Quote Originally Posted by george_kaplan View Post
Just my take on whats going on.

First season after promotion before a ball was kicked, every single one of us on here was dizzy with our break of 16 lousy years outside the prem. Each and everyone of us in our excitement wondered how we would cope, most agreed 17th would do!…few wanted more.
We did a bit more then 17 eh. This season is beginning to pan out like we thought our last season might have been, fighting to stay up.
Just about 1/3rd season in, we’ve brought some new faces in, not enough most think and we are slowwwwwly introducing the young lads in not fast enough for some also. We outdid ourselves last season and we thought thats enough we go on from there, not so.
Except for a chosen few each season will be another new challenge then the last. Last season means nothing for most clubs in the prem. Yes we are down there but not adrift. MB will stick it out, I personally hope he does anyroad, lets see where we are 2nd 1/3rd.
We are all in this together and we’ve been through it also together. We ain’t going down…..Marcelo stays.
It’s a bit like Leicester when they won the league - every player played above themselves for large parts of the season and not all of them could sustain it the next season (accepting Kante leaving was a big loss).

The squad they have today is arguably better than that which won the league.

Agree with you why we did do well last season and think we just need to start/continue evolving the squad to improve the overall quality. We mainly invested in players with huge potential this summer rather than big upgrades for now in weaker areas.