It doesn't look too good at the moment yes, but have faith old boy. This is a completely different style of play to what Harry did with his 451. Poch's high intensity screams out for Holtby in my eyes, his reputation for getting the best out of youngsters leaves me optimistic about Townsend and Lamela, Eriksen can go missing in games, but if he performs as he did last season I'll be happy. Though most importantly, the one good thing from Sherwood is the introduction of Bentaleb, because blimey he is a good midfield option.
We're not going to play that dynamic attack attack attack game that we had with Bale and on form Lennon. But we can build a play based upon intense structured pressure. It won't be as entertaining, but it will be far better than what AVB and Tim tried to do.
If we get Schneiderlin in it could be even better. Out of all of our previous midfield dynamo's I stand by the statement that only Bale was irreplaceable. Things will get better from last season. And I honesty believe if given time, Poch can do it for us.
And if we win on Sunday, that'll probably take us a couple places up the table.