This is why I’ve pretty much lost faith in DS. It’s not like it’s small margins costing us either it’s errors so basic that a Sunday pub team would be embarrassed. Look at the capitulation against Arsenal, the marking at set pieces where on several occasions he’s openly admitted we got these wrong due to poor communication, the lack of possession in virtually every game we play, the consistently dreadful way we start 2nd halves, the stubborn persistence with 4-4-3 and belatedly poor use of substitutions. People have a crack at Wesley for not getting up to speed but our poorest performer so far this season has been Dean Smith imo. He’s 2 games to save his job, I hope he still can but the time for excuses and learning from mistakes has passed.
I'm definitely worried. When the players stop running and hide then it's the beginning of the end. Having seen it several times now. Maybe there will be a good reaction for the Norwich game, but I suspect morale is flat.
I think our position, and the spending to even be there shows just how far behind we are following years of neglect. It's going to take an awful lot more money and time to get us competing.