Made that comment on 19th August. 2 games later and points have been dropped in both games, and they weren't even "the better teams" that have exploited this. His attitude to this seems very Martinez like to me, and will probably be his undoing if things don't work out for him here. At this level, you can't gift teams goals, especially at the rate we are because if your attacking play isn't up to it, you don't win games.
That said, making predictions about his chances here does seem knee jerk and I do want him to be a success. He has shown some very positive signs as the new manager and Richarlison and Digne look like great additions, and Zouma should be an improvement too. Once he gets Mina in to this side, and a couple of others, we should have a better idea of how we will do.
7th has to be the target in his first season though, like with Koeman. We really need to start establishing ourselves as 'best of the rest' in the next season or two and be ready to break in among that top 6 in the next couple of seasons after that.
