i feel i have to comment on your post everybody new when br took over we were going to be in a transition period ie implementing his ideas, players backroom staff etc how long would you expect this to be 25 to 30 league games and then we should be pushing for top 4 WOW after last seasons awful football and results did we really think a new manager would wave a magic wand and push us up there the very next season even im not that optomistic i realise it is so frustrating when weve had games by the scruff of the neck then let it slip away surely though you can see the football were playing is a lot better than last season the guys got to be given another season and he will be i for 1 am prepared to give him time.
Who says I am expecting 4th?? I've said all along that 6th should not only be our aim but is also likely to be as good as we can expect for now.
Other managers arrive at new clubs and make instant improvements - you don't see Swansea fans asking for 2 years for Laudrup to settle in to a new country and develop his footballing ideas. No - he arrived, improved on the previous manager despite losing a key player, made astute signings, and won a cup in his first season.
You'll probably argue that he isn't making wholesale tactical or personnel changes. Well neither is BR.....he has introduced a MINOR tactical tweak that the players should adjust to within a few weeks (Carragher's words, not mine).
Most of his first team were already here and the previous manager did a pretty poor job. People can make all the excuses they like for BR but the reality is that he's come into a cushy job, not much pressure (FSG have already said that CL isn't the aim this year), been given decent money to spend but still isn't doing very well.
Anyone who needs 2 years to get the team sorted isn't a very good manager at all.
