Thelwell & Stewart exits 'welcome' - now owners must get right people in

I thought I was only going to have the 2-1 victory over Livingston to talk about. However, the removal of Patrick Stewart and sporting director Kevin Thelwell was very welcome.

Stewart was never impressive and did not improve during his tenure as chief executive. He was just there. That's how I saw him.

Thelwell's deficiencies were glaring. There was the hiring of Russell Martin, the shambolic squad building and player recruitment over the summer. And then the appointment of his son and Dan Purdy to recruitment roles.

I'm really pleased he will no longer be overseeing the January window. But, and it's a big but, the owners now have to get the correct people in the correct positions.

I said it when the takeover happened and they obviously didn't - that's why we are where we are. Now the focus is on them to get it right.

Back to the football; it wasn't great against Livingston by any stretch, but it was three points and a fourth league win on the bounce.

All we can do now is go into Thursday hoping we turn up in Europe for once, and then continue the little run we are on in the Premiership against a stuffy Falkirk side.

It's one step at a time. We can't be kidding ourselves about possibly getting into title contention at this point. We need to get through to January winning as much as we can and take it from there.