[madsteve]

Completely agree  MS!!  Unfortunately we have no way of really knowing what DC is thinking, he is saying all the politically correct things at the moment as expected, but you would think that he will be looking to bring in a manager with a better track record.  

I ws surprised you ranked out players as the 5th best, maybe our defence is right up there but at the start of the season it was obvious that we would struggle in  midfield, particualrly out wide and that has proven to be the case.  16 (?) clean sheets is definitely a platform to build on and the addition of McGugan has already helped in the midfield, but we still lack any real width and lack a clinical striker.  Those things have to be the priority and as you say I hope its someone else who gets to spend the transfer kitty!!

I was being optimistic that Westwood & Lees would be as good as I hoped & I did my ratings five days before the season started and didn't know that SG was trying to get rid of Antonio so he could sign May. While May might come good, selling a proven goalscoring & assist providing midfielder was terrible management, particularly as he says goalscoring midfielders are scarce these days.