Let’s give Rob Thomson a grade for the first month

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The first month of the season is coming to a close and that means we can take some time to assess the team. There are different sections of the team that we can look at and analyze a bit deeper, but let’s start with the manager.

Rob Thomson endures quite a bit of criticism from circles of the fanbase. Some of it is unwarranted (talking about his needing to get thrown out to fire up the club always makes me wonder) and other times, the criticism is totally…