Why is it irrelevant? How often have we seen performances like this? A lack of intensity and guts seems to characterise this team like some sort of cancer we can't get rid of.
Belief, work rate, intensity, fitness, aggression. All of it was missing yesterday. Ironically, all things Ole mentions about not costing anything. But yet, the problem is needing players, lack of pre season etc etc.
Yes, recruitment is clearly an issue. But it's not the only issue here. It's shambolic that we should start the season having all of these questions about recruitment. It's like a constant bad stain on the club, and the blame must lie with Woodward being terrible at his job for that.
But that doesn't absolve Ole of fielding a team that seemed incapable of competing with Crystal Palace.