According to Reddit / Opta. Are we being too harsh and expecting too much? We’ve one of the weakest squads facing the hardest start in the toughest league.
Do we get through the next two holding our nerve ready to kick on?
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Can only guess you're looking at the results instead of watching the full 90 minutes of matches.
Results wise, I agree 1 point isn't a disaster, it's a tough league where we've played some of the better teams.
Would have expected us to beat Everton and draw away at Forest= 4 points, so 1 point isn't much less.
Also apart from Newcastle, our results have been respectable, no one apart from Newcastle has thrashed us.
However good luck and bad luck can play a part in results.
If you want to predict future results it's usually best to study the performances.
When we were relegated under Warnock we competed well, went out to win the game in home matches.
Took a few risks, it generally worked but sometimes we'd be caught out. Away matches we were cautious aiming for the draw.
When we were relegated under Wilder we competed well, we could still pass the ball well and matches were often close.
Our problem was struggling to score goals and not much creativity/ quality to even create them.
We seemed to lose loads of matches 1-0 and once the opposition scored you sensed the match was over.
However this season the performances have been much worse than anyone expected.
We look disorganised, can't string 3 passes together, too keen to boot it clear straight back to the opposition
This means the ball goes straight back to the opposition and our defence is under pressure again.
We are currently averaging over 20 shots against us every match. It's possible we could have lost every match 4 and 5-0.
If we accept our players are upper Championship standard then why is there an acceptance we can't compete?
Why is there an acceptance that our players can't control a ball and make a 5 yard pass.
Why is there an acceptance that losing 0-8 at home is OK because we played a much better team.
I doubt many league 1 teams would lose 0-8 at home to Newcastle and it wasn't even a case of "one of those days, every time Newcastle shot it flew in".
On another day we lose 10 or 11-0 to Newcastle. Our biggest defeat in 134 years.
Our tactics seem to be damage limitation and we look like a league 1 or league 2 team playing Liverpool in the cup.
Hecky has some valid excuses but no way can this level of underperformance and embarrassment be tolerated.
However we should only sack Hecky if we have a replacement lined up.
If we can't persuade anyone suitable to come then obviously by default we keep Hecky.
However my worry is that the players seem to have lost respect for the manager and we could do a Sunderland suffering another relegation next season.
