Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
I’m honestly not sure why you’re ‘okay’ with a ‘mid table finish’. That’s going backwards.
PW said he regarded last season as a ‘failure’ and only last week he suggested he didn’t want us to have to travel up to Carlisle again next season.
If he’s going to share such raised expectation he surely needs to back it up with evidence of some progress. There’s plenty of time to turn this season round so it’s not all doom and gloom. Just one chance taken yesterday and things might look a whole lot different, but to me it’s the same two problems that were identified months ago...lack of a finisher and a leader.
Based on recent (and not so recent) form with dead ball situations I actually think delivery is as big a problem rA. Bizarrely Waghorn took most corners yesterday and he failed to beat the first man, then Sibley replaced him and did the same (from a free kick). Sadly I don’t think Hourihane is actually any better, his delivery is way worse than his reputation.

However, and agreeing with Swale, the defence looks more solid and (hopefully, PLEASE PW don’t tinker) more stable, clean sheets are essential when a teams otherwise as clueless as we are elsewhere