Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
Can you list the things which make these players “definitely good enough” please? I’ll help you on your way by saying that since we lost to Sheffield United just before Christmas, we’ve only failed to score in one league game, at Leeds. That.s impressive and should be the base on which an escape from the relegation zone could be based, but two clean sheets in league games since the only time we kept the opposition out in an away league games, West Brom in late October, renders that ability to score in nearly all of our matches next to useless.

I’ve always believed that you can base how good or bad a squad is on the number of 1-0 wins they get. Even the most fluent and attractive teams have a share of matches where they don’t play well, but a sound defence can help them to a win in such games via a scruffy goal. Our well dodgy defence has meant that the 1-0 win is virtually out of the equation for us - there’s been just two of them, Millwall and Hull, all season.

A team with a record like that cannot be “definitely good enough” to stay up in my opinion - this is a record which cries out relegation and just blaming a current bottom three placing on the manager and the people who appointed him is akin to an ostrich sticking its head in the sand.

However, I now await your list of things which make this squad “definitely good enough” - perhaps you’ll be able to change my mind on the subject?
I think a settled back four team selection and stronger defensive/set piece coaching would help to improve any defence - surely these 2 points are on the manager and people who appointed him?