I feel exactly the same, I like Kettlewell, ok his interviews are a bit turgid and buzzwordy but I feel like that when I hear anyone under the age of 40 in a management position.
i think he’s getting the best out of a bunch of average players. He’s also improving them as players and importantly, it’s obvious to see that they are working their ar5es off every week and not hiding. I’ll always forgive players limitations when I see that. (It’s also obvious SK works his ar5e off too and wants to succeed)
i think back on our so called better managers and they all had better players to deal with, more money to spend and I’m pretty certain none of them would have been able to get a tune out of this group of players. Yet under SK we still have a big chance of making the top 6 and at times playing some really good stuff.
I’m sure at some point it might all come crashing down as it does with every single other manager, but at the moment he deserves a bit of credit. Good luck to him.