We are just past 1/4 of the way through the season with 12 matches played thus far in the Championship. Thought it'd be good to hear some thoughts on how the team looks, what we can build on, what needs to be re-thought and what we'd like to see going forward.

Obviously I have not been privy to watch but a game or two, but I have listened to most of the matches and have read every match report I can find. It seems that we can't put together a quality 90 minutes. Our second halves seem to be better than our first halves. Maybe that indicates that Zenga is a good in-game manager/motivator but struggles with putting together the gameplan heading into matchday. He also hasn't seemed to settle on who he thinks are his best players. Batth, Doherty, Iorfa, Ikeme and Bod seem to be his preferred players, with those having started almost every game in which they've been available. Saiss has been a staple since coming over, so he could probably be in that group as well. Interesting that of the top 6 players that have started and appeared in the most matches, five of them are players that were on the roster last season. Seems like the newbies have yet to find their niche within Zenga's system. I expect that to change though as nine of our six**** league goals have come from the new players.

Our biggest struggle seems to be our inability to finish. We've had loads of chances this season where we've just bottled the finish or can't find that bit of quality in the final third. I expect some of that will change with Dicko getting healthier, but it may mean we have to bring in another finisher in the January transfer window.

We also seem to struggle with allowing chances. You can never question Batth's passion or effort, but he's had to lay out for a block or last ditch tackle too often this season. Could be a problem with his pace, or lack of quality second CB or bad positioning orders from Ikeme, maybe the fullbacks are getting beat or allowing too much space for crosses - I don't know. But we've given up too much in the final third IMO.

I'd like Zenga to settle on his core. I think he's starting to do that with Ikeme;Batth-Iorfa; Saiss; Bod forming the spine. I'd like to add another finisher in January if the players we currently have aren't getting the job done. But we've already invested alot in Tex, Costa and Cavaleiro that I don't know if that is where we'll see the money go in January.

These are just my ramblings. Many of you will know better than I.