Summary
FROM A distance, Falkirk's travails this season have seemed to be the classic case of an upstart young manager receiving his deserved comeuppance. Eddie May, from the tenor of his big talk on taking over the position from John Hughes in July, was going to be improve on what had gone before. His assertions about playing to players' strengths, getting more from individuals, defending properly and getting in more crosses and shots were interpreted as sleights on his predecessor. Indeed, the absence of even the most platitudinous expression of thanks for Hughes' contribution over five mainly successful years at the club appeared damning.
It made May a marked man among the football community, if popular with a Falkirk support who, frankly, had had it with Hughes following the club's flirt with the First Division.See the full content of this document
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May Day
Yet, seeing him at close quarters, it is difficult not to feel sympathy for May - even if he seemed almost to set himself up for the ten-game winless run in the SPL that has anchored his club to bottom spot. He comes over a straightforward, if slightly awkward, character. One whose...
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