With respect,I don't share such a roseate view.

I just see players well into the twilight of their careers who now lack energy, mobility and pace and they are not going to suddenly discover the elixir of youth.

Edited by Willo (26 Dec 2020 6.10pm)

Yep, Vardy like Grealish will be all over our defence like a rash and he is also clinical on the break. Even with 10 men he needed marking tightly. Goodness knows what the scoreline would of been if Traore had stayed on the pitch after the sending off. Both first 15 mins, apart from early chance were a horrorshow, at both ends. Clinging on first, no attacking chances in second. Roy's subs pattern is so predictable, never a change at half time, even against 10 men. 70 mins seems to be his baseline.

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

Leeds and Burnley would go above us if they win their games in hand. Brighton will be only 3 points behind us should they win theirs. It really is that bad. On current form a tonking by Leicester and a loss to Sheffield Utd seem entirely possible, and a slide down to 16th place the result.
I wonder if Parish has a master plan?

Dougie didn’t think he was worth £10m last season.

Eze was not £25m. We got a bonus from Sorloth but still do things on the cheap. Plus Roy only wants players who fit his system , Watkins would have been perfect, great work ethic

Could have been a different story had Wilf scored in the opening minutes... god I’m sick of the BBC.. you’ve got both Keown and Richards ex Villa and I can’t bear listening to Shearer ... but hey it was a poor display... Luka’s time is over I think.. gives away too many crucial fouls...Let’s give Riedewald a go for a longer period...