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If anyone offered Scotland a "comfortable third" before this season began, we would bite their arm off. But after commanding performances against Wales and England, indeed the season has evaporated. A shame, because ultimately we lost by 1 try against the world #2 side, and by two tries to the world #1 side.

I don't agree with that 2bh, why must he get it permanently? I appreciate in for a penny in for a pound as much as the next man but I don't see why appointing till the end of the season isn't a reasonable proposition. I will concede I'm not sure there is a right answer to this though, there's ups and downs to all options in other words. One thing I will add that hasn't been mentioned is that if we were to get 3rd place you're looking at a higher quality of candidate for the position in the summer. Obviously that's a big if but I fancy us to beat hearts on Saturday 2bh. I appreciate your point about squad building for the next season but I don't think we have the luxury of giving that too much consideration at the moment. The fact we are still in with a sniff for 3rd is bonkers but that's just Scottish football in general i suppose. Regardless though that's the prize we should be keeping our eyes on and right now i think Robson is our best chance of getting it. Appointing till the end of the season with an assurance he will be a serious contender if he gets a euro place seems a perfectly reasonable proposition to me.