I don't want to name specific individuals as I don't know for definite, but I have my suspicions as to who within the club are very much behind the "we're only a small club, punching way above out weight" mentality.

We are the only provincial club as far as I can see that openly talks of being "a wee club", which they do, through social media and in the past in programmes and fanzines. There is a collective mindset in the club and certainly the support that basically sees us as one of the smallest clubs in the country and its a miracle that we are in the top flight at all. It is no coincidence therefore that while other clubs the same size as us have won trophies and quite regularly beaten Celtic and Rangers whilst we have failed to do the same in that timescale. There is this mentality within the club and it inevitably rubs off on players and managers and it is telling that our last three victories against Rangers have came when we had relative 'outsiders' in charge. Baraclough in 2015 and Robinson in 2017, just six months after he'd taken over. Robinson was a breath of fresh air when he first took over because he didn't appear to subscribe to the "punching above our weight mindset" but sadly it's clear that he's bought into it more and more as his tenure has continued.

As I said, I don't expect us to compete with Rangers or Celtic over the course of a season, but what I cannot accept is how we just shrug off pitiful displays like yesterday with the ready made excuse of bigger budgets. It's just not good enough.