Performance wise its not too different to last season

[Sharp as a blade]

8 of our last 9 games have ended in fine margins with a single goal deciding the outcome.

In our last 14 games last season. We scored more than 1 goal in only 3 of them.

We grinded out results but the fine margin wins were never sustainable long term. It reminds me of our first and second seasons in the premier league under Wilder when those 1-0 wins turned to 1-0 losses.

Performance wise we've been dreadful. But we often looked poor last season.

There's no chance creation, no patterns of play and last seasons plan of keep it tight and give it to Hamer isn't working because like the rest of the team, he's miles off it this season.

Beating us is so easy. Defend deep and let us have the ball knowing we won't create anything and then you only need one chance yourself to win the game. On the odd occasion you lose the ball to us on an attack, don't stress, we'll pass it round the defence for a bit and let you get back into position.

Add to that disallowed goals, penalty misses and bad luck. Right now we definitely look like relegation fodder.

These players are miles better than the results suggest. We absolutely have to play two up front and attack faster.

 

[Blade 1971]

8 of our last 9 games have ended in fine margins with a single goal deciding the outcome.

In our last 14 games last season. We scored more than 1 goal in only 3 of them.

We grinded out results but the fine margin wins were never sustainable long term. It reminds me of our first and second seasons in the premier league under Wilder when those 1-0 wins turned to 1-0 losses.

Performance wise we've been dreadful. But we often looked poor last season.

There's no chance creation, no patterns of play and last seasons plan of keep it tight and give it to Hamer isn't working because like the rest of the team, he's miles off it this season.

Beating us is so easy. Defend deep and let us have the ball knowing we won't create anything and then you only need one chance yourself to win the game. On the odd occasion you lose the ball to us on an attack, don't stress, we'll pass it round the defence for a bit and let you get back into position.

Add to that disallowed goals, penalty misses and bad luck. Right now we definitely look like relegation fodder.

These players are miles better than the results suggest. We absolutely have to play two up front and attack faster.

A good appraisal. I'd add that the movement in midfield is awful. Today Peck was trying to do the job of two players with Matsos absolutely static. You just can't compete in today's game with a player whose sole job (it seemed to me) was to wait for the opposition to get the ball and then kick them.

 

[ATL Recs]

8 of our last 9 games have ended in fine margins with a single goal deciding the outcome.

In our last 14 games last season. We scored more than 1 goal in only 3 of them.

We grinded out results but the fine margin wins were never sustainable long term. It reminds me of our first and second seasons in the premier league under Wilder when those 1-0 wins turned to 1-0 losses.

Performance wise we've been dreadful. But we often looked poor last season.

There's no chance creation, no patterns of play and last seasons plan of keep it tight and give it to Hamer isn't working because like the rest of the team, he's miles off it this season.

Beating us is so easy. Defend deep and let us have the ball knowing we won't create anything and then you only need one chance yourself to win the game. On the odd occasion you lose the ball to us on an attack, don't stress, we'll pass it round the defence for a bit and let you get back into position.

Add to that disallowed goals, penalty misses and bad luck. Right now we definitely look like relegation fodder.

These players are miles better than the results suggest. We absolutely have to play two up front and attack faster.

Good post and why we needed a change of direction at the end of last season
I would like to think your reasoning was a factor in the minds of our owners
However they cocked that up ( who advised them on Selles who wasn’t even part of an interview process - they just offered it him)