That's the point though, the odd game or bit of a game (I'll trust your memory of the 2nd half, I just remember it being awful for some reason) isn't much of a yardstick. Lots of other things need to be considered. Given everything we know, I'd suggest most clubs would be over the moon with mid table this season, Luton would probably swap places in a flash. Give the poor man a pre season and a chance to build a squad. Every Manager in our histpry will have games where it looks like the team are a bunch of Sunday League cloggers, equally even our worst Managers got games of seeming brilliance out of the team.
Your argument contains compelling logic, unfortunately, we're talking about football management here.
Despite appearances and what Andy King used to say, most football fans aren't idiots. MM has inherited a reasonable position, and I think most would have expected to see some small change for the better, among our players, maybe a bit more passing, perhaps better movement off the ball, some innovative set plays etc.
Only the mongiest mong on thisis, would realistically have expected a PO place this season....the rest hoping to see signs of improvement.
Instead we seem to have the wheels falling off with a resounding clang. Tomorrow is a key game, by rights when you've had a shit performance, its often possible to use that to bounce back....eg after losing to Blackpool, we went out of the LC at Soton, but won the next league game v Rotherham....incidentally Fraser Digby made his debut.
A while back, we got mullered 6-0 at the CG by Ipswich, but won on the Monday at Uddersfield.
Anything less than a draw at Oldham...suggests MM isn't up to the task.
