MikeUpNorth
Wobbles like a massive pair of tits
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This worries me too. I think the club envisioned this as a transition season and anticipated coasting through, before making another 3 or 4 signings next summer. They had probably reconciled themselves to the fact that they may well not get a European spot before the season started, but in no way had steeled themselves for the harsh reality of a relegation battle. It's a whole different mindset.If we think for one minute that we cannot be relegated, my fear is that is the very thing that may relegate us in the end. The complacency that it cannot happen to us because we are better, have more money, more history and more prestige than anyone else. Newcastle, Norwich, Brighton, Villa et al are geared up for a relegation battle, because they are expecting it, but we are not. They expect to be fighting for their lives, but we think we are way too good to go down.
If it starts to get that bad for us, I doubt that our players will have a clue how to get themselves out of it.
Could we get relegated? Absolutely!
Now we find ourselves in an emergency. To get out of this mess, we will need a well chosen and experienced caretaker in place within the next month or so. We're then going to need to buy/loan a proven and consistent goalscorer in January, and probably another attacking midfielder.
It's all on Ed to get these imminent decisions right, or we could actually go down.