Regarding the 3 wins and 4 draws comment - I was being realistic and taking into consideration the available players and the teams we are up against. Under the circumstances setting the manager a target of winning 5 of our last games (when we can't even beat hodgson's west brom, or west ham) would be pointless. Targets need to be challenging, yet realistic and achieveable or you'll get nowhere.
And I disagree that 3-4-0 is realistic, not least because only United and Chelsea have been unbeaten in 7 at some stage during the course of this season. We're in a position where we will need to attack to win, Evans-style, and that's unlikely to lead to more draws than wins with no losses. Going undefeated for 7 games with no fewer than 4 first choice players injured (our captain and 3 of our starting back 4) with games against City with a fit-again Teves, and a trip to the Emirates to play Arsenal who must win in order to have a shot at the title is not realistic at all.
3-4-0 is the kind of target one would set Hodgson, a bottom table target, where everything goes wrong should even one game not go according to plan. 5-0-2 is a target for a top table side, allowing for referees to get it wrong and players to be injured at the wrong time but by necessity instilling a winning attitude in the players that sustains them through dry spells (look at Man U for the last 3 seasons for evidence of how it works), and where an extra draw leaves you with exactly the 13 points you want, a points total good enough to reach a CL place when extrapolated over a season. "Aim for the sky and you'll reach the ceiling. Aim for the ceiling and you'll stay on the floor" Bill Shankly.
Furthermore, the points total you demand is essentially the same as his average thus far in the EPL (the difference is 0.3 of a point over 7 games). If you weren't happy with his ability to get 1.8 points a game in the league up to now given the disruption in the squad during the transfer window and his late appointment, why would it satisfy you now, knowing that he's forced to field a back 4 made up of squad players everyone loves to hate?
For me it's not that Kenny can do no wrong. He's got us to 6th and unless something dramatic happens that's where we'll finish the season. Considering that 9 months ago no one thought anyone could do anything with "Rafa's pathetic squad", which finished 7th. Considering that 3 months ago we were in contention to remain outside the top 10, with a manager raging at the fans who in turn raged back, and would likely have traded Torres for either Carlton Cole or David N'Gog. I think Kenny's done well enough both on and off the pitch to sign on for a bit longer in order to maintain continuity while FSG settle in and assess targets.
You however still feel the need to test him further, by daring him to
continue in the manner that he has! What exactly will that prove? Either challenge him properly, but allow some leeway if he misses your high target, or look at the difference on the table between 3 Jan and now and keep your grumbling to yourself because you are wrong to compare him with Roy.
