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I think he's great. He's feeling the pressure a bit, judging by recent interviews, but that's to be expected. It's how he deals with it that counts. He's not shying away from interviews, not seeking to cast blame elsewhere. He's taking it square on the chin. I think he'll come good, if not this season, then next. I hope we are promoted this season but I don't mind another season in L1. It's hardly the end of the world. I've felt this from the very beginning: Ross has the potential to be a top manager. I hope it's with us & that he goes on to be the best we've ever had. Only time will tell....
I admire your optimism (genuinely) but I don't know why anyone is even contemplating whether he can go on to be the best we've ever had, or why anyone thinks he has the potential to be a top manager. Did really well at St Mirren like but he's shown nothing here so far to get anyone excited imo. I get the fact that he looks the part and he sounds intelligent, often think if he didn't sound so assured, and if he was a bit fatter he would be rated a lot less on here.
I'm not saying he needs to go, I'd keep him as well, but @Mrjardine makes a fair point, this squad should really be winning the league. Any promotion will be job done but if we end up in the play offs and don't go up there will rightly be a lot of questions asked of him. He's got a second choice eleven that would be the envy of many sides in this league. Failing to get this squad up would be a massive failure. It would also be a huge blow to have our last parachute payments whilst still in league one. Ross knows this himself, he said promotion was his target even before we spent more on deadline day than the entire league spent last season. Getting us up this season is par for the course, he can impress by making us competitive in the league above