Prospective qualification for the playoffs represents no mean feat.
Nor a 16-game unbeaten run, the club's best for more than half a century.
But the poor display against lowly Dale renewed doubts over the head coach.
Another modest opponent denied points to sterile promotion chasers.
Points that could make the difference between going up and going nowhere.
It also raised questions about his assistants and some players.
Among the latter, Kaikai, in particular, shows inconsistency amid stalemate.
But, like Jose Mourinho, note tutors' unwillingness to share the blame.
The coaches share responsibility for:
*a pre and whole season inability to sign a creator who can split defences..
*unpenetrating resultant tiptap passes.
*persistent resort to desperate route one tactics when no chances emerge.
*inexplicible late substitutions that, made earlier, might have succeeded.
Six defeats in the first nine games exposed slowness to forge cohesion.
Injuries mitigate failure, while external analysis might lessen their occurrence.
Elevation to the Championship would raise transfer hopes for reliability.
Disappointment could see key squad members leave for higher status.
Either way, signings to redress shortcomings must bridge the gap.
Ambition demands progress that lights a path back to the Premier League.
Nor a 16-game unbeaten run, the club's best for more than half a century.
But the poor display against lowly Dale renewed doubts over the head coach.
Another modest opponent denied points to sterile promotion chasers.
Points that could make the difference between going up and going nowhere.
It also raised questions about his assistants and some players.
Among the latter, Kaikai, in particular, shows inconsistency amid stalemate.
But, like Jose Mourinho, note tutors' unwillingness to share the blame.
The coaches share responsibility for:
*a pre and whole season inability to sign a creator who can split defences..
*unpenetrating resultant tiptap passes.
*persistent resort to desperate route one tactics when no chances emerge.
*inexplicible late substitutions that, made earlier, might have succeeded.
Six defeats in the first nine games exposed slowness to forge cohesion.
Injuries mitigate failure, while external analysis might lessen their occurrence.
Elevation to the Championship would raise transfer hopes for reliability.
Disappointment could see key squad members leave for higher status.
Either way, signings to redress shortcomings must bridge the gap.
Ambition demands progress that lights a path back to the Premier League.
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ender of the highest order.
