Here me out.
Nobody in their right mind would wish relegation on their own club. It’s the equivelent of wishing that your neighbouring sheet metal factory own house would burn down. Crazy talk.
But…
Saddled with a micro managing maniac as a chairman, resulting in a permantly dysfunctional squad of players that never win anything, and a self harming home support, could relegation break the cycle?
A spell in the Championship sounds like strategic suicide, but it would see Levy & Co scarper, and would tee things up nicely for someone interested in financing a sleeping giant. The failure declared being demoted would end embarrassing over-evaluations of the club and reveal ENIC’s asset for what it actually is.
Players that didn’t fancy the pay cut and the requirement to actually have to work for a living, would be gifted the opportunity to flutter their little fairy wings and go and leach off some other poor barsteward’s wage bill.
We discuss rebirth in the Championship on this week’s show
For the supporter, it would provide a rare opportunity (or as near as dammit) to reconnect with the notion of football they hold dear in their collective hearts and mindseyes.
Something needs to happen to release us from this Levy & Co. vortex of tedium. Let’s build a side that wants to play football. Let’s rediscover some pride and self respect. Let’s press the eject button on the idiocy.
Sometimes you need to go away to mount a comeback.
