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Don't know if you read the comments posted below that article but there are a few good points made.  It mentions the fact that one thing SG has done very well this season is getting us organized.  Aside from a couple of games we have not been hammered, we have stayed tight as a unit and kept ourselves in most games.  Westwood has been a revelation and has definitely won us a few points on his own, but the defence on the whole has been very solid.  If we were an NFL team, SG would be the defensive co-ordinator of the year!!  Problem is going forward, we have no natural midfield general and our strikers are poor to say the least and for me that is down to SG not being brave enough to change the formation and to "give it a go".

Its always easy for us to sit on our butts once a week and watch players, but SG sees them all week but this sticking to 442 no matter what has been and will continue to be his undoing.  He should be relaxed, he deosn't strike me a a panic type of guy anyway, but he knows that sooner or later the new owners will make a change.  Maybe it would be wise to keep him as a coach if we can and have him control the defense, you cannot deny he has done a good job there!!

Fans like SG because he is a nice guy and a contrast to DJ, who although a better manager was a miserable guy who had little time for the media. He is turn was disliked because he replaced GM, who was a Wednesday hero. GM had the passion, in contrast to AI, who was dire & overused the words "bitterly" & "disappointed" often in the same sentence. Fans never took to him because he replaced the affable BL.

See the pattern?