MORTON boss Dougie Imrie believes the pressure of being in the dugout in Scottish football has never been higher as he comes to the end of his first full season in charge of the Cappielow side.

Two managerial departures in the last fortnight have left the Ton manager on the periphery of the top ten longest serving managers inside the SPFL, despite being in the role less than a year and a half.

He believes that it’s a sign of the times as the power of social media grows and pressure for immediate results builds.

Imrie told the Tele: “There’s so much pressure on directors and chief executives to get it right with fan pressure and people with an opinion who sometimes don’t have a clue what they’re on about.

“As a result sometimes, crazy things happen. To be in a job for not even a year and a half and to be the eleventh longest serving manager in Scottish football is wild.

“When you take that eleven, I think the top three are over four, five or six years. The rest are three and under.

“It just shows you that you don’t get a long time anymore and if you don’t get results then you’re quickly replaced by someone else.

“It also shows you how much the managerial landscape has changed since even I made my way in the game.”

Imrie believes his journey through the ranks of Scottish football has given him a good grounding for his first 15 months in management.

And he has vowed to stick to his principles as he forges his career.

He said: “I’ve worked under some great managers and I’ve worked under some bad ones. But everyone’s a different manager in their own right. They do things in different ways as to how they see is the right way to manage.

“That’s just life, some people think it’s great, some think it’s poor, some have their own opinions. People think you’re great and others think you’re poor.

“But at the end of the day if you can do the best you can do, look at yourself in the mirror and say you’re doing the best that you can for this club then you don’t doubt yourself.

“You just continue to be the best person that you can be for the players, the staff and the club.

“At the end of the day fans will always be here whether they’re right, wrong or indifferent with their opinions, managers and players won’t be and that won’t change.”