Quote Originally Posted by WTF11 View Post
Ok, so I was one if those who suggested we would struggle to survive, and was proved completely wrong by the performance against Liverpool, where essentially we played the same players as got us promotion. Dont think anyone would criticise the players (and I made a comment about neither Koch nor Rodrigo having had any chance to "acclimatise" to the way Bielsa wants the team to play, so hardly surprising they both looked ike fish out of water).

I dont think the more expensive transfer targets were right, and once Koch and Rodtrigo have settled in, we will see, but theres the rub, we will probably not see them at their best until the end of October, 6 or 7 games in and despite the Liverpool result, without strengthening, our squad will be under very great pressure, something we could have avoided had we been a little more aggressive in the transfer market (and less fixated on White given Brightons attitude).

As Oz says, 4 games, 4 losses. Losing (just as winning), can be habit forming, and whilst not every player has played in every match, (obviously), enough of the squad(s ) have to start chipping away at the confidence that came from the performance against Liverpool.

And the "team" that played against Dull didn't deserve to win, penalties or not.
Just want to point out that U23s drew 2-2 with Wolves last night. Our first point.