Had a feeling this type of warning shot was about to be fired. You don't expect to spend the money we've spent, at this level, and then fail to beat Exeter & Brentford and struggle, initially, against Stockport.
I'm sure part of this is down to the squad size. Quite simply, we have too many players, which can't be easy to integrate into proper training sessions. As much as we needed to add some quality (and have done so with Fonte, Barnard & Puncheon, in particular), we also badly needed to shift some of the dross.