Just to be clear on the opening remarks, my concern was that we had four new players making their PL debut against Citeh of all teams, not that they were likely to be abject failures in the long term.
When we took the field in our first PL match with no less than four new recruits in the starting line-up, I feared for them and for us. What about the language barrier? The pace and physicality of the Premier League? Could the team spirit, forged in the white heat of two Championship promotion...