by Calum » Sat Sep 04, 2010 12:49 am
I'm mainly pleased about the players Roy has bought this summer. Compared to this time last year, we have a stronger squad. I remember looking at the subs bench during the first game last season against Tottenham thinking "Is that it?" I knew the season was going to be a struggle when we had the likes of Voronin sitting there, but if you look at out bench now, it's much stronger.
As I've said before, I don't think we'll finish in the top 4 - I predict we'll finish in 5th or 6th. Even that will be an improvement on last season, although I realise expectations have lowered over the past year.
I backed Benitez for his first 5 years (until I saw the bench against Spurs knowing what was to come) and will back Roy for as long, as long as we're going in the right direction. I'm getting ahead of myself, though, so I hope Roy will guide the team to an improved position on last year.