We’ve been outplayed by Southampton, West Ham and now Brighton which just goes to show we have a long way to go and talk of Europe is hugely premature. Doubling up on Jack seems to be working for these teams but highlights the fact that our other players are not taking advantage of it particularly Barkley. Super John isn’t the same player either now he is playing further back.
On the plus side is that the boss and the players admit they haven’t been good enough rather than making excuses (bad luck, ref decisions, VAR) which gives hope that they have something to work on. Definitely a work in progress and we have done a lot of that this season.