I think we are going down. It's all well and good putting together patches of decent play in the big games but ultimately futile if you come away with zero points. Where are the matches where we can really be expected to take three points?The full strength side is barely good enough and even the slightest exposure to injuries and we look like a lower half championship side. I am sure we will have plenty of games where we will be able to say we played well, but in too many of those games we will fail to take points.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on November 10, 2019, 03:52:58 PMI think we are going down. It's all well and good putting together patches of decent play in the big games but ultimately futile if you come away with zero points. Where are the matches where we can really be expected to take three points?The full strength side is barely good enough and even the slightest exposure to injuries and we look like a lower half championship side. I am sure we will have plenty of games where we will be able to say we played well, but in too many of those games we will fail to take points. Two of the teams we beat last month?We play Norwich, Southampton and Watford over 7 days in December. I think it's fair to say with Liverpool cup game also thrown into the mix that is a hugely critical part of the season and will set the tone for how big the task is from January onwards.We'll stay up but we need to keep our big players fit. Newcastle is winnable game but that will be a struggle if likes of Heaton and Grealish are out as they simply gives the whole team more confidence and quality out there.Today to me showed the mistake in not doing more on August 31s. We lack quality in the final third.Let's remember we barely won a game for three months without Grealish in the championship so not sure why people are expecting us to go to established prem teams away from home and get at least a point. I fully expected us to lose when I saw the team at 1pm. Good at least for our GD we somehow only lost by one goal.
No. We’ve had one transfer window where we rebuilt the squad. It was always going to be a tough first year back.Some smart additions in Jan and I think we will be fine.