Neilson is simply just a very average manager, and one who clearly over thinks things when he really should just put the best team on the park... not the highest earners or his favourites.

He is better than what we have had for the past few years and has certainly improved us but with out injuries to certain players he would have continued shoe-horning Pawlett in to the detriment of the team and imho we would be in amongst the pack right now.

He has a squad slightly stronger than anyone else in the league but with 1 exceptional player up front who for a long period of the season was scoring about 8 out of every 10 chances he was getting. We cant use having Shankland against him as of course he would have been a big part of the reason he signed or maybe he would have signed someone else who would score the goals.

Neilson reminds me a bit of Levein in that he completely turned us round but then for some reason refused to take the shackles off and started holding us back.... maybe someone else could now take us forward again!?

I am not at the stage of wanting rid of him, not because I don't think we could get better but more out of fear of getting someone worse again like the last few. He does deserve credit, and should be allowed to take us up (which he will) but IMHO without Shankland or someone good enough to fill his boots RN will be struggling to hold on to his job by Christmas and blknd faith from us will keep him in there until its too late.