I’m one who’s Pro Pat - Parish needs to back him for his contracted period +1

He has begun (too early for some) to turn our style of play around.Ask any commentator, pundit also other clubs still see us as a tricky team to play.

Yet results : so if we compare to the top ten & now some below - our recruitment remains to be crap.
Either we got zero money or players see us as a high risk, unless Pat is given a couple of proven players he has to start at the basics & it takes time.

I was just listening to Talk Sport & our very own Ambrose suggested we could be one
To go down - then suddenly back tracked.

The 2nd half will be a struggle ! I can see Pat walking if Textor does not release funds to purchase experienced players for x3 key positions- of which one has to be a leader on the pitch - Let’s see

Forever Palace Proud

Lack of quality investment in this window, will virtually ensure we find our natural level next season,the Championship.

And they still play Haverz up front! It just goes to highlight how difficult it is to buy a 15 goal a season striker.

My assessment of Havertz is that he is not quite a No 10 or a No 9 but is a hybrid.

A few years ago he said he has played as a No 6, a No 8, a No 10, out wide and as a striker but he prefers to play as a No 10.
At Bayer Leverkusen he often played as an attacking midfielder but also in central midfield, out wide and as a striker.

Edited by Willo (05 Feb 2023 7.47pm)

As many have mentioned, PV wants to play a certain style of football + we either lack the funds or the capability to finance /back this. So it looks as though the options are:

1. Back the manager and invest in a team compatible with his ‘style’.
2. Recognise that we cannot back the manager but also that he is either so dogmatic or incapable of adapting his approach that it renders his employment useless with the polo mint state of play.
3. Continue to underfund, keep the manager in place, pray things go well and only change if/when disaster looms almost inevitably and we really are staring into the abyss. Only then either invest or change manager.

In my eyes, they’re going with number 3. Therefore the only option if things really do go south, as the window has now passed, is to switch to number 2.

It feels more likely we will be staving off disaster once again as opposed to looking to improve. I have a feeling PV will not be here much longer whether that be before the end of the season or not. Either way it looks as though we embarked upon something but then foolishly took our foot off the pedal which could not only be a massive shame but also disastrous. Either that or we were incapable of it anyway and took a punt.

The only other circumstance I can imagine however is that things do turn around hugely, we start playing like Pep’s Barcelona, scoring for fun, finish in a European place, Ayew wins the golden boot, PV is hailed as a genius, the board and sceptics see that as reason to invest massively, Scott Banks comes back like prime Maradona along with other youth players similarly, Eze does win the ballon d’or, Joniesta wins Wimbledon and we all live happily ever after. I’m doubtful though.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

I really do not believe we will collect many points from the next few fixtures.
I fervently hope that the likes of Bournemouth, Southampton,and Leeds also struggle to garner points in the same period.

Edited by Willo (05 Feb 2023 8.23pm)