I’m really relaxed about this season. Firstly, because we have a really young team, and we won’t need to sell anyone next summer, so we will be better next season. Secondly, there will be at least three or four periods this season where we go on 4-game winning streaks, and that alone will separate us from the mid table lot. Just gonna enjoy the rollercoaster.
If you’d asked me in June I wouldve expected to have more points at this stage, but the way the window panned out (can blame SR for that if you want) I am not suprised by our start. Ultimately we’re what like 6 points of second? Very easily recoverable. There were definitely green shoots and, whilst I still maintain the high press won’t work consistently in this division, it was effective today. Think most important thing over the next few games is to get some goals for Stewart, Azaz and Downs, really need to be scoring more and I think that’s a confidence thing
McCarthy just in front for me. Neither are spectacular, but who would you trust more to help close out a 1-0 lead? I don’t see Baz getting us many/any points. Also some people are saying “play Baz he will improve, he’s young”. Yeah you can’t bank on that.
Baz wouldn't have made the error McCarthy did against Liverpool. He might have remembered he had hands when trying to save the goal today, but it was a tough save regardless. For me, I've yet to see Gav drop a clanger this season like McCarthy did vs Liverpool. The goals we conceded vs Hull were due to outfield player mistakes in dangerous areas, and then conceding on the break.
No he probably wouldn’t have. But he also wouldn’t have made the two great saves that McCarthy made to keep it at 0-0
