What a surprise, a disappointing result and all of a sudden the manager is unsettled, I think this is complete toss, however I do tend to believe the rumours regarding a couple of loan players , with Gerrbrand out injured we are short of cover at the back and we probably need a couple of players to give us a few additional options.
CL needs to be given time, granted he has made some mistakes and some of his substitutions in recent matches have had an air of desperation, but expectations will not help, this is a young side which is developing and learning together and we must be paitent, we must look with a long term view, CL is building along similar lines to the way Sir Alex built up Man Utd, and in the early years it was a painful process, but in the long term it yielded success. We must allow CL a lot longer than 10 or 11 months to turn our club around, if we dont who the hell are we going to attract anyway. Lets not fall into the same trap as the Southampton's of this world, consistently changing managers, it doesnt work.
I am not saying that CL hasnt made mistakes, or that we havent had some dire performances and results under his stewardship, but we are in the process of a massive rebuilding job and sometimes you have to take one step backwards to take two forwards. We will improve and I also believe that some of the youngsters at the club will push on and establish themselves throughout the season, these will be like new signings, players like Weso, Porter, Sheehan, Stearman etc are all players capable of establishing themselves in the first team this season.
The club is in transition, but the future is very bright, what we have to do is be positive and brave, the easy way is to criticise and call for the managers head, the brave thing to do is be paitent and believe in the seeds that are being sown. I am not looking at our club or manager through rose tinted glasses but with a dose of reality, that doesnt mean that we have to accept performances like tuesday night, but lets try not to get too carried away either, this is the inconsistency associated with transition and long term planning.
