Our squad is limited, not so much the first eleven, who are all of a decent standard at this level, but by depth. Our bench never looks up to much really, so I will expect a bit of a blip once injuries and suspensions kick in, which they are starting to do now. Nevertheless, this isn't DM's fault as he inherited the squad. Our loans have generally been of a good standard and, as we didn't have much of a scouting system and no assistant manager at the end of last season, I think DM has to take credit for these as well.
It takes time to adapt to the Championship as many relegated teams have found out. We finished below Stoke and Swansea remember, and we find ourselves 11 and 13 points ahead of these two teams, despite them spending more money than us. As a bonus, we are also above Villa.
We have had to put up with dreadful entertainment and hopeless ineptitude respectively under our last 2 managers, leaving the team in poor shape before DM took over. In a short space of time he has fixed both the entertainment and ineptitude problems, and has us playing effective football which is very good to watch, even if it is a bit heart in mouth on occasions. The players seem happy and are playing as a team again.
As has been said many times by DM himself, we are a work in progress, but he has done remarkably well so far.