I was prepared cautiously to put us in the three favourites.
I'm now starting to feel I was mistaken. Not certain, but starting to feel it. It's no good saying we're only three games in. I simply don't see what would make this team gell and bring it back to something like the level of our vintage teams of 2016-2023.
Arsenal and Liverpool are nothing like great teams. (As we're currently seeing). But they're way ahead of us. They can maintain a not particularly brilliant level, and get a result. Liverpool's result against Newcastle is a case in point.
We can't. We took the lead today, were not particularly good, and reaped nothing from the game in the end.