I was one of those really worried about his appointment. I thought he did well before, but he left at the right time. His spell with Watford seemed a disaster. I seem to recall, we technically relegated them in a game where their performance was utterly devoid of any fight or belief.

But yesterday seemed to be a showpiece of man management. I don't think tactics were ever that significant. I got the feeling he'd spent the whole time since appointment telling players how good they were, and how much they needed to fight and believe in themselves.

I appreciated the comments after the game where he gave credit to the previous manager for leaving him with players that were so well coached. It was a classy touch that he didn't need to make. How often do you hear a new manager coming in who questions whether the players were fit enough, in a shameless tactic to buy himself time and put blame on the previous coaching team for any subsequent poor performances. In our case, given our poor running stats etc, this would have been a very easy case to make. Instead he has opted to tell our players how good they are, and they seemed to believe him.

We've had a couple of games in recent weeks where we have started fast, with desire and dynamism, only for the effort levels to wear off after fifteen to twenty minutes as belief waned. Whereas yesterday, we dominated that first half. I think had Wilf not gone off, we'd have dominated the second as well. We still carried a threat in the second half, but clearly Leicester felt more comfortable to attack without the threat of Zaha.

I was worried when Mateta and Mitchell feebly fluffed that late chance. I genuinely worried that we just couldn't score, and couldn't win, despite a game where we had created so much. But they didn't lose belief, and when we got a second bite of the cherry.... well... he just smashed it home. I think that belief through till the dying seconds has come from Roy, and he deserves credit for the win.