Results have not been good, and performances in general have left a lot to be desired.
And at Albert Park on Saturday, the Hawick outfit's showing hit an even lower ebb.
For Royalists not only hit rock bottom, they plunged into the depths of despair, through a really woeful display.
Apart from the opening 20 minutes of the game, the Albert looked like a side thrown together for the first time.
And no one knew this more than Hawick team boss Murray Balloch who fumed: "I was embarrassed with our performance.
"We couldn't even get the basics right. Apart from making stupid mistakes, we carried no killer instinct.
I talk to players, but they don't seem to listen. And considering what's going on, it makes me wonder that the work that myself and coach Raymond Cairns put in is worthwhile."
Royalists opened well enough, and were first to threaten when Paul Laidlaw fired past the post after the Ormiston defence had partially cleared a Francis Martinez corner kick.
Peter Raeburn then sent a glancing header wide of the target on meeting a well-flighted free kick from Mark Steigers.
The homesters continued to have the better of matters and following a Paul Moffat pass, Steigers rattled a shot over the bar.
When a goal did come however, it was at the other end, when Ormiston stole ahead in the 21st minute.
The Hawick defence got into a tangle attempting to clear a Craig Smith corner, and Mike Sneddon took advantage by stepping in to drive home the loose ball.
After Albert 'keeper Willie Turner had pulled off a superb full-length diving save from Smith, Ormiston struck again in the 36th minute.
On finding space down the right, Smith hit over a low cross.
Mark Pagliaralo then flicked a pass to the feet of James McKechnie, who took his chance well, drilling the ball out of the reach of the helpless Turner.
Five minutes later, Graeme Renwick increased Ormiston's lead, making no mistake with a penalty after Sneddon had been brought down by Michael Greig.
With minutes of the second period gone, the woodwork robbed the homesters of an opener, when a Martinez drive rebounded off the upright.
Ormiston 'keeper Fraser Carrer then saw his first piece of serious action, getting down to hold an angled drive from Michael Mckenzie.
The visitors replied by adding to their tally on the hour mark through Pagliarulo, who polished off a slick move by sticking away a Alfonso Degaetano pass.
With Royalists now crumbling completely, Ormiston then went nap.
Steven Thomas slotted in a Sneddon cross.
The Albert's day of misery was then completed, when Pagliarulo swung over a cross which was headed home by the unmarked Mckechnie.
Royal Albert: Turner, Greig, Kettles, Adams, G. Laidlaw, Moffat, Steigers, Mckenzie (Blackley), P. Laidlaw, Martinez & Raeburn.