Indeed. An outstanding start, in anyones book, has been followed by a period of inconsistency. The stats tell the story. We don't score heavily a lot, but for the first nine games that didn't matter as we were rock solid at the back. That has not been the case since as we've let in as many as we've scored and that won't lead to many wins. I think this tells us exactly where our current and future mercato activity should be, a forward that is capable of 15-18 goals a season and another defender that can sure up the back line like Dias has done.

Clearly Yesterday was a disaster, but we had lots of games like Yesterday last season. Fortunately we've really only had two defeats that never should have been this season, Lecce and Cesena. I havent given up on us finishing high up the table this season simply because more often than not we've shown we have quality. We need an answer against Sampdoria however.