Four matches, no wins and no goals - but the message from Aston Villa is 'trust us'.
Boss Unai Emery and the current regime have earned that, but concerns remain over their worrying start.
Saturday's 0-0 draw at Everton - with Villa fortunate to avoid defeat - left them goalless this season, and you have to look to the 11th tier of the English football pyramid and Norwich-based Acle United - who are yet to score in the Anglian Combination in Step Seven - to find the next team not to have scored.
It is the first time Villa have failed to score in five consecutive Premier League games since a run of six between December 2014 and February 2015, with the second-bottom side also suffering their worst start to a Premier League campaign since 1997-98.
Yet director of football operations Damian Vidagany felt the point at the Hill Dickinson Stadium did at least lay some foundations.
"A point that doesn't shine, yes, we need goals, of course they will come... but a point that strengthens us and our spirit," he wrote on X.
"We're working well and we'll soon improve. The first stone of a magnificent construction never attracts the attention of spectators. But it's very necessary."
That may be true and Villa still have the quality and ability to improve - Emery's track record speaks for itself - but the evidence of this season belies that.