Accelerating the managed decline spun out of control during the summer transfer window. After getting away with selling Kyogo Furuhashi Nicholson took things too far by selling Nicolas Kuhn and Adam Idah without bothering about replacing them.
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| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Hearts | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 18 | 31 |
| 2 | Celtic | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 26 |
| 3 | Motherwell | 14 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 22 |
| 4 | Hibernian | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 21 |
| 5 | Rangers | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | Falkirk | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 19 |
| 7 | Dundee United | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 21 | -2 | 15 |
| 8 | Aberdeen | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 14 |
| 9 | Dundee | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | -13 | 12 |
| 10 | Kilmarnock | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 26 | -11 | 11 |
| 11 | St Mirren | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 10 |
| 12 | Livingston | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -10 | 8 |
