Thing is, we had a useful platform to work off when he got us to 7th last season.
I would now describe the summer months to this moment (June to almost November) as probably the most costly 5 month period in the club's modern history. Even when we do get out of this hole (IF we get out of it) we will be left sifting through the debris of the massive waste of resources for years to come.
Just in case you think I'm defending Koeman let me make this clear. Im not, he derserved to be sacked and I wish he'd got sacked before the last international break. Im not denying he was a failure and an expensive one at that but he's not the first failure is he? Nor will he be the last. Every manager we've had since HK in his first run has been a total failure here (with only Joe Royle and possibly some of the early years of
Moyes not falling into that category). You would describe these last few mouths as the "most costly five mouth period in the club's modern history". I'd call it more of the same garbage we've been subjected to since the start of the 90's.
We had a useful platform when we finished 7th you say? I'm sorry but didn't you once argue that there wasn't any real difference between 5th and 15th, since both are failures?
If we get out of this hole we'll be right back here (maybe not quite as bad as this but still dross) again in a few years time. With the latest manager taking all the blame for the club's continual failures as though he's seen a dramatic change in the club's fortune rather then more of the same garbage.