Yup. Seems some weirdos are rattled by two good wins though.
I don't think people are rattled, folks are just rightly pointing out that one good half of football vs arguably the worst team in the PL and a dominant win vs a League One side missing a couple of key players does not change anything.
We were awful in that first half vs Southampton. Imagine Archer scores that penalty...would you have fancied us to come back and win that game from 0-1 down? I certainly wouldn't have been rushing down the bookies to pile on.
The Barnsley game was fun and a great confidence booster, but nothing more than that. I can't take anything tangible from a game against such poor opposition.
The games I will judge EtH on this season are the Brighton's (A), the Palace's (A), the Newcastle's (A), West Ham (A) and the Brentford's (A). Those tricky away games against limited but organised and spirited opposition in hostile environments are the acid test for me. Playing well at OT is fine, but we need to start going to mid-table teams and dominating. Not playing awful, disgusting football, barely creating a chance and occasionally scraping a point or three through a moment of magic - proper control.
We have already failed the Brighton (A) test, again. If we want to make progress and cement ourselves as a proper side again, those are the games you have to control and have to win. People love to love teams like Brighton but let's face it, they're very, very limited. You have to be beating them if you have any aspirations at all to achieve anything.
You need about 68 points to finish top four. There are 19 home games. I would like to think a team that has been put together for £1BN should be able to pick up 38-40 points at home...so we need about 30 from away matches.
I don't care whether we beat Arsenal, City, Liverpool etc...they're all more mature, better sides than us right now. I think we need to avoid any hammerings though, it's unacceptable to keep conceding 4, 5, 6 or 7!
Let's see how Palace goes this weekend...I want to see us having more shots, more possession and more chances.