But new coach Bryan Redpath and owner Tom Walkinshaw did well, and the response from the fans who were there suggests that their efforts to repair the damage done in the spring were appreciated.
So many points were raised during the session that it’s difficult to decide which were the most interesting.
For starters, how about the question that asked whether lessons learned by the signings of big-name players like Chris Paterson and Olly Barkley, who both only lasted a season, had been learned. Is the club going to stop the big signings?
The answer from Redpath was a straight “yes”, but of course that answer could have been influenced not only by lessons learned on the pitch, but also by the club’s current financial situation. You can’t make big signings if you don’t have big money.
Walkinshaw also made it clear that the sort of humiliation suffered by fans who witnessed the EDF Cup Final hammering by Cardiff last season will not be repeated.
He said part of the reason for that and other poor performances was that the club had failed to define its key coaching positions after Ryan was appointed head coach.

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