Early matches oft throw up freak results, and our home form has never been an issue either. Come back in a few weeks when we've got results at Messina and Lecce. Those are the sort of fixtures that left us in relegation trouble last term so will be a more telling test. If we perform in the next three games I'll be feeling a lot more optimistic.
I don't really know about that performance. I was only able to watch it with one eye, but we were demonstrating the same old flaws. Lots of possesion, but little end product. Moreover the misfiring Samp caused our 'defence' a worrying number of problems despite playing poorly throughout. If that game is a true indicator of both sides potential this season then I can't see either threatening the European places. On the plus side Toni seems a lot more agile and fleet of foot and Fiore is showing flashes of his old self.
Jag the finances are the thing that bothers me most. DDV isn't a bottomless pit, and we've been throwing money away all over the place over the past couple of years with very little to show for it. I'm really concerned at the daft policy to load the club with loanees alongside a handful of expensive purchases. We need to build a stable base first, but the win now mentality will cripple us if we are not very lucky.
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