I have to be honest. I didn’t watch the game nor did I intend to watch the game. I can’t say that I don’t care that we lost 0:3 at home to Newcastle because that would be a lie, but the level of indifference I feel about it today is shocking - a year ago I would be fuming.
This indifference makes me somewhat sad, because it means to me that the irrational hold of following the football club is over (we all know somewhere in our minds that it makes no sense to get so angry or happy when a football club does well or poorly as it has 0 actual impact on our lives).
Regarding ETH, I still think there’s no point in sacking him, but he lost the players. Many are his players so this is a bad sign.
He dug his own grave with his transfer decisions and that is often the game managers play - if your transfers work you’re a genius, if they don’t.. you’re out. Nothing really gets resolved until we change owners.
This.
Looking at what we have and what we need, and trying to put emotion completely out of it.
Onana is a good 'keeper. You don't win titles, and play in Europa League and Champions League finals if you're shite.
AWB could have a future in a squad role, but he's not a starting RB for a team wanting to compete at the highest level. Same goes for Lindelof.
Dalot is shit. Maguire is shit.
Varane is still very good but always injured and on his way downhill.
Martinez is top class and a big miss.
Evans is finished at this level, obviously, and this will be his last season as a professional.
Shaw is 50/50, can be great can be awful.
Malacia has done little to suggest he's anything more than Alex Buttner mark 2.
Casemiro was excellent but has looked well off the pace since Feb. That's 9 months of poor performances, he looks past it.
Ericksen was a stop gap signing, can play a squad role still but shouldn't be a regular.
Mount is terrible, just a nothing, pointless footballer.
McTominay tries but is massively limited and should be gone.
Mainoo looks like a definite talent but lets wait and see him in actual competitive games not just friendlies before deciding whether he's the real deal or another Zidane Iqbal.
Bruno, well there's 2 camps on him and I'm firmly in the "massively over-rated" one. Yes the statisticians will love to point to his expected assists and other useless markers of a player. I look at actual performances and see a one trick pony who scored a bunch of penalties and conned people into thinking he was something he isn't, Get rid.
Amrabat has added nothing and looks like a bang average midfielder.
Hannibal tries but is a walking red card and really doesn't look up to ever making it here.
Antony is absolutely shit. As is Sancho.
Rashford again like Bruno, conned us all. He's wank and a lot of us owe Bestie and Karma apologies because they saw through it even when he was playing well.
Garnacho is a talent but very raw. As is Hojlund. And Amad.
Martial is shit.
Pellestri looks half decent but not good enough for a top side.
So, after all that money spent we have Onana, Varane, Martinez, Lindelof, Shaw, AWB, Ericksen, Casemiro, Mainoo, Garnacho, Hojlund, and Amad who could play a part in a squad that wins titles. And 3 of those are 30+ and not looking like they'll be at this level much longer, so that title would have to be in the next 18 months. And 4 of those are very young and unproven. So, at best we really need around 15 new players in and every one of them to be a success. More if the youngsters don't progress.
Fuck me.
