Quote from: Tom_Mc9? on September 01, 2019, 05:25:54 PMQuote from: PeterWithesShin on September 01, 2019, 05:22:37 PMThe next 5 league games will show us how much we need to worry imo. West Ham, Burnley and Brighton at home, Arsenal and Norwich away. Seven points, which will leave us with 10 from a possible 21. I'd put that as somewhere between okay and not okay.Considering the teams we would have played, that will be relegation form.
Quote from: PeterWithesShin on September 01, 2019, 05:22:37 PMThe next 5 league games will show us how much we need to worry imo. West Ham, Burnley and Brighton at home, Arsenal and Norwich away. Seven points, which will leave us with 10 from a possible 21. I'd put that as somewhere between okay and not okay.
The next 5 league games will show us how much we need to worry imo. West Ham, Burnley and Brighton at home, Arsenal and Norwich away.
After 4 games last season, the bottom three was West Ham, Burnley, and Newcastle. And they all had less than three points. None of them were relegated.Let's see where we are after 10 games.
No. Well, not yet anyway. Well, just a little. Sweet Caroline anyone?
we have no automatic right to beat just beat the ‘likes’ of anyone.We are the new boys to this division, making a huge step up in class.
It’s all about small margins at the minute.We were punished early on against Bournemouth for some silly mistakes which played into their hands and prevented us getting the points we were capable of getting. We didn’t perform very well at Palace, but poor judgement sent us a man down and a referee mistake prevented us taking home a point. A slight shift in fortunes could have seen us with 7 points from four.On the other hand, had Everton taken their opportunities we could have lost that one too, and so a small shift in fortunes the other way could have left us with nothing so far.What we need to see now is whether or not the team can push on and make these little improvements that will see us putting points on the board more regularly. I think they are capable of it and Smith and his staff are capable of bringing it out in them.
What worries me more than the start is at least a couple of people already mentioning the J word, January. That suggests they think the current group isn't good enough to stay up. I think we need a bit of improvement as we will need to finish above at least 1, maybe 2, proven Prem teams (your Brightons/Newcastles/Southamptons) of this world, and at the moment they look a little bit streetwise and not exactly relegation fodder.
We will sign on in January.