...passed peak midfielder Joelinton?

I believe we're beginning to see signs, sadly.

The sad irony is that we let a player go to Forest who would have been able to step in and offer more than just breaking up play and running into people.

For years, tbh, we've missed a player who can unlock a defence. Bruno can make some sublime passes but he's not necessarily a playmaker. A team plays a low block against us and we've had it. 74% possession and, not only did we not look like scoring, they scored the next bloody goal.

It's no good turning up for Champions League games if we don't do it for league games...no that that will be a problem next season unless we have a shift in thinking.

We've changed our approach to cope with all the extra games but it's making us...well...bang average and actually a bit shit at times.5 points off fifth, aye, but 5 off 18th, too. And we're not playing like a team who are going to make a push to close the gap above us.

And yeah, I know that we're missing our full backs but we can't put being 13th after more than quarter of a season just down to that.

Rethink and rejig needed, imo. (apologies for the negativity but with 10 games gone, whatever we're doing isn't working)