Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
Must admit to being puzzled by those who just state so and so are better than us as if that means end of argument.

In our previous season in the Premier League, we finished bottom of the table, yet we beat the team which won the title that year - Man City were better than us in 13/14, but that didn't stop them coming a cropper down here.

Even the Derby team of 07/08, whose record low points total for a Premier League season one or two on here are, gleefully, tipping us to beat, were able to avoid defeat in very close to a quarter of their matches that campaign, despite them being, self evidently, a lot worse than every other side in the division.

Leeds were better than us in 2002 for all the good it did them in that FA Cup match and the first choice Arsenal team of ten years earlier were better than last in what I still call Division Four Wrexham, but they still got embarrassed at the Racecourse in the same competition.

There were eight teams featured on Sky live Premier League matches over the weekend and, if it's our day, I think there are grounds for believing we could beat at least four of them in a one off game if they play to the level they showed in their most recent match.
We've got to win 10 games. We're not going to be judged on our performances vs Hazard and Co, what matters if how we get on against Burnley, Brighton, Newcastle, Huddersfield etc. We're a better side than we were in 13/14, and the division is worse in my opinion. We'll struggle to score but so do all the teams I've previously mentioned (and more). We're going to lose about half the games we play this season so if we can win 10 games, draw a few more, who knows. Burnley next week is beginning to look like a 6 pointer for both sides.

We're not getting outclassed, we're not getting battered. Seems to be a given that the Premier League sides are so far ahead of us, and I can't see why. We've been the better team in 2 of the 5 games, admittedly not scoring, and we've played well in large parts vs Arsenal and Chelsea. I think had we played the better teams first, we'd have been in a better position to play attack more against B'mouth, Hudd and Newcastle but such is life! I'm staying positive, or at least trying to!

Fulham have spent an absolute fortune and are only 2 points above us. Everyone knew it was going to be hard so I can't quite work out or understand the defeatist attitude of some. We could easily have spent a small fortune and gone down, at least we're semi-futureproofing.