Win or extinguish the candle on this season

good linking partnership with Steven Fletcher. I like Powell, I think he’s a main man, a clever player and we need to use him in that number 10 role where he can make the most of his knowledge. He’s cheeky with it and can wind up defenders.

Mentally, he looks in a good place this season. You can tell that by how he can nick the ball back in the opposition half. He’s alert and working out of possession when, if he switches off, he would end up in daft areas for a player of his ability.

It’s a positive to have Joe Allen back too after fearing for his future when he suffered that horrible injury.

Sometimes he tries too hard for a player of his experience and gets pulled into the wrong places. You want him in those central areas, linking with Powell and Fletcher. I want to see more of those breakthrough runs into the box to assist and score, like we saw when he set up Powell’s second against Luton.

Don’t do extra work in wider areas. His job is to tell the wide players or the full-backs if they’re not doing something they should, not try to do it for them. He’s a forceful player and if he concentrates on his own strengths getting into that attacking third the team will be better for it.

Partnerships are so important and Allen and Mikel should be clicking in every game.

I like Harry Souttar, a young player coming through who seems like he’s going to have a future in the game. He’s got all the attributes you need and he needs to quickly grow, learning from his successes as well as his mistakes. You don’t just learn if something goes wrong, know what goes right and repeat it.

I think the atmosphere looks good in the club, the togetherness is there and the players seem a decent bunch, a hardworking group. That looks healthy.

There are pluses but, as always in football, as well as looking at the big picture, it’s the here and now that matters too and that’s results. We need wins.