Can't say I go along with this "he hasn't had a window" theory.......
There have been 15 managerial changes since the transfer window closed. So that's a lot of managers in the same boat as JFH.
Amongst those 15 there have been varying degrees of success, but Jimmy was the first managerial change of the season and has therefore had the longest of all of them to turn things around. The likes of Jack Lester (Chesterfield), Neil Aspin (Port Vale) and Ritchie Wellens (Oldham) seem to have made a better fist of it than Jimmy. Even Steve Lovell at Gillingham has had more success.
Wellens 3 defeats in 16, Lovell 3 defeats in 13, Hasselbaink 10 defeats in 22. Lucketti (Bury) undefeated in 2 games completes the League 1 changes this season.
The most worrying thing for me is that we actually seem to have gone backwards under him.....I'd say that performances now are worse than when he took over. That's just my opinion of course,
I expected more from the players that we signed in the summer, I expected more from JFH than he has delivered.......so now we really are pinning our hopes on him attracting quality in the January window and then moulding the team to get them performing better on a more consistent basis.
Things are not working, personnel are not working, tactics are not working, substitutions during the games are not working.......its a hell of an ask for him to turn things round....can he do it???
I also agree with your analysis, we should be doing better.
In terms of pure coaching ability and management skill, isn't now the time to be judging JFK before other variables like the January player merry-go-round kicks in?
It's no good having a manager who can attract better players but who is then incapable of making them play football.