It was disastrous campaign for Ross County that saw them have three managerial set-ups throughout the season and ultimately finished bottom of the league table.
Starting with Jim McIntyre, County started the season slowly with three defeats from their first four games - including an early Betfred Cup exit to Motherwell - before McIntyre was quickly dismissed to be replaced by Owen Coyle.
The appointment looked promising on paper, with the Scotsmanusing his contact book to bring in a number of former English Premier League and Championship players - including N'Gog, Eagles, and Souttar. However, it backfired almost instantly with a dreadful run of 13 games without victory in the league between November and February.
Added to that, County weren't playing attacking football, and were conceding cheap goals down to a leaky back-line that just wasn't fixed in January. A Scottish Cup exit followed to Kilmarnock in round four, with only Naismith impressing during the campaign with his trademark runs down the right.
Inconsistency of selection had County scrapping in a relegation battle, with too many of Coyle's signings not producing and ultimately being left out of the squad.
Coyle swiftly resigned when relegation became a real possibility, and up stepped Stuart Kettlewell and Steven Ferguson to take the reigns - initially temporarily before being handed the job on a permanent basis.
Results continued to take a downward spiral despite an improvement in performances. A 4-0 hammering of Partick Thistle reignited hope of snatching the play-off position, but County just couldn't stop leaking goals and would end the season with six straight win-less games to finish bottom.
For Kettlewell and Ferguson, they'll need to star getting rid of the high earners who have flopped, and tart building a squad around their best players like Naismith and Gardyne. It will be a challenge to see off the Premiership vultures, but County have to try and build for a gruelling Championship campaign next season.
