You might be right of course but I think it's maybe a little early to reach that assessment! Remember us losing a friendly 4-1 or something like that to Crewe before we entered Premier League for first time. 2 months later we were winning at Emirates and White Hart Lane. It really, really doesn't much if anything tonight.
I remember us having a brilliant pre season under Hateley, not losing and beating teams from higher divisions. Then on the first day of the new season wecwent to Mansfield...