Queen of the South Futile battle

Queens are in familiar territory as yet another season fizzles out. With any chance of reaching the play-offs now a distant memory, Saturday’s defeat by Inverness increased the likelihood of the Highlanders moving above us.

All that is left is a futile battle with Falkirk to decide which of us finishes seventh, and a finalday trip to Angus where we will try to avoid the ignominy of being the first team to lose to Brechin this season. At best the club have stagnated during Gary Naysmith’s 18 months in charge; the real concern is that we are on a downward trajectory. He has a year remaining on his contract so it would be costly to remove him, but with terrible home form leading to dwindling crowds, it could be costly keeping him.

Neil Cameron