I think the posts in the various threads runnung over the last few days have just about said it all. Supposedly 31 attempts (I don't think I saw that many!) and no goals. That is a team that has no belief in winning. We are losers, and that is a really hard rut to get out of. The real talent in management can turn losers into winners - witness Torres at Chelsea this year compared to last - I am afraid Hughton and his cronies are unlikely to be able to achieve this. They are too text book driven, hence the inane substitutions on saturday. Cardiff was an eminently winnable game, Hughton approached it in the same old cautious way; we got it going well in the first half, but Mackay's substitutions at half time negated our midfield dominance. That obviously scared the life out of our "coaches" in that they could see them getting a foothold so no changes of any significance were made. He could have taken a defender off for god's sake, but caution rules his head. The worst little cameo of the game for me was Pilkington's miss from Hooper's low cross: simply not sharp enough to get on the end of it. He is one that is seriously letting us down. As for Snodgrass, I find it unbelievable that so much is channelled via him - he just doesn't create any real danger.
