One interesting thing I spotted yesterday at the match was that Knockaert was an unused sub for them. If you remember when both teams came up, he was their star man (and we allegedly wanted to buy him). Now he's an unused sub in a game against relegation rivals away from home. I looked at our bench, conversely, and we'd named Atsu and Joselu as our two attacking subs.

The underinvestment in the side, and the transfer policy (whosever it is - the club's or Rafa's - doesn't change the point) has left us in a position where if we now get relegated we don't have the assets to sell to raise funds, like we did last time with Sissoko and Wijnaldum. So, that means either increasing the debt substantially in order to buy some players AND to cope with the shortfall in revenue, or being at risk of failing to come back up. Chances of selling the club are zero for this very reason.