As much as I hate our style of football and the fact that we did not win in like 13 games in a row but I still have to give him some credit for the fact that without the points deduction we would be on 35 right now and effectively safe from relegation. We are just 1 point shy of our total points from last season and we have the same amount of wins that forest and Leicester got last season with 7 games still left to play. It’s obviously not his fault that we got a points deduction but I just wish he would change his style of play to suit the opponent sometimes and stop with Stoke style long ball hoofing tactic all the time.
I guess the question is at the start of the season, what number of points this season did every think represented progress?
You can’t always relate progress exclusively to positions in the table…..points earned are however a good indicator as this is an objective measure.
We ended up on 36 points last season. I would have hoped for early to mid 40s even with the team we have (also taking into account the teams that had been promoted) - he is currently (without the deduction) tracking to 43 points, so if he maintains that progress at seasons end, in terms of a points haul he is ball park where I would have expected us to be in terms of progress. This is probably ok, given the drama off the field this season.
The bloody football is dire though and this is really, where I am struggling with him. The lack of goals, no creativity and horrendous run we have been on also doesn’t help with perception of his performance. To be honest I tend to flip flop with him in my overall assessment of how well he is or isn’t doing.
