Lukaku wasn’t good enough for many on here, nor Et’oo Barkley held us back, Davies Gone backwards, Stones was a pony, Rooney past it. Opinions eh?
Yet Andrew was boss, Super Kev never missed, Sharp was unplayable, Reid never lost a tackle, Southall caught everything & Sheedy slotted with both eyes shut (may well do but that’s another matter).
Thing is we have massively underachieved for decades and it hurts, doesn’t make every player of yesteryear all time greats compared to recent first team players. We are a tough fan base to please as we want them who wear our shirt to care like we do. It may be hard to accept but most don’t.
Forget the hero worship stuff, it’s more about can the team...no, squad perform well enough as a collective to live up to the standards we expect. Players in the main are immune to how fickle fans are about them, another contract will follow from somewhere else. We could sign Neymar and many would find fault, opinions probably matter more to the individual...doesn’t mean they are right though!