I'm surprised people think we can fall even further. If you look at our Management team, and playing team since the Rafa era, it's unrecognizable in quality. Our league position is at its worst in the leagues history.
In my opinion we've dropped as far as we can for a club of our size. Finding ourselves below the likes of Everton, Newcastle and Tottenham. I know people will talk about Leeds and Nottingham forest but i think there's reason to be optimistic, quite frankly because in my mind things can't drop any lower in the league and the cups are viewed as a bonus and we've done well in those.
On the matter of FSG, i'm no financial expert, but from what i've seen i've been alright with them. They didn't have to re-invest the money from Torres but they did. They spent money on Henderson and Downing. People will always cling onto NET spending but in my mind, we're lucky to of had that money to spend, and i assure you now, had we spent that money well, we wouldn't be having these debates. They stem from the lack of quality in performance terms of those players. Many clubs sell players for great amounts and see very little to re-invest, from where i'm sat we've had almost all, if not all of it back. We just flushed it down the toilet on over-rated English shite.
Another debate seemingly coming and going is this.
Some believe that : It's Kenny/Comolli's fault we fucked up so badly in the transfer market. They chose the players, they negotiated the prices.
Others believe that: It's the fault of the owners for sanctioning the deals, and employing Kenny/Comolli.
Frankly i find the second one excuse making for the mistakes of a past legend, and people simply don't want to accept that Kenny's approach to the game was backward, and spent outrageous amounts of money on average players.
Those blaming FSG, i just don't get it. The conclusion i've come to is, "some people will never be happy, unless we're owned by Arab billionaires, and even then they'll fucking moan that our soul is gone."
I'm sorry if my argument seems amateur, i'm no accountant, but from a basic view, FSG backed the past regime well, got completely shafted (personally i believe Kenny/Comolli did the damage) and now they're being stricter with funds. Yes they're trimming the wage will but who expected Aquilani to stay? It's a very mixed opinion on Carroll and whether he even fitted at the club under Kenny let alone Brendan. Kuyt was on his last legs and Maxi was always going back to his old club.
How about we wait until the end of the transfer window before people start making their fucking FSG out banners. Think about our old owners, then think about what you're saying.