Stevie Farrell is gearing up for a season with no start date in a division that might not exist at a club soon to have no signed players.
It is a scenario replicated across a host of lower-league sides as the SPFL scrabbles around for a pathway out of the coronavirus crisis.
But do not suggest for a minute to the Stranraer boss that the professionalism of his club – or others in the same situation – isn’t real.
Gordon Strachan’s comments last week that 40 to 50 per cent of the league are playing at being pros and holding the game back struck a nerve with the man preparing for his fourth season at Stair Park.