On the drive back from Newcastle, we chatted in the car about how many good performances we've witnessed this season.
There were a few different selections along the way, but nobody (in a group of five) could choose more than three or four games. That's woeful.
I said...
- Arsenal at home (for the first seventy so minutes so not really),
- Wolfsburg away,
- At a stretch Wolfsburg at home (although we were lucky to be fair),
- The determination against West Ham at home.
That's slim pickings and I would say three out of the four are based simply on how poor we've been. Last season they wouldn't be close to choices.
This isn't a poor dip in form. This isn't something which can be changed over night. Ultimately, there are a lot of difficulties this season.
We can't blame referees or injuries etc. for how poor we've been overall this season.