Reasons to be cheerful – Part Three
The fans. More than 30,000 season ticket holders, selling out away matches in minutes – the fans are the proverbial 12th man, and then some. The atmosphere at Villa Park against Everton was widely acknowledged as one of the best in living memory, and there is no doubt it played a huge part in seeing us over the line in that match.
The feelgood factor since the playoff final, the new faces in the squad and the resilience the team have shown under Dean Smith all make for a potent cocktail and are huge positives going forward. We are a club again and the disconnect between fans and players has all but disappeared.
So while there are areas from which to take heart and positivity, there is also cause for concern, which needs to be addressed if we are not to get bogged down in a relegation battle at this early stage and I will consider these in the next post.
In the meantime…
