It’s a tough one.
The first half of his time here so far, was a clear improvement on what was on display prior to his arrival. He’s made us more organised and difficult to beat, whereas under Des we looked a disorganised mess, and teams were beating us with ease.
However, the 2nd half of his time here has been a steady decline back to the awful standard we’d become accustomed to under Des, and Rowett is making some very strange decisions and mistakes that have cost us a number of points in recent games.
But he’s inherited a squad with a lot of weaknesses in it, both in terms of quality and physicality, and a number of players who are physically and technically nowhere near Championship standard.
For that reason it’s hard to judge whether he’d be the right man moving forward or not, as it’s largely not his squad, although he has made us more difficult to beat, even if it hasn’t been pretty.
Overall, I’ve enjoyed the improvement in results, as a result of making us more organised, but I’ve not enjoyed his style of play at any point, if I’m honest.
Maybe that’s down to the players at his disposal, rather than what his preferred style of play would be, if he had better players to work with.
It could be that he’s simply doing the best he can with what he’s got, and with better players at his disposal, the more chance he’d have to implement his preferred style of play, and the better the standard of play will be.
With that in mind, if we stay up, I’d be inclined to give him an entire summer transfer window, to see what he can do with a number of new additions to the squad.
Then see where we are at Xmas, and reevaluate then.
