I have to say I'm a bit shocked by the amount of stick Moore gets every sticky result we have , some of it is way over the top IMO especially the dreaded social media sites.
The club itself has been run like an absolute shambles the last 18 months which for me ended up with cut backs and Summer training camps involving a few first teamers , loads of kids and three or four trialists well past their sell by dates . To add to that we've had to boost the squad after that deadline with Mears , Wes and Sako .
Two of those are well into their 30's and the other had a career threatening injury , what other team aiming for promotion has to do that ? . I can only hope better quality comes in this next month.
Don't get me wrong , Moore has made mistakes like every novice will and not bringing Sako or Harper on at Rotherham stood out much like the Jones lead 3 at the back which I hope never returns .
Given the mess we were in in my view he's done well , not perfect by any means but not worth some of the stick flying around at times in my humble .
Spot on mate.
For me its plain to see Sako, Wes and Mears were signed as squad fillers as he had probably missed out/been let down on his priority targets.
You only have to look at his signings to date to know that the 3 above don't fit in that mould (add to that they have hardly featured, Mears has featured the most due to being the only option).
Look at Gayle, Barnes, Townsend, Tosin, Johnstone, Holgate - all of those are the right side of 30, with majority of them being young players who have got a bright future.
Also look at the other targets he went for, Bobby Reid - again young and hungry. Its clear to see what type of player he wanted to bring in.
The mess this club was in and the amount of work DM would have had to take on, on top of this being his first crack at management and the lack of an assistant for the summer, he deserves a lot more credit for the position we now find ourselves in.