Still wish we'd gotten Blanc in while we had the chance, but AVB has had a solid start. He has to start giving youngsters who can help the squad play more cohesively a chance and he must stop relying on Bale to lift the side, rather than implementing solid team play. A good points total last season accumulated to a huge degree through solo Bale wondergoals masked how poor the football we played at times was, although I guess you could blame a lot of that on injuries.