jakartacanary

I took advantage of buying three seasons at the going rate when in the PL, before the rot set in hence renewal this year is not in the equation. I can understand where the non-renewal voices come from but I would just ask you to mull over this couple of points. When Webber came in he stated it would take two or three transfer windows to get the club where he wanted it to be and we are in window two. It has been mentioned we will become a selling club but if memory serves me right that was the model in the days gone by from the old First Division into the newly formed Premier League, we always sold at least one talented player everyone said we could not do without - likes of Sutton, Fox, Fleck, Drinkell etc. For me the jury is still out and I will watch how we fare for the remainder of the season and give the Webber/Farke model until this time next year before deciding if it is working or not.

We could with the likes of him now.....

The board had a choice end of last season and despite seeing what could be the road forward with a manager of league knowledge, as demonstrated by Alan Irvine''s reasonable results for the short time in charge, it was decided to take a radical approach. To a degree it is what it is and whilst I do not enjoy much of what I see, or listen to as is mostly the case, I would stick by the experiment. During pre-season and also evident by the changes for Birmingham, the manager will make changes. Is he learning the league, I would say yes, evident by signing Hanley. My take on the Burton game is that we have a manager who has decided that if we don''t concede we don''t lose and as such it is building slowly, possibly slower than some fans want, hence I think he was having an evening where change was not part of the plan. The litmus test will be Saturday when we will see if the away day blues have gone. For me what I look for from this season, progress, which will entail some setbacks, a strong finish with being in the top half a success and then kick--on for next season. The one cloud on the horizon is the Board and are they only looking to accept the financial safety they have, time will tell.