The issue is that even good players can be made to look crap when there is lack of a coherent system around them.
Last year we had a clear system, for all our limitations. This year we appear to be playing some sort of weird gung-ho 3-4-3 with an ever-shifting cast of wing-backs and wide-forwards. I think he needs to either play a proper 3-5-2 with a settled striking partnership or go to four at the back. 4-2-3-1, as many have said, would probably be a be a good fit for our personnel, particularly now that Ricky is around.
Starting last night without either Watson or Sowerby in the midfield was a recipe for disaster and frankly showed a lack of respect for the opposition. All the factors - weird pitch, non-league opposition, TV cameras - should have screamed out to Curle to pick an experienced side in a clear, organised line up.
Curle's s tactical naivety was staggering, but hopefully it will be the wake-up call he needs.
I have one expectation this year: stay in the league. If he achieves that he'll have done OK in my book. Surely a cup run will generate less revenue anyway given the lack of fans in the early rounds.
The side selected was 7/8 players short of the previous game! To me, KC had no real intention of winning the game. The subs were all made far too late. Yet KC was not on the touchline yelling instructions; normally you can hear him a mile away. Personally, I think he reacted to players complaining about too little game time. So he stuck all the complainers...with perhaps a simulated result. Of course, this is pure speculation on my part. Agree with most of your comments except the final two para's.
Whatever we may think of Curle he is a manager good enough for the Club, of all the Town managers he is by far the most likely to ensure L1 safety. As for those wishing him out based on personal prejudice and to play 'proper' football I have little respect. I daresay if we had a goal-scoring centre forward KC would revert to some form of hoofing in a flash.