Still finding his feet, yes but that’s no excuse for having zero tactical nous. Dean’s decision making is effing woeful. I don’t know whether the pressure is that great of losing that it’s blinded him but whatever the reason he’s absolutely dire.
Put it this way, Nelson was working with a patched up team on bare bones and had us playing really good football, if you compare that to what Dean is doing with a much bigger squad, I don’t think on this evidence he’s even fit enough to kiss the soles of Nelson’s shoes.
Getting bedding is one thing but to not recognise when your team is struggling and not being able to read the game sufficiently to spot what to alter, is another thing all together. Everybody and I mean everybody today knew we needed width and yet Dean was completely blind to it.
In general his subs just don’t make sense. That’s not a bedding in problem, that’s a lack of tactical nous. Whatever he was doing was working the level he was at but not sure he’s got it to even manage this high up.
Bennett looked really capable player at 6ft 4 and yet we had no width and got no crosses in the box for him.
