The last 9/10 months has been a complete clean up & uprooting of poor structure/mismanagement/leadership that has been stinking out the club since the turn of the century (arguably). It’s going to be a bumpy ride this season, but I’ve seen enough to believe we will be fine this season.The knee jerk reactions will be frequent this season. But it’s just frustration, which is understandable given what has happened to this club in the past. For once though, I’m quietly confident in the direction that this club is taking.
Quote from: London Villan on August 19, 2019, 08:45:49 AMIt’s a bit much to say ‘should’ beat. Even arrogance. Bournemouth are a well established PL team, we were never going to just roll them over.That said all our home games (with exceptions of man city and l-pool) are ‘could’ wins and but for a mad first 10 mins we could have got something out of the game. More lessons learned. I’d even be happy with a draw against everton on Friday, just to show some progress. A draw would be a good result on Friday
It’s a bit much to say ‘should’ beat. Even arrogance. Bournemouth are a well established PL team, we were never going to just roll them over.That said all our home games (with exceptions of man city and l-pool) are ‘could’ wins and but for a mad first 10 mins we could have got something out of the game. More lessons learned. I’d even be happy with a draw against everton on Friday, just to show some progress.
Quote from: Three Spires Villa on August 19, 2019, 10:59:22 AMQuote from: London Villan on August 19, 2019, 08:45:49 AMIt’s a bit much to say ‘should’ beat. Even arrogance. Bournemouth are a well established PL team, we were never going to just roll them over.That said all our home games (with exceptions of man city and l-pool) are ‘could’ wins and but for a mad first 10 mins we could have got something out of the game. More lessons learned. I’d even be happy with a draw against everton on Friday, just to show some progress. A draw would be a good result on FridayNot for me. That is negative thinking. I think we need to be winning our home games if we aren't going to struggle this season. You may think we should write off winning home games against the likes of Manchester City and Liverpool but once we start writing off winning home games against the likes of Everton who finished eighth last year then we have to write off home games against Wolves and Leicester who finished either side of Everton last year and then we have to ask ourselves who we would actually back ourselves to beat at home.
Hopefully Newcastle are nailed for 20th. I have always thought we'd finish between 15th-19th and with our current striking options I still think this is the case.
Ten goals in four matches so far, and nine different goalscorers. Feels very reassuring to have it so spread out.
Quote from: Dave on August 27, 2019, 10:21:44 PMTen goals in four matches so far, and nine different goalscorers. Feels very reassuring to have it so spread out.I was expecting nothing else. The way we're setup means we'll see goals from all over the place, it's why I don't really understand the people who are worried about the risk of a lack of goals from Wesley and no one to replace him, I honestly don't think his 'job' in this team will be to score 20+ so that's not what we should be demanding, if he gets 10-12 then I'll be very happy.