I have to ask how much we've actually weakened the team.
Smithies was sold with two supposedly decent replacements waiting in the wings. Not as good but replaced (of sorts).
Robinson and Onuoha went. Both very good and experienced but both prone to injuries (neither managed 30 league games last season). Replaced by BFG2 (note BFG1 has done as much for our Summer recruitment as anyone in the employ of the club).
That's it.
Ollie had a very similar group achieving a lot more is basically my point.
Leistner is good enough. I think Lumley can be good enough. Ingram isn’t- his distribution is just painful. Lynch definitely isn’t- the bloke is an embarrassment.
So a bit weaker overall on paper but that was a team with no real heart apart from German Toni. Throw in a dire selection, lack of tactics and laughable subs and I’m not that surprised we got so ****ed.


