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[quote author=Khalido link=topic=42039.msg1182642#msg1182642 date=1285444108]
Winning becomes a habit but we look like a team who have simply forgotten how to win a game. When we went 1-0 up, there didn't seem to be the belief we could go on and kill them off. We need to scrape an ugly win anyway we can in the next game, just to give us something to build on, so we can gradually start to build up some confidence and eventually a bit of swagger (at home anyway).
I fear it's going to be a long road and I certainly have my doubts whether Roy is the man to get us there, a team should be a mirror of the manager, at our best under Rafa we were a ruthless, organised and tactically spot on team who mostb importantly knew how win games anywhere we went (Benabeau, Old Trafford, Stamford Bridge).
The next few games will show whether Roy is transmitting his ideas to the players, because at the moment he hasn't stamped his mark on the team, they look lost.
Next 5 games and we'll see where we are....
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And how about our worst under the Fat Waster?
Clueless, tactless, toothless, 8 defensive midfielders, Crouch on the wing.....and Lucas.
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Rafa at his worst was terrible, and he had to go, but we knew what he could do at his best. My fear is, will Roy's best be anything more than mediocre. Nothing he has done in his career has suggested he can rise above that level. My hope when he was appointed was that he would see this as his final big chance in charge of a truly big team, and somehow he would rise to the challenge and shows us he could become a great manager.
He looks like a journeyman manager at the moment.
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Absolutely, many suggested he just hadn't been given a shot at proving himself.
Most, however also realized that was because he wasn't good enough.