I take no pleasure in saying this but the reality of the situation has to be seen for what it is. After a good start to the season and an optimistic new year we have been dragged into the fringes of a relegation battle that no one at the club saw coming. I don't think that we will finish in the bottom 3 but I no longer think that we will finish in the top ten , a finish that appeared nailed on mid-Feb. I don't accept that we have been unlucky or that we have had a bad run of fixtures against the top teams and I don't see the "easy run in " that has been banded about since mid-Feb. why have we turned into a team that can no longer score (or look like scoring) and a team that can't defend (did we realy keep 11 clean sheets) A good indication of where teams are in the league apart from the obvious points one is goal difference, if you look at the table and look at the goal difference it pretty much reflects the positions in the league. Have we punched above our weight and are only just finding our actual level, or are the players who we thought would take us to the next level not realy as good as we think. The 2 lads we brought in , in the window has certainley not met our expectations, Jordan Henderson in my opinion is barely a premiership level player yet a lot of our fans and more worryingly our manager put him in the 20 million bracket and play him week in and week out even though his form says he shouldn't be. I think loosing Darren Bent ( and not finding a replacement) has had a very detremental effect on our team. I don't care what type of person he has turned out to be but we were a much better team with him. I do accept that injuries have played a part in our down turn but this is part and parcel of top flight football and should not be used as an excuse. Do we blame the players or the manager, I think it is equal, is it worrying, very. I would like anyone to come on here and convince me I am wrong, over reacting call it what you like. But try and do it without looking through "red and white" glasses.
