Wasn't at the game after having my knee injected this afternoon, but from reading comments it sounds like both sides were :censored:e, and it should have been a 0-0 boring kind of game...
The thing that worries me most is that, Dickov being a striker himself, should be able to train and influence strikers to play in the way that he did, nipping round and poaching goals. Instead, he seems incapable of teaching a striker where the net is - either this or he just can't bring in decent forward players.
He seems to have a settled and strong(ish) defence, with Byrne being a good replacement for Lee. However, we have seemed to leak goals, again similar to last season - stupid mistakes, game on game, :censored: at defending set pieces, game on game.
The question is, where do we draw the line?
Dickov is 2 seasons and 2 games in, yet the team or the club doesn't seem to have moved forward in any way - in his three seasons here, we've had pretty much 3 new squads and quite alot of new players, yet he still can't seem to get it right.
Where do we go from here? For now, we push on and hope that there is a plan B somewhere along the line - but, not to be negative, i just can't see it. We had 3 months of quality, exciting football in his first season, but since then, i've seen 5 games maximum where i've seen that quality, it is alarming.
Dickov In, but this really is make or break time for him. I hope he suceeds, but if not, bring back Andy Ritchie