I think it was an example of what we will face for more than 50% of the games this season. We could have won yesterday. Bryan and Toney were ok. If Forss and Toney are to work together we need to work out a way of doing it, and we haven't, though Stoke nearly fell foul of it. Sadly Canos with the ball, isn't anywhere near the start of last season. SG isn't fit enough, and will improve, but I fear for SC. We played away and kept a clean sheet. We got a point more than we got against Luton last season. With injuries we are trying different things, and it nearly worked. I thought the back line and Raya, were good. I actually think we are doing ok. But I wasn't expecting to win this league at a canter. Too many factors are coming in to play.
There are many anti-football teams in the Championship this season. As a point tally so far, compared with the previous 5, we are ok. Teams that don't want to go toe-to-toe with us, have a system that challenges us. I don't think there will be any easy points for us this season.
We are trying to get new players up to speed, and I presume with the number of games, we don't have the time to work on that. Easier to work on defence, but we are without CN. Fosu does well against a packed defence, but we weren't getting up the pitch enough for him. The left wing currently is an issue for us. That is affecting the rest of our attack. We will improve. We have seen some very good performances. When we aren't good, we have got some points, probably more than we would have in previous seasons.