i think it is that people were hoping we were going to build on last year, but we may as well be starting from scratch
I said as the transfer market trundled on, that it looked like a partial rebuild Flames and that is what it is looking like.
This notion that we look decent but not great should surprise who exactly? Someone give me the Real Madrid or Dortmund players who are world class at 21 or the age most of our new acquisitions are?
It should be obvious by now that development is what nearly all of Rogers' summer acquisitions look like being and the positive is they will improve not only through coaching but also as the understanding with each other and what the manager is trying to do is taken on board.
Getting 4th spot this season will be a success (based off the assertions made about the players bought) as simple as that.
To suggest we are in the frame for the title you would have to identify the handful of comparable ready made world class players we have in our 11 to City and Chelsea and at this stage, I just don't see them.