Indeed. I think we both know, he's unlikely to be afforded that 'luxury'. One of things I really don't like about the modern game is the culture of managers frequently losing heir job within months. Amped up by sky, talks port, media in general frequently going on about 'sack race'/odds of next manager to go, whipping up large sections of football fans into a frenzy, compounding tge pressure.
As another posted rightly pointed out elsewhere
@afcdibby ? Its only the ladt 2 games there's been a noticeable uplift in substantial doubts around AI.
When I break down tge fixtures, including arsenal (due to their quality and low expectations regardless of when we met) the only very disappointing display was v Everton.
It's not necessarily a case of me declaring the first 8 or so games as unwinnable, free hits, but tge odds, probability of gaining many more points was always low. Just take a look at tge odds (probability...) on betfair to get insight. If the fixture list was more balanced, none of those results would have caused concern (except for tge last one... but if in isolation around other more 'normal' fixtures, wouldn't have worried people so much... imo).
So that's one concerning performance, which most teams deliver several of over the course of 38 games... particularly at our level v competition.
Trajectory, momentum of course important, but it feels like pressure is mounting, which won't help anyone. He's displayed he has tge ingredients of being an excellent manager. I'd hate to see us cut him adrift, and miss out as he goes on to potentially have a superb career. On the other hand, we're not close enough to see him in action, so he may be doing things that are red flags, indicating out of depth... or struggling to adapt to English game. Hopefully, and I suspect, that's unlikely though
Will be interesting to know what sort of character he is, how he deals with pressure and potentially self doubt creeping in. Will it 'goad' him to abandoning his ideals/more flamboyant style he's perhaps trying to implement for something more pragmatic, or will he somewhat panic and start changing a load of variables, maybe hoping something will click/stick. That's a key thing of determining good managers. Not afraid to frequently question how they're doing things and make changes from initial plan, but only if it's considered, measured... rather than because feel they're struggling, out of depth and need to change something. Or have solid belief what tgey are doing is correct and it will click soon, and just need to keep doing what they're doing.
Like I say that's where managers earn their money, how they deal with 'ailure', when things not producing results and dealing with pressure, their own minds and how it influences key/important decisions. Have to be pretty stoic imo, to not allow any 'noise' to impare your judgment, even when everyone else is starting to question things, lose faith etc.
Guess we'll find out soon. I coukd be wrong buy I sense Foley and associates, plus investors may be cut throat and have no issues cutting him loss if they lose faith and worry about protecting their investment. They may have a more patient, 'reasonable' ethos/outlook... but thst woukd make them pretty unusual in the modern game.
