All graft and no craft as Rotherham United compete again but lack cutting edge and conviction versus Watford – the story of their season
There may still be 10 days remaining in February – with only the odd daffodil out just yet – but the game in 2023-24 looks up for Rotherham United, whose position at the foot of the Championship table is starting to look hopeless.
As leader of the organisation, in a football sense, it is Richardson’s job to present something to buy into. Leaders are dealers in hope, as Napoleon once said and the Millers manager admirably had a go after the game.
I’ve been in worse situations than this and come through it,” he said.
Which he has, given some off-the-field chaos during his time at his previous club Wigan.
A football man, Richardson will know deep down that it is all about Rotherham now starting to build for next season – highly likely to be in League One.
And taking the good bits they have got right in their time in the Championship, and learning from what they haven’t.
He said: “As a leader, you have got a vision of how things look
“A vision of the culture, environment, training ground, your team and how you want to play and your beliefs. That evolves over time and not overnight.
“This is a good challenge. We’ll come out of it. Sometimes, you’ve got to bottom out and go to a place you don’t want to be to make sure you appreciate the strong parts of the football club.
