Hopeless optimists

I’m the idiot that defended Karanka until his final days. “Look what he did at Middlesbrough”… “The rot is deep, he just needs more time”… I’m fighting that same voice now.

I can’t help but think, given how we played at times against Plymouth and Leicester especially, that we are just a couple of months away from looking quality under Rooney. I’m also looking at things out of the manager’s control: a horrid streak of injuries, some awful individual errors from experienced players that have cancelled out several would-be wins…

Don’t get me wrong, I see the issues too. I can’t get my head around some of the defensive shapes we are attempting, especially considering so many players are playing out of position due to the aforementioned injury crisis. Our line has been suicidally high at times, and for little tactical gain. And then there’s the substitutes…

I just hate turning on our own, you know? Shouldn’t we wait to see what the transfer window brings? Or am I all alone again? Seems like the fans have well and truly turned against him now. The only way to get them back is to start winning convincingly and immediately, which I frankly can’t see happening.

Whatever happens, I know these owners will get it right in the end. I’m not stressed. KRO