We are dire and don't deserve to stay up. The halcyon days of Bielsa seem like a lifetime ago. How can it be that the same Harrison who terrorised the Liverpool defence in Sep 2020 can now barely complete a pass? We were a team that neutrals loved to watch because we were exciting, adventurous and something different. Now we are mundane, predictable and the epitome of mediocrity. We are Burnley without the flair or Beirut without the charm. We are a pale shadow of our recent past and are badly in need of ruthless surgery throughout the Club.

I despise the Board for their callous ineptitude and their arrogant belief that we were too good to go down. Despite a very clear warning, and lucky escape, last season, they followed the same model of blind belief, fuelled by a heady combination of greed and ignorance. The chickens have very much come home to roost and they are chargrilled and riddled with Asian Bird Flu.

The way that the heart and soul has been ripped out of our Club, both on and off the field, should be used as a case study for future academic courses on sports (mis)management.