I liked what I saw in the pre-season, was a bit disappointed by the Wolves match (which was very much a battle of attrition until the sending off), and then found the Watford match refreshing. The new strikers are still gelling, but the ethos was summed up by Grabban:
“When we get over the halfway line, the manager gives us the freedom to rotate. When we’re more defensive, we have the shape. But in terms of when we go attacking, you can go wherever. If Laffs (Kyle Lafferty) wants to come in the middle, he can and I’ll drift out wide. We just try to rotate and cause problems with our movement. The gaffer asked him to do a job today out there on the wing and I thought he did very well. He created some chances and played with high energy, and you need that in this league. He caused a lot of problems.”
Laffs also laid on the ball to Johnson for the opening goal and Grabban had both his goal and an assist. We're getting there.