Alan Smith

You rightly say the zest and the energy that they played with, the pace that they did things at, bright and breezy ideas.

Harry Arta was terrific on the ball a lot of matches last year.

I didn't see him on it as much today.

It's not quite stale, I wouldn't say that's the word, but it's certainly flat from where it was.

And they've got to pick it up, some change in personnel.

May or may not help that in terms of on-pitch players, ones that Jamie mentioned.

But my overall feeling is it will be a great result.

Season two, it's that second season syndrome that we used to talk about years ago anyway for clubs that have come up, done an unbelievable job to stay up, and then they have to take a deep breath and go again.

Just it hasn't got going for them yet.

Simple as that.

And they've got to get it going pretty quick.

It wouldn't appear, Alan, they are short of numbers.

Do you get the sense that he's just trying to, searching for the right solution at the moment?

I was going to say that.

I'm just trying to find the feet, I think, in an attacking sense.

I mean, before both games, we've talked about the great pace they've got going forward through Wilson and Ibe and Josh King.

But they haven't found a way yet, I don't think, to utilise that, to exploit it.

And, you know, it's only two games in.

They've got Benny Cofobe as well, who's a different sort of threat.

So I'm sure he'll play a big part as the season goes on.