In the sober evening light, I think we are in for a very rough few years. I think this will turn out to be the last throw. It’s a bit galling as we looked in a pole position post Norwich, but it was always really a mirage. I will never believe that a better genuine coach (that is, coaches actual players skills and has tactical awareness) rather than someone that just does shape, would not have achieved more with these players. A decent coach would create simple patterns and movement. Instead we don’t have a clue when we have the ball, only knowing what to do when we don’t. He’s crap. Lisa is right too though, the players are very ordinary and everyone that can fetch a price is sold on, then replaced from the parts bin. Their attitude stinks too as they spend most of the game hiding, but I honestly don’t think they have any patterns of play to fall back on, other than defend without the ball.
Cooper still needs to go, or we will absolutely plummet next season. Barnsley, Reading don’t have better players yet they are doing better. Cooper’s lost them, they have lost all confidence and belief. You can see that, like us, they have had enough. If his team talks are like his pressers, I’m not surprised.