On a positive note, only Villa and Arsenal have conceded fewer goals than us...............
That is the biggest positive.
We've lost 40% of out magnificnet 5 - one by choice (Hendo),one through injury(JOC and yet we are still doing better than most with odd, individual errors being punished. That's what we have to build on.
Further forward we are mssing the rare chances we created , some of which we took last year.
CW has a couple of options more to shake the pack , that's wherre the work's needed and I'm sure there'll be plenty of that BUT, goalscorings a knack, an art, a sixth sense even .That's the stuff you CAN'T teach, it's instinctive, it's in the players' make up.
You can develop positional sense and styles of lpay, work on individual aspects eg cleaner heading, better control, but you can't instil instinct and that's where CW's system and methods aren't applicable or transferable
You CAN teach the defensive arts much easier, set formations and positions , get players running harder,further, diving in to block shots, working as a unit etc.
Basically,it's easier to destroy than create so he's concentrated on a team approach to attacking and defending as a unit. That, as we have progressed to the PL leaves little room for a maverick, a creator, a risk taker and that's where we fall down.
Can we still loan Brooks because, off the top of my head, he's the answer short term?
Longer term can we hold on until the Jan window and go out and buy someone proven to fill that gap?