I phrased my initial post poorly. I do think we'll see signings come in, I just don't have much faith that they'll be any good. The names we are linked with are underwhelming and it seems that many of them don't want to come here (who can blame them?), so I'm fearful of who we will get. What does seem certain is that they will have the dreaded PL experience that has worked so well for our recruitment in recent years. We just don't have a DoF, an owner, a chairman and a board, or a fanbase judging by the comments in this forum, with any imagination when it comes to transfers.
I'm almost resigned to relegation this year, I've been saying for ages on here there is only one conclusion I can come to under the shocking mismanagement of this owner and this board and that is our eventual relegation. The only surprise is how quickly we have imploded.
There's no solution that will resolve this in time for this coming season, that is clear, but long term we need everybody, and I mean everybody, with any executive responsibility at this club replacing. Not one of Moshiri, Kenwright, Barret-Baxendale or any of the revolving door board members we have had during Moshiri's custodianship are fit to run a modern sporting organisation. They are hobbyists, charlatans or are hard-working people promoted beyond their ability and experience. It won't happen, however, and we will continue to decline. I used to compare us with Lerner's Villa but someone compared us with Sunderland today and I think that is a better fit for our circumstances. Anyone who can look at the very state of us and defend any of the protagonists is either a closet kopite or is delusional. We are continually humiliated as a fanbase by this ownership and people still want to defend it. It boggles my mind.