Talent wise? No. That’s evident in our spending and realistically you see it when you watch Chelsea play right now. They will have top level teams chasing them at times with the level of talent in the squad and can compete with the best in the league at their best. Consistency is the issue right now, which is to be expected when you have you have the youngest squad in the league. If these guys reach a point where they can play at their best every week, it is definitely not a mid table team.

We have trouble with teams that park the bus because we dont have a prolific striker, but that’s not really what happened today. Caicedo not starting after international duty caused the first goal but in general we just didn’t look up for today for some reason.

Liverpool, arsenal and city having a somewhat slow start and Son playing very well. Likely they will regress toward the mean at some point this season.

The excuse is it’s October and there is plenty of time left to bottle it.