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The Bipolar Years Part 5: 2012-2013 The Battle of the Baldies

Peter Houston: Postscript This season saw the end of individually, Peter Houston's time as United manager and collectively, the end of the Levein-Houston era. Was it the right decision? I still to this day don't know.  Does hindsight trump foresight? Probably. Should it have ended this way? No way. That the most sustained era of success for Dundee United since Wee Jim retired ended in a pissing contest between two men with over-inflated egos was criminal and embarrassing. I'll get to the 'Press Conference from Hell' at the climax. A Team in Transition (more in need of tucking in at the back than pushing out up front if you catch my drift) The 2010 squad was now almost completely gone with Scott Robertson, Danny Swanson, Dusan Pernis, Paul Dixon and Garry Kenneth (and Scott Allan) departing. It's funny because at the time I seemed to just shrug at this amount of quality departing (for nearly fuck-all money once again due to freedom of contract. Thon cunt Bosm