14-09-2015, 18:07
(This post was last modified: 14-09-2015, 18:09 by St Charles Owl.)
Strangely after such a stuttering start to the season I still feel very calm about us so far this season. When DC took over he made it clear he wanted us to get back to the prem by the time the 2017-18 season started so that we can celebrate our 150th birthday in the prem. It was and still is a bold statement for a club that has essentially been on its knees for the best part of 20 years!!!
None of us knew what on earth to expect out of CC when he was appointed but it seems clear to me that he has been brought in to change the whole playing philosophy at the club into a more European style, or as we see today more of the style you see in the prem. We are 6 games into that transition and so far we have seen Wednesday play some of their best football in years, but it hasn't been on a consistent basis yet. We have seen us dominate long periods of games but fail to score to capitalize on those purple patches and found ourselves conceding when the pendulum swings the other way.
We need a striker who can consistently score but I have no doubt that the players we now have are on the whole much better than the ones we had last season, to me that is not up for debate. But CC now needs to find his best 11 and start playing them week in, week out barring injuries etc. If he does that then I am sure we will start to see more dominating performances and hopefully goals when we are playing well. We also need Westwood back asap, I know Wildsmith is a good prospect and wasn't at fault for the goals against Burnley but the defence plays with more confidence when Westwood is behind them, it takes a bit of the pressure off them knowing he is there.
For me this is a two year project which CC will start but I imagine may not finish, but it will likely take us the full two years to get us anywhere near where we need to be to get promoted. As all football fans tend to do, we probably got a bit carried away watching YouTube videos of our new players, players we often knew absolutely nothing about, and expected us to be right up there from the start. Football more often than not doesn't work that way, we have come down to earth with a bump and now we need to get behind the team and coaching staff to give them the time to get this squad working to the level we think they are capable of.
None of us knew what on earth to expect out of CC when he was appointed but it seems clear to me that he has been brought in to change the whole playing philosophy at the club into a more European style, or as we see today more of the style you see in the prem. We are 6 games into that transition and so far we have seen Wednesday play some of their best football in years, but it hasn't been on a consistent basis yet. We have seen us dominate long periods of games but fail to score to capitalize on those purple patches and found ourselves conceding when the pendulum swings the other way.
We need a striker who can consistently score but I have no doubt that the players we now have are on the whole much better than the ones we had last season, to me that is not up for debate. But CC now needs to find his best 11 and start playing them week in, week out barring injuries etc. If he does that then I am sure we will start to see more dominating performances and hopefully goals when we are playing well. We also need Westwood back asap, I know Wildsmith is a good prospect and wasn't at fault for the goals against Burnley but the defence plays with more confidence when Westwood is behind them, it takes a bit of the pressure off them knowing he is there.
For me this is a two year project which CC will start but I imagine may not finish, but it will likely take us the full two years to get us anywhere near where we need to be to get promoted. As all football fans tend to do, we probably got a bit carried away watching YouTube videos of our new players, players we often knew absolutely nothing about, and expected us to be right up there from the start. Football more often than not doesn't work that way, we have come down to earth with a bump and now we need to get behind the team and coaching staff to give them the time to get this squad working to the level we think they are capable of.