Our priority has to be to improve our goals for column. We have done better this season but we are still in the bottom quartile for shots and goals. Look at it another way, the league table shows that our defence compares well with all of the teams above us with the exception of the top three but it is glaringly obvious we still don't score enough goals. Villa have scored about a goal a game more with a similar defensive record. If we had a goal a game more and looked at the games we have lost by a single goal/drawn we would have 21 more points this season and be alongside Villa but even incremental improvement to the goals for would move us up the table. I'm all for improving the defence but it is in the attacking areas we really need to improve both our shots creation and conversion.
Another thought, in all the years some of the established teams have struggled, the reason they have survived even in poor seasons is usually that they have goal scorers and can pick off enough wins when playing badly.
Gary has given us some exciting attacking football this season but we need to go further and see what we can do with a greater attacking threat and depth in that area. Now I don't know who we should or will sign but I really hope this is the priority area and we back Gary in the summer.
Another thought, in all the years some of the established teams have struggled, the reason they have survived even in poor seasons is usually that they have goal scorers and can pick off enough wins when playing badly.
Gary has given us some exciting attacking football this season but we need to go further and see what we can do with a greater attacking threat and depth in that area. Now I don't know who we should or will sign but I really hope this is the priority area and we back Gary in the summer.