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We hadn’t just got off a torrid 5 months though had we. We’d had a super season, disappointment at the end, but lots of belief.

Snatch your hand off. :lolol:

No of course, I’ve really been countering the opinion they’re meaningless, rather than suggesting each result is decisive. I was rather hoping we’d hit the ground running with Potter, so that’s the disappointment so far, and no doubt the building to what he wants will go well into the season.

Nail.On.Head. :thumbsup:

Note I didn’t say a side having a poor pre-season can’t also have a good start to the season. I think you’ve concluded more from my generalization than was intended. :thumbsup:

Nope, Izzy was 5 goals, 3 assists, Knocky 3 goals, 1 assist. Over the 2 PL seasons Knocky has 5 goals and 7 assists, which does make him our most prolific PL winger.

2 goals, 6 assists - I thought he was? Shit, sorry, thought you meant last season, carry on...

Of course it would, and help his team mates believe in him. Nothing rides on these friendlies, but they are useful and necessary. It’s funny when a player doesn’t hit the ground running and you will hear “oh, but he didn’t have a full pre-season”, and yet pre-season to some means nothing!? The...

I bet statistically you are wrong, and that a side with a good pre-season goes on to have a good start to the season. I’m not going to dig out the stats, but to say they tell you nothing is the most laughable part about your post. At the very least they will tell GP who his starting XI will be...

I really want to see footballing ability in Locadia and Jahanbakhsh, but like you say, it just isn’t there...

We’ve not had to shake the low confidence of a really bad end of season for sometime though, at least going pre-Poyet. There will still be players with fragile confidence. This really needs to be a pre-season where goals and wins bring back some kind of belief and confidence, otherwise 2019 will...

It will dawn on people, some slower than others, that last season was more to do with the players than the manager or tactics. Potter has a huge task ahead of him. We have to have a really positive pre-season otherwise we don’t lift the confidence of 2019 so far.

So any player in relegated team is a failure? Interesting.