Alan Shearer

I think he's half and half.

And he's really struggling with the physicality and with the pace of the Premier League at the minute.

Because he's not the quickest, is he?

No, no.

And also I look at what are we used to with Eddie Howe's team is that how did they get the success?

How did they get into the top four or five?

How did they win the Carabao Cup?

How do they continually go against teams?

For me, it was always high press, high energy, going after teams and being relentless.

That at the minute is miles off what we've expected or what we'd hoped because last season was brilliant.

I'm not seeing that at all.

I'm not seeing the same energy from this group of players.

I know they've got injuries.

and all of those things.

But that's the hard thing to take.

With the energy that they've got.

Yeah, but there lies the problem.

You've paid 125 million for two centre forwards and you're saying they look better without them.

And there lies the problem.

Their recruitment this summer, and I don't know whose idea it was or whose decision it was.