Last season after 7 games we scored no goals , no points and rock bottom , after 7 games this season we are not bottom and have 7 points .

We are 4 points better off. We have played 8 and the 8th game v Chelsea brought us a win. We could set a record for longest home run without a goal. No goals yet and with our next few fixtures chances of us scoring are looking unlikely

People got carried away after Fulham and some nice words by Neville. We are one of 14 teams that start every season in a potential relegation scrap. All of us are more or less on a level footing with the prem money and it's now becoming like the championship, where on any given gameday everyone can beat everyone else. The season now consists of winning or losing runs and no real consistency. The relegation bullet with our name on could come this season, no one knows, but I think it's inevitable that it will at some time. The FFP rule or keep the big club status quo rule has really put paid to anyone taking a spending risk and growing enough to challenge the big 6.
We haven't put a good 60 minutes (you never get 90) together so far and Wilf has started poorly, maybe self inflicted, but someone should have stopped him saying what he did. Thing is though but for glaring misses by Ward, Benteke, Sakho and Schlupp, plus an elbow we would have had a solid start. Our biggest problem seems to be creating clear chances and the few we do we somehow manage to miss. Seriously why did Schlupp sidefoot it at the keeper from 4 yards? Puts his laces through that and we get a goal and a point.
We are a counter attacking team and struggle to get through a packed defence like Newcastle's or Wolves. Unless we get an early breakthrough we are in trouble. Really believe this was a game Wilf should have played wide, running at people, dragging them out of position. Up front we couldn't get him on the ball enough.
My own personal worries are Roy's refusal to put in Kouyate and Meyer, players bought IMO to play not ride the bench and his poor use of subs and inability to change the course of a game by using them. Sorloth looks totally out of his depth and Ayew doesn't fit our style of play. I would have preferred a loan move for Niasse than Ayew, personally.
Thing is after Fulham everything wasn't fine and after 8 games everything isn't rotten. I think we will be fine this season, but it's not gonna be as comfortable as some had hoped.

Edited by Dangermouse (07 Oct 2018 7.27pm)

That's Life
And as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks stompin' on a Dream.
KEEP THE FAITH!!!!!

and on a positive- other results went for us today.
Fulham and Southampton looking just as poor as us at present.

There are only five teams in the league with a better defensive record than us so it doesn't need a genius to
work out where our big problem lies.

Sort that out and we will be OK.

Edited by PZ Eagle (08 Oct 2018 8.34am)

Conjunctivitis.com - A site for sore eyes.

Last Season we had attempted to revolutionise our playing style, failed, and got someone in to implement a system that would suit our Players better. By 7 games we looked on the up.

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"