This is a good point. Could you see this team moving forward into the Prem or would we be forced to buy a while new team again - which will take a whole season to gel. It is even more vital to score goals in the Prem. Hill and Dunne are not the CB of Prem quality - neither held a place or have the pace - and this is our strongest area right now.
We have lost some sort of hope I agree - tainted by the trolls who pushed us into being 'boutique' - now we want and expect success…. now… and
I'm so sick of reading that our players don't try. We have and do try as much as any team. Seems to me that since Colin we have had Managers who are both tactically inept and can't get the best out of the players. After a good but toothlesss 1st half Saturday we have been cr*p.
I thought they did in the 2nd half, but were just a bit dispirited and 2nd best. The Assou-Ekotto/Green incident has put a negative spin on things