There’s an old piece of alleged wisdom in football about the “third-year curse.” It says that the third year for any manager is the hardest—it’s when failure becomes most likely. By then, everyone knows your system, your style of play, and all your little tricks. At that point, you either reinvent yourself and your team
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Celtic | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 7 | 45 | 50 |
| 2 | Rangers | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 13 | 21 | 39 |
| 3 | Dundee United | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Aberdeen | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | St Mirren | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 27 | 34 | -7 | 27 |
| 6 | Motherwell | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 34 | -9 | 27 |
| 7 | Hibernian | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 28 | 32 | -4 | 25 |
| 8 | Kilmarnock | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 36 | -11 | 24 |
| 9 | Dundee | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 36 | -6 | 22 |
| 10 | Ross County | 21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 38 | -17 | 22 |
| 11 | Hearts | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 31 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | St Johnstone | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 23 | 41 | -18 | 15 |
