I think everyone can finally see the team moving in a positive direction.

Individual errors are frustrating, with a young team and manager it's going to happen. With time they get the game experience to cut them out. I'm sure they all know what they should be doing, but executing those decisions is another thing entirely.

7 points from 7 considering the option is a decent start all things considered. New manager, new players, and having played 5 teams you'd expect top half finished plus 2 lower half teams (Brighton and Brentford) in blistering form. Olise now returned and Eze waiting in the wings.

Good Times are ahead.

When it’s considered that in most cases the performances in the last two home games would have have produced six points, there is every reason to be really optimistic about the way things are going.
The fixture list has not been kind, yet we have come close to grabbing hold of it and tearing it up , not quiet however. But if you take Brentford ,out of it ,as there wasn’t a fixture last season, we are two points up on the corresponding fixtures .
We lost the two games ,we have lost, and we drew the rest.
We already look decent, if we can keep everyone fit we could be on the verge of being a very good side. I have never felt more optimistic about that.

I agree

But he does occupy their defence. Always doubled up sometimes more which creates space elsewhere.

without going too far down the rabbit hole on this, as I know the pros and cons of Roy have been debated to death, but that's the bit I find really weird. On one hand it's all "he's a wonderful man, a legend of our time", whereas the day-to-day reality is that the training for players and experience for fans is incredibly dull an uninspiring - the opposite of what it's supposed to be, yet he still takes the plaudits.

I need to get my head out of this senseless mental loop and do some work.

OK I was one of the few who was very reserved about the appointment of PV. I think in fairness to myself I said I was cynical and he would have to prove himself as a manager. I have to give him credit where it is due and that he is doing what we had hoped and at a quicker pace than I expected. Fingers crossed it continues.

I think credit also has to go to Dougie and the scouting team. Much maligned over the years, don't forget that it will have been these guys doing the donkey work behind the scenes. All the indications are that all our summer signings are having a positive impact. A very enviable situation for any club. I was sceptical how well our backline could play a passing game out the back. yes we have made some mistakes in this area, which sadly has cost us, but that is probably the most challenging area for PV to create a change in philosophy.

Finally, with regards to Wilf, it is interesting to see how he is becoming less influential than he was. We have wanted to stop being a `one man team` and this is exactly what we are getting. Wilf has been and will be less effective than he was due to our change in style of play. The backline plays higher up the pitch restricting the space Wilf can find to take men on in a one to one situation. With a counterattacking style he would be fed a more direct ball to run onto and have greater space to force a backtracking opponent into. Many of us have believed that in the past he would not be as effective for a top tier team as he was for us due to this reason. With us slowing the play down a bit in a more condensed final third he is playing more passes etc in order to break a defence down rather than running on them. If he can adapt to this new style remains to e seen but he is still one of our main threats.