Frustrating because both have the ability to be far more of a threat than they currently are. I hope Izquierdo's attitude of trying to beat the man in front of him rubs off and Solly and AK stop taking the safe option.
They would all have the same problems Chris has had to deal with.
The thing others are missing when they assume a team's results improve with the arrival of a new manager, is the quality of the men in question. The new manager bounce is not some supernatural phenomenon, if it were it would...
that goal difference is skewed by conceding 11 goals to Liverpool and Chelsea in 3 matches in Dec and Jan. Overall our defence has been fairly consistent all season.
100% correct. Tony Bloom being a statistician will know the phrase 'regression to the mean' more than most. Yes, players will initially work a bit harder in training to impress the new manager, but that will soon tail off and any upturn in form would statistically have been achieved by the old...