Yesterday morning the mask certainly slipped as the real McCoist emerged, the guy that spent must of his career in the company of John Brown, Davie Cooper, Jimmy Bell and others that would never be described as liberals or Politically Correct.
Surely an open goal for English who spends most of his life online trawling for anything that might provide him with a rare news-line while tut-tutting over the conduct of the Internet Bampots that he lives off.
From the 2022 intake the new boss will find Ben Davies, Rabbi Matondo and Ridvan Yilmaz on lucrative deals, topped up by Sam Lammers, Cyriel Dessers and Danilo while a scattering of free agents aren’t at Murray Park for the weather or playing golf.
During the 2011/12 season McCoist managed a club that stopped paying Her Majesty Income Tax and National Insurance from player and management wages.