opinion on how the season was for them.
The Scottish Football Blog gets us under way in the first of the series with their review of season 2009/10. Despite the gloom, there have been some positive things to come out of this season...
It has been a season of money and managers.
It’s been intriguing and frustrating but it could hardly be called vintage. Half the clubs in the SPL failed to score an average of a goal game. The teams finishing in first, sixth and eleventh have a combined debt creeping towards £80 million. It’s hard to see how that can be sustainable in a country of our size with ever diminishing interest in the game.
There was much talk of a real challenge to the Old Firm. Yet Rangers in penury and Celtic taking leave of their sense for most of the season still produced a gap of 18 points at the death. They moved backwards but so did the rest of us. Add a creaking SFA, some poor refereeing and another missed World Cup into the mix and it’s a depressing outlook.
Grounds for optimism? St Johnstone are proof that well run clubs can succeed. Ross County have at least hinted at a hitherto ignored depth of talent and potential that might offer some salvation. If the McLeish Report is not a cure-all, it does at least stimulate conversation.
".. add a creaking SFA, some poor refereeing and another missed World Cup into the mix and it’s a depressing outlook."
The trick will be to build momentum around that conversation – and bloggers have a part to play in that – and turn studies and good intention into improvement: Improvement in the national team, improvement throughout the leagues, improvement in the treatment of fans. If anything this season crystallized the crisis. We can’t run away from it now.
And then, at the bitter end, a sign that everything might be alright. If our football still has the power to enthral, captivate, amaze and astound the way Motherwell’s draw with Hibs did then we’ve still got something unique and special to work with.
- The Scottish Football Blog
Inside Left put up its own season review, "How Was The Season for You" a while back. We're interested in finding out how the season was for you - leave us a comment, or send your article to us and we'll put them on the site. You can get in touch with us via the contact page.
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