The prices are only slightly higher (in relative terms) and with one half of the Old Firm having a shocking season, you'd have thought the gloryhunters would have been flocking to Love Street in their droves. Not So
Perhaps one reason is the difference in playing style between the two sides. Hendrie's St. Mirren side played the first division equivalent of a Brazil style "we'll score one more than you". There were goals a plenty, and for the first few months of the season we were top scorers in Britain. There were plenty of high scoring and exciting games, but in the end this approach didn't work when we went to the SPL.
Compare this with MacPherson's Saints side. They are built on defence, which is why we have lost so few goals at home. We have scored less than fifty goals (with five games to spare) and there haven't been many convincing wins. It's not exactly the exciting, swashbuckling style that Hendrie used, is it?
Another reason may be that promotion was expected this season. When Hendrie won the league for Saints, we were second favourites for relegation from the first division, and the press were against us all season. After finishing second last year, we were expected to challenge and the press keep talking about it as if it's a formality, though MacPherson refuses to accept it's over until it's over.
Whatever the reason, we're now incredibly close to success. Hopefully this will fill Love Street for the last few games and give the club some much needed cash.