11 Nov 2025 22:30:57
We're on pace to score 65/66 goals this season compared to 44. That's a tremendous improvement. Of course we're also on pace to ship 62/63 compared to 54. Not so good.
Thus far our 11 games have seen more goals scored than has any other club. As far as football in general is concerned we're offering good entertainment. Arsenal may be top of the table but they are hardly a joy to watch.
Is it any coincidence - both in defense and attack - that Bruno is playing in a more defensive role? We all know what has to happen next for us to make the next step up even though I'm not at all convinced we have yet found the right #9. Alan Shearer was pretty damning about Šeško, criticizing the fact that any decent CF would have cut in front of van de Ven thus shielding the ball, but he seemed completely unaware of the defender's presence. A big improvement needed there otherwise he'll go the way of Højlund.
12 Nov 2025 03:31:12
We are playing with 4, sometimes 5 number 10s on the pitch. And if we are lucky an aging Casemiro. This may be linked.
12 Nov 2025 05:17:31
I’d rather be Arsenal given the choice!
12 Nov 2025 10:42:10
We went into the season wanting progress whilst expecting an up and down run. I think this is exactly what we are getting.
We are now re-evaluating expectations as we are closer to the top than expected at this stage and rightly would like to kick on and aim for top 4 rather than top 6/8 which most people were talking about.
A number of players are not performing and we see a drop off when subs are made, this maybe the lack of game time to offer the whole squad. However, I would not be upset if we were able to do some trading in January (primarily for a midfielder) that would either improve from the bench or take some load off of Casimero/Fernandes. in an ideal world we would bring in someone like Anderson from Forest/Baleba etc. but we may have to be clever elsewhere.
All round I think it is positive.
12 Nov 2025 19:14:44
We all know the positions that need to be strengthened. We have definitely improved since last year attacking wise which takes the pressure off the defence so really we should be conceding a lot less goals. That we are still letting in so many is a real cause for concern. Let's hope that with the attack addressed in the summer that the midfield is next.