A couple of things makes me think he'll come good:
- We looked defensively inept at one point (although I think bad luck and individual mistakes shares some of the blame) but he's managed to work on that and we now have the 4th most cleans sheets this season while also playing attractive football.
- He's come through a bad patch (where people were calling for his head) to get some really big wins. I think the team probably needed to experience that slump and bounce back to improve their confidence and self-belief. We've not had the ability to bounce back from a poor run of form really since Moyes (Allardyce ground out some wins but I wouldn't call it 'bouncing back')
There's the obvious worry about our form against teams we should beat on paper, but I think he's shown he can react and hopefully will work out a formula to break those teams down next season.
- We looked defensively inept at one point (although I think bad luck and individual mistakes shares some of the blame) but he's managed to work on that and we now have the 4th most cleans sheets this season while also playing attractive football.
- He's come through a bad patch (where people were calling for his head) to get some really big wins. I think the team probably needed to experience that slump and bounce back to improve their confidence and self-belief. We've not had the ability to bounce back from a poor run of form really since Moyes (Allardyce ground out some wins but I wouldn't call it 'bouncing back')
There's the obvious worry about our form against teams we should beat on paper, but I think he's shown he can react and hopefully will work out a formula to break those teams down next season.