I think you're setting me up (and you;re not alone in this, btw) as an Aunt Sally. If you think there isn't widespread concern about what's happened to this club in the last two years you really are kidding yourself.
This club is a poorly run organisation. It lacks any sort of clearly defined governance structure as far as I can see. The reconfiguration of boardroom personnel a few weeks back was a a sickener. The promotion of no marks to key roles a joke. The owner himself is undoubtedly, in my eyes, a wrongun. He's looked clueless and leaden footed throughout, and the issues concerning this stadium build alarm me - not the least of which is his plan to pile circa £600M in debt onto us.
Brands and Silva are tasked with holding the line for the club by getting improbable success on the pitch. Theylre being asked to cut the squad to the bone and make us better. That's impossible. I'm afraid anyone believeing that less means more in this case is living in a fools paradise.