I'd like to know who actually wrote the review though. It does reek of a London-based journallist/pundit who is basically just looking over three or four overused quotes and putting them in an order that fits. You can normally tell which type of pundit it is from their speech and this seems like Paul Merson, Tony Cottee or Tony Gale, someone like that who seems unwilling to see the good points in a poor season.
But I suppose we shouldn't expect any plaudits because we haven't actually "achieved" anything this season as a whole. We "achieved" survival under Coyle because it was an achievement dragging us out of the mire with the state we were in when he joined. But over a 12-month period we have stood still and all that's changed is a manager really.
I love being detracted by the media though. If this is what 6 points a season from West Ham gets you then I'll happily keep it that way. God I hope we can beat a top side next year again, or Liverpool would do
