Quote Originally Posted by Syn View Post
There aren't positives or negatives. It's a fucking training session. One of about a hundred before the season kicks off. We know we're not going to be challenging for the title and we know there are serious flaws. Our level has dropped from what it was. That's not news. But we are also in the top 10 teams in Europe and after adding Giroud, Podolski and hopefully Cazorla/Sahin there's a chance we may have more firepower than last season. Thinking too much about the performance in a pure marketing game isn't wise.
I haven't seen any of this, however I feel that we can safely view this season as a write off.