Expected Threat apparently, its all the rage.... well it sounds good anyway.
All I'm trying to argue is that Odegaard helped with our creativity, hence why he's a good signing. His individual stats, the team stats, all say this.
The jury is out on White & Ramsdale signings, that's for sure, especially as I keep saying we have other areas of need. The jury is still out on the manager as well, agreed. But the Odegaard signing makes good sense & does help us address an area of need.
You are right, he has been backed by the board, but If you're throwing in this summers spend at least let's not judge him on 1 day of the season with half the players out. Sure, the jury is out on this summers transfers, but at least let them play games to prove that it's sh!t.
You talk about people talking about alternative tables, but how else can you judge improvement over a season as fans? Sure, you can be clinical & say two 8th place finishes = no improvement, I get that. However, it's not criminal to break the season into parts, look at reasons why parts were good or poor, & try & assess from there.
No-one is saying we are great, we will challenge, even get top 4 or anything. Just that there was an improvement on most aspects 2nd part of the season, now we need to improve further & try & kick on. We'll judge the beginning of this season the same we we judged the end of last season.