A B- how quickly some forget the utter dross served up from December to March, the rating is for the season not just the last few home games, it's not that long ago that we were utterly dismantled by Fulham, the collapse against Newcastle have people forgotten about that garbage already? If we are going to grade him on the season how can people give him a B? Dumped out of both cups early, embarrassing performances over a 3 month period, plenty of people were calling for him to be sacked it was that bad, and now people are saying he's come out with a B.. What a time to be alive.. C- at best.
Maybe some people are looking at things in context given the state of things last season, how difficult it is to impart a new system following 3 manager changes in 12 months and the obvious improvement over the last quarter of the season.
Next season the expectations are higher and the improvement needs to continue. Consistency needs to improve and we need to improve squad depth for that so it’s down to brands too.
I agree that we were dire over the period in question and the cups were really disappointing but I just don’t see this as the same side. Things are starting to gel. That’s clear. We aren’t going to win every game, we are going to have Fulham and Newcastle games (every team in the league bar Liverpool and city have those). The key is to have them less frequently.
I’m confident that will happen. Our defence is much better, we’ve sorted it set pieces, we are scoring more. I’ve seen enough to believe that we can continue to improve.
Get recruitment right in the summer and then let’s see.
