As Oscar Wilde’s Lady Bracknell might have said, “To lose on manager is unfortunate, to lose two looks like carelessness”. Once again the club is in turmoil as another manager walks. Karl must ensure that he chooses the next incumbent very carefully and more pertinently, adequately backs him in this January window.
Saturday demonstrated that while we can keep possession and dominate the ball, we have no cutting edge at all at present. After missing a golden opportunity in the first couple of minutes, and despite dominating the possession stats, we never tested their keeper again until injury time when Eccleston scored. Add in the usual gifted goals and we’re currently a soft touch.
Too often we broke but then turned back into the middle, giving them the opportunity to regroup and set up defensively. We’ve lost our way at present, and need to get back to the pacy attack we know we are capable of. Add a finisher to the mix and we should be fine for this season. If we don’t, we are in danger of repeating 1978 when we lost the manager in February and sleep-walked into relegation. That experience has scarred me for life and it would be a scandal if we let it happen again, given the club has taken 35 years to get over it from last time.
I’d like to see a swift managerial appointment being backed with a transfer kitty to strengthen key areas. Given our Premier riches, surely that’s not too much to ask for?
STARMAN: Ludovic Sylvestre
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