Season 4 Review
End of Season Headlines
Ross County survive a play-off but Derek Adams job still on the line. Dunfermline will be returning to the SPL after the Summer
Celtic win the Europa League!
Dundee Utd 2016/17
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SPL - 4th
Scottish cup - Quarter Finals
Scottish League Cup - 3rd Round
Europe - Not Present
This was a case of save Dundee Utd's season. I pulled them up from 10th to a final position of 4th with a team which are in an awful shape. Still after bringing in over a dozen players in January there is very little long term hope for the current bunch. Dragging them up to 4th was as much as i expected or could have wanted to secure European Football next season.
Key Players
James Collins - FW
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Our undisputed player of the season. 22 goals in the league mostly before i arrived when he got less playing time as the youngsters got more playing time.
Omar Abdulrahman - MC
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Failed to settle in a position but still contributed goals and assists
Steven Lawless - ML
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One of the better players United have brought in over the years. Would be decent back up for us going forward.
SPL Review
Celtic - 8/10 Still failed to crack an unbeaten season or 100 points but they retained the SPL and there domestic treble. Having already sold Fraser Forster, Kamil Glik and Danilo Pereira i will have a keen eye over there summer transactions.
Inverness CT - 9/10 This season matches any of St Mirrens runs to 2nd in the final table. Like earlier St Mirren efforts Inverness relied on loan players but non of them played key roles for the team. Most of them were done by players who were already at the club.
St Mirren - 7/10 Last season i applauded St Mirren for doing so well with less loan players well this season they finished 3rd with NO Loan stars from Newcastle. Former Motherwell player Henri Anier lead the team with 22 goals as they dropped to 3rd but still another very good year.
Dundee Utd - 4/10. Scored 10 points less and 1 position lower than last season after a awful start. Were a team in translation
Motherwell - 6/10. Last season i left a scathing report of the stat eof there team last year i have to say they have made a mini revival. Many old aged faces have left with better quality players from around the Europe arriving in there place. Well done!
Aberdeen - 4/10. Like Dundee Utd a small digresion. Adam Rooney Left then retired leaving a huge gap up top which nobody replaced. Squad has potential to do better than sneak into the top 6 though.
Hibs - 6/10 Hibs had a better season but finished 2 places lower down the table. Strikers and the attacking side let them down costing them a top 6 finish.
Rangers - 5/10 Still yet to break into the top 6 but a small improvement. Will also be back in Europe thanks to there run to the Scottish Cup Final
Hearts - 5/10 - They developed from last season mainly thanks to having some money in the bank. Great to see them starting to return from the shell of a side we saw the last few seasons.
St Johnstone - 4/10 Improved a little bit from last season but still dwelling at the bottom of the table.
Ross County - 4/10 After loosing Luckassen in the summer Ross Countys fall down the table continued. Survived a relegation play off to fight another day in the SPL.
Hamilton - 5/10 - Showed signs of surviving in December but in the end there attempts were as futile as expected.
Champions League Final
Chelsea 1-0 Bayern Munich
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Chelsea win the second final between these teams. Deserved it a bit more this time though.
Europa League Final
Celtic 1-0 Benfica
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Gutted to see my former side go on and win a major trophy without me but glad to see my hard work over 3 years paying off already as the Scottish Coefficitian will rise through the roof with this trophy.
Season Awards
Player of the year
Martin Kelly
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2nd year in a row we get a strange choice of a defender taking the award.
Young Player of the year
Ante Coric
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Celtic will have to work hard to hang onto there midfielder who without a doubt has the potential to be the best player at the club
Top Scorer
James Collins
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I cant take to much credit for this as most of the goals came before i arrived.
Manager of the Year
Russell Latapy
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Taking Inverness CT from relegation trouble a few years ago to a convincing 2nd place finish makes me feel he deserved my title.
Team of the Year
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Only James Collins joins from my Dundee Utd side. Will look for more next season.
Continental Standings
National Coefficients
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A Further 3 place hike thanks too Celtic going 1 step further and winning the Europa League
European Places
From 2018/19
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The League winner Will now automatically be in the Group Phase
2nd Place will be in the Best Placed qualifier 2 rounds away from the Groups
3rd, 4th and either 5th or the Scottish Cup winner will also be in Europe.
The SPL is a long way off its next target of 9th place and a extra Europa League place
Competition Rankings
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The SPL jumps again with a 6 place jump to 16th