ETH is dead man walking if the expectation is that we'll see such such improvement this quickly.
If he's here to implement the way his Ajax team played, I believe it'll take at least a season to see consistent improvement and chance of playing style. He's inherited a unbalanced squad who the majority of their time with us has had little to none consitency in terms of playing philosophy and tactics. Our squad is a complete mess filled up with out of form players with low confidence.
And when all that has been said. We are one match in this season against a well-drilled and coherent Brighton team. We aren't the only supposed top team who are gonna struggle against them this season.
I fondly remember Klopps first season at Liverpool. They finished 8th in a historically weak season for the top teams, which gave way for bloody Leicester to win the league. Our squad is just as much a mess as the team he inherited back then. In his first season they spunked over 100m on the likes of Benteke, Firmino, Clyne, Ings, Grujic and Joe Gomez.
We need to calm down. Let the man learn about his team, and slowly build it up from the ground.
Well, it's not like it's a choice between bovine sanguinity or fuming, vengeful rage and I think the discussion is a bit pointless if pursued on such terms. For my part, I absolutely agree we must expect that it will take time for ETH to make the team good and progress it towards being a contender, and that even if we have a bad season this year, sacking him probably isn't the answer. Also I do not expect to see the squad fixed in a single window. However, I don't see why that should mean I shouldn't be worried by the performance against Brighton, and still less why I should think the club's response this summer should be viewed favorably, or why it couldn't reasonably be expected to be better. So while I'm perfectly happy to let ETH slowly build it up from the ground, I am not prepared to believe that what we're seeing reflects a capable DoF, a Scouting department that fills the role it's supposed to fill or a clear and workable plan for progress. Because it clearly doesn't. And if those things aren't working, ETH is not going to fix this club single-handedly, and all the time in the world isn't going to help us.
In fact, if there is one specific time where it makes sense to place high and immediate expectations on the football operations, scouting and transfer parts of the organisation, it is right now.
Right now is the time when the club either makes the good choices that in time will turn into results, or make the bad ones which will leave ETH treading water. The team needs patience, ETH needs patience, but those parts of our organisation do NOT need patience.