I think it's the same people who wanted us to actually lose games so Martinez could get sacked. We're at this stage again ALREADY, which is incredible. Nobody argued that performances have been dire, but we're not flirting with the bottom of the table like we did the last two seasons. People love the satisfaction of being right, and so will revel in it when in instances such as yesterday, to the point where instead of looking at the bigger picture they'll just go "Told you so".
Genuinely feel some would like us to go through 5 or 6 mangers in 3 years. We're not entitled to anything, we have to earn the right to challenge. Imagine not thinking this squad needs at least 100 million net to challenge. It's filled with aged players past their prime, rejects from other teams and potential that has showed no signs of being filled in two seasons.
Koeman was let down by our transfers and is being let down by the players. It's not his squad, and the addition of a handful of players isn't going to change that. I can't see how our expectations were suddenly raised by bottling a potential 4th place finish and then being saved from potential relegation by the goals of our striker the next two seasons. Or how a billionaire owner suddenly means that anyone should be leading a mediocre squad to challenging more than a European place, with nothing of a net spend and 11 games into a season.
Some laughed at Klopp when the RS had shockers last year, like away to Watford 3 nil, in the defence that it was largely ''Brendans Squad". We laughed when some put Klopp under pressure. The expectation to challenge was in his second season, not his first. They finished 8th last season. Look the turn around.
So take a hard look and relax, be patient for this season. Otherwise we will never have the required patience and realism it takes before we can challenge, and we'll be stuck in mid table mediocrity.
