Who feels let down again

[Tlsestu]

Ok....so after a bright start at Everton we ended up losing to our bogey team.

And last night when City upped their game we couldn't go with them.

But there were positives from both matches.

This start was entirely predictable. New manager, new players, and a disjointed pre season due to the World Cup.

If I feel any sense of being let down it's over Lacroix being allowed to leave without a definite replacement lined up.

Leeds away will be tough if we can't match their intensity, but I think there are points to be had at Fulham and home to Ipswich.

Agree, there has been some nice attacking play from us in the first two games, much better than anything we saw in pre-season, so to some extent we are seeing progression. I also like what I am seeing from the new players, they look reallly promising.
We obviously have a problem in defence and for me it's Canvot, he's just a kid and acts and plays like a kid. Hopefully, Disaisi in the middle and Richards out to the right will make us more solid and a bit more intimidating at the same time.
One positive is that it's happened early so we have plenty of time to put it right. Another is that difficult times can create a strong bond in a group of players and as long as they keep working harder for each other and don't let their heads drop we should be ok. Though they will need the fans to stay behind them for this to happen.

 

[Gary St.Andrews]

Our next 3 PL games are Fulham,Ipswich and Leeds.I cannot see us winning any of them, in actual fact it is the model of plausibility that we could be defeated in each of these games.I am far from confident we will defeat Middlesbrough in the League Cup.

Willo do you attend the school of Paul Merson training of negativity, because he has had us to be relegated for the past 13 seasons now? He is supposed to be an expert, but he has spaffed his wealth up the wall on getting it wrong!

 

[aashman12]

We get in to Europe again with a decent team then we sell our best CB who still had a decent contract ,players seem unhappy and want to leave will sell some good promising young players and buy very average players ,we swap BJ with a worse player with massive loss of money ,HF call it a day like them or not they did bring the atmosphere to the ground.
What the hell is Parish and co playing at no wonder OG never renewed his contract he knew what was coming !

2 games ago we were winning a European trophy, just after that the vast majority of our team went to the world cup, our coach snaked off to shittier climes, unsettled our declining wing back and maybe a few others, we look to have done a very good bit of business in khalaili. Hopefully next couple of days we see a proper cb and cm come in and we can see what Mr sage is all about

 

[Willo]

Willo do you attend the school of Paul Merson training of negativity, because he has had us to be relegated for the past 13 seasons now? He is supposed to be an expert, but he has spaffed his wealth up the wall on getting it wrong!

All about opinions and Paul Merson often says "In my opinion".
Apropos this season, I stated on HOL before it started that I had an "Open mind" pending developments. As yet I have not predicted our demise back to the Championship but of course it might be forthcoming !

 

[Gary St.Andrews]

All about opinions and Paul Merson often says "In my opinion".
Apropos this season, I stated on HOL before it started that I had an "Open mind" pending developments. As yet I have not predicted our demise back to the Championship but of course it might be forthcoming !

The last sentence fills me with trepidation, but I guess even a broken clock 🕰️ is right twice a day?

 

[park the bus]

Ok, stand back, take a deep breath, and out. Feel better? Good.
During our earlier spell in the EPL we hardly ever sold our players, the various managers had to put together a team made up of judicious purchases and loans (and a couple of duffers) with the brief from Parish that Premiership survival is paramount. Seems reasonable. To cut a long story short it worked, worked so well in fact the through sheer hard work, luck, and smart scouting from then Director of Football Dougie Freedman we ended up with a half decent team. So decent in fact that it won a few trophies under a manager who wasn't keen on hanging around too long. Oh well. Naturally in the big money shark world other clubs became alerted to our players, Parish saw the opportunity to cash in, and here we are, back were we started. Enjoy the ride.

 

[Teddy Eagle]

All about opinions and Paul Merson often says "In my opinion".
Apropos this season, I stated on HOL before it started that I had an "Open mind" pending developments. As yet I have not predicted our demise back to the Championship but of course it might be forthcoming !

Who to trust more than a drunken coke head who retired 20 years ago after losing £7 million gambling?