For me the hull game was still an improvement on last yearBut Saturday was as bad as the very worst of last season I'm expecting better v reading but whether we take our chances is another point
In fairness, I think Dave knows he's being judged on more than two games hence the mention of no major changes in football tactics between summer and autumn last year ie during his spell between his current and last jobs. Just that two games of the current season happen to have gone.
Quote from: eamonn on August 14, 2017, 08:58:43 AMIn fairness, I think Dave knows he's being judged on more than two games hence the mention of no major changes in football tactics between summer and autumn last year ie during his spell between his current and last jobs. Just that two games of the current season happen to have gone.I wasn't having a go at Dave at all, just pointing out that on the face of it two games into the new season would be early to judge a manager and I'm sure had he gone after the game on Saturday then there would have been uproar in the media with an assortment of ex-pros and pundits saying how ridiculous it was to sack a manager at that point. What I was trying to say though was that there hasn't been any noticeable improvement in the two games from last season, which I'm sure we would all agree wasn't good enough. Therefore he should be judged on his whole time here rather than the two games. If it was clear he was trying to implement a new style of play then fair enough, he would need time to do so, but it is apparent that very little has changed, apart from the long punts are directed towards Elmohamady. The majority of his January signings are looking no better after a full pre season and we yet again are fielding a starting XI with Hutton and Agbonlahor in the side, many years after both should have been moved on.The most concerning thing for me is that when you hear him talk in post match interviews, it's almost if he is as bewildered as the rest of us as to why we are so poor.