Agree with every word apart from the last sentence. It's not in the least bit sad; it's poetic effing justice / karma / exactly what they deserve - and long may it continue.
I actually got into a conversation with an older couple on holiday recently - he was carrying an RS carrier bag and we got to discussing (among other things) Brenda and Klopp. My most derogatory comment was 'you don't support that lot do you?' but when I revealed I supported Everton (not obvious cos I'm not a native), the reaction of the wife was to mime pushing me and aiming a kick at me while the auld fella waved me away and uttered the single word 'Cheats!'
Yet we're the bitter ones...? They can't stand the fact that so many football fans (save for the sycophants infesting the media) detest / dismiss them. A guy with something of a messiah complex chooses to try to become the saviour of a club with a Kult-ish following? He'll get all the adulation he craves...for a while. Hope he knows what he's let himself in for....