I'd like to say how shocked I am by tonight's result but I'm not. It's been coming.
If you routinely keep selecting a shockingly out-of-form goalkeeper, a woefully sub-standard full back and a central midfielder who offers absolutely nothing, all while maintaining a style of football that makes the Crazy Gang of the mid-90s look like Guardiola's Barcelona, then you will get your arse handed to you on a plate now and then.
In a nutshell. As I say we don't seem to have a gameplan at all. I have seen every single home game and increasingly since November I have had no idea what on earth we've been trying to achieve at Molineux. We don't attack teams, we don't have a style of play as such, we don't play to anyone's strengths, we don't stifle teams, we aren't competent at preventing teams from getting chances, we have too many players at the back who are prone to horrible errors and/or just plain aren't good enough. Away from home we've brazenly been aiming for 0-0s but we didn't really even do that tonight it seems.
This isn't
all Ken's fault. The off field situation is a shitshow and isn't helping anyone. He has had some bad luck with injuries. That's nowhere near enough mitigation for this though. He is still making a lot of mistakes, showing no ability to change things, still has faith in the wrong players and wrong set ups, it's been long enough now and he clearly isn't going to turn it around.
Paul Cook is my choice as and when Jez pushes the button and makes a call he should have made months ago.
- The relationship between club and fans is extremely fractured (again). This would be a popular appointment and even if results weren't great to start with (they could scarcely get any worse, but we do have multiple squad issues so there won't be any miracles) he would get a lot of leeway from the support.
- Plays good football. Has done wherever he has been. I am sick of watching the way we currently play, I can accept being mid-table in our current circumstances if we're at least playing some decent stuff but we do not. Horrible aesthetically and the home record is a disgrace.
- We are not a great draw at the moment with the off field situation but Cooky would come here in a heartbeat.
- He's never really had anything to spend anywhere so would fit our requirements to work to a fairly small budget. Similarly, knows the lower leagues where you would imagine we would look to do a portion of our shopping.
It's a gamble of sorts, but I think the higher profile out of work candidates wouldn't even consider us at the moment and he is certainly a better bet than some of the other names that will inevitably be linked.
I could give you about 50 names I don't want...
