I've said it before and I'll say it again, there isn't a lot of point in thinking in terms of Championship until, the infrastructure, is at least on the horizon if not in place.
With the appointment of Patey...it seems the owner has now realised this himself. At the moment, we're in our rightful sort of place....namely top ten Div 3, who can give higher teams a game in the cup. Keith Hill is the fella you're after.
That's all fair enough but I think most managers in this league would argue that we have a squad of players that not only could go into the Championship, but actually should get promoted. In terms of infrastructure, our ground is good enough and we have the most sympathetic Board in recent memory. We shouldn't really need to crank up either the expenditure or the revenue.
Personally, last season I felt that Paolo was the difference. At times we didn't necessarily have the best players but he got us through, with passion, tactical awareness and that unique ability to build momentum in and around the team.
The difference this year is that, on paper, it looks like we should be winning more games. Our players are of a higher standard and our squad is larger in terms of quality. Of course there is a rise in standard between the two divisions but, to me at least, we are underachieving. Last year, at times, it felt like we overachieved.
PDC is new to this and I think somewhere between the two campaigns he has lost his way. We lack consistency and he is becoming a parody of himself. These issues rose before the changes upstairs and he is in danger of hanging our lack of success on those facts, which would be wrong.
