Oz,

Not easy for me to do this but..... Come on, what has DF done? He's gotten 3 teams promoted out of the championship. Maybe the most difficult thing to do in promotion based football. He did it with very tight owners at Norwich and even more importantly with Leeds who sold off some of their best players right before the season 2 years running and set the ship right after the chaos of the relegation year.

You could put him as one of the best every coaches in maneuvering the intricacies and corruption of the FA and championship level football. He did it with minimal fuss and chaos that characterizes many clubs chasing promotion. Give him credit for his niche. He's very, very good at it.

Prem's a different story but he's done some good work so far and I'm sure he had some input on the signings which seem pretty solid. If past history holds true and we improve as the season goes along we should be solid to stay in the prem.