I think this season will be Brendan's biggest test so far. For the first time the team will be made up mainly of players Brendan has signed and expectations after last seasons "unexpected" highs will be tremendous. I just hope that if things don't start as well as expected this season people will have a little patience.... sometimes it takes a while to bed players in and rebuild team spirit and momentum.
the question is though if the team finished 2nd last season did it need much tinkering with? . Yes we have to replace Luis but I thought we were just going to add some depth and quality to the squad and go again. If we are short on spending power buying a player for £10mil then loaning him back doesn't make a great deal of sense. It seems like we are still in the restructuring phase rather than the consolidating phase.
I think its not unreasonable to expect great things this season we finished second because over 38 games we played very well so I don't think we should lower our expectations . Its a tough fixture programme to start this season so it may take some time before we can get a sense of how this team is doing.
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