THREE NOTHING

Nancy's treble from hell leaves him at the heart of crisis less than a fortnight into the job

- KEITH JACKSON

this pair. But, after spending hours studying Nancy's preferred system and picking holes all over it, he was able to put what he had learned perfectly into practice.

His players believed in his big-game strategy and they carried it out to the letter. Each and every one of them deserves their place they now claim in St Mirren's history.

But Nancy? He'll have to pull up a chair in a darkened room and attempt to figure out how things went so horribly and spectacularly wrong.

And accept he himself has contributed to a season that's crashed off the tracks since his own appointment.

Of course, it's not time to remove him from the premises, even if sections of the Celtic support will now be convinced drastic action is required.

But Nancy cannot hope to continue for the long haul if he continues to be outflanked and out-thought on the sidelines as he was again yesterday.