Conversely some people seem unwilling to accept that it wasn't a fluke but actually the natural continuation of a downward slide that started as far back as 2015. This squad is lacking in talent, lacking in enthusiasm, lacking in continuity and the current manager has shown very little tactically to suggest he's going to overcome it. On top of that the current transfer business doesn't suggest lessons have been learned yet.
Maybe right now it's a fluke, if we don't fix it soon in a few years it won't look like that.