I'm happy to give McClaren a chance but when we're talking about Williamson being much improved on the ball we really are clutching at some pretty short straws.
I have absolutely no confidence in us to keep it tight at the back, which is where we'll drop points. Right back, for example, is the strongest position in the back 5. It has next to no cover and Janmaat isn't great defensively.
Fantastic going forward is a bit of a stretch, mind. He's got talent going forward that could develop into something effective. Defensively he's not up to it yet.
We can have all the attacking talent in the world but it won't necessarily translate to points with the likes of Williamson, Taylor and Coloccini at CB.
Mojo used to be a bit of a supporter of Tiote, too. It should be painfully obvious to everyone now how incapable he is of playing effective PL football.
Aaron Hughes was absolutely not very good/excellent for us, like. When he was RB for us during Bobby's time he was regularly the weakest link on the field. Pretty solid CB in general, mind and shouldn't have been sold given the crap that ended up playing instead in the coming seasons.