Avoiding relegation would be a successful year. This is just not a good team. Ruiz would make a difference but let's face it, you can't rely on him.
Come off it. It's one game, talk about an overreaction.
Not sure it's an overreaction. Look at the teams below us. Villa look set to get a huge win over Liverpool, and they don't look like a relegation team to me. Southampton is a bit of a mystery, but they've come through a difficult early schedule in decent shape. Sunderland are pretty awful, they certainly could go down. Wigan obviously have a history of finishing the year pretty well. Reading are the only team I look at and think, yeah they're pretty clearly going down.
I think we'll probably be ok, but this is just not a good team. We need some new players desperately.
The Jol out posts are hilarious though. The guy has a central midfield of Chris Baird and Steve Sidwell. You can only do so much with that. I don't get his fondness for Kieran Richardson but besides that he's done pretty well with what's available.
