He’s showed he can get results when he needs to. Koeman and Silva couldn’t stop the death spiral when it started but Carlo found a way out of the bad run of form. That’s the difference between poor managers and good managers. He’s not afraid to go 3 at the back with wingbacks, he’s not afraid to go back to 433, he’s not afraid to go back to 4231 with 4 centrebacks out on the pitch. He does whatever he thinks is best to get a win and that’s why he gets wins when others don’t.
There’s been a notable improvement in the defence the last two games. If the whole team can keep playing with the spirit we showed last night and can keep solid at the back then everything is still to play for this season.
I think (and hope) we will be quite streaky. We will find a system that works for a bit, it will be quite innovative with strengths and weaknesses, get on a bit of a run, and then probably get worked out. As we find something else that works, then reuslts will then be a bit patchy. What you begin to hope is the winning runs last longer, and the patchy periods get shorter as we get more confidence. Also as we add better players with each window that dynamic aso increases.
I am not sure it will wholly go away, but you want to reduce the down periods and extend the good ones.
Touch wood, no injuries from yesterday and we have a bit of a template to build on, that will be ok for the rest of the year with tougher games. You can switch out James and Sigurdsson in that "10" role, which to be fair is theonly role Sigurdsson can play and not be a liability and will suit James too.
