WE’VE had a glimpse at what life under Dougie Freedman is going to be like – so maybe now is the time for the real David Ngog to stand up?

Not taking anything away from two very good results, or a much-needed clean sheet, but there’s still a big flaw in the squad for me at present, and that’s goals.

I’ve said it often enough that we don’t have a reliable goalscorer in the ranks, and though we could get away with it when they were being shared round – it seems things will be quite tight under the new boss.

We’re playing compactly, not giving much away, so chances have been few and far between.

That’s when you need someone to step up and punish teams, but I’m not sure we have that right now.

Big Kevin Davies does his job well, he’s a great target, but you are not going to find him running in behind defenders.

That can sometimes make the game difficult because your opposition can defend high up the pitch and make it hard to get out of your own half.

Marvin Sordell and Benik Afobe are young lads learning their game. You can’t saddle pressure like that on their backs.

So everything points to Ngog to fire the bullets, and as I’ve said before, he’s got everything in his arsenal – size, strength, pace.

The only problems is that up to now, we haven’t had a great return on the £4million we shelled out on him to Liverpool the summer before last. He has lacked confidence. And as a striker, that can be a problem.

When you are not scoring goals it can affect you, but the crucial thing is that you can’t be afraid to miss the target.

David came on with a point to prove the other day against Cardiff and we saw a different side to him. But it’s okay doing that for 20 or 30 minutes, I want to see him doing that from the first minute and bossing teams the same way he did on Saturday.

Otherwise, Freedman will have to wait until January to change things around and there are definitely no guarantees that he will get the money to be able to do anything about it.

This weekend against Blackpool is a completely different prospect than his previous two games, and even though he threw a curve ball by selecting the same team twice, I think there will definitely be changes in team and formation at Bloomfield Road.

They are a good side, the typical underdog, and they have got a couple of very good players who could potentially cause us problems even though they have lost a big character in Ian Holloway.

We know ourselves that teams without a manager can be dangerous, so it should be a really stiff test.

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I’M not speaking out of turn when I say that the Scotland job isn’t for Owen Coyle.

It’s an old man’s job, and to go three or four months without being with your squad or playing a game would send him nuts – he’s far too hands-on to spend his weekdays on the golf course.

Owen has had offers but needs a club where he can be himself, and do things his way.

The Scotland job is for someone coming towards the end of their career, or who is looking to slow down a bit.

I’d like to see Joe Jordan given a go.

He was an absolute hero as a player – the hardest man in the world – and he’s worked with Harry Redknapp at Tottenham and Portsmouth, and gained experience at Hearts.

Whoever takes over has actually got the best crop of players we’ve had for a while. We just need someone to kickstart it again.

The last thing I’d like to see is a younger manager come in, then take the first club job that gets put in front of him.

We need someone in the post for a while now, to lay down some foundations.

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I’M delighted to see my old mate Tony Kelly is back on the training ground, in fact if I open my kitchen window, I can hear him too.

He had a little spell of ill-health with his heart but now that the doctors have told him he can get back to doing what he loves, it’s great news for the club, even if it means extra work for David Lee.

Old Didsy will have his work cut out keeping the reins on him for the next couple of weeks, you can guarantee that, but at least with Tony back on the training ground, it means we’re safe to go back on Twitter.

All joking aside, they are doing a grand job with the Under-18s and you can see that with results.

Getting a good batch of youngsters together doesn’t happen overnight, but that’s the future for this football club and we need good coaches like him and David around.

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HOW great is it to see Fabrice Muamba with a smile on his face?

I’ve seen him doing lots of work just recently with his new book being out, and even though he has stopped playing now, he’s clearly enjoying being in and around the sport.

He’s clearly a brave lad and he’s making sure that he has a bright future, even if that isn’t on the pitch.