Are you worried?

[Risso]

How are we ‘basically a mid table team now’ exactly? We’ve played 12 games in a 38 game season and currently 3 points of third.

Actully if we had 3 more points, we'd almost certainly be 6th, because our defence and therefore GD is terrible. But in any case, we haven't got 3 more points. And it's Chelsea away next.

[Demitri_C]

Dont think anyone has said we are a midtable team

[coreyfeldman]

Dont think anyone has said we are a midtable team

Hahahahahahaha you are a joker of the highest proportions

[Olneythelonely]

Unai Emery: "Football and life are about being strong enough to avoid the temptation to fall into frustration and keep working when the results are not coming.

"I can assure you we will bring again the joy. Football is not a flat path, there are ups and downs."

[Demitri_C]

Dont think anyone has said we are a midtable team

Hahahahahahaha you are a joker of the highest proportions

Thank you I do try my best 👌

[Demitri_C]

Be gentle

But i am deeply worried.

[SoccerHQ]

The reality is we're mimicking Newcastle from last season.

I've used them as a comparison before already this season but quite stark looking at their results on Soccerbase during the half time break.

Their results up to November were pretty good if not the performances but then it all come crashing down around November and they lost 2-0 at Bournemouth 2-0, 3-0 to Everton and 4-1 to Spurs.

They then rallied from February onwards and had a strong finish to the season.

Perhaps people just want to dismiss the comparison as they think Howe is a managerial fraud and they have no good players but Pope, Isak and Bruno Guimaraes are all good in their respective positions so if it could happen to them it could certainly happen to us.

Other big issue with due to restrictions out transfer strategy was mainly signing young players which was a gamble for the level we're at.

Normally when you finish top 4 you keep the 11 together and then sign 2-3 top players to have a real go. Of course we couldn't do that but we still sold 100m + worth of talent so I was expecting a little better than our best signing on paper being a guy who couldn't even get in the Everton team in the run in last season.

[Monty]

Oop, wrong thread.

[Meanwood Villa]

Right now last summer is looking a really bad window. Mitigation is our hands being tied by the rules.

[PaulWinch again]

Right now last summer is looking a really bad window. Mitigation is our hands being tied by the rules.

I still wonder about Diaby on that. I got the impression we weren’t planning to sell but did, so I suspect it wasn’t necessary at that point. In which case selling him has been disastrous - not because he was amazing, but across the season he was effective and gave us a direct threat. We’ve essentially replaced him with Philogene which was a gamble that has massively failed, and now teams can push up and pressure us without too much concern.

[Villan82]

We thought we were so smart but it doesn't look smart now.

[aj2k77]

Smart wasn't swapping Luiz for 2 fucking donkeys who spend the season out on loan somewhere else.

[PaulWinch again]

The most disappointing thing is, for me, I’m now going into games expecting us to struggle. It just feels like we’re persisting with the same approach even though we’re not getting better. All the spark has gone out of our game.

[Villan82]

Smart wasn't swapping Luiz for 2 fucking donkeys who spend the season out on loan somewhere else.

If anybody is in bother it's Monchi

[TonyD]

We are too slow and weak in the challenges. 
Out muscled.