by Cypry »
05 Nov 2012 08:45
There's some very fine margins at play here, and I don't think we're a million miles away from getting it right...
We've lost four in nine, and drawn the other five - no, we haven't had a win, but conversely, we haven't been turned over by anyone yet...
I reckon Brian will be given a lot more time by Anton than some believe - in a strange kind of way this is reminding me of the 2010/11 season, Brians first full one in charge, where we went on a series of losses and draws (I seem to remember 5 or 6 consecutive draws in the Autumn) before the arrival of Leigertwood and a second cup run in as many years saw us go on an amazing run and get to Wembley...
I'm not suggesting anything silly like us making Europe this year, but with such fine margins I think Brian will be given the benefit of the doubt as long as we don't suddenly capitulate and start losing heavily consistently...with him at the helm, there's always the chance that history will repeat itself and we put together a run of wins - we have a chance at that now, through November into December, with 5 games that could be considered "winnable", another crack in February with a run of 3 against Sunderland, Stoke and Wigan, and finally another run in April with Southampton, Norwich and QPR split up only by Liverpool at home...
Win a decent percentage of those, plus the home game against Villa, and pick up a couple of bonus wins against the likes of West Brom, Newcastle or Fulham, keep the goal difference respectable and it's easy to see we're not sunk yet....we only need three teams to do worse than us, and as it stands if any team from Swansea down goes on a bad run, then they'll be dragged into the mire....conversely, a couple of wins for us and things will look a whole lot rosier...