Well - so far, so good. 3 games, 3 wins. 7 goals for, 0 against. Life under Slot is looking pretty good so far.
However, this has arguably been against inferior competition - Ipswich and Brentford are lower-tier teams that we really must be beating if we are to have any thoughts of being a title-challenging team.
The Scum were billed as being the first Big Game of Slot's tenure, and whilst it's one of those games that you can never predict or underestimate due to the history, in truth it wasn't really much of a challenge and we dispatched them with relative ease.
So the naysayers might contend that we've still yet to see a proper test of what Slot-ball is capable of. Maybe you're already sold, maybe 9 points from 3 games and smashing the Scum in their backyard has got you in the True Believer camp - but maybe you still think the jury is out and we need to see how they perform against sterner stuff?
So this is what the next 10 games look like:
Forest (H) - League
West Ham (H) - League Cup
Milan (A) - CL
Bournemouth (H) - League
Wolves (A) - League
Bologna (H) - CL
Palace (A) - League
Chelsea (H) - League
Leipzig (A) - CL
Arsenal (A) - League
So, out of that lot, at what point - if you're still on the fence - do you say "Okay, now we know the true level that this team is at"
However, this has arguably been against inferior competition - Ipswich and Brentford are lower-tier teams that we really must be beating if we are to have any thoughts of being a title-challenging team.
The Scum were billed as being the first Big Game of Slot's tenure, and whilst it's one of those games that you can never predict or underestimate due to the history, in truth it wasn't really much of a challenge and we dispatched them with relative ease.
So the naysayers might contend that we've still yet to see a proper test of what Slot-ball is capable of. Maybe you're already sold, maybe 9 points from 3 games and smashing the Scum in their backyard has got you in the True Believer camp - but maybe you still think the jury is out and we need to see how they perform against sterner stuff?
So this is what the next 10 games look like:
Forest (H) - League
West Ham (H) - League Cup
Milan (A) - CL
Bournemouth (H) - League
Wolves (A) - League
Bologna (H) - CL
Palace (A) - League
Chelsea (H) - League
Leipzig (A) - CL
Arsenal (A) - League
So, out of that lot, at what point - if you're still on the fence - do you say "Okay, now we know the true level that this team is at"