I agree with you, but also think it's because we didn't have a manager last summer, and TB doesn't like to do deals in January (because clubs won't let good players go).
Not so sure about that though. The club is definitely disappointed Oscar left. Had he stayed, we'd have been making signings...
If we overachieved, why would we change our style?
Good enough? We were better than Palace last year, but they went up. And if teams like Swansea can spend a bit and stay up, why can't we? And so what if we'd have come back down, we'd now have millions to invest on getting back up again...
That could have helped, but I guess Oscar had his reasons. And I'm not taking anything away from Derby, they're a good team, and might have beaten us even if we hadn't been unlucky and had injuries. But they might not have. The bottom line though, is that passing it around has worked. If you've...
Why, what happened? Did we finish bottom half? Did we spend more than the other teams and still finish below them? Most of the teams playing direct football finished below us.
Pace we all agree on - Gus and Oscar wanted pace too, but the few players we've had with pace have suffered with injuries.
No, I completely disagree. We finished top 6 with a new manager that didn't know English football, despite having a huge amount of injuries, and spending within our means. The main reason we got dicked in the second leg was because of a complete make shift team. No Ward running down the left...