The fact he does have a plan and a vision, and he sees the long game as much as the short one in terms of the need to build a club, not just a team.
It's easy to look at first team performances and judge solely on that, but often it's the legacy left for the managers that follow that's more important - take Newcastle for example, Keegan did well with results but binned the reserve team so there was no easy [path through to the first team for younger players (benefited us as we got Huckerby on the back of that) so after he left, the following managers were running uphill.
We've had similar, focussing on the first team beyond all else, and arguably neglecting a whole generation of players, the likes of Quinn, Betts, Fowler, Thornton as a result. Sure they had issues, but our club culture didn;t help, and that's something only McAllister ever tried to sort out (unsuccessfully).
So ultimately, the manager will be judged on results but they're not the be-all and end-all. We'd have also been in a better position long term, I reckon, had Adams not played Wise in a bunch of meaningless end of season games, but instead used those games to tune the side for the following season.
Problem is, circumstances have meant we haven't been able to try and build while Pressley's been here - Northampton handicapped that. So we've had a bunch of loanees and short term contracts as that's the cards we've been dealt. We need to move away from that, so having a manager who's prepared to0 give chances to the likes of Willis, Haynes, Finch etc. is exactly what we need. Rome wasn't built in a day an' all that.
