What? It can't by far weaker than last year because the first XI is pretty much the same. We have the same first XI, the same defensive back up, a striker who is probably better than Perry and the rest of the bench is unproven who may or may not be better than last year's subs bench. Not the progress we would have liked certainly but 'by far weaker' - no chance
No we don't at all, what rubbish
Wasn't Cavanagh in the starting XI last season? (and will probably be replaced by Sinnott jnr)
How much weaker do you want?
How many games did Cavanagh play in which he was neither booked nor sent off ? I bet it amounts to less than half the season. Though I'm not yet convinced about Griffith, who reminds me of Carl Rodgers.
I've seen people saying Cavanagh only played half a season and Williams also. Well they replaced each other didn't they. I'd have said from what I've seen so far (and it's not a great deal in fairness) that neither O'Keefe or Griffith are better than either Cavanagh or Williams.
Hopefully I'll be proved wrong, people have said Griffith struck up good partnerships with his midfielders so I'm hopeful there.
And it might not be this thread but Densmore never got the not good enough treatment because he was superb from day one.
Clee did because he was about a stone overweight when he signed and took a while to get going. The initial criticism was fully justified. It'd be madness to drop him now though, especially if playing 442.