Well lets recognise what he has done which are so far the main positives of his reign. We are extremely organised, have a much better defensive spine about the team and seemingly have a good spirit in the camp and all three were needed after the farse of last season. Yes, there are glaring deficiences within the side, the football certainly hasn't been as entertaining as many would have liked but there have been some promising signs only in very small pockets.
The conundrum for Irvine is whether he can get the side to play some more 'easy on the eye' football with penetration and still maintain the defensively solidity that he has brought to the club this season. I have no problem with losing football matches but there is a manner in which we lose them and its day like today where I find losing hard to take because we've been beaten, at home, so comfortably and we've barely laid a finger on the opposition. If Irvine can get us trading blows with the opposition then whilst I won't like losing, I can certainly say we'd have given it a good go, especially at home where accumlating points is paramount. Unfortunately, Irvine is struggling in this department.
Unfortunately at the moment we seem to have a solid defensive foundation but are certainly lacking going forward.
