13 points out of 10 games

[By god I'm blue]

Magic that isn't it,

The premier league is very tough, if we carry on like this we might be safe at Easter if we can get the same out of the next 20 games.

Let's hope the teams like Sunderland are as bad as we hope.

My point being, we are not as good as everybody seems to think we are.

Investing in youth is great, but we have dropped 17 points. If you are happy with that, good luck to you.

 

[ijjysmith]

Jesus wept

We've lost 3 out of 10 games and those 3 are to the eventual top 3.

We are clearly better than last season.

Maybe this sort of thread is more suited when there's something actually to worry about.

 

[AlE]

We've played Arsenal, City, United, RS, Chelsea and Spurs in those 10, mate. Let's hold off a little longer before we start this kind of nonsense

 

[Norwegian Cow]

our next 9 of 10 games is games we normally should win, so expecting a big climb on the table

 

[The Equaliser]

It's classic mid-table form and that's exactly where we are going to end up this season I fear. Even allowing for the relatively tough start there just isn't the evidence there that we suddenly going to start blowing teams away in supposedly easier fixtures.

 

[helpimonfire]

Don't Panic.

 

[alpha1]

We will know more about where we can expect to finish after the next 10 games, which are considerably easier than the hard first 10 fixtures we have just faced.
I'm disappointed we haven't got more points on the board but not really surprised and it's not like we are cut adrift in mid-table, we are still in the pack for Europe.
Keep the faith.

 

[Coffee and TV]

In the 13/14 season we got just 2 more points from the equivalent games, and ended the season on a record number of points.

 

[Khalekan]

It's classic mid-table form and that's exactly where we are going to end up this season I fear. Even allowing for the relatively tough start there just isn't the evidence there that we suddenly going to start blowing teams away in supposedly easier fixtures.

Exactly.

In case anyone has forgotten, Sunderland have won here on their last two visits.

Why do people think this should be an "easier" game.

 

[tommye]

The loss of neg bombs has caused this.


RIP GOT.

 

[vagant59]

Jesus wept

We've lost 3 out of 10 games and those 3 are to the eventual top 3.

We are clearly better than last season.

Maybe this sort of thread is more suited when there's something actually to worry about.

its not the losing its the manner in which we lost. a lack of intensity and desire until we are behind

 

[Seamus Colemole]

Thats the hard start out of the way, could have been better but could have been worse.

It's the next ten that will tell us a lot more about the team and manager.

 

[Billy Dean]

Exactly.

In case anyone has forgotten, Sunderland have won here on their last two visits.

Why do people think this should be an "easier" game.

If you were given the choice of opponent between Sunderland and Man City, who would you choose?

 

[ijjysmith]

its not the losing its the manner in which we lost. a lack of intensity and desire until we are behind

I agree that's crap and a bit of a worry and if we don't win our next two games (don't tend to look further than that) convincingly I'll be worried but I'm just not at the moment.

 

[The Equaliser]

Exactly.

In case anyone has forgotten, Sunderland have won here on their last two visits.

Why do people think this should be an "easier" game.

Really looking forward to seeing us dealing with Big Sam's side lumping high balls into the box and defending against his set-pieces. Not.