I can only base my opinion what's happened so far with the style of play. Anything else is just speculation by all of us. I agree with you regarding man management and, should Darren get the job, I'll back him and will be interested to hear him state his intentions during the close season regarding the style of play. All I'm saying is that I'm desperate for us to have someone at the helm who can demonstrate that it's possible to be successful using a different playing style to the likes of Pulis, Allardyce etc.
You're correct about Mogga, but I would regard him as being more the exception rather than the rule.
I agree with your sentiment and in general with coaches, what you see is what you get. I never believed that Pulis would change although plenty of posters clung to the notion that he would.
In Darren's defence because his career is in his infancy and he has been given one task which is to steady a rudderless ship then maybe you cannot judge on what we have seen to date. If that is the case we can't judge either way and maybe 6 games is just too few to make a judgement about him being able to step up to the Head Coach role but many of us are happy to do just that.
Darren gets a free pass from the fans because of who is but eventually if we are playing dreary unimaginative football that free pass will run out. If we ever want to fill those empty seats in the Hawthorns we need to play attractive football or at least not the pig ugly brand associated with the British Old School Gaffers.
I certainly hope that Pardew is not seen as the model for progressive football and therefore used as an excuse to revert to Pulisball. Pardew was an empty suit it doesn't matter what style of football you choose to adopt if you lack basic competence as a coach it won't end well.
I watched Sunday Supplement on Sky yesterday and the London/Manchester based journalists made the point that the Potteries and the Black Country were largely blue collar areas and that their teams e.g. Stoke and ourselves needed to reflect this is in first and foremost be hard working even if the football was not always that pretty.
Setting aside the slightly patronising tone they have a point and plenty of posters on here talk about "putting a shift in" but they miss the bigger picture. Football clubs in blue collar communities are where fans go to be elevated beyond the everyday to dream a little be inspired and nobody dreams of watching Pulisball.
We are desperate for a progressive coach whoever is next has to lay down a style that is just that. The challenge for Darren Moore is if he is appointed he has to be that coach for all the goodwill he has and will continue to have that is where he will have to take us.
