Smith had a brutal lesson from a man with over 500 premier matches under his belt.

Out-played and out-fought by a big and very talented group of players.

Too many players not ‘on it’. Fatigue? Maybe. We’ve not been right since the outbreak.

On the whole, DS has assembled a team for promotion, then a team to survive, and then a team to consolidate. If we want to progress further, we need to strengthen all over the pitch (bar the GK department). To progress, we have to look higher than just ‘good players’, who have a good game in 5.

Extremely disappointed, but that’s where we are at. We are a reasonable mid-table Premier League side.

I would have bitten your hand off for the last 10 years to be able to say that.

Onwards n Upwards. UTV.