Absolutely agree with the sentiment and indeed facts of the matter-lets hope they dont spin it in their heads. However, such insight is very rare im afraid.

on the playing side so far as ability is concerned then I would agree that Frecks and from the tiny bit I have seen of Aadeyemi could work out well. Lots of managers and players need to find the right position in the right club to flourish and lets hope this is true of Adeyemi because he looked like the only kind of player we have who can bring the midfield some stability and battle.

up front its far from unclear what can be delivered. we know Ward very well now. His injury record is bad and its a travesty to rely on him. I also think hes best suited wide and as such could not think of him as a striker. Yates looks like he is hungry and he looks like he has ability to score at this level so for me he has to start. will stubbs do it? That is the issue right now-no one trusts him and thats a big, big problem the club has to recognise in its communications to the fans. Brown definately has the physical skills but I was so disappointed to see his attitude last saturday. He is young and thats a problem. How much he can flourish under adversity I do not know. Taylor seems such an honest pro and I like his pace and intent but how many goals he can score Id say is going to be very unimpressive. He is not a goalscorer in any sense and I would only expect literally only a  handful of goals tops from him.

so, for me its down to yates, and stubbs ultimate plan is to starve the opposition and revive the days of 1 nil to the Arsenal . This is simply the only way we can pick up enough points.

defence:

He has invested in the defence more than any other department. If I look at it then it seems obvious. He has let strikers go and seems unimpressed enough to not panic or not see the need. However, in both defensive midfielders and defenders themselves he has invested. He has let smallwood and Thorpe go presumably due to pace but kept hold of all the similar types . In actual defence he has pretty much kept everyone: wood, broadfoot, belaid, mattick, kelly , halford, fisher, ball and wilson. Thats 9 defenders v 2 strikers. Of the midfielders, whether are not we include halford again (or indeed as a striker-lol) there are 3 holding midfielders and 2 wingers.

attacking options are forde, taylor, brown. creative players are ; allen and vaulks and defensive players are forster-caskey, halford, and newall.

losing JCH is a blow but no excuses the club had plenty of time to consider that.

my impressions are not changed from what I surmised when we appointed stubbs and based on his record at Hibs.

He is not an attacking manager.
he is not a defensive manager.
He believes very much in blending a team that takes no chances going froward and relies on its defensive integrity to match the opposition with the philosophy that his team score at least a goal and then fall back and hit on the counter.

This is the championship however and although many games do indeed take that format where one team gets the first goal and percentage wise goes on to win it I fear he has left us too weak across the middle. Warnock was no different in his philosophy-keep it tight and nick one. The difference is that warnock really stretched the opposition without putting the team under loads of pressure in every game. He had Derbyshire to run ragged wide and get in when needed and Best and ward to support him. This enabled the rest of the team to conserve energy and shape. Im not sure yates and ward can do that and I know that Brown deffo cannot.