On the bright side, performance wise, this is very much work in progress and we’re only 3 games in. We are playing better football than last season, overall the players look fitter, sharper and more on it. Looks like there’s still work to be done but what did people expect? Completely smash every game with free flowing fancy football? Ain’t gonna happen and might not win the league. There’s good talented players waiting in the wings (Carlton, Shrimpton etc) and the players look like they know what they’re doing and have bought in to a plan. Don’t particularly like some of the hoofball and persistent long throws (though I can see why we took that approach last night against a much small team – didn’t pay off – c’est le vie) but each game will be different. My interpretation of some of the more critical and exaggerated views is that some were never happy about Butler being made head coach, Dean getting the shove and Butterfield being released.
