I have posted many times I am a Dean fan, but this time it feels different.
Make no mistake we were very fortunate to have had that lockdown break last season, we werein freefall, then find a bit of form when we started back.
I give Dean credit, he got them up for the scrap in that break and they came out playing for each other. He stopped his gung ho attacking and developed the defence, and it won us points.Thankfully, at the moment the defence and the keeper are holding up, and they are covering for a woeful midfield, that is walked through game after game.
It is that mentality which has gone. I see the defenders doing it for each other, I dont see the same attitude in the middle of the park.
We dont have any understanding in the middle, we are not a unit, Ollie is left isolated game after game, and it is crucial he brings in quality in the middle if we are to progress.
With regard to sacking him when promoted I think he was untried in the Prem and they thought they owed it to him, quite rightly, to give him his chance, and they were on record as saying Dean had got them up quicker than expected so they would stick with him.
If we spend in the close season, as I expect them to do, and we dont hit the ground running I think they will look elsewhere.
I am still in the Dean camp, but he wont get a free pass indefinatlely if we are not doing it.