What are you making of Colemans stint in charge? The initial upswing seems to have vanished and the bits I have seen lately look like a team that have never played together before,also rumours of Quinn getting a consortium together isnt there?
I think the best way to answer your question is to go through the positives and negatives mate....
Positives
- He says the right things and seems to have long-term plan/project which is promising to hear.
- He's positive thinking, more than happy to throw caution to the wind and bring on a forward and gamble, aiming to win the game.
- He's a genuine good bloke, I know this is more of a personal trait than a positive, but he's a very likeable guy, he seems to really connect with the fans and is realistic about our situation.
Negatives
- He's fundamentally failed to improve us defensively. If anything, we're even worse than we were under Grayson. We're leaking goals at a ridiculous level. Our lack of defensive discipline and shape is pathetic.
- His signings have failed to improve us - Let's be honest, they've been a total disaster.
- His loyalty to Cattermole and John O'Shea is bordering on insanity, considering how poor they've been for so long.
- Tactically, I'm not convinced he really knows what he's doing. We've got no coherence to our style of play. One week we're playing on the counter-attack, next week we're pressing teams, then we're sitting off for spells, it's a bit confusing and frustrating.
I wasn't expecting miracles, I'm disappointed in some of the stuff he's done (see above), but I'm also happy at some of the stuff I mentioned in the positives.
Let's be honest, Pep Guardiola couldn't do much better given our circumstances on and off the pitch. Regardless who come in, was always going to be an extremely tough job.
I still stay stick with him, let him implement his changes over the Summer, and we'll see what happens in league 1. He's got a monumental job rebuilding the club, got to give him a chance.
He may decide to walk himself, just have to wait and see.
