But we had enough chances to win the game in the first half which fits the "we are a team of good players unfamiliar with one another, who if given time could become a decent team" narrative.
This reactionary microanalysis game by game is crazy to me. Anything in life takes time to achieve. The team we just lost to, with their fashionable manager and a great chance of being promoted, were crap last season.
We may not have been brilliant tonight, but for a matter of inches we were in with a shout of winning. We weren't outplayed by one of the better teams in the league. Let's give it a chance to work out.