It would be nice to believe that Liam has learnt a lot this season and what it was that ultimately cost us a top 6 finish.
It goes without saying that we need to improve our home form. This is the main reason why we failed this year and its been a problem for a long time, it needs addressing in the summer. We need to play with more purpose, especially at home. Too often we watched us ticking down the clock, pissing around at the back waiting for the opposition to come on to us. This is great when your 3-0 up and trying to waste time.. not so good when your not winning and the opposition has figured out exactly what we're trying to do.
Say what you like about the support at home but what ive seen is the atmosphere matches the performance. If we start slow and play boring football, the atmosphere is flat. But as soon as we see something to get us off our seats the fans can be fantastic. In an ideal world it would be like this no matter what the performance.. but it is what it is. Liam should know by now from his time as a player and now a manager, that we want to see passion and effort from our team. Be brave, bold and go for the win and the fans will get behind you every time. Play slow, boring football and the atmosphere will mirror the performance.
Personally I dont see Liam changing much.. I think the improvements we saw towards the end of the season came from talks with Acun and Tan and possibly the players about how we play. Not sure if the rumours on here were true but we definitely saw an improvement once those talks took place. And this is my concern, what we saw towards the end of the season isnt how he wants us to play, what we've been seeing previous is. Hopefully he's taken note of whats been said to him and takes that into the new season. I have my doubts though..
If im truly honest, there's only a handful of games that ive enjoyed this season at home and thats what matters to me. Its great to be with family watching the football together, but it would be nice to enjoy what I was watching.