He probably is deluded The issue is that there's absolutely no creativity in the side. We've got below average strikers receiving next to no service
Realistic expectations: Next season - mid-table Season after - play-offs Season after - promotion That is if we improve the squad each season Season after that - relegation
The plan is to play strikers on the wing, only have one striker in the middle and dont give him the ball.
Don't do football players, positions, stats and stuff but would that mean we would have to drop the goal machine Gelhardt, the proven one we chased and chased to get on loan?
The quality or lack of quality of the majority of the championship means i think theres nothing to stop any team who just survived this season, wanting to look at play offs straight away. was it 18 points off top 6 we finished? considering we were at bottom all season , thats not a massive gap. Imagine if we had a delap type loan who could have scored us 10 -15 goals, Belloumi and Matazo stayed fit, Barry etc. who knows how many extra points that may have been worth. sensible recruitment and fill the right gaps in the squad and have a go, i dont see the need for any team to not eye up the top 6- its what makes this league so exciting.
of course they will want to look at play-offs but why should we be more successful than teams who were better than us last season? every other team will be looking at improvement too Dont forget Miller!
I would think that a better review would be carried out by coaches discussing dead ball routines, tactics, strengths and weaknesses of players rather than executives too far removed from the actual football. How do we accept so many rubbish corners? we dont seem to know what we are trying to do at throw ins. what is the plan at free kicks?
Progress isn’t linear. Sunderland lost 5 games in a row before the playoffs and are now one game away in the lead from Wembley.
Playoffs? To stand still, we need to replace Pedro and Alzate (if rumours of them leaving are correct) Buy or replace Gelhardt Pay for, or replace Puerta and Zambrano Hope our ACL victims hit the ground running. Before any other incoming Oh, and possibly replace the manager and his staff I thought we were hard up? PS We do have Giles and Omur returning