Fans have been asking the club to bring in more experienced players but some are now calling to bring in a less experienced, albeit ‘progressive’, head coach.
This could be someone like Carlos Corberan, although most West Brom fans want him gone, or maybe Michael Carrick, who was being ‘lined up’ as Tottenham’s coach but has only won league match this season.
We lost to Cardiff, were very unlucky to do so, and we also lost to them by the same score last season when Mowbray was barely two months into his tenure. However, the difference was stark.
Last season, Cardiff scored early before sitting back, and we appeared to have no clue how to cope. They also sat back on Sunday but for the most part we tore into them and poor finishing ultimately did for us.
Mowbray is now a year into the job and he knew precisely what to do in this situation, but he can’t be held responsible for Alex Pritchard missing two sitters.
Under his stewardship, we’ve seen some of the most attractive football from Lads in many a year. It’s true that we need to improve at home (although we already have more points from fewer matches) but my view is that we will.
Whether it’s good enough to better last year’s ‘overachievement’ remains to be seen.
The league is far stronger this year but wherever we finish, I’m sure that Mowbray will continue to oversee some fabulous play.
He has the team playing some of the best football for years and his footballing knowledge is the best we’ve seen since Peter Reid, even surpassing Roy Keane.
