As the Scottish Premiership resumes, Tom English poses a question for each of the 12 top-flight teams.
But competitive football is back, thank heavens. Remember it? The league season is upon us. Not as we have known it, but it's here nonetheless, fan-less for now, but very welcome all the same.
Upsets occur, so it's not a racing certainty, but they look to have too much artillery, too much character and too much motivation. Ten-in-a-row is nigh.Would another treble tempt Celtic captain Brown to retire..?It might seem ridiculous to say that such a totemic football figure will not have experienced the kind of pressure that awaits him in the coming season, but it's surely true.
It's worth reminding ourselves of his influence in the season before last - the decisive goal in games against St Mirren, Dundee, Hibs, Dundee again, Hearts, Hamilton, Dundee once more and Livingston. Nine league goals and five league assists for a team that finished eighth. Gary Holt received great and justified praise for the job he did in getting Livingston up to fifth last season, especially after his goalkeeper Liam Kelly and two hugely influential defenders in Craig Halkett and Declan Gallagher left last summer. To finish where they did was a tribute to Holt's management.
They score enough goals to challenge for top three but concede way too many. Only the bottom three - Ross County, Hamilton and Hearts - shipped more last season, so it's not rocket science to see where they need to improve. Gogic could be part of the solution.The Kilmarnock winger turns 37 in December and yet he's still bringing his influence to bear.
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