If we lose tomorrow, my default position will be we're going down. Time for acceptance now. The club has learned nothing from the last three years because...here we are again.
One thing relegation will definitely do is eliminate the complacent culture that has eaten this club from inside. We still cling to our history, but the old stadium will soon be rubble and our history won't mean too much more than that when we are contemplating life in the Championship.
This club needs to be reborn. Even now, in our death throws, you have Evertonians pining for David Moyes or suggesting Lee Carsley as our new manager when we are about to engage in a fight for our lives (though hopefully with competent ownership).
Nah, if we go down this season it'll be richly deserved and will serve as a catalyst to real change. With proper owners, we'll be back in a year or two at the latest - and a new club, no longer dragged down by the dead hand of its own history and complacency, can start again.
Not like me to be so positive.