Curle is doing okay under the bad circumstances he's inherited (which are now worse circumstances following the loss of one of our few good players).
Don't get me wrong. I want KC to stay and do well and perhaps with one or two more signings we'll see a difference. He deserves the chance at least to bring in some of his own players. However, is he really doing well now? He was for the first few games when we went back to basics and looked really up for it, but we've been MUCH less convincing for the last month and seem to have lost a bit of fight too. We were second to most balls again last night and there are more and more similarities appearing with the JFH and DA days.
KC is still talking about building, but performances and results suggest he did well in the his first ten games and things have gone largely downhill since then. I'm not calling for his head and I hope and expect him to keep us up and get somewhere near a mid-table finish, BUT he is being given an easy ride as there is so little pressure on him as long as we stay out of relegation danger. Remember that DA was sacked for 1 win in 11 games and KC's current record is little better (more draws than under DA in his current run).
The common factor in all these poor runs we've had recently under different managers is of course the same set of players. However, unless other teams come in for them (and why would they in most cases?) we probably can't afford to bring in many new players and will carry on with an oversized, underachieving squad until contracts run out. DA didn't manage to get rid over the Summer and KC could have the same problem.
