Very well said Bo. It was nice to get a 6-0 win over a laughably poor Charlton side but it is hard to see how this offsets the dismal performances against equally weak bottom-dwellers in the Championship this year, and the tactical and team selection errors that threw away key points in the Premiership in the second half of last season and resulted in our eventual relegation. Those represent massive failures of management that has to be laid at Bruces door, and no amount of "comfortable win euphoria" and our position in the table can erase the amnesia over his previous repeated errors in judgement.
Does yesterdays win mean that Bruce has seen the light, that the scales have dropped from his eyes, that the truth has dawned, that he is a NEW MAN??? No more pathetic slow motion build ups in mid-field with Huddlestone et al passing the ball sidewards and backwards while the opposition regroups and blankets our outnumbered lone striker.? No more shutting up shop in the last 20+ minutes to hopefully cling on to fragile leads which failed dismally time after time after an unpressed inferior opposition threw everyone forward to get a share of the points.? No more lone strikers ploughing lonely furrows up front waiting for penetrating through balls or mid-field attacking support that never comes ???? No more Rotherhams, Boltons, Leeds, Prestons, Charlton (away), etc etc.????
Arguably the best squad we have ever assembled has performed far below its potential, notwithstanding its position in the table. Yesterday, despite the poverty of the opposition, we saw some of that potential, a relentless attack, rock solid defense, and a rejuvenated Hernandez taking full advantage of his freedom. The shackles were off. We were playing the kind of football of which we have always been capable....but have seldom showed.
I believe if we can keep Hernandez healthy and add another quality striker we should gain automatic promotion. But is Bruce the man to manage us at the next level??? That, as raised earlier, is really the question that the Allams will have to answer in the coming months.
Couldn't of said it better


