All the team around us have added and on paper improved from last year. We're relying on youth players who, apart from Baxter, havent made any drastic impact in pre-season. Teams change every year or build. If you dont you get snuffed out because there's nothing left to surprise and move on with.
Why do Real Madrid's or your Man Utd's spending vast amounts of cash? They're out of our league yes, but they're at a point that they dont want to fall from. After being the best team in the league, you try and maintain why you're the best team.
Villa, Spurs, Pompy, The [Poor language removed], Chelsea, all have improved big time. All these teams, even Manure and Arsenal, last season we either beat or were a player or goal out from beating them. What are we now at this point? We've replaced what we've lost or added with un-proven youth.
Yak gets injured we're [Poor language removed] up front. Arteta injured, whats our midfield?
There's no signs we're actually going for anyone with quality. Yeah, we've got till the end of the month. But we're not getting a Moutinho, a Love, [Poor language removed] we're not even throwing money at a cut-price Arshavin that Spurs might bag because no top club wants him. So what do we have (rumoured from the press)?
An over the hill Thiago. Joe Leadly and still maybe Alan Smith.
Im happy our first game is almost a sell out (why aint aint it sold out) and I'm happy another season is here. But I cant help but feel we'll be mediocre this season.
But that's just me.
