Hello peeps, how the hell are you?
The season is off and running with a win in the Old Toilet. Three points and “only the result matters” as the desperate say.
So, let’s start with the positives. Err?!?! we won? Raya made more saves than any keeper in the league this week? We restricted them to only 60% possession? Only let them have twice as many attempts and shots on target? No one got injured or sent off? We seem to have perfected the old “up and under” attack/clearances. Oh yes, plenty of positives.
Now, to our shiny new toy, Victor Gyokeres on his debut, perhaps the least said the better? He looks big, strong and fast. But let’s be fair, with the service he got from our midfield and wingers, even peek Henry would have struggled. I mean we had an extra man in midfield and should have dominated, but we did anything but. Saka and Martinelli were poor and without any excuses.
Look, it was the first game of the season and I’m sure it will get better. It will have too, because that was a painful watch. But all the excuses and wishful thinking in the world, won’t allow me to see any way that we have made considerable steps forward.
Anyway, time will tell and if we have to stink the place out, getting 3 points disguises the stench?
Blackburn George.