St.Gallen are coming from a rather disappointing season, not so much in terms of their finishing position, as they never had an imperative to finish inside the European places, but in terms of the entertainment, or a lack thereof, that they delivered for their fans.
Scoring has been the Green-Whites problem throughout Joe Zinnbauer's reign, which ended midway through the second half of the current season, with the German manager managing to remain in charge for as long as he did due to the decent results he achieved. The Green-Whites did reasonably well in the first half of the season and maintained that form early in the spring, with the summer addition of club legend Tranquillo Barnetta and, to a lesser extent, Sejad Salihovic, allowing the Green-Whites to improve the quality of their football.
However, they did not improve significantly in terms of scoring and a run of seven games without a win, including five consecutive defeats, drew them into the race to escape the drop and sealed Zinnbauer's fate, with Giorgio Contini, who became available following his dismissal at Vaduz a month earlier, taking over.
Contini did a great job of leading St.Gallen to safety, going on to win three and lose only one of his five games in charge, but his goal for next season will be to aim for a higher finish and, first and foremost, improve his side's play in the final third - the Green-Whites finished the season with the league's worst scoring record, having even scored less than relegated Vaduz, and their fans will be expecting to see much better football next time around.
