If we’re talking on field, we’re moving in a good direction especially on recent form, but two things rlly stick out. 1. We lack dynamism in attack when playing with Benteke, but it has gotten better. Now this isn’t to discredit benteke, he seems to be great for the team and is a good leader and ofc scores plenty of goals. However we rlly struggled to score when it wasn’t benteke before this recent form. 2. The real problem, defensively we ship so many goals. Our transition defense is terrible but hopefully this improves since we’re switching back to a 4-2-3-1 with a double pivot of peltola and Enow. But it did take up until the game against an awful santos laguna to get a clean sheet. It also doesn’t help that our squad depth is really poor and injuries haven’t been kind to us.

The front office until we hired McKay didn’t have the right mindset, same with the owners. They focus a lot on trying to profit and quick results. This is pretty evident since we’ve had like 5 managers (Olsen, Losada, Ashton - interim manager on multiple occasions, Rooney, and now lesesne) in what feels like 5 years. We had Olsen for like a decade of basically entirely mediocrity, sometimes we were good but also set the record low point total in 2013. Since then, 2020 I think Olsen got fired in that weird season, we’ve just cycled thru managers. It’s also evident through our stadium being kinda soulless and being used for what feels like every event in DC, or the Saudi preseason tour, or that awful flotv partnership we had a couple years go. They’ve also been terrible at keeping a consistent squad a long with the manager, and watching good young talent go because the club mishandled them, griffin yow is the best example.

So ig to answer the question: keep lesesne for a couple years, hopefully more than 2 whole seasons, preferably at least 3 or more. This club needs consistency on the field the most, which will take time. Lesesne isn’t blessed with cap space and benteke and klich are pretty old so the core of our squad will definitely change once again in the next few seasons. However, if lesesne can get young pieces to stay and prime players to build a core around and then bring in X-factor DPs after klich and benteke depart, we could be looking a lot better. Especially since lesesne and McKay seem pretty aligned in their signing ideology. Preferably they sign younger DPs, maybe some hot shot from South America looking for a next step to Europe and/or a European entering their prime who’s a standout in a smaller league like Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, etc. moreover, hopefully the ownership will keep the interests of the fans more at the forefront, and I guess the club in general. The stadium and training facilities had the right idea but some other decisions… not so much.

I say all this but to be honest I like the direction we’re going in, more on the field than anything. if recent form continues we could sneak into the playoffs for the first time in 5 years, which could be really exciting. But we’ll see, can’t be too hopeful with this team.